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Notable New Yorkers 2022

MAKING NEW YORK HISTORY AWARD

550 MADISON

The venue for the 2022 Making New York History Award was 550 MADISON, the 1984 landmarked AT&T Building designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, which has been renewed and reinvented as a LEED Platinum 21st-century office building by

THE OLAYAN GROUP

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

The Skyscraper Museum saluted the Architects of 550 Madison

SNØHETTA, GENSLER, & ROCKWELL GROUP

The Skyscraper Museum's annual Making New York History Award recognizes the remarkable individuals and buildings that have shaped New York City's signature skyline. The 2022 Award event was celebrated on the new club floor, the sky lobby at 550 MADISON, transformed as an amenities space designed by the Rockwell Group. More than 150 guests mingled in the Great Hall, where the view across Madison Avenue through the monumental oculus window is matched by the giant circles of the red and gold of the 1993 Dorthea Rockburne murals, entitled Northern Sky/ Southern Sky.

The program began with an introduction by Skyscraper Museum Founder and Director Carol Willis, who thanked The Olayan Group and RXR Development for allowing the Museum to debut the new space to an outside audience. She referenced the contentious history of the now-landmarked building when the architect Philip Johnson pivoted to Postmodernism. Continuing the themes of past and present, Museum Chairman James von Klemperer emphasized the renewal of the 1980s tower as a 21st-century office building by the team of designers at SNØHETTA, GENSLER, and the ROCKWELL GROUP.

Introducing the awardees, Cathleen McGuigan, the Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record, recalled her years as a resident of 55th Street and the urban role of the building's POPS plaza, now substantially enlarged by SNØHETTA. Finally, Erik Horvat, Managing Director & Head of Real Estate, Americas at The Olayan Group, who headed the project, praised his team of designers for their talents and commitment to quality.

This 26-minute video of the award program presents introductions by the Museum's trustees and Erik Horvat, then remarks of the architects representing the design firms receiving the awards: Craig Dykers and Michelle Delk of Snøhetta; Philippe Paré of Gensler; and David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group.

For more information on 550 MADISON

contributors

PINNACLE

Kohn Pedersen Fox Assoc. PC
Carol & Mark Willis

PLATINUM

CBRE
Continental Marble, Inc.
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 
Gensler
Shearman & Sterling LLP
SL Green Realty Corp.
Thornton Tomasetti Inc
Turner Construction

GOLD

Architectural Record
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
CBRE
Josef Gartner USA - A division of Permasteelisa North America Corp.
L & L Holding Company, LLC
Pelli Clarke & Partners
Rockefeller Group
Rockwell Group 
Schindler Elevator Corporation
SawTeen See
Snøhetta
VDA
Vornado Realty Trust

SILVER

AECOM Tishman
Atelier Ten 
Forsyth Street Advisors
GFP Real Estate  
Greenberg Traurig
Douglas Harmon
Hatzel & Buehler, Inc.
Hill West Architects
Hudson Yards
Jaros Baum & Bolles
King & Spalding LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel 
Langan
McNamara Salvia
Park Tower Group
RAMSA
Schneider Electric 
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC
SOM
STUDIOS Architecture
Syska Hennessy
WSP
Zetlin & De Chiara

STEEL

Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects and Planners, LLP
Brandon Haw Architecture
Ann L. Buttenwieser
CAPALINO
The Corcoran Group
Edison Properties
Hirschen Singer & Epstein
The Howard Hughes Corporation
Scott Johnson/ Johnson Fain
Joshua Langes & Bryna Shuchat-Langes
Michael Lappin
Nick Lembo
LERA
Kenneth Lowenstein
Cathleen McGuigan
MdeAS Architects
Orange County Ironworks, LLC
The Par Group
REBNY
Richard Roberts
SASAKI
SiteWorks Landscape Architecture
SLCE Architects, LLP
Summit Financial

 
For methods of payment or more information, please contact the Museum office at (212)-945-6324 
or email [email protected]
 
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