SARA NY 30th Annual Design Awards Gala
On June 10, 2025, the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) NY hosted its 30th Annual Design Awards Gala at The View at the Battery in Manhattan, New York. Nearly 300 architects, contractors, and vendors gathered to celebrate and honor outstanding design achievements in architecture.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 SARA NY Design Awards.
A huge thank you to P Christian Bailey, AIA, SARA, LEED AP, SARA NY council president, and Justin Brown, SARA NY executive director, for their visionary leadership and for organizing the most inspiring award ceremony for architects!
 We extend our gratitude to our esteemed judges and the entire SARA community for your phenomenal participation.
Massive congratulations to ALL winners for their exceptional projects that continue to push the boundaries of architectural excellence!
We are proud to congratulate Geury Delacruz and the team at S. Weider Architects P.C. in New York City for winning the 2025 SARA NY AI Design Awards. Their groundbreaking architectural project, powered by ArkDesign.AI, reimagines the iconic Affirmation Tower—originally conceptualized by Adjaye Associates—through innovative AI design tools.
We invite you to submit your ArkDesign.AIÂ project to the SARA National Award 2025, which is open to everyone at no cost. Become the next SARA National Award architect!
We’re proud to showcase the award-winning project from the 2025 SARA NY AI Design Awards. This visionary submission reimagines the iconic Affirmation Tower—originally conceptualized by Adjaye Associates—through the lens of emerging AI design tools.
Using the ArkDesign.AI platform, the winner reinterpreted its form, program, and spatial logic to craft a bold new vision that fuses computational intelligence with architectural inspiration.
Watch how technology and design converge in this remarkable exploration.
