MASterworks Awards

Established in 2001, the MASterworks Awards pay tribute to projects completed in the previous year that exemplify excellence in architecture and urban design. From iconic buildings to neighborhood gems, our list of past winners includes the likes of Weeksville Heritage Center, Manhattan District 1/2/5 Garage & Salt Shed, Adams Street Library, McCarren Pool and Bathhouse, the Tenement Museum, the TKTS Booth, El Barrio Bait Station, the High Bridge, and the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park.

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2024 MASterworks Honoree: Far Rockaway Library. Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto.
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2024 MASterworks Honoree: Shore Front Parkway Beach 98th Playground. Photo: Landscape Structures Inc.
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2024 MASterworks Honoree: 550 Madison. Photo: Alex Fradkin.
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2024 MASterworks Honoree: Adaptive Reuse of Pier 57. Photo: Lester Ali.
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2024 MASterworks Honoree: East Midtown Greenway and Andrew Haswell Green Park Phase 2B. Photo: Timothy Schenck.
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2024 MASterworks Honoree: Bronx Point. Photo: Ashok Sinha.
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2024 MASterworks Honoree: the Inwood Hill Nature Center Post-Sandy Reconstruction. Photo: NYC Parks.
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Criteria

All nominated projects must be located in New York City and have been completed in the previous year. Projects can be nominated in up to two of the following categories:

Best New Building for outstanding architectural design
Best Urban Landscape for a new or revitalized open space that contributes to livability and resilience
Best Restoration for a project that expertly enhances the original qualities of a significant historic building or structure
Best Adaptive Reuse for a project that demonstrates exceptional creativity in adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure
Best New Infrastructure for distinctive design in public service projects
Best New Urban Amenity for an addition to the built environment that contributes to a more livable city
Best Environmental Innovation for an exceptional project that enhances the environmental resiliency of the city

2024 Masterworks

We hosted in-person and virtual explorations across the city, visiting the winning project sites with designers and project team members. In November, we also hosted an in-person awards ceremony at Pier 57. A recording of the ceremony will be available to stream soon!

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2024 Jury

Every year, MAS convenes an esteemed jury of architects, designers, preservationists, scholars, and critics to select the winners of the MASterworks Awards. This year’s distinguished jury is as follows:

Julia Gamolina, Founder and Editor in Chief, MadameArchitect.org
Susan Hinkson-Carling, AIA, LLM, MAS Board of Directors and Principal, Capalino Ventures, LLC
Walter Rodriguez Meyer, PLA, Principal, Local Office Landscape & Urban Design
Roberta Washington, FAIA, Principal, Roberta Washington Architects PC

2024 Ceremony

The 2024 MASterworks Awards Ceremony will be held on November 4 at Pier 57 in Manhattan. Learn more and register >

2024 Recipients

Best New Building Far Rockaway Library
Best Urban Landscape Shore Front Parkway Beach 98th Playground
Best Restoration 550 Madison
Best Adaptive Reuse Pier 57
Best New Infrastructure East Midtown Greenway and Andrew Haswell Green Park Phase 2B
Best New Urban Amenity Bronx Point
Best Environmental Innovation Inwood Hill Nature Center Post-Sandy Reconstruction

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