AIANYS

2011 Honor Awards
James Lai

Intern/Associate Award

James Lai, Assoc. AIA

  • Senior Associate, Cannon Design
  • Chair, AIA Buffalo/Western NY Architecture + Education program
  • Webmaster for AIA Buffalo/WNY website
  • Member of Buffalo Architecture Foundation Board
Jessica Sheridan

Intern/Associate Award

Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA

  • Project Manager, Gensler
  • Editor-in-Chief, eOCULUS, AIA New York’s electronic journal
  • Associate Director, AIA New York
  • Member, Emerging NY Architects Committee (ENYA), AIA New York, Previously served as co-chair
Kent Kleinman

Educator Award

Kent Kleinman, Cornell University

  • Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Cornell University’s School of Architecture, Art & Planning, Helped complete design for Rem Koolhaas’s Milstein Hall
  • Former board member of AIA New York & speaker at AIANY’s Dean Forum
  • Previously Dean of School of Constructed Environments at Parsons, The New School for Design and Chair of the Dept. of Architecture at University of Buffalo
Brooklyn Bridge Park

Community Development Award

Brooklyn Bridge Park

  • New State-created park stretching over 1.3 miles along the East River just below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
  • Park features new playgrounds, meadows, amphitheaters, wetlands, new bike & walking paths
  • Many sustainable features including a storm water recycling system, re-use of wood and reclaimed granite
  • 18 acres opened in 2010, total of 85 acres to be completed by 2015
Rogers Marvel

Firm Award

Rogers Marvel Architects

  • Founded in 1992 by Rob Rogers, FAIA and Jonathan Marvel, AIA, specializing in design of the public realm.
  • Recipient of AIA National, AIANYS and AIA New York Design Awards and the AIANY Medal of Honor
  • Winner of national competition to redesign Presidents Park South and the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
  • Projects include: Battery Park City, NYSE/Financial District, Governors Island World Park
Alfreda Radzicki

President’s Award

Alfreda Radzicki, AIA

  • Associate Principal, Director of Pre-Design Services, FXFOWLE Architects
  • Served on AIANYS Board of Directors 2009-2010
  • Co-Chair, AIA New York Planning & Urban Design Committee
  • AIA Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement for New York New Visions
Dennis A Andrejko

Matthew W. Del Gaudio Service Award

Dennis A. Andrejko, FAIA

  • Associate Professor, Master of Arch Program, RIT, Golisano Institute for Sustainability
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture, University at Buffalo, 1982-2011
  • Principal, Andrejko + Associates, 1981-2011
  • Vice President, AIA National; Previously served as New York Regional Director
Susan Chin

Matthew W. Del Gaudio Service Award

Susan Chin, FAIA

  • Executive Director of the Design Trust for Public Space
  • Previously served as Assistant Commissioner for Capital Projects, Dept. of Cultural Affairs of the City of NY
  • New York Regional Director on the AIA National Board
  • President, AIA New York, 2005
Robert T. Coles

Fellows Award

Robert T. Coles, FAIA

  • President, Robert Traynham Coles Architect, PC
  • Residence and studio in Buffalo recently added to National Register of Historic Places
  • Recipient of AIANYS James William Kideney Gold Medal Award
  • Recipient of AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Citation
George Miller

James William Kideney Gold Medal Award

George Miller, FAIA

  • Partner, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Projects include: Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Goldman Sachs Headquarters
  • President, AIA National, 2010
  • New York Regional Director, 2003-2006
  • President, AIA New York, 2003