Reiser+Umemoto, Snøhetta headline field of 2025 AIA New York Design Awards winners

AIANY’s picks for the 2025 AIA New York Design Awards winners were just announced from the Center for Architecture in Manhattan. A total of 24 projects representing the very best contributions made by members to the urban environment locally and abroad were selected by a jury whose 2025 members included ICON's Melodie Yashar, Yale's Anna Dyson, and Lucas ter Hall of Studio RAP.

Projects were divided into four categories (Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design), with Honor, Merit, and Citation designations given across each.

Each of the winners will next be honored as part of the chapter’s April Honors and Awards Luncheon. The Center for Architecture will also be hosting an exhibition of the winning projects.

ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY

Best in Competition

Kaohsiung Port Terminal in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Architect: Reiser+Umemoto, RUR Architecture DPC
Architect of Record: Fei and Cheng and Associates

Honor Awards

Cast Iron House in New York, NY
Design Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects 
Architect of Record: Dean Maltz Architect
Restoration Architect: Higgins Quasebarth & Partners

Portland International Airport in Portland, OR
Design Architect: ZGF Architects
Landscape Architect: PLACE
Biophilic Design Consultant: Terrapin Bright Green

Vesterheim Commons in Decorah, IA
Design Architect: Snøhetta
Architect of Record: BNIM

Merit Awards

The Church in Sag Harbor, NY
Design Architect: SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership
Landscape Architect: Hollander Design Landscape Architects

Equatorial School of Architecture Campus in Singapore
Design Architect: Design Innovations Group
Architect of Record: CPG Consultants
Landscape Architect: DP Green 

Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA
Architect: Studio Gang
Associate Architect: TEF Design
Landscape Architects: Joni L. Janecki and Associates; Office of Cheryl Barton

The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University in Providence, RI
Architect: REX
Landscape Architect: Stimson 

Merit Awards continued...

University of Toronto Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus in Toronto, ON
Architect: Weiss/Manfredi
Architect of Record: Teeple Architects

Narrow House in Brooklyn, NY
Architect: Only If Architecture

Pink House in Sagaponack, NY
Architect: Roger Ferris + Partners

Qiaochengbei Park Visitor Center in Shenzhen, China
Architect: Atelier XI
Architect of Record: Shenzhen Wenke Landscape

Citation for Resilience and Community Impact

Far Rockaway Library in Queens, NY
Architect: Snøhetta

Citation for Affordable Housing

Casa Celina in Bronx, NY
Architect: Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC
Landscape Architect: Terrain-NYC

Citation for Biodiversity

St. John's Terminal in New York, NY
Architect: COOKFOX
Architects Interior Architect: Gensler
Architect of Record: AAI Architects
Landscape Architect: Future Green Studio

Citation for Adaptive Mixed-Use Housing

Allen Apartments in Buffalo, NY
Architect: Adam Sokol Architecture Practice
Landscape Architect: Joy Kuebler Landscape Architects 

Citation for Innovation in Preservation

Palace Theatre in New York, NY
Architect: PBDW Architects
Architect of Record: Mancini Duffy

INTERIORS CATEGORY

Merit Awards

Manhattan Pet Adoption Center in New York, NY
Architect: Studio Joseph 

Rockefeller Center Rink Level Public Concourse in New York, NY
Architect: INC Architecture & Design

Citation for Materials and Detailing 

West Village Townhouse in New York, NY 
Architect: JG Neukomm Architecture
Interior Design: Francis Sultana

PROJECTS CATEGORY

Honor Awards

Biogenic House Sections
Architect: LTL Architects

URBAN DESIGN CATEGORY

Honor Awards

Blanton Museum of Art Grounds Redesign at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, TX
Design Architect, Landscape Architect: Snøhetta
Architect of Record: Architexas

Tom Lee Park in Mempis, TN
Architect: Studio Gang
Landscape Architect: SCAPE

Find the Merit award winners in the image gallery below.