Cooper-Hewitt Recognizes Environmental Designers

The Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum has announced the winners of the fifth annual

National Design Awards. Recognized for the creation of “buildings, spaces, and places with completely positive intentions,” the architecture firm

William McDonough + Partners was given the

Environment Design Award. Finalists in the Environment Design category were the landscape architecture firm

Andropogon Associates, Ltd. and artist

Ned Kahn.

Aveda Corporation was awarded the

Corporate Achievement Award in recognition of its socially and environmentally responsible design.

Rick Joy was recognized with an

Architecture Design Award for his “visceral understanding of place” and his “efficient and environmentally sensitive architecture (see photo), and

Rafael Vinoly, a finalist in the same category, was credited with working to make sure that “architecture’s essential responsibility is to elevate the public realm.”

Interface, Inc., which has led an environmental revolution in the carpet industry, was recognized as a finalist in the

Product Design category. More information is online at www.nationaldesignawards.org.