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Thank you to every person and firm who participated in our 2026 Design Awards program. The jurors, your colleagues in architecture and design, and the public agree the program was a remarkable showcase of design in our region. There was such a positive response to all submissions featured in our second-annual Design Awards Exhibition at Bay Street Theater, as well as the Celebration and exhibition itself. The complete list of Award recipients is below.

A highlight for me was Community Award recipient Michael Daly’s remarks.

On the topic of community housing, he stated:

“We live in an extraordinary bioregion: the Peconic Bay Region. For generations, this community has understood the need to protect wildlife habitat, farmland, wetlands, shorelines, and open space. We have learned that once a habitat is lost, it is hard to bring it back. I believe we must now bring that same urgency, care, and moral imagination to human habitat. I’m sure many of us in this room, know someone who has left, or is struggling to stay, here on the East End due their challenges with finding, or keeping secure housing.”

Thank you, Michael, for your commitment to the community and for inspiring us towards action.

This Saturday, the Emerging Professionals Committee is hosting a Color Walk in Sag Harbor. Scroll down for details.

Maria Fumai Dietrich
Executive Director
AIA Peconic

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Congratulations to all Awards recipients!

SAG HARBOR BAY
HONOR AWARD, Architecture – Residential Over 3,500sf
Blaze Makoid, AIA and Matthew LaBrake, AIA | BMA Architects

SHINNECOCK
HONOR AWARD, Architecture – Residential Over 3,500sf
Paul Masi, AIA, LEED AP, Aaron Weil and Ryan Berry | Bates Masi + Architects

HOUSE ON SAG HARBOR
HONOR AWARD Architecture – Residential Over 3,500sf
David Piscuskas, FAIA, LEED AP, and Ed Parker, AIA | 1100 Architect

STILLWATER
HONOR AWARD Architecture – Renovations and Additions
Michael Lomont, AIA, Toby Sherrard, Jonathan Walker | Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects

FOREST EDGE
MERIT AWARD Architecture – Residential Over 3,500sf
Michael Lomont, AIA, Frank Guittard, AIA, Jonathan Walker, Yash Gupta | Stelle Lomont Rouhani

MORRIS COVE
MERIT AWARD Architecture – Residential Under 3,500sf
Paul Masi, AIA, LEED AP, Aaron Weil | Bates Masi + Architects

McCALL VINEYARD BARN
MERIT AWARD Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse
Clay Coffey and Margot Coffey | Isaac-Rae Studio

PECONIC BAY RESIDENCE
MERIT AWARD Sustainable Architecture
Christopher Jeffrey, AIA and Emilio Dominguez | Christopher Jeffrey Architects PLLC

MICHAEL DALY
COMMUNITY AWARD

AIA Peconic expresses gratitude for all who submitted projects and to the esteemed jurors–Nkiru Gelles, Andrea Lamberti, and Daniel Lee–for sharing their time and expertise.

Gratitude is also extended to Celebration sponsors and partners: Premier Premier Sponsor Buchner Engineering and Friend Sponsors Greg D’Angelo Construction and The Royal Green Appliance Companies and event partners Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts, King Andrew Cheese, and East End Blueprint.

Color Walk: Sag Harbor

Saturday, May 16 | 2-3:30pm
Bay Street Theater

Join the AIA Peconic Emerging Professionals for a Color Walk through Sag Harbor. Made popular by American writer and artist William Burroughs as a meditative creative practice, color walks heighten active observation and deepen the connection between the observer and their environment. Participants are encouraged to use a smartphone or digital camera for capturing color observations.

REGISTER

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