Launched in 2018 and conferred each spring at the Open City Benefit, the Open City Award honors the team behind a newly opened or opening project that makes a sizable contribution to quality of place. These are the singular projects, often born from visionary aspirations and years in the making, that embody the spirit of openness, access, and connectivity that are essential to New York’s continued growth and preeminence.
2023
Powerhouse Arts
Recognizing the Design and Development team, led by
Powerhouse Arts, Gemini Arts Initiative, Herzog & de Meuron, PBDW Architects, and Buro Happold Engineering.
2022
Moynihan Train Hall
Recognizing the Design and Development team, led by
Empire State Development
Vornado Realty Trust
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Skanska USA
2021
Governors Island
Recognizing
The Trust for Governors Island
2019
TWA Hotel
Recognizing
MCR and MORSE Development
With
Beyer Blinder Belle
INC Architecture & Design
Lubrano Ciavarra Architects
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Stonehill Taylor
2018
Cornell Tech Campus
Recognizing
Cornell University
With
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
James Corner Field Operations
And
Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center | Architects: Morphosis Architects; Engineers: Arup; Construction Manager: Barr & Barr
Tata Innovation Center | Developer: Forest City New York; Architects: Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism; Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti, Jaros Baum & Bolles; Construction Manager: Turner
The House at Cornell Tech | Developers: Related Companies, The Hudson Companies; Architects: Handel Architects; Engineers: BuroHappold; Construction Manager: Monadnock Construction Inc.