Winners unveiled for 2026 AIA New York Design Awards

The winners have been unveiled for the 2026 AIA New York Design Awards. In total, 24 winning projects were honored in categories of Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design, all intended to “celebrate the wonder of architecture, its role in building community, and its capacity as a vehicle for optimism.”

The winners were selected from over 200 entries, ranging from cultural institutions and academic buildings to intimate interventions in public space. Each winning project, granted either an Honor, Merit, or Citation, was chosen for its design quality, response to its context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique. 

Below we have set out the winners of the 2026 edition. You can compare this year’s selection to that of previous years by following our ongoing coverage of the series here.

ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY

Honor

Amy Gutmann Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Architect: Lake Flato
Architect: KSS Architects
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Book Tower
Architect: ODA Architects
Location: Detroit, MI

Davis Center at the Harlem Meer
Design Architect: Susan T Rodriguez | Architecture • Design
Architect of Record: Mitchell Giurgola Architects
Landscape Architect: Central Park Conservancy
Location: New York, NY

The Eliza and New York Public Library Inwood Branch
Architect (Library Interiors): Andrew Berman Architect
Architect (Building; The Eliza Residences; Universal Pre-K; Activities, Culture, and Training (ACTS) Center): Fogarty Finger
Location: New York, NY

Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob's Pillow
Architect: Marvel
Lead Design Architect: Mecanoo
Location: Becket, MA

Merit

Brown University Brook Street Residence Halls
Architect: TenBerke
Landscape Architect: STIMSON
Location: Providence, RI

Disney New York City Headquarters, Robert A. Iger Building
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Landscape Architect: Scape Studio
Location: New York, NY

Frame 122
Architect: Brent Buck Architects
Landscape Architect: MKMLandscape Architecture
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Garden House at the Packer Collegiate Institute `
Architect: WXY architecture + urban design
Landscape Architect: Starr Whitehouse
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Honnen Arts Hub
Architect: Kennedy & Violich Architecture
Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Lopez Playground Modular Comfort Station
Architect: 1100 Architect
Location: Staten Island, NY

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Architect: Snøhetta
Location: St. Louis, MO

Studio Museum in Harlem
Architect: Adjaye Associates
Architect of Record: Cooper Robertson
Location: New York, NY

Terminal Warehouse
Architect: COOKFOX Architects
Landscape Architect: Terrain-NYC
Location: New York, NY

Citation for the Integration of Embodied and Operational Sustainability

475 High Performance Building Supply
Architect: Ryan Enschede Studio
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Citation for Reconnecting Family to Nature Through a Highly Evolved Sustainable Strategy

Riverhouse
Architect: WORKac
Landscape Architect: Anne Penniman Associates
Landscape Architect: Golden Root Inc.
Location: Hopkinton, RI

Citation for Sensitivity to Landscape and Art

Storm King Art Center
Architect: Heneghan Peng Architects`
Architect: WXY architecture + urban design
Landscape Architect: Gustafson Porter + Bowman
Landscape Architect: Reed Hilderbrand
Location: New Windsor, NY

INTERIORS CATEGORY

Honor

David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
Architect of Record (Master Plan and Concert Theater): Diamond Schmitt
Architect (Public Spaces): Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners
Location: New York, NY

Merit

Manifest
Architect: INC Architecture & Design
Location: Washington, DC

Sculpting History at the Valentine Studio: Art, Power, and the “Lost Cause” American Myth at The Valentine Museum
Architect: Studio Joseph
Associate Architect: Glavé & Holmes Architecture
Location: Richmond, VA

PROJECTS CATEGORY

Honor

Exodus and Dance Restoration at Kingsborough Houses
Architect: New York City Housing Authority
Consulting Architect: Ronnette Riley Architect
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Merit

Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New Transitopia
Author: Evan Shieh
Publisher: Applied Research & Design

URBAN DESIGN CATEGORY

Merit

South Battery Park City Resilience
Architect: AECOM LAUD NYC
Location: New York, NY

Citation for Celebrating the Reuse of Post-Industrial Infrastructure

Neuhoff
Architect: S9 Architecture and Engineering
Architect of Record (New Buildings): HKS
Architect of Record (Adaptive Reuse): Smith Gee Studio
Landscape Architect: Future Green Studio
Location: Nashville, TN