26 Firms on DDC’s Design Excellence List

What this means practically is that these firms "have exclusive rights until 2019 to respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for design services for DDC projects where construction costs are projected to be $50 million or under." Further, "The program is designed to decrease the amount of time required for DDC to procure design services, while ensuring the highest levels of quality and professionalism in construction projects managed by the agency."

What this means for residents of New York City is that libraries, fire stations, police stations, and other public facilities all over the five boroughs are designed to the highest standards of architectural quality. 

The list of 26 is broken down by size of firm, which relates directly to the size of the projects they can respond to.

10 Micro Firms (1 to 5 professional staff, eligible for projects projected to cost up to $5 million):

• Architecture In Formation
• Body Lawson Associates
• Buro Koray Duman
• Dean/Wolf Architects
• Elmslie Osler Architect (EOA)
• G TECTS Architecture
• Gans studio
• Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture
• Sen Architects
• Slade Architecture

• Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani
• H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
• Huff + Gooden Architects
• ikon.5 architects
• Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects
• Levenbetts
• LTL Architects
• Rice + Lipka Architects
• Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects

• allied works architecture
• BKSK Architects
• WEISS/MANFREDI

• Dattner Architects
• Marvel Architects
• Studio Gang