On Monday, Jan. 13, a jury of independent architects, educators, and planners outside New York City selected the winners of the 2025 AIA New York Design Awards across the categories of architecture, interios, projects, and urban design.
Each award-winning project, recognized with an honor, merit, or citation, was selected for its exceptional design quality, responsiveness to its context and community, effective program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technical excellence. Eligible submissions were required to be completed by AIANY members, architects/designers practicing in New York, or by architects/designers based outside New York who worked on New York-based projects.
Winning projects will be recognized at the Honors and Awards Luncheon, scheduled for
Friday, April 25, at Cipriani Wall Street. The Center for Architecture will host an exhibition of the winning projects Thursday, May 8 at 6 p.m. through Tuesday, Sept. 2.
The 2025 AIANY Design Awards jury consisted of:
- Anna Dyson, founding director, Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture
- Michael Guthrie, partner and principal, INFORM Studio
- Lucas ter Hall, co-founder, Studio RAP
- Stacy Passmore, co-founder and principal, Superbloom
- Brian Phillips, founding principal, ISA
- Troy Schaum, principal, Schaum Architects; associate professor, Rice University
- Melodie Yashar, vice president, Architecture & Building Performance, ICON; professor, ArtCenter College of Design
Best in Competition
Credit: Iwan Baan
Kaohsiung Port Terminal
- Architect: Reiser+Umemoto, RUR Architecture DPC
- Architect of Record: Fei and Cheng Associates
- Location: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Architecture
Honor
Credit: Michael Moran
Cast Iron House
- Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
- Architect of Record: Dean Maltz Architect
- Restoration Architect: Higgins Quasebarth & Partners
Location: New York City
Credit: Ema Peter
Portland International Airport
- Architect: ZGF Architects
- Landscape Architect: PLACE
- Biophilic Design Consultant: Terrapin Bright Green
- Location: Portland, Ore.
Credit: Michael Grimm
Vesterheim Commons
- Architect: Snøhetta
- Architect of Record: BNIM
- Location: Decorah, Iowa
Merit
Credit: Scott Frances
The Church
- Architect: SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership
- Landscape Architect: Hollander Design Landscape Architects
- Location: Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Credit: Finbarr Fallon
Equatorial School of Architecture Design
- Architect: Campus Design Innovations Group
- Architect of Record: CPG Consultants
- Landscape Architect: DP Green Location: Singapore
Credit: Jason O’Rear
Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Architect: Studio Gang
- Associate Architect: TEF Design
- Landscape Architects: Joni L. Janecki and Associates; Office of Cheryl Barton
- Location: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Credit: Iwan Baan
The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University
- Architect: REX
- Landscape Architect: Stimson
- Location: Providence, R.I.
Credit: Iwan Baan
Narrow House
- Architect: Only If Architecture
- Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Credit: Chris Cooper
Pink House
- Architect: Roger Ferris + Partners
- Location: Sagaponack, N.Y.
Credit: Chao Zhang
Qiaochengbei Park Visitor Center
- Architect: Atelier XI
- Architect of Record: Shenzhen Wenke Landscape
- Location: Shenzhen, China
Credit: Albert Vecerka
University of Toronto Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus
- Architect: Weiss/Manfredi
- Architect of Record: Teeple Architects
- Location: Toronto
Citation
Adaptive Mixed-Use Housing
Credit: Alexander Severin
Allen Apartments
- Architect: Adam Sokol Architecture Practice
- Landscape Architect: Joy Kuebler Landscape Architect
- Location: Buffalo, N.Y.
Affordable Housing
Credit: David Sundberg
Casa Celina
- Architect: Magnusson Architecture and Planning
- Landscape Architect: Terrain-NYC
- ‘Location: Bronx, N.Y.
Resilience and Community Impact
Credit: Jeff Goldberg
Far Rockaway Library
- Architect: Snøhetta
- Location: Queens, N.Y.
Innovation in Preservation
Credit: Francis Dzikowski
Palace Theatre
- Architect: PBDW Architects
- Architect of Record: Mancini Duffy
- Location: New York City
Biodiversity
St. John’s Terminal
- Architect: COOKFOX Architects
- Interior Architect: Gensler
- Architect of Record: AAI Architects
- Landscape Architect: Future Green Studio
- Location: New York City
Interiors
Merit
Credit: Alex Fradkin
Manhattan Pet Adoption Center
- Architect: Studio Joseph
- Location: New York City
Credit: Eric Laignel
Rockefeller Center Rink Level Public Concourse
- Architect: INC Architecture & Design
- Location: New York City
Citation
Materials and Detailing
Credit: William Jess Laird
West Village Townhouse
- Architect: JG Neukomm Architecture
- Interior Design: Francis Sultana
- Location: New York City
Projects
Honor
Biogenic House Sections
- Architect: LTL Architects
Urban Design
Honor
Credit: Casey Dunn
Blanton Museum of Art Grounds Redesign at the University of Texas at Austin
- Design Architect, Landscape Architect: Snøhetta
- Architect of Record: Architexas
- Location: Austin, Texas
Credit: Tom Harris
Tom Lee Park
- Architect: Studio Gang
- Landscape Architect: SCAPE
- Location: Memphis
