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	Since 1982, the Public Design Commission of the City of New York has recognized outstanding public projects with its Annual Awards for Excellence in Design. The winning projects are selected by the Commission from the hundreds of submissions reviewed each year and exemplify the highest design standards.

	2008 Design Awards Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Public Design Commission President James P. Stuckey honored ten outstanding public projects at the Design Commission’s 27th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design. This year’s awards reflect the City’s movement towards sustainable design, epitomized by PlaNYC, the long-term vision for a greener, greater New York. The event, held at the New Museum, also included a special recognition award for the Staten Island Court Complex, which will be the first courthouse in the City to be certified by the Green Buildings Council. Learn more Read the press release

	2007 Design Awards Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Public Design Commission President James P. Stuckey honored seven public projects for excellence in design and announced that the Art Commission was renamed the Design Commission at the 26th Annual Design Awards. The ceremony was held at The Times Center, the state-of-the-art cultural center and performance space of the New York Times Building that was designed by Renzo Piano in association with FXFOWLE Architects. The winning projects reflect the City's movement toward sustainable design, consistent with PlaNYC, and the Design + Construction Excellence Initiative, which was announced at the Design Awards in 2004. Learn more Read the press release

	2006 Design Awards First Deputy Mayor and former Art Commission Executive Director Patricia E. Harris and Art Commission President James P. Stuckey honored 10 public projects for excellence in design at the 25th Annual Art Commission Awards. The ceremony, held at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History, also included a special recognition award for Mike Friedlander, the Department of Sanitation’s Director of Special Projects. The winning projects were selected from hundreds of submissions that the Art Commission reviewed in 2006. Learn more Read the press release Exhibition of 2006 Award-Winning Projects

	2005 Design Awards Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Art Commission President Joyce Menschel honored eight public projects for excellence in design at the 24th Annual Art Commission Awards. The ceremony, held at The Morgan Library & Museum, also included a special recognition award for the Horticultural Society of New York’s GreenBranches Program. The winning projects were selected from hundreds of submissions that the Art Commission reviewed in 2005 and exemplify the highest design standards. Learn more Read the press release View the Award-Winning Projects (in QuickTime)

	2004 Design Awards Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Joyce Frank Menschel, President of the Art Commission, honored nine public projects at the 23rd Annual Art Commission Awards for Excellence in Design at The Museum of Modern Art on July 12, 2005. The winning projects were selected from hundreds of submissions that the Art Commission reviewed in 2004 and exemplify the highest design standards. Learn more View the Award-Winning Projects (in QuickTime)

	2003 Design Awards In 2004, in addition to honoring the 22nd Annual Awards for Excellence in Design winners, the Mayor and the Art Commission announced the Design and Construction Excellence Initiative, created to encourage City agencies to strive for the same level of excellence in design for all public works—large and small—that is recognized annually by the Art Commission's awards. Learn more

	Past Design Awards See a complete list of award winners and download the slideshows that highlight achievements. See the 2002 Design Award winners See the 2001 Design Award winners Design Award Archives

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