MASterworks Awards

Established in 2001, the MASterworks Awards pay tribute each year to projects that make a significant contribution to New York City’s built environment. Selected each year by an esteemed jury, past honored projects have included some of the city’s most iconic buildings to its hidden gems, such as the likes of Roberto Clemente State Park, Sunset Park Interim Library, Weeksville Heritage Center, Pier 35, Manhattan District 1/2/5 Garage & Salt Shed, McCarren Pool and Bathhouse, Queens Museum, and many more.

Please join MAS in congratulating the following projects selected for 2021 MASterworks Awards, and view a special digital tribute to this year’s winners by clicking here.

As a part of Archtober and NYCxDESIGN, MAS has also curated a selection of in person explorations and online in-conversations with this year’s honored projects. Check mas.org/events for a list of upcoming MASterworks programs

• Best New Building: Amant. For outstanding architectural design
• Best Urban Landscape: Pier 26 at Hudson River Park. For a new or revitalized open space that contributes to livability and resilience
• Best Restoration: Endale Arch. For a project that expertly enhances the original qualities of a significant historic building or structure
• Best Adaptive Reuse: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. For a project that demonstrates exceptional creativity in adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure
• Best New Infrastructure: LaGuardia Terminal B Arrivals & Departures Hall. For distinctive design in public service projects
• Best New Urban Amenity: Newtown Creek Nature Walk. For an addition to the built environment that contributes to a more livable city.

The jury also chose to give special recognition to the following projects that responded creatively and thoughtfully to New York’s challenges in 2020: NYC Open Streets and Neighborhoods Now: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.