Victoria Pivovarnick accepts the Intern Architect of the Year Award from AIA-NJ president Kurt Kalafasky on Jan. 11.
AIA-NJ 2014 President Kurt Kalafsky presents the Resident of the Year Award to Peter Kasabach at the organizations annual gala on Jan. 11 .
AIA-NJ president Kurt Kalafsky bestows the organization’s Architect of the Year award upon Joshua Zinder with Lawrence P. Powers, Esq. of New Brunswick-based Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas Attorneys at Law, which sponsored the award, on Jan. 11 at Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury.
The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects named Princeton and Trenton-based architects Service Awards winners.
On Jan. 11, the organization recognized members and firms that demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the profession, local communities and the evolving built infrastructure in the post-Hurricane Sandy New Jersey in 2013.
Joshua Zinder, founder of Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design in Princeton, earned the Architect of the Year Award. He was honored for his wide-ranging work on high-end commercial, institutional, residential and sustainable architecture.
As an active member of his community, Zinder co-chairs and serves as a board member for a number of not-for-profit organizations.
KSS Architects, a full-service architecture, planning and interior design firm in Princeton and Philadelphia received Architectural Firm of the Year Award for its design and leadership on behalf of clients in the fields of education, culture, land development, urban development and corporate environments.
In the firm’s 30 years, KSS created meaningful change through architecture for clients such as The City of Newark, Drew University and Burlington Coat Factory.
Additionally, KSS staff have dedicated charitable time and resources to the ACE Mentor Program, Habitat for Humanity, AIA chapters and Hurricane Sandy relief. KSS has also established a scholarship at NJIT to be awarded to a first-year architectural student demonstrating exceptional creativity in design in an urban environment.
Peter Kasabach of Trenton received the Resident of the Year Award for his commitment to smart growth as executive director of New Jersey Future, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting responsible land-use policies.
In addition to his efforts to curb suburban sprawl and promote walkability statewide, Kasabach is very active in the Trenton community. He previously chaired Artworks visual arts center, founded the Trenton Preservation Committee and coordinated the neighborhood-led South Broad Street Vision Plan.
Victoria Pivovarnick of Princeton took home the Intern Architect of the Year Award. She was recognized for her accomplishments in the six years she has spent at KSS Architects, including her grasp of technical knowledge, organizational skills and innate understanding of client needs.
While at KSS, Pivovarnick developed protocol documents for the use of Newforma, a construction management program.
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