The National Trust for Historic Preservation and People for the Pavilion have announced the winners of the New York State Pavilion Ideas Competition in the Queens borough of New York.

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation and People for the Pavilion have announced the winners of the New York State Pavilion Ideas Competition in the Queens borough of New York.Sponsored by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, the competition called for creative ideas to reimagine Philip Johnson?s New York State Pavilion, a ?forgotten star? of the 1964-65 World?s Fair.

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The New York State Pavilion is more than half a century old, but Philip Johnson?s iconic structure in the center of Queens is still the ?Tent of Tomorrow? to those who know it,? notes architecture critic and competition judge, Paul Goldberger. The outpouring of ideas for its reuse not only shows how beloved this structure is, it gives me confidence that this great building can have a future that will be as meaningful as its past. The winners of the New York State Pavilion Ideas Competition are:First Prize: Hanging Meadows / Aidan Doyle and Sarah Wan

First Place. Image Courtesy of The National Trust for Historic Preservation and People for the Pavilion

A repurposed Pavilion would serve as the base to a suspended ...