Presenting the 2025 NYCxDESIGN Awards Winners

Now in its tenth year, the NYCxDESIGN Awards continues to go beyond Manhattan and its boroughs, embracing the entire creative landscape of New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

2025 NYCxDESIGN Awards Winners and Honorees

Explore the cutting-edge designs that showcase New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut—from student designers to established creatives and brands leading the industry forward. Plus, check out honorees whose work wowed and catch the recap of the ceremony.

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NYCxDESIGN Awards

Project

Bar/Lounge

Winner
So & So’s
Goodrich NYC

Honoree
Klocke Estate
Ken Fulk and BarlisWedlick Architects
Honoree
Clemente Bar
Allied Works Architects and L’Observatoire International
Honoree
Delta One Lounge, Terminal 4, John F. Kennedy International Airport
Gensler
Honoree
Gentleman’s Lounge
K.A. Murphy Interiors

Back to Project

Building Facade

Winner
29 Jay Street
Marvel

Honoree
64 University Place
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Honoree
Hendrix House
DXA Studio and Morali Architects
Honoree
200 Montague Street
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners

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Casual Dining

Winner
The Duo
Design Next Agency and QWA Studio

Honoree
Brooklyn Museum Café
Office of Tangible Space
Honoree
Kid
44LLC
Honoree
WatchHouse
Sarah Carpenter & Studio

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Civic/Institutional

Winner
L10 Arts and Cultural Center
Andrea Steele Architecture

Honoree
Korean Cultural Center New York Library
Studio Empathy and Praxes
Honoree
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Offices
MBB Architects
Honoree
Rosenblatt Building, Inwood Library
Fogarty Finger and Andrew Berman Architect

Back to Project

Commercial Lobby/Amenity Space

Winner
9 West 57 Street
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Honoree
3 Times Square
FXCollaborative
Honoree
The Meeting Galleries, 10 Grand Central
Studios Architecture
Honoree
Lever Club, Lever House
Marmol Radziner and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Honoree
Le Jardin sur Madison
Rockwell Group

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Creative Office

Winner
The Walt Disney Company New York City Headquarters
Gensler and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Honoree
Ted Moudis Associates
Ted Moudis Associates
Honoree
KPF 7th Floor Studio
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Honoree
DNA Model Management
vonDalwig Architecture
Honoree
Fulwell Entertainment Headquarters
Spectorgroup

Back to Project

Early Education

Winner
WHIN Music Community Charter School
GLUCK+ Architecture

Honoree
Maker Space, Saint Ann’s School
Lea Architecture
Honoree
Khalil Gibran International Academy and Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers, P.S. 456
Architecture Research Office

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Exhibition/Installation

Winner
Infinite Harmony: Year of the Snake, Oculus
Gluckman Tang Architects

Honoree
Breathe with Me, Consulate General of Switzerland
Studio Annabelle Schneider
Honoree
“Going Home,” Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial
Black Artists + Designers Guild and Shaw Contract
Honoree
“No Bats, No Chocolate,” Galerie56
SheltonMindel and Southern Guild

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Fine Dining

Winner
La Tête d’Or
Rockwell Group

Honoree
Cabaret Restaurant
YODEZEEN
Honoree
Massara
Sarah Carpenter & Studio
Honoree
Brass
Islyn Studio

Back to Project

Graphics + Branding

Winner
Kid Pizza
Tamara McCarthy and 44LLC

Honoree
Edges of Ailey Campaign
Whitney Museum of American Art
Honoree
DIFFA Brand Design
Gensler
Honoree
Whitney Biennial 2024 Campaign
Whitney Museum of American Art

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Greater Good

Winner
Love Ever After
Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio and Billion Oyster Project

Honoree
Sprout
The Urban Conga
Honoree
Oasis NYC
Street Lab
Honoree
Forest Hills Center, Queens Community House
Matiz Architecture & Design

Back to Project

Honoree
The Rounds, Scribner’s Lodge
Post Company
Honoree
Kimpton Hotel Theta
Creme/Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design
Honoree
The Manner
Lubrano Ciavarra Architects and Hannes Peer Architecture

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Iconic Project

Winner
The Lobster Club
Peter Marino
Winner
Flight Club
Slade Architecture
Winner
Under/Over Kiosks
Woods Bagot

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Kitchen + Bath

Winner
Cobble Hill Townhouse
Shapeless Studio Architecture & Interiors

Honoree
Ceppo Powder Room
Altra Studio
Honoree
Candlewood Lake House Primary Bath
Studio KC Interiors
Honoree
Gramercy Park Kitchen
Ammor Architecture

Back to Project

Large Corporate Office

Winner
Macquarie Group Americas Headquarters
Architecture Plus Information

Honoree
HSBC Headquarters
M Moser Associates
Honoree
Morgan Stanley Westchester Campus
Gensler
Honoree
Lord, Abbett & Co Headquarters
HLW

Back to Project

Large Urban Living

Winner
Carnegie Hill Renovation
Hendricks Churchill

Honoree
Greenpoint Townhouse
Lea Architecture
Honoree
Bank Street Apartment
David Frazier

Back to Project

Medium Corporate Office

Winner
Investment Firm
Gensler

Honoree
Robinson + Cole Hartford Headquarters
Studio Alliance
Honoree
AllianceBernstein
Gensler
Honoree
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Studios Architecture

Back to Project

Model Apartment

Winner
The Maybury
BHDM Design

Honoree
Billionaires’ Row Home
Interior Marketing Group
Honoree
130 William Penthouse
Interior Marketing Group

Back to Project

Multi-Unit Housing

Winner
Frame 122
Brent Buck Architects

Honoree
One High Line
Bjarke Ingels Group, Gabellini Sheppard, and Gilles & Boissier
Honoree
85 Worth
Combined Architecture and Paris Forino
Honoree
Bridge Rockaway
Think! Architecture and Design
Honoree
The Huron
Morris Adjmi Architects and SCAPE Landscape Architecture