Thirty-Second Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, July 7, 2014

Award Recipients

New York Botanical Garden’s East Gate Entrance, Edible Academy, and Family Garden
2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx
A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation, and the New York Botanical Garden
Cooper, Robertson & Partners
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Towers Golde Landscape Architects
Edward Stanley Engineers

Sunset Park Playground Reconstruction
Sixth Avenue at 44th Street, Brooklyn
A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation
Department of Parks & Recreation In-House Design

Cornell Tech’s First Academic Building
Roosevelt Island  
A project of the Economic Development Corporation and Cornell Tech
Morphosis Architects
James Corner Field Operations

Peace Clock
Trygve Lie Plaza, First Avenue between East 41st Street and East 42nd Street, Manhattan
A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Percent for Art Program, the Department of Parks & Recreation, and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York
Lina Viste Grønli

Four Directions From Hunters Point
Hunters Point Community Library, Center Boulevard between 47th Road and 48th Avenue, Queens
A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Percent for Art Program, the Department of Design and Construction, Queens Library, and Queens West Development Corporation
Julianne Swartz

Alley Pond Environmental Center 
228-08 Northern Boulevard, Queens
A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation and Alley Pond Environmental Center
Leroy Street Studio

Conference House Park Pavilion
Hylan Boulevard at the Arthur Kill, Staten Island
A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation
Sage and Coombe Architects
MKW & Associates

Joseph A. Verdino Jr. Grandstand
South Shore Little League Fields, 245 Bedell Avenue, Staten Island
A project of the Department of Design and Construction, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, and South Shore Little League
Gray Organschi Architecture

Special Recognition for a Completed Project

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Roosevelt Island
A project of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and Four Freedoms Park Conservancy
Louis I. Kahn

LeFrak Center at Lakeside
171 East Drive, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Prospect Park Alliance
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects