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2005 AIA Honor Awards Recognize Excellence in Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design
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Washington, D.C., January 7,
2005 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced today the
2005 recipients of the AIA Honor Awards, the profession’s
highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in
architecture, interior architecture, and urban design. Selected
from over 630 total submissions, 35 recipients will be honored in
May at the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Expo in Las
Vegas.
2005 Institute Honor Awards for
Architecture:
Agosta House, San Juan Island,
Wash.
Patkau Architects, Inc.
This private residence of 2,775 square feet was built for
a couple relocating from Manhattan to a small rural island off the
Pacific coast. The house, which includes living space, an office,
and a garden enclosed within a 12-foot-high fence, is clad in
light-gauge galvanized sheet steel to protect it from weather
extremes and wildfire.
Conservatory of Flowers, San
Francisco
Architectural Resource Group
Originally completed in 1878, and damaged during a 1995 storm,
repair and preservation of the structure allows new interpretative
exhibits and enhanced visitor accommodations.
Contemporaine at 516 North Wells,
Chicago
Perkins + Will
The 28-unit condominium building contains a 4-story base for retail
and parking and an 11-story residential tower. Located in
Chicago’s River North, it successfully mediates the varying
scale and context with its sculptural tower.
Emerson Sauna, Duluth, Minn.
Salmela Architect
On Finnish immigrants’ pioneer farmsteads, the sauna was often
the first building erected. The intent of the clients, reared in
Northern Minnesota’s Scandinavian culture, was to revive the
social aspect of the sauna. The brick interior provides ample
radiant heat and the cooling porch allows breezes off the lake to
pass through while providing privacy.
Gannett/USA Today
Headquarters, McLean, Va.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
To consolidate facilities and promote communal interaction between
USA Today and parent company Gannett, the company relocated to a
suburban Washington, D.C. location. The project consists of two
linear buildings on a common base, with each structure spiraling up
to enclose an exterior “town square.”
University of Michigan Hill
Auditorium, Ann Arbor
Quinn Evans|Architects
Architect of Record Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
Designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1913, Hill Auditorium is a
masterpiece of Classic Revival architecture. To transform this
historic gem into a modern performance venue yet retain its
original character, the team restored historic features, increased
patron comfort and accessibility, performed building code
compliance upgrades, and replaced and modernized the
building’s mechanical and electrical systems.
Holy Rosary Catholic Church Complex,
St. Amant, La.
Trahan Architects APAC
The master plan of this rural campus creates a strong sense of
place for all functions of the parish, drawing a distinction
between the program’s sacred and secular components. Secular
components of the campus take form as edge buildings framing a
courtyard where the oratory is located. Position, formal purity,
and height reflect the importance of the spiritual program and
serve to distinguish the chapel from its surroundings.
Jubilee Church, Rome
Richard Meier & Partners Architects,
LLP
This church was conceived as a new center for an isolated housing
quarter outside central Rome. The paved sagrato to the east of the
church extends into the heart of the housing complex and provides a
plaza for public assembly. The three concrete shells that, with the
spine-wall, make the body of the nave, imply the Holy Trinity and
the pool reflects the role of water in Baptism.
Mill City Museum,
Minneapolis
Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd.
Declared a National Historic Landmark in the 1980s yet vacant since
1965, the building was gutted by fire in 1991 leaving an
eight-story high, block-long shell filled with debris. Located
within the burned-out walls of the mill complex, the Mill City
Museum focuses on the stories of grain farming and trading, water
power, the mill building, flour milling, and railroading.
Mountain Tree House, Dillard,
Ga.
Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
The arrival of grandchildren prompted the owners to convert their
North Georgia garage/potting shed into a combination playroom,
guest room, bamboo deck, and garage. The bedroom above is
cantilevered over the work-yard, open and airy in contrast to the
concrete garage below. The bathroom is clad in steel, with walls
that swing wide open for outdoor showers and spring cleaning.
Seattle Central Library, Seattle
OMA/LMN—A Joint Venture
Seattle Central Library is organized into spatial
compartments that are dedicated to and equipped for specific
duties. The library’s unique “book spiral” addresses
the ongoing problem of subject classification. Using the Dewey
Decimal System, the architects arranged the collection in a
continuous ribbon—running from “000” to
“999”—the subjects form a coexistence that
approaches the organic.
Shaw House,
Vancouver
Patkau Architects, Inc.
Overlooking English Bay, this private residence is organized
simply, with living spaces on grade, private spaces above grade,
and a music room below grade. Small spaces are enlarged by generous
ceiling heights, while the location of the lap pool brings both
daylight and reflected light deep into the central areas.
Somis Hay Barn, Somis, Calif.
SPF:a
Guided by the dual/dueling philosophies of Modernism and wabi-sabi,
the architect created this hay barn and stable. The barn itself is
a 12-foot x12-foot structural steel grid—solid, permanent,
modern, sleek, and unchanging. Hay is used as cladding to break the
wind and insulate. The stable is earthy and constantly changing:
hay changes odor, bales are used for bedding and feed, with horses
sometimes eating hay right off the building.
“The projects selected by the jury to receive Honor Awards for
Architecture in 2005 reflect the great diversity of the over 400
entries,” said 2005 Architecture Jury Chair, Thomas W.
Ventulett, III, FAIA. “The recipient projects varied
dramatically in program, complexity, scale, site, and typology. Yet
each presented a sensitive and inventive response to its distinct
location and special program. Whether a barn or a great urban
library, a house or a beautiful church, a small sauna or a unique
museum created within a burned out shell of an old flour mill, each
illustrated a spirit and ingenuity that inspires both the user and
the viewer.”
2005 Institute Honor Awards for Interior
Architecture:
AM International,
London
Elliott + Associates Architects
On the client’s request, the architects worked to capture
London as a place for this 1,800-square-foot advertising agency
office. They focused on creating a space that is simultaneously
very traditional and very Modern. The space was designed to be
changeable, mobile, and transparent, allowing lots of light to pass
through.
Boys Club of Sioux City, Sioux City,
Iowa
Randy Brown Architects
Originally built as an armory in the early 1900s, this building
became home to the Boys Club in the 1950s. While the location and
size of rooms were predetermined, the architects were able to
transform the spaces by the intervention of new architectural
objects. Storage rooms were cleaned out and transformed into a
custom treehouse/play structure while other found space became the
Teen Room.
Chanel, Paris
Peter Marino + Assoc. Architects with associate architect Vigneron
Architects
The Chanel boutique on Rue Cambon in Paris is an expansion and
redesign of Mademoiselle Coco Chanel’s original boutique
beneath her legendary studio and apartment in Paris. Upon entering
the store, one is immediately introduced to the strong graphic
statement of the iconic Chanel tweed in the form of a
hand-hammered, gold-leaf glass wall.
East End Temple, New York City
BKSK Architects LLP
The new home of this temple formerly served as a residence built in
1883 by Richard Morris Hunt. Its façade and the front
library room, all that remained reasonably intact, have been
restored to their former elegance and adapted to the temple’s
needs. The sanctuary was designed to embody many of the symbols of
Jewish faith.
Elie Tahari Fashion Design Office
& Warehouse, Millburn, N.J.
Voorsanger Architects PC
The architects created the Elie Tahari Fashion Design Offices and
warehouse complex from a renovated storage facility in suburban New
Jersey. They brought light and landscape inside to the working
staff by cutting into the roof structure to create two courtyards.
The structural system was reinforced and the interior perimeter
fitted with glass paneling, leaving the new spaces open to the sky
and letting in natural light.
Hyde Park Bank Building Hall,
Chicago
Florian Architects PC
The historic Hyde Park Bank occupies the second floor of this
Chicago neighborhood’s principal office building. The program
called for restoring the grandeur of an historic banking hall while
conveying a sense of security, continuity, and the bank’s
importance to the community. The architects redesigned the
structural supports for metal mesh screens, glass walls, and teller
canopy, refining them to minimal sizes.
McMaster University James Stewart
Centre for Mathematics, Hamilton, Ont.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
This project is an adaptive reuse of 1929 Hamilton Hall, one of the
oldest buildings on the McMaster University campus. The
architects’ objective was to create a facility that recognizes
the interactive nature of mathematics with spaces that promote
team-based study and research. They chose a highly abstract and
Modern interior in stark opposition to the historic Collegiate
Gothic exterior.
Jigsaw, Los Angeles
Pugh + Scarpa Architects
For this film-editing facility, the architects transformed the
interior of a rough 1940s bow-truss warehouse into an entirely
surprising and inventive space. In the center of the space are two
curvaceous volumes suspended over a shallow pool of water. This
same relationship between object and space can be seen at a larger
scale throughout the project, where the spaces among the objects
and volumes in the warehouse become niches for informal
encounters.
l.a. Eyeworks Showroom, Los
Angeles
Neil M. Denari Architects
In working with the basic parameters of store design--such
as the demand for transparency from the street and from the sales
counter--the design shapes space and movement through a continuous
suspended surface. The notable blue surfaces throughout perform
many functions: perforated ceiling plane, window display, bench,
shelving unit, and sales counter.
Paul & Lulu Hilliard University
Art Museum, Lafayette, La.
Eskew + Dumez + Ripple, for the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette
Situated adjacent to the original 1967 University Art Museum, this
new museum serves as a backdrop to the original. The
33,000-square-foot program includes lobby and public spaces,
permanent collection and changing exhibit galleries, museum
offices, archival storage, and art support spaces.
Pavilion in the Sky, London
Peter Marino + Assoc. Architects
Designed for a Modern art collector, this 4,800-square-foot
residence occupies the top floor of a building along the River
Thames. A shimmering cube of onyx surrounds the building’s
core. From the center of the onyx core, a stone entry hall leads
through Lalique crystal paneled doors and emerges to a landscape of
sculptured forms that define the more private zones of the
residence.
“The variety of projects selected for the 2005 Institute Honor
Awards for Interior Architecture clearly reflects the diversity of
clients and programs being served by the Architectural profession
today, as well as the variety of design approaches and directions
being pursued by contemporary architects in their service to
society,” said 2005 Interior Jury Chair Mark C. McInturff,
FAIA “From a low-budget Boys Club in Iowa to an over-the-top
penthouse in London, or a tiny eyeglasses showroom in California to
a large University facility in Canada, architects are responding to
their clients’ needs with a refreshing range of architectural
expressions, proving once again, that great buildings come from
great clients. If trends are to be seen here, they are not about
styles or shapes, but instead about celebrating the uniqueness of
each client, site, and circumstance.”
2005 Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban
Design:
Anacostia Waterfront Initiative
Framework Plan, Washington, D.C.
Chan Krieger & Associates, Inc., with Beyer
Blinder Belle; Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects; Simon
Martin-Vegue Winkelstein & Morris; Greenberg Consultants Ltd.;
and Landscape Architect Wallace, Roberts & Todd
The ambitious goals of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative
are to heal and rejuvenate the river, promoting sustainable
development within the watershed; open waterfront access and
improve infrastructure; construct a riverwalk to connect waterfront
parks; create a cultural bridge connecting Anacostia to D.C.’s
historic treasures; and enhance the tax base by building more than
20,000 new units of housing within walking distance of the
river.
Battery Park City Streetscapes, New
York City
Rogers Marvel Architects PLLC
Begun in 2002, this project improves the streetscape, connections,
and perimeter security of the World Financial Center. Realizing
that additional security measures would dramatically alter traffic
patterns and pedestrian and public spaces, the design team worked
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study and test vehicle
immobilization techniques.
Cady’s Alley, Washington,
D.C.
Sorg & Associates PC, with Frank Schlesinger
Associates Architects; McInturff Architects; Martinez & Johnson
Architecture PC; Shalom Baranes Associates Architects; and
Landscape Architect The Fitch Studio
Located next to the historic C &O Canal in Georgetown, this
formerly rundown collection of 19th- and early-20th-century
warehouses, workshops, stables, and small commercial row structures
languished as the community’s other corridors thrived.
Purchased by the owner-developer with the intent of creating an
urban design center that would be an alternative to suburban
big-box retail outlets, the revitalized thoroughfare contains
121,000 square feet of retail (mainly home furnishings), office
space, and six apartment units.
City of Santa Cruz Accessory Dwelling
Unit Program, Santa Cruz, Calif.
RACESTUDIOS, with Mark Primack Architect; David Baker
Partners Architects; CCS Architecture; SixEight Design; Boone/Low
Architects and Planners; Peterson Architects; and Eve Reynolds
Architects
With little remaining land for development and enormous
growth pressures, Santa Cruz has turned to its primary asset for
help—single-family neighborhoods. To maintain the character of
its neighborhoods, the city introduced an innovative development
program for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU). To encourage homeowners
to develop ADUs, the city has relaxed zoning restrictions;
introduced a development fee waiver and loan program; and offers
community education workshops and a “how-to” guide.
Chongming Island Master Plan,
Shanghai, China
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, with associate
architect W. Cecil Steward, FAIA
One of the largest alluvial islands in the world,
Chongming Island is the least developed of Shanghai’s five
administrative districts. To plan for long-term development and
create a showcase environmental community, this master plan uses
six sustainable concepts: maintaining wilderness and ecosystems,
transitioning to organic farming, incorporating green systems,
improving eco-transportation, building green villages, and
developing sustainable coastal cities.
Jackson Meadow, Marine on St.
Croix, St. Croix, Minn.
Salmela Architect & Coen +
Partners (originated as Coen + Stumpf &
Associates)
Located within the oldest settlement in Minnesota, this new
residential development is adjacent to 191 acres of permanently
protected open land. Sited on 145 acres of meadows and wooded hills
overlooking the St. Croix River, the architecture responds to the
town’s cultural history by interpreting vernacular form,
materials, detailing, and spatial organization.
North Allston Strategic Framework for
Planning, Boston
Goody, Clancy & Associates
This Harvard University expansion plan embodies
community-building principles to guide growth in the North Allston
neighborhood and ensures that the collective will, interests, and
goals of all major stakeholders are reflected. By emphasizing
walkability, livability, and permeability the framework enriches
the traditional character of the community while providing new
opportunities for economic growth.
Northeastern University West Campus
Master Plan, Boston
William Rawn Associates, Architects,
Inc.
The paramount goal of this master plan is to achieve the ideal
balance between open public access, civic presence, and a threshold
for learning. Guiding Northeastern University over a 10-year
period, the plan provides for development of a new West Campus that
ties together existing elements and adds more than 1,200,000 square
feet in campus buildings
Ramsey Town Center, Ramsey,
Minn.
Elness Swenson Graham Architects Inc., with Close
Landscape Architects
A genuine downtown with a mix of goods and services that
meet residents’ needs, Ramsey Town Center will provide a
strong job and tax base and maintain the character of this
community of 20,000. This master plan creates a unique heart to the
community and will add over 2,500 units of mid-density housing,
600,000 square feet of retail, 460,000 square feet of office space,
a medical center, civic buildings, and a K-12 charter school.
Riparian Meadows, Mounds & Rooms:
Urban Greenway, Warren, Ark.
University of Arkansas Community Design Center, for
Warren Townscape Committee
This plan proposes a public greenway along a creek in the City of
Warren that combines innovations in stream design with community
development. Stream restoration will provide corrective measures to
address existing infrastructural problems. Corrective measures are
supplemented with a vegetated riparian edge, return of stream
sinuosity, and strategic bank armoring to prevent excessive erosion
and sediment transport.
West Harlem Waterfront Park, New York
City
W Architecture & Landscape Architecture LLC
Created by a neighborhood coalition of 40 groups, this
master plan will make Harlem’s waterfront a destination by
creating a park with piers that extend into the Hudson River. At
present, the substantial workforce commutes outside the community;
this plan will promote area revitalization and diversification,
community involvement, job opportunities, and local
entrepreneurship.
“What the jury found most impressive was the deep
understanding these projects had of the people living in these
communities. The projects spoke of real people, not just as
‘activators’ of cool, urban spaces, but people as warm,
feeling, living citizens actively engaged in their public
realms,” said 2005 Regional and Urban Design Jury Chair,
Michael Willis, FAIA. “This year’s projects beautifully
demonstrated integrated security streetscape design without fear
mongering; the affirming bond of people entrusted to plan their own
neighborhoods; large scale planning that lifts a populous city to a
place of neighborhoods, districts and parks; a waterfront plan that
seeks to work as a regional waterfront asset, while improving the
lives of some of its poorest citizens; and universities that
fluidly embrace their towns. The selected projects for 2005—
from the elegantly subtle to the bold-- show an evolving
understanding of how urban design is a vital part of making life in
cities and towns more connected, richer, and more
meaningful.”
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