2017 AIANY COTE Awards

Join the AIANY Committee on the Environments for 2017 COTE Awards presentation. 

The AIANY COTE Awards recognizes results-oriented achievements in the urban context. Winning submissions demonstrate processes that culminate in beautiful, timeless and measurable design.

The awards further sustainable design in the architectural profession, make transparent lessons learned, and reveal the process behind true innovation in an urban context.

Established in 2014 by the New York Chapter of AIA’s Committee on the Environment, the program seeks to redefine how design excellence is evaluated. By honoring innovative projects we seek to provide a collective resource to all firms looking to achieve socially and environmentally responsible design.

Connecting the individual experience to a greater context and purpose has always been the role of architecture. Climate change, political stability, energy and water independence, and human health are all responsibilities of the design community. These challenges present new opportunities to enrich the profession — to generate positive impact in the world we build. The awards recognize design that brings us closer to solving the critical issues facing our communities as achieving the highest level of intention possible in the field of architecture. 

2017 AIANY COTE Award Winners

Honor Award
Project: One John Street
Firm: Alloy Development

Merit Awards
Project: Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex
Firm: Payette

Project: Vassar College Bridge for Laboratory Sciences Integrated Science Commons
Firm: Ennead Architects

Speakers:
One John Street
Jonce Walker, LEED AP, CSBA, Associate, Sustainability, Thornton Tomasetti
Jais Kwon, CPHC, LEED Green Associate, Senior Project Consultant, Sustainability, Thornton Tomasetti

Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex
Bob Schaeffner, Principal-in-Charge, Payette
Wes Schwartz, Project Architect, Payette

Vassar College Bridge for Laboratory Sciences Integrated Science Commons
Edgar Jimenez, AIA, Job Captain, Ennead