Awards & Recognition

• 2024

  

  HELP ONE | Interior Design Magazine NYCxDESIGN Award, Supportive Housing Category May 20, 2024 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Melrose North | U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative, Better Project Award April 3, 2024 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Three Arts | NYSERDA Building of Excellence Award, Blue Ribbon Winner April 2, 2024 Read Related Article

  819 Grand Street | NYSERDA Building of Excellence Award April 2, 2024 Read Related Article

  Marcus Garvey Extension Phase I | Commercial Property Executive Best Design Mixed-Use Gold January 18, 2024 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2023

  

  Melrose North | Phius Passive House Projects Design Competition - High-Rise Multifamily Honorable Mention and Mixed-Use Recognition November 9, 2023 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  4697 Third Avenue | SARA National Design Award of Merit October 28, 2023 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  4697 Third Avenue | SARA NY Design Award of Merit June 13, 2023 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Baychester and Murphy Houses | ASLA-NY Merit Award March 29, 2023 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  The Carolina | National Association of Home Builders Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards Multifamily affordable housing community (over 100 units) February 23, 2023 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2022

  

  4697 Third Avenue | Phius Passive House Projects Design Competition - High-Rise Multifamily Honorable Mention October 27, 2022 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | ENR Top 100 Green Design Firms September 19, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | Building Design + Construction Giants Top 80 Senior Living Facilities August 29, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | Building Design + Construction Giants Top 70 Student Housing Facilities August 29, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | Building Design + Construction Giants Top 175 Multifamily Sector August 29, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | Building Design + Construction Giants Top 155 Multifamily Apartment + Condominium August 25, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | Building Design + Construction Giants Top 150 University Sector August 23, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | Building Design + Construction Giants Top 180 Architecture Firms August 22, 2022 Read Related Article

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | ENR Top 500 Design Firms May 2, 2022 Read Related Article

• 2021

  

  Beach Green Dunes II | ULI New York Awards for Excellence in Development November 4, 2021 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Beach Green Dunes II | Queens Chamber of Commerce Multi-Dwelling Residential Buildings Award October 27, 2021 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  The Carolina | SARA NY Honorable Mention October 27, 2021 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Baychester Houses | SARA NY Honorable Mention October 27, 2021 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Mapes Avenue | Phius Passive Projects Design Competition - Affordable Honorable Mention October 14, 2021 Read Related Article

  The Carolina | Associated Builders and Contractors Award October 10, 2021 View Related Work

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | 2021 Ivory Prize May 18, 2021 Read Related Article

  Beach Green Dunes II | 2021 GeoStar Top Job May 10, 2021 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Third Avenue Development | NAHB Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Award - Best in Green Affordable Multifamily Community March 11, 2021 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2020

  

  Third Avenue Development | USGBC LEED Homes Award July 14, 2020 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Third Avenue Development | National Association of Home Builders Multifamily Pillars Awards November 1, 2020 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Beach Green Dunes II | Connecticut Green Building Council Green Building Awards October 30, 2020 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | ENR 2020 Top 100 Green Design Firms September 3, 2020 Read Related Article

• 2019

  

  Third Avenue Development | Urban Land Institute - Excellence in Affordable Housing Development Finalist View Related Work

  HELP One | NYSERDA Mutlifamily Buildings of Excellence Read Related Article

  Park Avenue Green | New York State Association for Affordable Housing Award for Excellence - Downstate Project of the Year View Related Work

• 2018

  

  Navy Green | 2018 AIA Housing Awards - Multifamily Housing Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Frost Street Apartments + Navy Green | Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Beach Green Dunes | 2018 PHIUS Multifamily Honorable Mention Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Beach Green Dunes | Queens Chamber of Commerce 2018 Annual Building Awards: Sustainability Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | ENR 2018 Top 100 Green Buildings Design Firms Read Related Article

• 2017

  

  Frost Street | 2017 ICF Builders Awards – MultiFamily View Related Work

  Navy Green | 2017 Urban Land Institute Excellence in Housing Award Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Marcus Garvey | Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce 2017 Building Brooklyn Award for Historic Preservation: Affordable Housing Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Navy Green | AIA Brooklyn/Queens Design Awards - Award of Excellence and People's Choice Winner View Related Work

  Navy Green | 2017 SARA NY Design Award View Related Work

• 2016

  

  New York firms envision ways for the city to absorb 9 million residents, Crain's New York Business, 31 October 2016 | Read Related Article

  How New York's New Zoning Rules Spur Better Affordable Housing Design, Architect's Newspaper, 27 July 2016 | Read Related Article

  Riker’s Reimagined: Innovative Ideas to Turn the Infamous Island into a New York Destination, Crains New York Business, 28 February 2016 Read Related Article

• 2015

  

  Castle Gardens | “A Home for Unlikely Neighbors.” The Atlantic, December 2015 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Navy Green Supporting Housing | AIANY / BSA Housing Design Awards 2015 View Related Work

  Navy Green | “Reinventing the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” New York Times, 1 November 2015 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Gateway Housing Study | “Housing for the 99%," Oculus Magazine, Fall 2015 Read Related Article

• 2014

  

  Navy Green | Supportive Housing – “Red Hot Property” Architectural Record, June 2014 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Freedoms Gate | Housing for Rehabilitation, A competition to design affordable housing for ex-convicts and families,” The Architect’s Newspaper, 18 March 2014 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Freedoms Gate | “Newsmaker: Mark Norman,”Architectural Record, June 2014 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Champions of Change Award South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation

• 2013

  

  Navy Green Supportive Housing | Best of the Year Award 2013 – Residence: Multi-Unit Dwelling: Budget Interior Design View Related Work

• 2012

  

  Navy Green | NYS Association for Affordable Housing – 2012 Downstate Project of the Year View Related Work

  Navy Green | Queens & Bronx Building Association 2012 Building Award – Navy Green Supportive Housing NYS I View Related Work

• 2011

  

  Castle Gardens | John M. Clancy Award 2011 – Socially Responsible Housing from Boston Society of Architects/AIA View Related Work

  Castle Gardens | Charles L. Edison Tax Credit Excellence Award 2011 – Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition View Related Work

  Castle Gardens | “Keys to a Castle,” New York Times, 1 April 2011 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  Castle Gardens | “Inside the Castle,” Housingfinance.com, 26 January 2011 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  PS90 | “School Back in Session After 30 Year Recess,” Oculus Magazine, Spring 2011 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  PS90 | “From the Archives: Harlem’s PS90,” urbanomnibus.net, 2 March 2011 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  National Dance Institute | “Dance Institute, Centered in Harlem,” New York Times, 11 October 2011 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2010

  

  Castle Gardens | Project of the Year Award 2010 – New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) View Related Work

  Staten Island Zoo | Herpetological Review by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2010 View Related Work

  PS90 | NY Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Project Award, 2010 View Related Work

  PS90 | “Made in New York” Exhibit, October 2010 View Related Work

  PS90 | "Adaptive Reuse of a CBJ Snyder School: Public School 90,” Friends of Terra Cotta, 25 October 2010 View Related Work

  PS90 | “PS90 & Other Harlem Condos Forge Ahead,” New York Post, 9 September 2010 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  PS90 | “Home Schooled,” The Architect’s Newspaper, 8 September 2010 View Related Work

  National Dance Institute | “Dance Institute at Home in Harlem,” eOculus, 8 December 2010 Read Related Article | View Related Work

  National Dance Institute | “Dance Institute at Home in Harlem,” Wall Street Journal, 27 November 2010 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2009

  

  PS90 | “PS90’s A+ Architecture,” METRO, 13 October 2009 View Related Work

  PS90 | “From Classrooms to Condos,” New York Times, 11 October 2009 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2008

  

  Staten Island Zoo | The City of New York Design + Construction Excellence 2008 View Related Work

  Staten Island Zoo | Metro Chapter 2008 Project of the Year, Construction Management Association of America View Related Work

• 2007

  

  2007 Andrew J. Thomas Pioneer in Housing Award AIA New York Chapter

  Staten Island Zoo | NY Construction News Best of 2007 – Award of Merit: Cultural Read Related Article

• 2006

  

  The DeWitt Residential Development | Affordable Housing Without Subsidies,” New York Times, 24 December 2006 Read Related Article

  Pratt NRP Gut Rehabilitation | “A New Face for The ‘Ontarios’,” New York Landmarks Conservancy, Winter 2006 Read Related Article

  The Gateway Residential Conversion | “Gateway to housing in the Bronx,” Crain’s NY Business, 29 May 2006

• 2005

  

  Castle Gardens | “A Green Building for Ex-Prisoners in Harlem,” New York Times, 20 February 2009 Read Related Article | View Related Work

• 2004

  

  Staten Island Zoo | “Let environments inspire you, architects told,” Staten Island Advance, 20 May 2004 View Related Work

  Staten Island Zoo | 2004 Design Award, Staten Island AIA View Related Work

• 2003

  

  Washington Market School | 2003 American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase Outstanding Buildings – Childcare Centers, August 2003

• 2000

  

  Partners Darby Curtis and Mark Ginsberg received The Sarah Powell Huntington Leadership Award for a deep commitment to Public Welfare and Social Justice.

• 1999

  

  Morrisania Air Rights Houses | 1999 Urban Design Award, Boston Society of Architects / AIA

• 1997

  

  TriBecCa Loft Apartments and Lofts | "An Eye on NY Architecture," Oculus, June 1997

• 1995

  

  Issac T. Hopper Home | “Is there Hope for Affordable Housing?,” Oculus, "An Eye on NY Architecture," June 1995

  Sachs Communications Group Offices | Featured in ADWeek promotion, ADWeek Magazine, Eastern Edition, 3 April 1995

• 1994

  

  Weekend Residence | “Magic Mountain in the Catskills,” Window & Door Specifier, Spring 1994

• 1993

  

  Issac T. Hopper Home | 1993 Affordable Housing and Historic Preservation Award, Preservation League of New York State

  El Solano | “Updating El Solano, A Fresh Look for a Venerable Mizner Estate in Palm Beach,” Architectural Digest, March 1993

• 1992

  

  Sunset Park School and Library | New Schools for New York: Plans and Precedents for Small Schools, Princeton Architectural Press, 1992

• 1990

  

  Sunset Park School and Library | “And the Winning School is – Smaller,” Architecture View by Paul Goldberger, New York Times, 27 May 1990