According to a press release handed out through email, the New York division of The American Institute of Architects has revealed the 18 recipients of the 2023 AIA New York Design Award for projects and the architectural firms that created them showcase the extraordinary work by AIA New York members and architects operating in New York City.
While most of the winning projects are located inside New York State, this year’s crop of innovators includes two foreign and six domestic initiatives from other parts of the United States.

As part of the 2023 AIA New York Design Award, Marea is one of many projects to gain Honor status ©Bruce Damonte
According to the same press release, a five-member jury this year chose the winning projects for the AIA New York Design Award, each of which was finished “by AIANY members or architects/designers working in New York, or be New York projects developed by architects/designers based elsewhere.
” Ronnie Belizaire, JLL; Gia Biagi, Chicago Department of Transportation; Angela Brooks, FAIA, Brooks + Scarpa; Nondita Correa Mehrotra, RMA Architects, and the Charles Correa Foundation; and Ashley Rao, AIA, Leers Weinzapfel Associates formed the jury for the 2023 AIA New York design award.
AIA New York Design Award Winners
The winning projects of the AIA New York Design Award are listed below. The Honorees are named first, followed by the Merit and Citation recipients in each category. From May 4 to September 2 of this year, visitors to the Center for Architecture can observe the AIA New York Design Award exhibition.
1) Honor Awards (Honors – Architecture)
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Columbia Business School Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall
Location: New York, NY
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, FX Collaborative
Associate Architect: AARIS Design Architects
Year: 2022
Category: Educational -
Uber Headquarters
Location: San Francisco, CA
Architect: SHoP Architects
Architect of Record: Quezada Architecture
Year: 2021
Category: Commercial -
2050 M Street
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: REX
Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates
Year: 2020
Category: Commercial -
New York City Housing Authority Open Space Master Plan
Location: New York, NY
Landscape Architect: Grain Collective
Year: 2021
Category: Planning2) Merits and Citations (Architecture — Merits)
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One South First
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John Lewis Elementary School
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Perkins Eastman
Year: 2021
Category: Educational -
The Hood Museum of Art
Location: Hanover, NH
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners
Landscape Architect: Hargreaves Jones
Year: 2019
Category: CulturalArchitecture — Citations
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Librería Barco de Papel
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550 Madison Garden
Location: New York, NY
Architect, Landscape Architect: Snøhetta
Architect of Record: Adamson Associates
Landscape Architect of Record: SiteWorks
Year: 2022
Category: Landscape