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EXTENDED DEADLINE - April 4th, 2025 SARA NY Design Awards Submissions
SARA NY Council celebrates excellence in architecture and design through our 30th SARA NY Design Awards, which attracts entries from across the country and around the world from individuals, firms, and students of architecture and allied disciplines. Awards are granted for a wide range of categories and project types, and all entrants will be invited to attend the awards ceremony held in New York, New York on June 10th, 2025 at The View at Battery Park. SARA NY Design Awards offer awards of Merit, Honor, and Excellence. Submission is open globally. This year SARA NY will be offering a student scholarship of $5000 to an outstanding student project; additional submission requirements required to be considered. Submissions are now open. Learn More.
SARA ART 2025 Kick-Off & Early Registration Event Extended Deadline - April 4th, 2025
SARA NY invites Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, and Students who are also Artists, to submit their artistic projects to this annual art show, SARA ART. This year our sponsor Sherwin Williams has generously agreed to supply paint to artists who would like to create a new work for our 2025 exhibition. Early Registration Event runs from March 1 - March 31, 2025. Learn more here.
2025 SARA NY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Meet the SARA NY Council 2025 Board of Directors. We are excited to be working our newest board to bring you exceptional programming and events this year. We’d especially like to introduce you to our newest board Vice President, Tzara Peterson (Ennead), and our four newest board members Anne Chen (Gensler), Taylor Spruill (Moseley), Alexander Lavecchia (ALA), & Gates Breeden (PAU). We look forward to serving our members in the spirit of “Architect Helping Architect.” We look forward to seeing you at our 2025 SARA NY events.
A Conversation with Lee Mindel
On January 22, 2025 SARA NY members joined Lee Mindel, founder of SheltonMindel, at his gallery Galerie56 for a discussion about art and democracy focused on, Swedish Grace, a succinct survey of how the past can inform the future, and an exhibition that explores the expression of democratic themes in design. Thank you to Lee and the Galerie56 team for opening your beautiful gallery to us and offering a message of hope and possibility through art. Check out upcoming exhibits at Galerie56.
SARA ART 2024
On October 9-11, 2024 SARA NY hosted our 2nd annual SARA ART Exhibition at Brickworks Design Studio, sponsored by Sherwin Williams. We had over 150 guests in attendance at our opening night reception where we celebrated the artwork of 40 architects, interior designers, landscape architects, civil engineers, and student architects. Photos of Artworks & Opening Night Reception can be found here. *Some artworks are still available for sale.
2024 Blueprint for Student Success
On Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 we held this year’s Blueprint for Student Success Mentoring Event. We had over 275 in attendance at Brickworks Design Studio on Tuesday where students met with some of NYC’s top architect and design firms. Thank you to all who attended, to our mentors, sponsors, Brickworks, and a special thank you to our organizer SARA Affiliate Board Chair - Rodger B. Lippman of Benjamin Moore. Photos can be found in our gallery HERE.
2024 SARA NY DESIGN AWARD PHOTOS
Thank you to all who participated in this year’s Design Awards. See all the celebratory smiles here.
Congratulations to the 2024 SARA NY Design Award Recipients
The 2024 SARA NY Design Award Gala was held on June 11th, 2024 at The View at Battery Park in Manhattan. Discover the winning projects here.
2024 SARA NY Design Award Sponsorships
SARA NY would like to thank our current sponsors for the 2024 SARA NY Design Awards. *Please scroll to the bottom of this page for individual sponsorship ads with links.
2024 Design Awards Keynote Speaker: Sharon Prince
We are excited to announce that this year's 2024 SARA NY Design Award's Keynote Speaker will be Sharon Prince, Grace Farms Foundation’s CEO and Founder of the Design for Freedom movement. Design for Freedom was created to design and build more humanely while reimagining architecture by raising awareness and inspiring responses to disrupt forced labor in the building materials supply chain. Join us on June 11th at the 2024 SARA NY Design Awards to hear more from Sharon Prince and the work she is doing at Grace Farms Foundation and the Design for Freedom Movement.
2024 Meet the Jury Event
On May 1st, 2024 SARA NY held our annual Meet the Jury event at the Benjamin Moore NYC Showroom to showcase the jurors of the 2024 SARA NY Design Awards. Attendees heard about this year's jury process and learned what stood out to this year's jurors. The discussion was moderated by SARA NY Council President, Christian Bailey of Morris Adjmi Architects. A very special thank you to our 2024 Design Award Jurors, Benjamin Moore, and Rodger Lippman. Thank you to everyone who attended this event. We hope to see you at the 2024 SARA NY Design Awards.
CIERRA DAVIES, SARAS
Cierra Davies takes helm as National SARAS Committee Chair. SARAS is the newest Student Organization chapter of SARA National. Read More Here.
Meet the 2024 SARA NY Board of Directors
2023 SARA|NY Holiday Party— Sponsored by Häfele
On Thursday, December 7th, 2023 SARA|NY hosted our annual Holiday Party once again at the Häfele NYC Showroom. SARA|NY thanks all of its members and everyone who attended the event.
Check out our photos from the event >>
Congratulations to the 2023 SARA NY Design Award Winners!
Visit the 2023 SARA NY Design Awards page to see the full list of winners and view photos from the event here: 2023 SARA NY Design Award Gallery
About SARA NY.
The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) was founded in 1956 to provide a professional society for all who carry an architectural license, regardless of their role in the building and designing industry, and to allow those individuals opportunities to unite as a common voice to work together for the betterment of the profession as well as the advancement of all mankind and sustainability of the environment. The Society’s motto is "Architect helping Architect".
SARA’s New York Council offers a variety of membership benefits and services, including an annual Design Awards Program, regular continuing education seminars and networking events, a study group for associate members who are preparing to take the ARE Exams. Members also gain from professional recognition among peers, design expertise referral, personal involvement at all levels within the Council, camaraderie among fellow members, and individual achievement recognition. More Information
