In order to celebrate the thousands of fantastic projects uploaded to CODAworx in 2025, we're starting by sharing the 15 projects with the most engagements throughout the year. As we look back at these projects, a clear pattern emerges: many of the year’s most celebrated works are installed not in global capitals or cultural centers, but in mid-sized cities — places where public art often carries deep local meaning and becomes part of everyday civic life. Their popularity underscores how strongly these projects resonate with the communities they serve, and how much visibility matters: being featured on CODAworx or recognized among the CODAwards Top 100 (as so many of these projects were in 2025) can amplify that impact far beyond city limits. We’re grateful that the CODAworx platform continues to help bring these powerful, community-valued works to wider audiences, honoring the artists and places that give them life.
15. Wild Things uploaded by Mayer of Munich
Wild Things, a set of six mosaics by Fred Tomaselli, enlivens the 14th Street Station Complex in Manhattan with its whimsical, eye-catching ode to birdwatching.
14. Capillary Helix Uploaded by Jason Krugman Studio
Installed at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York’s Hudson Yards, Jason Krugman’s immensely intricate interpolation of DNA strands uses technology to call to mind the healing and therapeutic power of light.
13. HALO by Gill Gatfield
In this AR iteration of her HALO project, Gil Gatfield recreated the digital form of a 70-ft wide ring of rare marble from her native New Zealand, bringing this piece with deeply-rooted cultural significance into a globally accessible form.
12. Divine Pathways Uploaded by Anne Patterson Studio
In this community-led piece, Anne Paterson uses thousands of polychrome ribbons to transform the nave of New York City’s Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine to stunning effect.
11. Attun Uploaded by DeWitt Godfrey Studio
Deceptively grand in scale, DeWitt Godfrey uses 80 steel cylinders to create an 18-ft-tall and 150-ft-long contemporary sculpture to welcome visitors to Raleigh’s historically significant Dix Park.
10. Water Wisps, Sanctuary Bubbles. Uploaded by Janavi Creative LLC
Commissioned for Houston’s new George Bush International Airport, all 19 of these 90-inch windows have been fitted with a unique marine-themed artwork by Houston-based marine conservation artist Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee.
9. Bear Canyon Uploaded by Placzek Studios Inc.
Built as the centerpiece of the atrium for Omaha’s Children's Hospital of Nebraska, this 30-foot woodland sculptural installation welcomes visitors with whimsical creatures and vibrant colors.
8. Cloud Trees uploaded by Brad Oldham Sculpture
Known for their effective use of mirror-finished chrome sculptures, Brad Oldham and Christy Coltrin’s Cloud Trees in Oklahoma City serves as a poetic interpolation of Oklahoma’s expansive skies.
7. The Disco Ball Cement Truck by Benedetto Bufalino Uploaded by Vincent Roy
In this stunning and impactful intervention, artist Benedetto Bufalino used a mirror-clad cement mixer truck to hijack a construction site in Québec’s historic Place Royale for a single night, using lights and speakers to turn the site into a giant open-air dance floor.
6. Elder Mother Uploaded by Charles Gadeken
Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story The Elder-Tree Mother, this monumental thirty-foot-tall tree bedecked with thousands of LED lights whispered hours of fairytales, folklore, and personal anecdotes to visitors at its debut in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
5. 2600 meters closer to the stars Uploaded by Daniel Castillo
Filling 40 square meters, artist Daniel Castillo’s mobile sculpture creates a dazzling effect in the atrium of a new office building in Bogota, Colombia.
4. Spyglass Treehouse Uploaded by Rbhu Engineering
Designed for Artistree’s prefab luxury homes, this stunning suspended treehouse evokes the classic form of a spyglass while perfectly integrating with the surrounding redwood trees of its setting.
3. Ethos Uploaded by WMATA Art in Transit Program
Commissioned for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority station in Reston, Virginia, this site-specific artwork by artist George Bates emerged as a result of a series of dialogues conducted with the local Reston community.
2. August Third Memorial Uploaded by El Paso Progam
Designed by El Paso-based artist Albert “Tino” Ortega, the August Third Memorial is dedicated to the 23 lives lost on August 3, 2019, during a mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart. The memorial features seven granite pillars arranged to resemble a crown,chosen as an emblem of power to symbolically restore the power taken from those who lost their lives that day.
1. LOCAL HABITAT uploaded by Matthew Mazzotta
Inspired by the phenomenon of wildlife taking over human spaces during COVID lockdowns, LOCAL HABITAT’s larger-than-life bobcat relaxes peacefully on the awning of a new student housing building at Texas State University, highlighting the thin distinction between human and animal territory.
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