Design Commission - Twenty-Seventh Annual Design Awards

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Twenty-Seventh Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, July 1, 2009

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Public Design Commission President James P. Stuckey honored ten outstanding public projects at the Design Commission's 27th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design. This year's awards reflect the City's movement towards sustainable design, epitomized by PlaNYC, the long-term vision for a greener, greater New York. The event, held at the New Museum, also included a special recognition award for the Staten Island Court Complex, which will be the first courthouse in the City to be certified by the Green Buildings Council.

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Award Recipients

Bronx River Greenway
Bronx River between Westchester Avenue and East 177th Street, Bronx
A Project of the Department of Parks & Recreation and the New York State Department of Transportation
New York State Department of Transportation In-House Design
WSP Sells
The RBA Group

EMS Station 3
501 Zerega Avenue, Bronx
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction and the Fire Department
Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Croton Water Treatment Plant
Mosholu Golf Course, Van Cortlandt Park, 3701 Jerome Avenue, Bronx
A Project of the Department of Environmental Protection and
the Department of Parks & Recreation
Grimshaw
Ken Smith Landscape Architect
Great Ecology & Environments
Rana Creek

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Weiss/Manfredi

Bushwick Inlet Park District Headquarters and Community Facility
Kent Avenue between North 9th Street and North 10th Street, Brooklyn
A Project of the Department of Parks & Recreation
Kiss + Cathcart, Architects
Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners

Inside Out by Richard Artschwager
Riverside Health Center, 160 West 100th Street, Manhattan
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program, the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Richard Artschwager

The Opposite of a Duck by Janet Zweig
Children's Reading Room, Glen Oaks Community Library, 256-04 Union Turnpike, Queens
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program, the Department of Design and Construction and the Queens Library
Janet Zweig

Shapes by Allan McCollum
Elmhurst Community Library, 86-01 Broadway, Queens
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program,
the Department of Design and Construction and the Queens Library
Allan McCollum

Mariners Harbor Branch of the New York Public Library
206 South Avenue, Staten Island
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction and the New York Public Library
Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani

Special Recognition Award

Staten Island Court Complex
26 Central Avenue, Staten Island
A Project of the Mayor's Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator, the New York State Office of Court Administration, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Polshek Partnership Architects
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects