The Arizona component of The American Institute of Architects recognized excellence in architectural projects and practices at the 2016 AIA Arizona Design Awards Gala on Oct. 14 at the Phoenix Art Museum. Over 400 architects, students, clients and industry professional gathered in celebration of the projects and companies being honored at this premier event. The winners, who are registered and licensed AIA Arizona architects, exhibit excellence in design, planning and construction.
The award recipients were chosen by a distinguished group of architects from Charleston, SC. The Jury Chair, Ray Huff, FAIA of Huff + Gooden Architects and Director of the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston, was the guest of honor and the main presenter of the awards. This year, there were two separate juries – one for projects and one for practice. Project jury members included Eddie Bello, AIA and principal of Bello Garris Architects; Michael Maher, CEO and NCARB of Horizon Project Foundation, Inc.; and Nico Larco, co-founder and co-director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative in Portland and associate professor of architecture at the University of Oregon. Practice jury members included Thomas M. Savory, AIA and LEED AP BD+C at Watson Tate Savory Architects, Inc.; Marjorie Longshore, AIA with SMHa Architects and Michelle Smyth, AIA at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture.
It was each jury’s intent to honor exceptional built and unfinished work, establish practices of excellence and to nurture new values and activities that contribute to design and design appreciation. The jurors recognized achievement under four categories: design, practice, leadership and performance. The jury dispersed awards in three echelons of distinction: medal, honor, merit and citation, with medal and honor being the most prestigious.
Escobar renovation
2016 AIA Arizona Design Award Winners
Design Category
Firm of the Year – Studio Ma, Inc.
Arizona Architects Medals – Diane Reicher Jacobs, AIA and CN Dino Sakellar, AIA
Component Design Honor Award
Elegant. Sophisticated. Orchestrated sequencing. Clever misdirection of the entry sequence set up a marvelous anticipation of “what’s beyond….”. The project was elegant in the detailing that relied on conventional building materials, but crafted to a well-honed sophistication. The inclusion of construction detail drawings was much appreciated by the jury as the drawings affirmed the level of a thoughtful tectonic.
Project
Rosen Entry Door
Architect
Chen & Suchart Studio
Owner
Josh and Margaux Rosen
Contractor
studioRoeder + 180 degrees
Distinguished Architecture Honor Award
The church was one of the first submissions the jury deliberated, yet the jury unanimously chimed “should automatically move forward”. The jury noted that, “perforated metal screen – metaphorically the Shade – was the driver for this scheme that transmogrified a collection of simple ordinary structures into a redefinition of the very language of religious architecture. With adroit and simple moves the architects shifted the cultural meaning to redefine worship and social space to realize the blurring of the two into a cohesive and truly modern re-expression. The project brought new meaning to familiar adage ‘less is more’.”
Project
Arcadia Redemption Church
Architect
DeBartolo Architects
Owner
Redemption Church
Contractor
Robert E. Porter Construction
Distinguished Architecture Honor Award
The architects facing this daunting challenge elected to turn this home into a highly sophisticated “modern” house while sympathetically respecting its “borrowed” pedigree. No easy feat, but one the jury immediately recognized as an excellent, elegant and thoughtful reinvention. Juxtaposition seemed to be one of the drivers. Highly refined detailing encouraged a rapport with the pseudo vernacular Tudor architecture that has historically depended on “heavy, handmade” detailing.
Project
Escobar Renovation
Architect
Chen + Suchart Studio
Owner
Karie & Charlie Escobar
Contractor
coLAB studio + 180 degrees
Distinguished Architecture Merit Award
Project
Billings Public Library
Architect
Will Bruder+Partners with 02 Architects
Owner
City of Billings Montana
Distinguished Architecture Merit Award
Project
Vertex Student Apartments
Architect
Ayers Saint Gross
Owner
Peak Campus
Contractor
Hardison/Downey Construction
Distinguished Architecture Merit Award
Project
Faye Gray Recreation Center
Architect
Holly Street Studio
Owner City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Contractor
Brycon Construction, Valley Rain Construction
Unbuilt Architecture Merit Award
Project Desert Botanical Garden Horticulture Center
Architect
coLAB studio + 180 degrees
Owner
Desert Botanical Gardens
Contractor
David Mikes
Interior Architecture Merit Award
Project
NYPD Tempe Gateway
Architect
Lightvox Studio
Owner
New York Pizza Department
Contractor
Symmetry Construction
Interior Architecture Merit Award
Project the DEPARTMENT
Architect MARK RYAN STUDIO
Owner MarketplaceONE
Contractor 180 degrees
Interior Architecture Merit Award
Project Ermanos Craft Beer and Wine Bar
Architect
Ron Paulus Architects
Owner Mark Erman
Contractor
McManus Construction
Component Design Citation Award
Project
Shade Structure at the Post Office
Architect
Architekton
Owner
City of Phoenix
Contractor
ForeSite Design & Construction
Component Design Citation Award
Project Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Laboratory
Architect
richard+bauer architecture
Owner
The University of Arizona
Contractor
Lang Wyatt
Distinguished Architecture Citation Award
Project Monte Vista School Campus Replacement
Architect
Orcutt / Winslow
Owner
Creighton School District
Contractor
CORE Construction
Distinguished Architecture Citation Award
Project
Cornell Cookson Industral Door Manufacturing and Offices
Architect
Jones Studio, Inc.
Owner
Cornell Cookson
Contractor
Layton Construction
Distinguished Architecture Citation Award
Project
Science & Health Building
Architect
GLHN joint venture with richard+bauer architecture
Owner
Northern Arizona University
Contractor Mortenson
Practice Category
Contractor’s Award – 180 degrees
Consultant Award – Floor Associates
Goodwin Collaboration Award
Project
Grand Canyon University Masterplan
Architect
suoLL architects
Owner
Grand Canyon University
Contractor:
Pono Construction
Community Education Awards – Arizona Residential Architects and Arizona Kids Build
Design Pedagogy Awards – University of Arizona ARC321 / Materials & Methods II and University of Arizona ARC 401 / Design Studio V and University of Arizona Net Zero Energy + Water District
Educator of the Year Award – Michael Kothke, AIA at University of Arizona
Leadership Category
Award of Distinction – Alexander Malatesta and Zach Rawlings
Allied Member Award – Greg Kilroy
AIA10 Awards – Mike Anglin, AIA, LEED AP and Carlos Murrieta, AIA
Performance Category
Arizona Public Service Energy Award
Project Northern Arizona University International Pavilion
Architect RSP Architects
Owner Northern Arizona University
Contractor
Kinney Construction Services, Inc.
Salt River Project Sustainable Award
Project
College Avenue Commons
Architect
Gensler /Architekton
Owner
Arizona State University
Contractor
Okland Construction
