The topping out of construction at 200 West End Avenue, a residential complex in Manhattan with 17- and 29-story towers, brought together New York’s Clarett Group, the developer, with members of the project team, including the architect, New York-based Costas Kondylis & Partners; the interiors designer, New York-based Kemble Interiors; and the construction manager, New York’s Bovis Lend Lease. From left: Charlotte Sturgis, Bovis; Warren Fink, Clarett; Celerie Kemble, Kemble; Marta Rudzki, Kondylis; Harold Jupiter, Clarett; Veronica Hackett, Clarett; John Bratach, Kondylis; Guy Morton, Clarett; Dennis Freed, Bovis; and Adam Gordon, Bovis.

Senior officers of Professional Women in Construction met with African diplomats at a recent luncheon hosted by the South African Consulate General. From left: Lenore Janis, president, PWC; Elizabeth Thabethe, deputy minister of trade and industry for South Africa; and Norma Temple, president of Etched in Stone and the New Jersey chapter of PWC.

The national American Institute of Architects chapter recently recognized AIA New York State’s 2006 Spring Symposium program, entitled “One New York State: Urban Policy and Regional Design,” by presenting the Component Excellence Outstanding Single Program Award for Government Affairs to Terrence O’Neal, who served as president of the state’s AIA last year. From left: RK Stewart, AIA National president; Russell Davidson, 2007 AIA-NYS president; O’Neal; Edward Farrell, AIA-NYS executive director; Christine McEntee, executive vice president and CEO of AIA National; and Bonnie Staiger, president of the Council of Architectural Component Executives.