The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) has announced the winners of the annual 2023 MASterworks Awards. The MASterworks Awards celebrates the best new spaces and buildings in New York City’s public realm.
In Brooklyn, Powerhouse Arts has won for Best New Urban Amenity, for an addition to the built environment that contributes to a more livable city; and Mercury Store has won for Best Adaptive Reuse, for a project that demonstrates exceptional creativity in adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure.
“The winners we’re proud to announce today were nominated by the very New Yorkers who know their own neighborhoods best,” said Elizabeth Goldstein, President of the Municipal Art Society, in the press release. “In their own ways, each project plays a valuable role in improving the city’s built environment, adding to all the ways that it’s such a magical place. Congratulations to all the winners.”
To celebrate these contributions to the public realm, throughout October, as a part of Archtober, MAS will host a program series of in-person explorations and virtual conversations to explore the winning projects. These events will be presented in collaboration with the winning project teams.
The full list of winners
- Staten Island Animal Care Center wins Best New Building, for outstanding architectural design (Design team: Garrison Architects);
- Battery Playscape wins Best Urban Landscape, for a new or revitalized open space that contributes to livability and resilience (Design team: BKSK Architects and Starr Whitehouse);
- David Geffen Hall wins Best Restoration, for a project that expertly enhances the original qualities of a significant historic building or structure (Design team: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and Diamond Schmitt);
- Mercury Store wins Best Adaptive Reuse, for a project that demonstrates exceptional creativity in adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure (Design team: CO Adaptive Architecture);
- MTA – Grand Central Madison & 42nd Street Corridor Connection wins Best New Infrastructure, for distinctive design in public service projects (Design team: AECOM and MLJ Contracting Corporation); and
- Powerhouse Arts wins Best New Urban Amenity, for an addition to the built environment that contributes to a more livable city (Design team: PBDW Architects and Herzog & de Meuron).
For the full schedule of MASterworks Awards exploration events and details about the awards ceremony, please visit mas.org/masterworks.
