2021 NYCxDESIGN Awards Project Finalists
Congratulations to the project finalists for this year's NYCxDESIGN Awards!
This year’s NYCxDESIGN Awards Ceremony, hosted by editor in chief Cindy Allen, will be live-streamed on DesignTV by SANDOW on Monday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 18 (1:30 PM ET). Tune in to see the project winners revealed! The ceremony will live-stream on Interior Design’s Facebook page as part of DesignTV by SANDOW programming and ICFF's CLOSEUP.
This Fall, we’ll celebrate in person, giving all winners an opportunity to pick up their awards and come together as a community.
Download 2021 NYCxDESIGN Awards finalist seals here.
*Please note, categories may have been expanded, consolidated, changed or removed per editorial discretion.
| Category | Firm Name | Project Name |
|---|---|---|
| Exhibition/Installation | Sarah Sze and Amuneal | Shorter than the Day |
| Exhibition/Installation | FrenchCalifornia and Gabriel & Guillaume | Steinway Landmark Penthouse Exhibition |
| Exhibition/Installation | L'Observatoire International and Roman and Williams | The Metropolitan Museum of Art British Galleries |
| Exhibition/Installation | The Brooklyn Home Company, FrenchCalifornia, and Maison Gerard | Votre Maison |
| Graphics + Branding | Crème | Bel-Fries |
| Graphics + Branding | Design Republic | The Kaufman Lobby Art Experience |
| Graphics + Branding | Whitney Museum of American Art | Vida Americana |
| Small Health + Wellness | Alda Ly Architecture and CallisonRTKL | HealthQuarters |
| Small Health + Wellness | BHDM Design | REal |
| Small Health + Wellness | Gensler | Columbia Primary Care Manhattan Valley |
| Large Health + Wellness | EwingCole | Physicians Pavilion, Brooklyn Hospital Center |
| Large Health + Wellness | Handel Architects | Inspir Carnegie Hill |
| Large Health + Wellness | Perkins Eastman | Center for Community Health, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital |
| Large Health + Wellness | Perkins Eastman | COVID-19 Centers of Excellence, NYC Health+Hospitals/Gotham Health |
| Outdoor Space | Handel Architects and Gachot Studios | Two Blue Slip |
| Outdoor Space | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Rockwell Group | Edge |
| Outdoor Space | MdeAS Architects | The Jacx |
| Greater Good: Social + Environmental Impact | Adjaye Associates | 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East |
| Greater Good: Social + Environmental Impact | Architecture Outfit | Theatre Row |
| Greater Good: Social + Environmental Impact | Deborah Berke Partners | The Wallace Foundation |
| Greater Good: Social + Environmental Impact | Imrey Studio | The Renaissance Project, Harlem School of the Arts, Herb Alpert Center |
| Greater Good: Social + Environmental Impact | Marble Fairbanks Architects | Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center |
| Club/Lounge | AvroKO | Chief |
| Club/Lounge | Carpenter & Mason | Talea Beer Co. |
| Club/Lounge | EwingCole | Irving Plaza |
| Club/Lounge | FXCollaborative | Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge, Moynihan Train Hall |
| Club/Lounge | Rockwell Group and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | Ticketed Waiting Room, Moynihan Train Hall |
| Outdoor Dining | NYC Economic Development Corporation | Design Corps |
| Outdoor Dining | Rockwell Group | DineOut NYC |
| Outdoor Dining | WXY Architecture + Urban Design, Body Lawson Associates, and JPDesign | Renaissance Pavilion, Strivers' Row |
| Hospitality | ForrestPerkins | Penthouse Suite, Lotte New York Palace |
| Hospitality | Rockwell Group | Murray’s Cheese Shop & Cheese Bar |
| Hospitality | Rockwell Group | Peak |
| Hospitality | SHoP Architects | Essex Market |
| Small Corporate Office | ENV Architects | Hello Fresh |
| Small Corporate Office | Float Studio | Nomad Financial Startup |
| Small Corporate Office | Gensler | Confidential Real Estate Investment Firm |
| Small Corporate Office | MKDA | Betterment |
| Large Corporate Office | Architecture + Information | Equinox Headquarters |
| Large Corporate Office | FCA | EisnerAmper Headquarters |
| Large Corporate Office | Spectorgroup | Confidential Client |
| Large Corporate Office | Ted Moudis Associates | Mizuho Americas |
| Creative Office | David Bers Architecture | Kurimanzutto |
| Creative Office | Jeffrey Beers International | Roc Nation |
| Creative Office | Perkins&Will | Firm's Own Studio |
| Creative Office | Studios Architecture | Project Worldwide |
| Tech Office | Corgan and Kuchar | FinTech |
| Tech Office | Desai Chia Architecture and Flank Architecture | Spark Capital |
| Tech Office | Unispace | Justworks |
| Tech Office | WRNS Studio | Confidential Tech Client |
| Commercial Lobby / Amenity Space | FXCollaborative | 250 Park Avenue Lobby |
| Commercial Lobby / Amenity Space | Gensler | 135 W 50th Street |
| Commercial Lobby / Amenity Space | Gensler | One Vanderbilt Amenity Space |
| Commercial Lobby / Amenity Space | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | One Vanderbilt Lobby |
| Commercial Lobby / Amenity Space | MdeAS Architects | The Jacx |
| Building Facade | Andre Kikoski Architect | 75 Kenmare |
| Building Facade | DXA Studio | 215-225 W 28th Street |
| Building Facade | Fogarty Finger | The Dime |
| Building Facade | Heatherwick Studio | Lantern House |
| Building Facade | INC Architecture & Design | Parlour |
| Residential Lobby / Amenity Space | Bromley Caldari Architects | 101 West End |
| Residential Lobby / Amenity Space | Fogarty Finger | Hollingsworth |
| Residential Lobby / Amenity Space | March and White Design | Lantern House |
| Residential Lobby / Amenity Space | Mesarch Studio and Fischer + Makooi Architects | 111 Montgomery |
| Residential Lobby / Amenity Space | Span Architecture | Zeckendorf |
| Small Multi-Unit Housing | Mesarch Studio and Fischer + Makooi Architects | 111 Montgomery |
| Small Multi-Unit Housing | Perkins Eastman and Meshberg Group | The Bath Haus |
| Small Multi-Unit Housing | ODA New York | 98 Front |
| Small Multi-Unit Housing | StudioSC | 83 Eagle Street |
| Large Multi-Unit Housing | Fogarty Finger | The Dime |
| Large Multi-Unit Housing | Heatherwick Studio and March and White Design | Lantern House |
| Large Multi-Unit Housing | Whitehall Interiors and Hill West Architects | Skyline Tower |
| Small Apartment | Grade New York | Olympic Tower Residence |
| Small Apartment | Enze Architects | TriBeCa |
| Small Apartment | Re-a.d Architecture Design | Harlem Penthouse |
| Large Apartment | Archi-Tectonics | Tribeca Apartment |
| Large Apartment | David Bers Architecture | Desbrosses Street Loft |
| Large Apartment | Michael K. Chen Architecture | Carnegie Hill Apartment |
| Large Apartment | Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners | Park Avenue Apartment |
| Large Apartment | StudioSC | Greenpoint Apartment |
| Urban House | Architecture in Formation | Upper West Side Townhouse |
| Urban House | Harper Design + Build | Landmark Townhouse |
| Urban House | The Brooklyn Home Company | Carroll Gardens Townhouse |
| Residential Transformation | Megan Grehl and Re-a.d Architecture Design | Dumbo Loft |
| Residential Transformation | Michael K. Chen Architecture | Clinton Hill Brownstone |
| Residential Transformation | The Brooklyn Home Company | Park Slope Townhouse |
| Kitchen + Bath | Andrew Mikhael Architect | Modern Nostalgia Apartment |
| Kitchen + Bath | DXA Studio | Soho Development |
| Kitchen + Bath | Harper Design + Build | Landmark Townhouse |
| Model Apartment | Kravitz Design and Andre Kikoski Architect | Penthouse B, 75 Kenmare |
| Model Apartment | RR Interiors | Residence 65, 53 West 53 |
| Model Apartment | Alloy and RR Interiors | 168 Plymouth |
| Model Apartment | White Arrow | Brooklyn Point |
| Small Retail/Showroom | Asthetíque and Juniper | Juniper |
| Small Retail/Showroom | Guilherme Wentz and Sossego | Sossego |
| Small Retail/Showroom | Re-a.d Architecture Design and Lambert & Fils | Lambert & Fils Flagship |
| Large Retail/Showroom | Andreu World | Andreu World |
| Large Retail/Showroom | ENV Architects | Carnegie Fabrics |
| Large Retail/Showroom | Gabellini Sheppard Associates | David Yurman |
| Large Retail/Showroom | West Chin Architects & Interior Designers | West | Out East Fifth Avenue |
| Staircase | Gensler and Amuneal | 399 Park Avenue |
| Staircase | Ot/tra and Zimmerman Workshop Architecture + Design | Red Hook Flagship |
| Staircase | Pembrooke & Ives | West Village Penthouse |
| Iconic NYC Project | INC Architecture & Design, Marvel Architects, and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates | 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge |
| Iconic NYC Project | James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf | High Line |
| Iconic NYC Project | LSM | Milbank |
| Iconic NYC Project | Rottet Studio and Studios Architecture | New York Stock Exchange |
| On The Boards: Commercial | CLB Architects | Filter |
| On The Boards: Commercial | DXA Studio | The Great Bridge: Path to Equilibrium |
| On The Boards: Commercial | Re-a.d Architecture Design | Atmospheric Veil |
| On The Boards: Commercial | Soluri Architecture | Mount Pleasant Christian Academy |
| On The Boards: Commercial | WXY Architecture + Urban Design and Tvsdesign | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Expansion |
| On The Boards: Residential | CetraRuddy Architecture | One Essex Crossing |
| On The Boards: Residential | Ramona Albert Architecture | Fort Greene Residence |
| On The Boards: Residential | SheltonMindel | Salon de Soleil |
| On The Boards: Residential | SHoP Architects | 9 DeKalb |
| On The Boards: Residential | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Jean-Louis Deniot | The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria |
| NYC's Shining Moment | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Rockwell Group | Edge |
| NYC's Shining Moment | Rockwell Group and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | Ticket Waiting Room, Moynihan Train Hall |
| NYC's Shining Moment | Sarah Sze and Amuneal | Shorter than the Day |
| NYC's Shining Moment | SHoP Architects | Essex Market |