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2019 AIA/HUD Secretary's Award Recipient, Williams Terrace, Charleston, South Carolina, David Baker Architects

Through 2020, the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development teamed with AIA to celebrate projects that demonstrated that affordable, accessible, and well-designed housing sets important benchmarks in our communities. Starting in 2021, AIA incorporated these categories in the AIA Housing Awards.

The AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards offered opportunities in four categories:

  • Category one: Excellence in Affordable Housing Design Award
  • Category two: Creating Community Connection Award
  • Category three: Community-Informed Design Award
  • Category four: Housing Accessibility—Alan J. Rothman Award

All projects must have demonstrated design excellence, including sustainability, affordability, innovation, integration of natural and built contexts, and satisfaction of specific client needs.

2020

Category three

Tierra Linda

Category four

Plymouth on First Hill

2019

Category one

Williams Terrace

Category two

Anchor Place

Category three

8869 Avis

Category four

IFF Access Housing

2018

Category one

Five88

Category four

Station 162  Apartments

2017

Category one

Monteverde Senior Apartments, Dahlin Group Architecture Planning, Hayward, California

Category two

Plaza Roberto Maestas, Beloved Community, SMR Architects; 7 Directions Architects & Planners; Third Place Design Cooperative, Seattle, Washington

Category three

Flance Early Learning Center, Trivers Associates, St. Louis, Missouri

2016

Category one

Lakeside Senior Apartments, David Baker Architects

Category two

Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, Landon Bone Baker Architects

Category three

Disaster Recovery Round 2, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP; unabridged Architecture, PLLC; Gulf Coast Community Design Studio

Category four

Port Townsend Residence, FabCab

2015

Category one

Step Up, Brooks + Scarpa

Category two

Co-op Plaza Redevelopment, Gossens Bachman Architects

2014

Category one

28th Street Apartments, Koning Eizenberg Architects Inc.

Category two

Kelly Cullen Community Gelfand Partners Architects; Knapp Architects

Category three

Kings Beach Housing Now, Domus Development and YHLA Architects

Category four

Sierra Bonita Housing, Patrick Tighe Architecture

2013

Category one

Via Verde - The Green Way, Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects

Category three

Community Learning Center, Abacus Architects + Planners

Category four

New Accessible Passive Solar Housing, Abacus Architects + Planners

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