1. World Trade Center Memorial and Museum, Snøhetta
2. 23 East 22nd Street, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
3. 56 Leonard Street, Herzog & De Meuron
4. HL23, Neil Denari
5. Eldridge Street Synagogue, Walter Sedovic Architects
6. Bronx County Hall of Justice, Rafael Viñoly
7. Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant, Polshek Partnership
8. Public Farm 1, Work Architecture
9. CityRacks Design Competition Winner, Ian Mahaffy & Maarten De Greeve
10. Buckminster Fuller: “Starting with the Universe,” Whitney Museum

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