2006 Honors & Awards Recipients

Gold Medal
Antoine Predock, FAIA, Albuquerque

Architecture Firm Award
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners, Santa Monica, Calif.

AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education
William G. McMinn, FAIA, Asheville, N.C.

Honor Awards
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Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center, Seattle, by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, for The Seattle Public Library
Bigelow Chapel, New Brighton, Minn., by Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc., for the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Frieder Burda Collection Museum, Baden-Baden, Germany, by Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP, with associate architect Peter W. Kruse-Freier Architekt, for Stiftung Frieder Burda
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, by Koning Eizenberg Architecture with Perkins Eastman Architects PC, for Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center, Cincinnati, by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, with associate architect glaserworks, for the University of Cincinnati
Museo Picasso Malaga, Malaga, Spain, by Gluckman Mayner Architects, with associate architect Camara/Martin Delgado Arquitectos, for Fundacion Museo Picasso Malaga
TRUMPF Customer and Administration Building, Ditzingen, Germany, by Barkow Leibinger Architects, for TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
Visiting Artists House, Geyserville, Calif., by Jim Jennings Architecture, for Nancy K. and Stephen H. Oliver
Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., by TVS – D&P – Mariani PLLC, with associate architects Thompson Ventulett Stainback PC, Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planners PC, and Mariani Architects Engineers PC, for the Washington Convention Center Authority
Washington State Legislative Building Rehabilitation, Olympia, Wash., by SRG Partnership Inc., with associate architect Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture and Engineering P.C., for Washington State General Administration
William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Ark., by Polshek Partnership Architects, with associate architects Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects Ltd, Witsell Evans Rasco Architects and Planners, and Woods Caradine Architects, for the William J. Clinton Foundation

Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture
Bizarre, Omaha, by Randy Brown Architects, for Djel Brown
English House, Beverly Hills, Calif., by Chu + Gooding Architects in collaboration with Kay Kollar Design, for Tobias Emmerich
Google Headquarters, Mountain View, Calif., by Clive Wilkinson Architects, for Google Inc.
Karla, Miami, by Rene Gonzalez Architect Inc, for Karla Conceptual Event Experiences
Mother London, London, by Clive Wilkinson Architects, for Mother
Nissan Design America Farmington Hills Michigan, Farmington Hills, Mich., by design architect Luce et Studio Architects, with executive architect Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. for Nissan Design America Farmington Hills Michigan
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Houston, by DMJM Rottet, for the Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Laboratory Renovation, Boston, by Payette, for Schepens Eye Research Institute
Skillman Library, Easton, Pa., by Ann Beha Architects, for Lafayette College
Temporary Theater, Portland, Ore., by BOORA Architects, for Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, D.C., by McInturff Architects, for the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company


Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design
The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State, West Bank and Gaza, Palestine, by Suisman Urban Design, for the RAND Corporation
Chippewa/Cree Reservation Plan, Box Elder, Mont., by Ferdinand S. Johns, AIA, Architect, with Allison Orr, and with the Community Design Center, Montana State University School of Architecture, for the Chippewa/Cree Tribal Council
Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan, Portland, Ore., by Mithun, for the Portland Development Commission
Millennium Park, Chicago, master planning by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, architecture by Gehry Partners, LLP; Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd; Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge Inc.; Harley Ellis Devereaux; Krueck & Sexton Architects; McDonough Associates Inc.; Müller & Muller Architects; OWP/P; Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP; Teng & Associates; for the City of Chicago and Millennium Park Inc.
North Point, Municipalities of Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville, Mass., by CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc., with associate architect Greenberg Consultants Inc., for Spaulding & Slye, a member of the Jones Lang Lasalle Group Guilford Transportation Industries
Swiss Government Piazza, Bern, Switzerland, by Lee & Mundwiler Architects, with associate architect Stauffenegger & Stutz Visual Design for the City of Bern/Tiefbauamt
Martin Luther King Plaza Revitalization, Philadelphia, by Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc., for Philadelphia Housing Authority (Phases II and IV) and Uni-Penn LLC (Phases I and III)
University Square, Vancouver, B.C., by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, with associate architect Hughes Condon Marler: Architects, for UBC Properties Trust

Twenty-five Year Award
Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Ark., E. Fay Jones, FAIA; owner is Del Reed

Edward C. Kemper Award
James D. Tittle, FAIA, Abilene, Texas

Whitney M. Young Jr. Award
Theodore C. Landsmark, M.Ev.D., J.D., Ph.D., Assoc. AIA, Boston

Young Architects Award
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Michael Arad, AIA, New York City
James Gardiner Dayton, AIA, Minneapolis
John Sangki Hong, AIA, Cambridge, Mass.
Shannon Kraus, AIA, NCARB, Dallas
Soren Dahl Simonsen, AIA, AICP, LEED, Salt Lake City
Patrick J. Tighe, AIA, Santa Monica, Calif.

Honorary Members
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Torrey Stanley Carleton, Hon. AIA, San Antonio
Peter Chapman, Hon. AIA, Newton, Conn.
Marilyn Farley, Hon. AIA, Potomac, Md.
Patricia Harris, Hon. AIA, Washington, D.C.
Susan McDaid Hecht, Hon. AIA, Washington, D.C.
Randy Lavigne, Hon. AIA, Las Vegas
Elaine Ostroff, Hon. AIA, Westport, Mass.
Charles H. Thornton, Hon. AIA, Easton, Md.
Jean R. Valence, Hon. AIA, Cambridge, Mass.

AIA Housing Committee Awards
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SINGLE-FAMILY CUSTOM HOUSING AWARD
The Avis Ranch, Clyde Park, Mont., by Fernau and Hartman Architects, Inc., for Anne and Greg Avis
The Coconut House, Los Angeles, by Lee and Mundwiler Architects, for Brenda Bergman
Kessler Residence, Chevy Chase, Md., by Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect, for Lewis and Tamara Kessler
slot house, Brooklyn, N.Y., by noroof architects, for Margarita McGrath and Scott Oliver
Tower House, Chicago, by Frederick Phillips and Associates, for Frederick Phillips, FAIA

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AWARD
Contemporaine at 516 North Wells, Chicago, by Perkins + Will, for CMK Development
K Lofts, San Diego, by Jonathan Segal, FAIA, for Jonathan Segal, FAIA
Metro Hollywood Mixed-Use, Los Angeles, by Kanner Architects, for McCormack Baron Salazar
Orange Grove, West Hollywood, Calif., by Pugh + Scarpa Architects, for Urban Environments
University of Washington – Nordheim Court, Seattle, by Mithun, for Lorig Associates, LLC

INNOVTION IN HOUSING DESIGN AWARD
The Modern Modular, USA, by Resolution: 4 Architecture, for multiple owners
Solar Umbrella, Venice, Calif., by Pugh + Scarpa Architects, for Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa

COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARD
Live/Work Artists’ Housing, Mount Rainier, Md., by Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc., with The Pan Group, Inc., for Artspace Projects, Inc.

AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards
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MIXED-USE/MIXED INCOME AWARD
Esther Short Commons, Vancouver, Wash., by William Wilson Architects PC, for Vancouver Housing Authority and KEMPERCO, LLC.

ALAN J. ROTHMAN ACCESSIBILITY AWARD
Waterloo Heights Apartments, Los Angeles, by Koning Eizenberg Architecture, for Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

COMMUNITY BUILDING BY DESIGN AWARD
Blake Street Flats, Denver, by Humphries Poli Architects, P.C., for Integral Properties