The Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Brooklyn) has recognized 11 offices for exceptional contributions to design, innovation, environmental responsiveness, technical skill, and social impact. Each of these 11 firms is the recipient of 2024 Brooklyn Design Awards. There were two overarching eligibility requirements: Brooklyn-based offices could apply and offices from elsewhere could also submit projects they had completed in Kings County. Everything between small-scale architectural interventions and expansive urban interventions were included.About 75 percent of winning projects were built in Brooklyn, while the remaining quarter hail from Staten Island, Long Island, and New Jersey, albeit by Brooklyn-based architects. Brooklyn is unlike any other urban environmenta place where architecture and design are as distinctive as the extraordinary people creating them, said Jason Boutin, 2024 Brooklyn Design Awards Committee Chair and partner at The Brooklyn Studio.Covenant House New York, a Manhattan homeless shelter designed by FXCollaborative, earned a prize. (Chris Cooper/Courtesy BKDA)We congratulate all the winners and extend our gratitude to AIA Brooklyn for its dedication to advancing high-performance, sustainable design, Boutin continued. Lets continue to raise the bar for innovation and excellence in architecture. Last years winners included Studio Gang, Only If, FXCollaborative, David Cunningham Architecture Planning, Studio Modh Architecture, Schiller Projects, and other outstanding firms. This year again had familiar names: FXCollaborative, David Cunningham Architecture Planning, and Studio Modh Architecture were recognized for their work.The jury awarded projects in Excellence, Merit, and Commendation categories. Below are the eleven winners:EXCELLENCEFXCollaborativeDowntown Brooklynbased FXCollaborative took home two Excellence Awards. David Rockefeller Creative Arts Centera cultural center in Westchester County, New Yorkwon the Best in Competition Award. Not to be outdone, Covenant House New York, a Manhattan homeless shelter, also earned a prize.David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center (David Sundberg/Courtesy BKDA)Brent Buck ArchitectsWilliamsburg Townhouse, a restored heritage home, also took home an Excellence Award. AIA Brooklyn recognized Brent Buck Architects for the projects adaptive reuse merits.Williamsburg Townhouse (Christopher Sturman/Courtesy BKDA)MERITDavid Cunningham Architecture PlanningHerkimer Homes admirably delivered 78 units of affordable housing in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The multifamily building, designed by Brooklyn-based David Cunningham Architecture Planning, was built across several city lots.Interior view of Herkimer Houses (Ines Leong/Courtesy BKDA) AMMOROn Long Island, AMMOR restored a half cape house for modern needs. The Brooklyn office also designed a new addition just across from the half cape house, a juxtaposition between old and new. The project, titled, A Tale of Two Houses, took home a Merit Award.A Tale of Two Houses (Roderick Cruz/Courtesy BKDA)Garrison ArchitectsStaten Island Animal Care Center provided a humane and controlled environment for animals awaiting adoption, designed by Garrison Architects. The ensemble was made of economical and attractive materials: Stone, glass, with splashes of yellow here and there.Staten Island Animal Care Center (Eduard Huber/Courtesy BKDA)COMMENDATIONStudio Modh ArchitectureCrown Heights-based Studio Modh Architecture was recognized by AIA Brooklyn for new work space the office designed at Princeton University, namely for the engineering department.Princo Canteen (Devon Banks Photography/Courtesy BKDA) The Brooklyn StudioIn Clinton Hill, The Brooklyn Studio gave a 4-story Italianate town house new life in a project called Clinton Hill Italianate. The renovation added another story to a 3-story house from 1874 in the Clinton Hill Historic District.Clinton Hill Italianate (Kevin Kunstadt/Courtesy BKDA)CircularCorona 3K Center is a new, polychromatic school in Corona, Queens. The project delivered warm, inviting, and sustainable Pre-K classrooms for a fast growing neighborhood.Corona 3K (Frank Oudeman/Courtesy BKDA)Alloy Development505 State Street is the first all-electric skyscraper in New York City. That feat warranted a Commendation Award for Alloy Development, a design-build firm, by AIA Brooklyn. The project also neighbors a new school building by Architecture Research Office, New Yorks first passive house school.505 State Street (Pavel Bendov/Courtesy BKDA) Kelvin C. LeeIn the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, Kelvin C. Lee posited a new future for a defunct grain terminal as a student at Columbia GSAPP. That project, titled Corktopia: Reuse of the Red Hook Grain Terminal, earned Lee a Commendation Award in the student category.Corktopia (Kelvin C. Lee/Courtesy BKDA)