The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, presents the 33 projects selected by a jury of Norwegian architects as the best new American architecture today. In its eighth year, the museum’s annual “American Architecture Awards” program showcases the “rich diversity of American design today.” The projects, most of which are designed by American architects, are located in Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Denmark, China, and Japan, as well as the United States. Three projects are designed by foreign firms with a branch office in the U.S.: Coop Himmelblau, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Behnisch & Behnisch Partners.

This year’s awards recipients are:

222 Residence, Oklahoma, by Elliott + Associates, with associate architect Miho Kolliopoulos

Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, by Coop Himmelblau Prix & Swiczinsky & Dreiboltz ZT GmbH, with associate architect Van Dijk Westlake Reed Leskosky

Apple North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, with associate architect A. Epstein and Sons International and design assistant Eight Inc.

Apple Regent Street, London, by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, with associate architect Gensler-Studio 585 and design assistant Eight Inc.

Art Center College of Design South Campus, Pasadena, Calif., by Daly Genik

Barn at Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pa., by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (Photo © Mike Gwin)

Belvedere Gardens, Salem, Va., by SMBW Architects

Boston Athenaeum, Boston, by Schwartz/Silver Architects Inc.

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters Building, Los Angeles, by Morphosis

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, by Koning Eizenberg Architects, with associate architect Perkins Eastman Architects PC

Cooper Square Loft, New York City, by Desai/Chia Architecture

Danish Jewish Museum, Copenhagen, by Studio Daniel Libeskind, with associate architect Arkitektfirmaet Jorgen Hempel A/S and renovation architect Fogh and Foiner Arkitekter A/S

Dubai Sun Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Elie Tahari Fashion Design Offices and Warehouse, Millburn, N.J., by Voorsanger Architects

Guangzhou Sightseeing Tower, Guangzhou, China, by Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design, with associate architect CITIC Architecture

Holy Rosary Catholic Church Complex, St. Amant, La., by Trahan Associates (Photo © Timothy Hursley)

Jubilee Park Pavilion, Canary Wharf, London, by Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Kuwait Super Block, Kuwait City, Kuwait, by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, with associate architect PACE – Pan Arab Consulting Engineers

Los Angeles Philharmonic Store, Los Angeles, by Belzberg Architects

Lower Manhattan Penthouse, New York City, by Bone/Levine Architects

Modern Modular, multiple locations, by Resolution: 4 Architecture

Museo Picasso Malaga, Malaga, Spain, by Gluckman Mayner Architects, with associate architect Camara/Martin Delgado

Museum of Urban Transportation, New York City, by Gavin Macrae Gibson Architects

National Association of Realtors Headquarters, Washington, D.C., by the Gund Partnership, with associate architect SMB Architects

Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., by H3 Hardy Collaboration

Pima Community College Learning Center, Green Valley, Ariz., by Antoine Predock Architect PC, with associate architects Burns Wald-Hopkins

Porter House, New York City, by SHoP Architects PC

Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, by Zaha Hadid Architects

Sky Lofts, Los Angeles, by Behnisch & Behnisch Partners

Skyscraper Museum, New York City, by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (Photo © Robert Polidori)

South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center, Phoenix, by Jones Studio

Sun Valley Residence, Sun Valley, Idaho, by Allied Works Architecture

University of California San Diego Price Center Expansion, La Jolla, Calif., by Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design.

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