Awards
AWARDS
2024
The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Nomination
Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall CMU
2023
Best of Practice Awards, Architect (small firm) Northeast, The Architect’s Newspaper
NYCxDesign Award, Graphics and Branding, Interior Design
Manual of Biogenic House Sections
AIA Pittsburgh Certificate of Merit Award - Large Architecture
Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall CMU
2022
Master Builders’ Association of Western PA Excellence in Craftsmanship - Interior
Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall CMU
Best of Year Award Higher Education, Interior Design
Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall CMU
2021
Excellence in Design, The Public Design Commission of New York City
Brownsville Library Renovation and Expansion
Citation Award, Projects for Serving as Impactful Resource, AIA NY
Manual of Physical Distancing
A+Firm Award, Finalist in Interior Design-Institutional/Cultural, Architizer
LTL Architects, PLLC
2020
Honor Award, Interiors, AIA NY
Poster House
NYCxDesign Award, Civic Finalist, Interior Design
Poster House
Merit Award, Interiors, AIA NYS
Poster House
The PLAN Award Honorable Mention, Interior, The PLAN Magazine
Poster House
2019
Firm of the Year, AIA NYS
LTL Architects, PLLC
Paul Lewis, Mark Tsurumaki, & David J. Lewis: 2019 Inductees
Interior Design Hall of Fame
Building of the Year, Nomination, ArchDaily
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall + Vassar College Students’ Building
NexGen Award, Chamber Fayetteville
Helen Walton Children’s Enrichment Center
2018
#3 Top Design Firm, “Architect 50,” Architect Magazine
Honor Award, Institutional, AIA NYS
Cornell University Upson Hall
Honor Award, Interiors, AIA NYS
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall
Architizer A+ Award, Jury Winner, Architecture +Acoustics
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall
NYCxDesign Award Winner, Education, Interior Design
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall
The PLAN Award Honorable Mention, Culture, The PLAN Magazine
Telluride Center for the Arts
The PLAN Award Honorable Mention, Interior, The PLAN Magazine
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall
Citation, 65th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards
Helen R. Walton Children's Enrichment Center / Early Childhood Initiatives Center
Merit Award, Architecture, AIA NY
Cornell University Upson Hall
Honor Award, Projects, AIA NY
Manual of Section
Frame Awards Nominee, Best Use of Light, Frame Magazine
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall
2017
AN Best of Design Awards, Adaptive Reuse, The Architect's Newspaper
The ContemporAry Austin
Best of Year Design Awards Honoree, Exhibition, Interior Design
Manual of Section Exhibition
Best of Year Design Awards Honoree, Showroom, Interior Design
Wolf Gordon Offices
NYCxDesign Award Finalist, Showroom, Interior Design
Wolf Gordon Offices
2016
DAM Architectural Book Award, Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Manual of Section
NYCxDesign Award, Education, Interior Design
NYU Steinhardt School
NYCxDesign Award Finalist, Green, Interior Design
Columbia University Brown Institute for Media Innovation
2015
Best of Year Design Awards Honoree, Education, Interior Design
NYU Steinhardt School
Citation for Interiors, AIA NYS
NYU Steinhardt School
Citation for Urban Planning and Design, AIA NYS
Parking PLUS: Train Terraces
Award of Merit, AIA NY
Columbia University Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Award of Merit, Lighting Design International Association of Lighting Designers
Columbia University Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Lumen Award of Citation for Strong Execution of Concept, Illuminating Engineering Society: New York City Section
Columbia University Brown Institute for Media Innovation
National Recognition Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies
Gallaudet University Living and Learning Residence Hall 6
2013
Award of Merit, AIA Potomac Valley Chapter
Gallaudet University Living and Learning Residence Hall
Presidential Citation for Universal Design, AIA DC Chapter
Gallaudet University Living and Learning Residence Hall
Award for Excellence for Best Institutional Facility, NAIOP Maryland/DC Chapter
Gallaudet University Living and Learning Residence Hall
Louis I. Kahn Citation, American School & University 2013 Architectural Portfolio
New York University Steinhardt School
Special Recognition, Thirty-First Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, New York City Design Commission
Coney Island Steeplechase Pier
2012
Merit Award, Western Red Cedar Lumber Association
Claremont University Consortium
Bernard B. Barber Award for Excellence, Archetype: Woodwork Institute
Claremont University Consortium
Design Merit Award, Adaptive Reuse, AIA New York State
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Design Merit Award, Urban Design, AIA New York Chapter
Water Proving Ground
Excellence in Design Award, Renovation, Claremont Architectural Commission
Claremont University Consortium
Lumen Award of Merit, Illuminating Engineering Society NYC
Claremont University Consortium
2011
Design Award, Project, Texas Society of Architects, AIA Texas
Arthouse at the Jones Center
AZ Award Finalist, Unrealized Concept, Azure
Rising Currents
Best Art Gallery, Best of Austin 2011, The Austin Chronicle
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Lumen Award of Excellence, Illuminating Engineering Society NYC
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Design Award, Texas Architect
Arthouse at the Jones Center
2010
Citation Winner, Wood Design & Building
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Outstanding Construction Award, Specialty Construction, Austin Chapter AGC
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Selected Architects, Rising Currents Exhibition, MoMa
FIT Lawrence Israel Prize
2009
Best of Year Merit Award, Education, Interior Design Magazine
NYU SCA
2007
Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Interior Design
James Beard Foundation Award, Outstanding Restaurant Design
Xing Restaurant
2006
Design Award, Project Citation, AIA New York Chapter
Nazareth House
Honorable Mention, Casual Restaurant Category, Second Annual Hospitality Design Awards for Creative Achievement, Hospitality Design Magazine
DASH Dogs
2005
Honorable Mention, The AR Awards for Emerging Architecture, Architectural Review
Tides Restaurant
Merit Award, Interior Architecture, AIA New York Chapter
Xing Restaurant
Merit Award, Project, AIA New York Chapter
Park Tower
Gold Key Award Finalists, Interior Design Magazine
Tides Restaurant and Fluff Bakery
Interiors Awards Winner, Restaurant, Contract Magazine
Tides Restaurant
Design Distinction, Environments Category, ID Magazine 51st Annual Design Review
Ini Ani Coffee Shop
Winner, Casual Restaurant Category, First Annual Hospitality Design Awards for Creative Achievement, Hospitality Design Magazine
Fluff Bakery
New York Designs, Selected Winner, The Architectural League of New York, May 2005
2004
Selected Architects (1 of 6), Venice Biennale-U.S. Pavilion
Interiors Awards Winner, Restaurant, Contract Magazine
Ini Ani Coffee Shop
2003
James Beard Foundation Award Nomination, Outstanding Restaurant Design
Lozoo Restaurant
Design Distinction, Environments Category, ID Magazine 49th Annual Design Review
Lozoo Restaurant
2002
Emerging Voices, Selected Architects, The Architectural League of New York
Permanent Collection, The Heinz Architectural Center
New Suburbanism
Kalil Memorial Fellowship, to support research on Invernizzi's Girasole, Verona
2001
Selected Architects (1 of 10), "The New Vanguard," Architectural Record
New York Foundation for the Arts Award and Grant.
Faculty Design Award, The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Van Alen Institute
Permanent Collection, Architecture and Design, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
New Suburbanism
1999
American Academy in Rome, Mercedes T. Bass Rome Prize in Architecture, 1998-1999, Paul Lewis.
Permanent Collection, Architecture and Design, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sportbars and Mies-on-a-Beam
Design Distinction, Environments Category, ID Magazine 45th Annual Design Review
Van Alen Institute
1997
Young Architects Forum, Selected Winner, The Architectural League of New York
Design Distinction, Environments Category, ID Magazine 43rd Annual Design Review
Pull of Beauty
Honorable Mention, Environments Category, ID Magazine 43rd Annual Design Review
Eavesdropping
1995
Best of Category, Environments, ID Magazine 41st Annual Design Review
Slip Space