A 66-story luxury residential tower in Manhattan designed by controversial architect David Adjaye has been named a winner in Architect magazine's yearly award program.

Adjaye’s building at 130 William St. in New York, an affordable housing development in Los Angeles and an apartment building constructed on a steep corner lot in Boston were among 10 projects selected for the magazine’s 2023 Residential Architect Design Awards.

The New York condominium tower, developed by Lightstone Group, was deemed notable by the magazine for its use of “dark-toned, hand-cast concrete” with an exterior “punctuated by graceful arched windows and copper detailing,” according to the magazine.

“It doesn’t look like a typical Manhattan building. I like some of its classic architectural features that are modernized,” said Tya Winn, an architect on the magazine’s awards jury.

Remi Flower & Coffee recently signed a 2,100-square-foot retail lease on the ground floor of the tower. As of December, about 90% of the building’s units have been sold and occupied, according to Lightstone.

The 130 William building was designed by Adjaye Associates and the firm Hill West Architects. David Adjaye stepped away from his British firm last year after media reports said former female employees accused him of allegedly sexually harassing and assaulting women.

In Venice, California, a beachside neighborhood in Los Angeles County, Rose Apartments was selected because it doesn’t look like a project designed specifically to provide low-cost housing, Winn said.

“I really like when you see affordable housing projects [such as Rose] that look like they could be market-rate and people start to question, ‘Is this too expensive?’” Winn said.

Architects at Brooks + Scarpa said they used a design typology that’s been common in Southern California for more than a century — a courtyard elevated above ground level. The architects said they were influenced specifically by Horatio Court, a nearby residential property designed by architect Irving Gill in 1919.

“For people living around the courtyard, the space provides a sense of safety and privacy,” Brooks + Scarpa said.

The $12.4 million Rose Apartments was developed by Venice Community Housing Corp. to provide affordable housing for at-risk older youth. The design provides the young adult residents “with 35 spacious and light-filled” units and, by raising the building structure above grade, gives the property “a more privileged feel,” according to the magazine.

In Boston, the $3.2 million Flats on Condor at 191 Condor St. opened in 2023. The firm Merge Architects was presented with the challenge of designing a four-story apartment building on a lot with a significant slope and on a busy street corner. The developers at WonderGroup also wanted the building to highlight its location next to a creek and to blend with the styles of nearby buildings.

The architects’ design managed to accomplish all those goals, according to the awards jury.

“The [design] team tucked enclosed parking spaces and a small lobby into the ground floor, strategically built into the slope of the street,” the magazine said. “The housing block’s undulating façade mitigates its mass, helping it blend in with the smaller homes around it, while simultaneously affording the creation of small, covered balconies from which residents admire water views.”

The remaining seven award-winning projects are all single-family houses.

Architect magazine conducts yearly design award programs in 10 categories, including adaptive reuse and custom houses larger than 3,000 square feet. The 2023 winners were chosen by a three-judge panel of architects: Winn at Community Design Collaborative; Maija Kreishman at Michael Hsu Office of Architecture; and Benjamin Anderson at OfficeUntitled.

David Adjaye and Marc McQuade, principals at Adjaye Associates, worked on 130 William. Lawrence Scarpa, Angela Brooks and Jeff Huber were lead designers and principals-in-charge at Brooks + Scarpa. Elizabeth Whittaker was principal-in-charge at Merge Architects.