Awards for Design Excellence
AIA Philadelphia celebrated the best in design by its member firms at Loews Philadelphia Hotel Wednesday, October 14, with the 2009 Awards for Design Excellence. Presented in Gold, Silver, Honor, and Merit categories for both completed, unbuilt, preservation, and community design projects, the awards are given for projects in the Philadelphia area and around the world. The awards featured a new category, Divine Detail, which is presented for an outstanding architectural detail in a project.
Hundreds of projects were submitted for consideration by AIA Philadelphia’s member firms and were placed on view in an exhibition in the rotunda at the Shops at Liberty Place in Center City Philadelphia. In addition to the Design Awards, AIA Philadelphia presented the Young Architect Award to Patrick Stewart McDonough, AIA, of John Milner Architects and the John Harbeson Award to Emanuel Kelly, FAIA, of Kelly/Maiello, Architects and Planners.
The jury for this year's awards comprised architects from Iowa and Missouri, including Rod Kruse, FAIA of BNIM of Des Moines, IA; Elizabeth Amirahadi, AIA, of International Architects Atelier of Kansas City, MO; and Dan Maginn, AIA, of el dorado inc of Kanas City, MO.
List of award winners:
GOLD, BUILT
Firm: Martin Jay Rosenblum & Associates
Project: Spreter Studio
HONOR, BUILT
Firm: Michael Ryan Architects
Project: Point Drive Residence
Firm: Moto DesignShop
Project: 6th Street Gallery and Apartments
Firm: Plumbob LLC
Project: Thin Flats Condominiums
MERIT, BUILT
Firm: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Project: Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center Building
Firm: Erdy McHenry Architecture, LLC
Project: Piazza at Schmidt’s
Firm: Erdy McHenry Architecture, LLC
Project: The Radian
Firm: Kelly/Maiello, Architects and Planners
Project: Philadelphia City Hall Envelope Restoration
Firm: KieranTimberlake Associates
Project: Silliman College, Yale University
Firm: KieranTimberlake Associates
Project: West Campus Residential Initiative, Cornell University
Firm: Populace Office
Project: Loft LS
SILVER, UNBUILT
Firm: Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Project: Roosevelt Plaza
HONOR, UNBUILT
Firm: Erdy McHenry Architecture, LLC
Project: Lumen-Air House
Firm: Moto DesignShop
Project: Grid House
MERIT, UNBUILT
Firm: Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Project: Stevens Institute for Engineering and Science Innovation
MERIT, DIVINE DETAIL
Firm: Moto DesignShop
Project: 6th Street Gallery and Apartments – Corner Detail
Firm: Tantillo Architecture
Project: International Plaza – Building Two – Wall Element