Design Awards From New Mag
Multimillion-dollar houses, lush gardens, and crystal-clear pools are ubiquitous in much of the Hamptons, and a new magazine promises to showcase some of the architects and interior, landscape, and pool designers who create them. The magazine is called End and it will present East End Design Awards in 12 categories. Submissions are due by Friday, July 7.
“Basically, it’s an awards program for interesting design on the East End,” said Levi Shaw-Faber, the producer of the magazine. “There is an independent panel of judges who are really top designers in their respective fields.”
The judges come from three nationally known firms: Deborah Berke Partners, Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors, and Coen+Partners, which have each won a National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Deborah Berke Partners, which is based in Manhattan, is noted for the Rockefeller Art Center at the State University at Fredonia, the interiors of the 432 Park Avenue building in New York City, and innumerable houses, including many on the East End. Ms. Berke is the dean of the Yale School of Architecture.
Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors is also New York based. It specializes in “blending historical elements with modern references,” according to the End magazine website. Listed among Architectural Digest’s top 100 designers, it has designed a residence for Gwyneth Paltrow, the James Beard restaurant Le Coucou, and the lobbies of Hotel Emma and the Standard Hotel.
Coen+Partners is a landscape architecture firm based in Minneapolis, which has been commissioned by universities, public libraries, and city parks among other institutions, as well as having designed landscapes for private residences.
“All of the judges judge all of the projects,” Mr. Shaw-Faber said. “For instance, landscape architects will look at interior design.”
Award-winners and honorable mentions will be given at least one full page in End, with larger projects receiving a two-page spread. The magazine will be inserted in The East Hampton Star and also distributed separately from Southampton to Montauk.
The categories to be judged include: New single-family house under and over 5,000 square feet; non-residential project (retail, gallery, restaurant, hotel, inn, nightclub, museum, school, etc.); unbuilt architectural project; green intervention; residential kitchen, bathroom, living room, and art space in a residence, and outdoor living space, landscape, garden, or pool.
The entry fee for each submission is $150 and multiple submissions will be accepted. Submissions are to include a horizontal photo of the work or project, its title, and up to 150 words describing it. Winners will be invited to an awards event on Aug. 24, and will receive an engraved trophy. Further information is on the magazine’s website: eastenddesignawards.com.