2019 Small Project Awards
Recognizing the best in small project design

Longs Peak Toilets designed by ColoradoBuildingWorkshop
Small Project Design, an AIA Knowledge Community, presents the 2019 Small Project Awards, to recognize small project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small project design. This program strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the limits of size and scope.
This year’s theme, "Together we...", recognizes projects that engage the idea, and incorporate concepts and elements relating to this theme. The theme was intentionally open-ended to encourage wide interpretation.
Forest Park Bridges
Located in Forest Park in Portland, Oregon, one of the largest forested urban parks in the country, the project consisted of providing durable, scalable, and ..
Klein A45
Klein A45 is the first prototype constructed in New York and will be entirely customizable for home-owners to purchase, tailor and have the tiny house built ...
Northside Branch Entry: Boys and Girls Club
The design invites people through the new glazed entrance, pulling them toward a friendly face. As families enter, they can now see the activities available.
Jarrett Street 12
The Jarrett Street 12 is located in north Portland along the MAX light rail line. The project is a 7,200 sf, 12-unit affordable housing project.
Prayer Space
In 2017 the leadership of Redemption Church challenged debartolo architects to design a space dedicated solely to prayer.
Saxum Vineyard Equipment Barn
Located in the Templeton Gap area of Paso Robles, California this simple agricultural structure rests at the toes of the 50 acre James Berry Vineyard.
South 5th Residence
The South 5th Residence slips nonchalantly into Austin’s eclectic Bouldin neighborhood and deftly negotiates Austin’s zoning, envelope and critical-root-zone ..
Squirrel Park
Responding in a sensitive and sustainable way to Oklahoma City’s imperative to increase density in existing residential neighborhoods, Squirrel Park makes ...
Sugar Shack Residence
The Sugar Shack Residence slips between a dramatic ravine and an intimate courtyard, both defining and accommodating its adjacent circumstances.
Michigan Loft
Inside a century old structure initially built for automotive assembly and display, we renovated a residence that was poorly functioning as a domestic space.
Longs Peak Toilets
Determined to find a better privy design, and a more humane solution of collecting waste, the National Park Service collaborated with ColoradoBuildingWorkshop.
The Evans Tree House at Garvan Woodland Gardens
Nestled in a natural Ouachita Mountain hillside along Lake Hamilton at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the Evans Children’s Adventure Garden..
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Jesse Kuroiwa