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2007 AIA Honor Awards Recognize Excellence in Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design
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Washington, D.C., January 12,
2007 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced today the
2007 recipients of the AIA Institute Honor Awards, the
profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify
excellence in architecture, interior architecture, and urban
design. Selected from nearly 700 total submissions, 29 recipients
will be honored in May at the AIA 2007 National Convention and
Design Exposition in San Antonio.
2007 Institute Honor Awards for
Architecture:
Eleven worthy projects were selected as the 2007 Institute Honor
Awards for Architecture recipients. Schools and educational
facilities made a remarkably strong showing, receiving 8 of the 11
awards. Jury members include: Jury Chair Richard Logan, AIA,
Gensler; Elizabeth (Zibby) Ericson, FAIA Shepley Bulfinch
Richardson & Abbott; Philip Freelon, FAIA, The Freelon Group;
Thomas W. Kundig, FAIA, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects;
Nicole Ludacka, Assoc. AIA, The Architectural Offices; Kristal
Peters, Howard University; Henry Siegel, FAIA, Siegel & Strain
Architects; Victor Trahan III, FAIA, Trahan Architects; Jane
Werner, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
“Experiencing such a broad spectrum of outstanding work from
the nation’s architectural community was a special privilege
for all. The exterior aspects, the quality of the interior spaces,
site considerations, environmental issues, and social relevance
were all factors in distinguishing the final selections,” said
Jury Chair, Richard A. Logan, AIA. “If anything, this
year’s collection of projects demonstrates that bold,
sculptural expressions of form can be as captivating as ever, yet
rational, elegant solutions to structural, programmatic, community
and environmental issues can be equally compelling. The range of
winning projects demonstrates both the power and diversity of great
architecture.”
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of
Europe, Berlin, Germany
Eisenman Architects
This five-acre memorial sits along the East Berlin side of
the former Berlin Wall and is now filled with a grid of 2,711
concrete pillars, or stelae, each 95 centimeters wide and 2.375
meters long and varying from zero to four meters high.
Spencertown
House, Spencertown, New York
Thomas Phifer and Partners
This private residence is situated on a rolling meadow and commands
dramatic views of an agricultural valley and the distant Catskills
in rural upstate New York. The home’s primary organizational
element is a six-foot-high concrete wall that retains the earth on
the uphill side and defines a large entry court in the
middle.
Canada’s National Ballet
School: Project Grand Jeté, Stage 1: The Jarvis Street
Campus, Toronto, Canada
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/Goldsmith Borgal &
Company Limited Architects in Joint Venture
This ballet school is the only institution in North
America to offer on one site an integral program of professional
dance training, advanced academic education, and residential
living.
Meinel Optical Science Research
Building, Tucson, Arizona
richärd + bauer architecture
This 47,000-square-foot research lab is both an expansion
and renovation of the university’s optical department and
contains teaching and research labs, classrooms, interaction areas,
and offices. Within the simple volume, daylight is introduced by a
series of apertures, interacting and modulating the spaces
within.
World Birding Center
Headquarters, Mission, Texas
Lake|Flato Architects
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is one of the richest bird habitats in
the world. On the major migratory pathway for most North American
species, the area has become a primary destination for birding
enthusiasts.
University of Michigan, Biomedical Science
Research Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
This 435,000-square-foot building provides 250
biomolecular research labs for the
university’s 1,000 users. The building forms a connection
between the main campus and the medical school and serves as the
med school’s new front door.
Palo Verde Library/Maryvale Community
Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Gould Evans Associates, L.C. + Wendell Burnette
Architects
The aim of this project was to reinvigorate “the heart of
Maryvale” with a library and community center building that
incorporated an existing public pool and recreational park and
saved a large ball field for local schools.
University of California, Merced Central
Plant, Merced, California
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
This complex is part of the first phase of a new University of
California campus. It is composed of three elements: a three-story
plant building, a 30,000-ton-hour thermal storage tank, and a
telecommunications building.
Solar Umbrella, Venice,
California
Pugh + Scarpa
Inspired by Paul Rudolph’s Umbrella House of 1953,
the Solar Umbrella provides a contemporary reinvention of the solar
canopy—a strategy that provides thermal protection in climates
with intense exposures.
Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science
Center School, Los Angeles, California
Morphosis
The hybrid campus of primary education and scholastic research
serves as a gateway to the greater University of Southern
California/Exposition Park and establishes a community foothold in
the heart of South L.A.
School of Art and Art History,
University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa
Steven Holl Architects, with associate architect Herbert Lewis
Kruse Blunck Architecture
This art and art history building presented special
conditions: an existing 1937 brick building with a central body and
flanking wings located along the river, a lagoon, and a connection
to the organic geometry of nearby limestone bluffs that form the
edge of the city grid.
2007 Institute Honor Awards for Interior
Architecture
The crop of the 2007 Institute Honor Awards for Interior
Architecture features a remarkable variety of project types. From
small office spaces to college residences to an independent high
school, these 11 projects showcase creativity and ingenuity, often
on a small budget. Ten of the 11 projects are located in the U.S.;
the eleventh is in Hong Kong. Jury members include: Chair Ann Beha,
FAIA, Ann Beha Architects, Inc.; Hank Hildebrandt, AIA, University
of Cincinnati; James Prendergast, AIA, Goettsch Partners; Ken
Wilson, AIA, Envision Design; D.B. Kim, Starwood Hotels and
Resorts.
“This was a highly competitive selection, and the chosen
projects conveyed the clarity, innovation, and creativity which
reflects our profession at its best,” said Jury Chair Ann
Beha, FAIA. “Some of the winning projects seem deceptively
simple, but they reflect a level of complexity in thought and care
that the jury associated with the highest design standards. The
quality of execution, and the commitment to the environment were
held as high standards for this jury, and many of the projects
selected excelled both in their craft and stewardship.”
ImageNet, Carrollton,
Texas
Elliott + Associates Architects
To accomplish the goal of creating a landmark location, the
architect featured bold graphic elements: the “paper
wall” reception area, the “spider web” of data and
power cords, the perimeter blue polycarbonate panels that separate
the office from the warehouse, and the incorporation of the
existing red iron into the warehouse.
Pierson and Davenport Colleges, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut
KieranTimberlake Associates LLP
The architect carefully uncovered the old structure and framed it
with new materials. Building systems were surgically removed as
existing structures were preserved and restored. Contemporary
systems were woven back in so that they highlight the grandeur of
the original construction and extend an architectural conversation
across generations.
St. Mary of the Springs,
Columbus, Ohio
Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney Architects Ltd.
The chapel is woven into the fabric of the land and earth,
reinforcing the idea of a sacred web of life that is a core value
of this religious community. Seven masonry buttresses march along
the east and west sides of the chapel.
The Bay School of San
Francisco, San Francisco, California
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
This conversion of landmark U.S. Army cavalry barracks into a
start-up independent high school weaves together historic
preservation, adaptive reuse, and sustainability. The school’s
academic program places special emphasis on the interrelationships
of science, technology, ethics, and world religions.
Louis Vuitton
Landmark, Hong Kong
Peter Marino Architect, with associate architect dcmstudios
(formerly Denton Corker Marshall HK)
This new three-level luxury boutique occupies a prominent corner in
the central district of Hong Kong. The 25-foot-high
semi-transparent box allows natural light to pour into the store,
providing a shimmering backdrop for the interior spaces.
Endeavor Talent Agency,
Beverly Hills, California
NMDA Inc., with associate architect Interior
Architects
This project for a large talent agency created 63,000 square feet
of offices for 200 people and an 80-seat screening room. The folded
aluminum panel façade and the smooth, white undulating
ceiling and wall surfaces allow passersby to peek in and catch
fragments of the floor and ceiling surfaces inside.
Top of the Rock at Rockefeller
Center, New York City
Gabellini Sheppard Associates LLP, with infrastructure architect
SLCE Architects
Following two decades of disuse, the observation decks atop
Rockefeller Center have been reopened to the public and integrated
with new interior spaces to create an enhanced visitor experience
from the ground up.
Better Business Bureau Heartland
Office, Omaha, Nebraska
Randy Brown Architects
The goal of this project was to create a physical manifestation of
the BBB’s core values of integrity, stability, and openness.
The materials chosen convey a stable, secure image. The exposed
structural systems reinforce the cost-conscious, yet
forward-thinking image and the material palette was kept
monochromatic to preserve a sharp, timeless appearance.
Haworth Chicago Showroom,
Chicago, Illinois
Perkins + Will | Eva Maddox Branded
Environments™
This project is a showroom, sales office, and conference facility
featuring various workplace concepts, product applications, and
integrated communications elements, demonstrating the client’s
product evolution from workstations to a solutions-driven resource
for work spaces.
Bloomberg LP Headquarters,
New York City
STUDIOS Architecture
With this project, the client consolidated its New York City
operations and created a headquarters building that reinforces and
communicates their mission to employees and visitors.
The Modern, New York
City
Bentel & Bentel, Architects/Planners AIA
This restaurant is located at the intersection of the original
museum building from the 1930s, an adjacent museum annex and
sculpture garden from the 60s, and a new museum addition.
2007 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban
Design
The recipients of the 2007 Institute Honor Awards for Regional
& Urban Design “showed concern for repairing mistakes of
the past, improving the quality of the urban environment, and
creating sustainable places,” praised the jury. “A lot of
the submissions defined and articulated important issues, but what
set these award-winning projects apart were innovative, clear, and
insightful solutions to those problems.” Of the seven selected
projects, four are on the densely-packed East Coast. The remaining
three are in Dallas, Milwaukee, and Napa, Calif. Jury members
include: Chair J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA, Davis Brody Bond, LLP;
Shalom S. Baranes, FAIA, Shalom Baranes Associates, PC; David
Crossley, Gulf Coast Institute; Richard (Dick) Farley, FAIA,
Civitas, Inc.; David L. Graham, AIA, ESG Architects.
“The projects and plans bridged the traditional boundaries
between architecture, urban design, and planning to address a range
of important issues facing many developed communities,” said
Jury Chair J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA. “The designs reflected not
only a great deal of skill, but the responsible values held by the
designers and their public and private clients – broad
participation, sensitivity to the environment, and to the physical,
social and cultural context of each project.”
A Balanced Vision Plan for the Trinity
River Corridor, Dallas, Texas
Chan Krieger Sieniewicz, Inc.
The plan provides a large urban recreation park; a river with
restored sinuosity instead of the current artificially-straightened
channel; a sensitively-designed road that runs concurrent against
the downtown levee and affords park and city vistas; long-term
flood protection through levee improvements, parks, and trails; and
several hundred acres of community development along the Trinity
River Corridor.
Historic Third Ward
Riverwalk, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Engberg Anderson Design Partnership, Inc.
The Historic District decided in 1999 to develop a plan for a
three-quarter-mile long Riverwalk that would connect the area to
the more formal downtown Riverwalk. A master plan, based on the
design concept of a public artist, was developed to reflect the
neighborhood’s historic past and artistic present and
future.
The Carneros Inn, Napa,
California
William Rawn Associates, Architects Inc., with associate architects
Caspar Mol Architecture and Planning, Les Girouard, Persinger
Architects (formerly Persinger Hale Architects), and RMW
architecture & interiors
Between the Sonoma Valley and Napa wine regions, in the heart of
the Carneros region, this new 27-acre inn and town center is
designed to engage with the broader community while serving as
“base camp” for visitors exploring the surrounding
areas.
Crown Properties,
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Kuhn Architects
This project on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. attempts to
create a new paradigm for a suburban community. The overarching
goal was to create a sustainable, financially-feasible, vibrant,
and healthy suburban development.
New York Stock Exchange Financial District
Streetscapes + Security, New York City
Rogers Marvel Architects
The program for this project is to provide perimeter
security in the streets of Lower Manhattan’s financial
district that protect the iconic institutions while improving the
quality of public spaces.
Boston’s Newest Smart Growth
Corridor: A Collaborative Vision for the Fairmount/Indigo
Line, Boston, Massachusetts
Goody Clancy
Four neighborhood CDCs came together to shape a vision for new
transit-served urban villages within metropolitan Boston. The main
purpose of their endeavor was to enhance rail service in an area
that has one of the highest poverty rates in the region.
Zoning, Urban Form, and Civic Identity:
The Future of Pittsburgh’s Hillsides, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
Perkins Eastman
The aim of this project is to make recommendations for replacing
zoning guidelines with specific regulations that maintain the
character and identity of Pittsburgh’s hillsides. Although its
hillsides are one of Pittsburgh’s dominant features and
provide aesthetic, environmental, and recreational benefits, they
hadn’t been protected.
About The American Institute of
Architects
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worked with each other and their communities to create more
valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and
cityscapes. AIA members have access to the right people, knowledge,
and tools to create better design, and through such resources and
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