Practicing ArchitectureAwards

2010 INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS FOR ARCHITECTURE RECIPIENT

Architecture

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Interior Architecture

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Regional & Urban Design

Notes of Interest

Located in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania, Skirkanich Hall is home to the Bioengineering Department. It is an infill building that functions as a connector by creating a new public quadrangle and entry for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Movement and interaction is emphasized with generous circulation spaces that offer places to sit and gather. To subtly stand out from the red brick buildings next door, a new kind of brick was developed through an extensive process to balance texture, color, durability, and stability.

JURY COMMENTS

There is a thoughtful use of
materials, genius in vertical
circulation, solid
programmatic
resolution…both delicate
and dramatic, all in all a
beautiful project.

The more and more we
looked at this project we
could see the sophistication
and skills of an architect
who really knows and
understands space,
circulation and light. This
project achieves so much
with very little.

Initially I was overwhelmed
by the beauty of this
building, upon closer
inspection one sees the
complex adjacencies of
other buildings that quietly
merge into this building.
The section is brilliant.

2010 INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS FOR ARCHITECTURE JURY

Richard L. Maimon, AIA (Chair)
KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia

Jeanne Gang, FAIA
Studio/Gang Architects
Chicago

Sam Grawe
Dwell /At Home in the Modern World Magazines
San Francisco

Jeffrey Lee, FAIA
Pearce Brinkley Cease & Lee P.A.
Raleigh

Justine N. Lewis
AIAS Representative
Atlanta

Miguel A. Rivera Agosto, AIA
Miró Rivera Architects
Austin

Mark Simon, FAIA
Centerbrook Architects & Planners
Centerbrook, Connecticut

H. Ruth Todd, AIA
Page & Turnbull Architects
San Francisco