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Recognition
KG+D has been recognized with over 30 design awards. These awards honor projects exhibiting excellence in design and recognize architects who have made a positive aesthetic and social contribution to the built environment, and as a result have increased public awareness of quality architectural design. Our work has also appeared in over 25 industry publications and has been recognized in Westchester Magazine as the designer of two of the Top Ten Most Beautiful Buildings in Westchester County.
- 2022
- AIA NYS Firm of the Year
KG+D Architects, PC - Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
The Ursuline School - Outstanding Project, Learning by Design
Putnam Valley Central School District, High School Health and Wellness Center The Ursuline School - 2021
- Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Wilton Family YMCA - Honor Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Ossining Children’s Center - 2019
- Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Golf Learning Center - Special Mention Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
SUNY Purchase Physical Education Building + Dining Hall Historic Preservation - High Honor Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Scarsdale High School Learning Commons, Design Lab + Fitness Center - Outstanding Project, Learning by Design
Brewster Central School District, JFK Elementary School - 2018
- High Honor Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Trinity Pawling School, Smith Field House Rippowam Cisqua School, Upper Campus - Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Brewster Central School District, JFK Elementary School
Middletown High School Innovation Lab
Elegant Banquets, Le Chateau - Outstanding Project, Learning by Design
Trinity Pawling School, Smith Field House
Rippowam Cisqua School, Upper Campus - 2017
- High Honor Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Eagle Hill School, Community Room
Great Neck Public Library - Outstanding Project, Learning by Design
Eagle Hill School, Community Room - 2016
- Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Bronxville Union Free School District, Auditorium - Excelsior Award of Distinction in Public Architecture,
AIA New York State
Bronxville Union Free School District, Auditorium - Outstanding Project, Learning by Design
Bronxville Union Free School District, Auditorium
- 2015
- Excelsior Award of Distinction in Public Architecture,
AIA New York State
White Plains Public Schools, Post Road Elementary School - 2014
- Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Brewster Central School District, Henry H. Wells Middle School Orange Ulster BOCES, Regional Education Center at Arden Hill - Outstanding Project, Learning by Design
Brewster Central School District, HH Wells Middle School - 2013
- Citation Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Roslyn High School Cafeteria - 2011
- Bronze Award, Brick in Architecture
White Plains Public Schools, Post Road Elementary School - Illumination Award,
The Illumination Engineering Society of America
White Plains Public Schools, Post Road Elementary School - 2009
- High Honor Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
The Media Arts Lab at Jacob Burns Film Center - 2006
- Design Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Katonah Lewisboro Public Schools, John Jay High School
Katonah Lewisboro Public Schools, John Jay Middle School
The Harvey School, Black Box Theatre
Chappaqua Central School District, Horace Greeley High School - 2005
- Elementary School Citation for Excellence in Design,
American School & University
Bedford Road Elementary School, Pleasantville - Silver Citation for Design Excellence,
American School & University
The Harvey School, Black Box Theatre - 2004
- Design Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
Chappaqua Central School District, Seven Bridges Middle School - 2003
- Design Award, AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley
White Plains High School
NYS Judicial Institute at Pace University Law School
Thought Leadership
Wired Brand Lab, Designing a Safer School
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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EDspaces, Pittsburgh 2021
Sarah Dirsa, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA – Principal
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AIA New York State, Blueprint for Learning
Sarah Dirsa, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA – Principal
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Federal Commission on School Safety
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
The Journal News, Want people to move into your community?
Build schools, parks, and libraries
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – Principal/President
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AAO 2020 Design Matters Conference, Reimagine America’s Schools: Designing a Learning Community
Sarah Dirsa, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA – Principal
Reimagining America’s Schools, Creating Places for Active Learning on a Budget
Sarah Dirsa, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA – Principal
Architect Magazine, Supporting Architects to Build Our Communities
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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Architect Magazine, Just Aesthetics
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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Architect Magazine, Conductor or Soloist
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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Architect Magazine, Is Green the Old Black?
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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Architect Magazine, Speak Up and Out
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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Architect Magazine, Architecture’s Future
Russell A. Davidson, FAIA – President/Principal
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AIANYS Quarterly Publication, Blueprint for Learning – Pittsburgh PA
Sarah Weissman Dirsa, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA – Principal
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