Moshe Safdie, Bruce Mau and Studio O+A are among the 11 winners of this year's National Design Awards, given annually by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.
The recipients of the National Design Awards, which aim to recognise excellence and innovation across 11 categories, were announced today.
Israeli architect Moshe Safdie will receive an award for lifetime achievement
"This year's class of winners reflect design's remarkable empathy for contemporary social concerns: from promoting workplace productivity to preserving vernacular traditions to encouraging civic engagement," said museum director Caroline Baumann.
"These designers and design firms cross disciplinary boundaries, explore innovative materials and develop new models of problem-solving in pursuit of these goals." Moshe Safdie's Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum is situated on a hillside overlooking Jerusalem's Ein Kerem Valley
Amongst this year's recipients is architect Moshe Safdie, who has received an award for lifetime achievement.

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Safdie, an Israeli architect who is now based in Boston, is best known for projects including the Marina Bay Sands hotel complex in Singapore and Habitat 67, the experimental modular housing presented at the 1967 World Expo in Montreal.
Moshe Safdie's Marina Bay Sands complex contains one of the biggest hotels in the world, famous for its ...