Small Project Award 2025

The 900 Wilshire Medical Office Building Renewal redefines adaptive reuse through a deep renovation that transforms an aging structure into a vibrant, contemporary workplace. By retaining the building’s carbon footprint and embracing sustainable strategies, the design preserves while reinventing. Outdoor connections are emphasized through balconies, verandas, and terraces that blur boundaries and promote collaboration. The building becomes a light-filled, engaging environment, reshaped for modern use while honoring its past—an embodiment of progressive sustainability and design reinvention.

Centennial Park Pavilion in Fayetteville, Arkansas, anchors a world-class cycling park with a sculptural, light-filtering structure. Inspired by the area’s agrarian past, its open-joint cladding and vertical light wells reference barn forms and provide intuitive orientation. Echoing the surrounding seven hills, the pavilion nestles into the landscape, supporting international race events with spaces for awards, registration, and vendors. More than a shelter, it elevates the park’s identity, transforming it into a hub for outdoor recreation and cycling culture.

At Bentonville’s Osage Park, the pavilion serves as a striking gateway shaped by aviation aesthetics. Its curving form, inspired by aircraft wings, features a dynamic cypress façade and polycarbonate roof that glows from above. Inside, it offers restrooms, gathering areas, and an outdoor stage. A green roof and views of the neighboring airfield enrich the experience, while boardwalks through restored wetlands reflect an ecological approach. The pavilion integrates recreation and environment, forming a unique landmark in the 55-acre park.

The Roger Williams Park Gateway Center transforms a former barrier into a welcoming passage between Broad Street and the historic park. As Providence’s first net-zero building, it merges sustainability, inclusivity, and cultural resonance. Designed to invite exploration and foster community, the center embodies accessibility and environmental stewardship. It enhances the park’s role as a civic and ecological treasure, creating a dynamic interface between city and green space that reimagines the power of public infrastructure and place-making.

The Stealth House rethinks urban living through an ADU that is both inwardly focused and outwardly resilient. Clad in weathering steel with a fully windowless perimeter, it offers privacy and safety in dense urban environments. Inside, natural light floods through glass-lined courtyards, creating serene, livable spaces that contrast with its fortress-like exterior. Built on overlooked lots, the project transforms constraints into design opportunities, offering a new prototype for secure, elegant, and efficient urban infill housing.

The Syd is a boutique suite-style hotel nestled within a tight urban block, organized around a century-old Live Oak tree. Guests enter through a lush, covered pathway into a courtyard anchored by the tree and pool. Designed for groups, rooms open onto wraparound galleries that frame the verdant center. Lap siding and a scaled roofline reflect neighborhood vernacular, while the internal focus creates a tranquil retreat. The Syd blends urban hospitality with respect for natural and community context.

Atop a hillside campus, this kindergarten addition brings light, color, and play to public education. Two new classrooms and an outdoor learning garden embody architectural “wonder” through sculptural forms and colorful louvers. The building gently faces the neighborhood, while swooping walls and a broad roof overhang create playful, shaded spaces for learning and gathering. Linked to nature and discovery, the design supports educational excellence and is CHPS Verified, showcasing sustainable, joyful design for young learners.