The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the eleven recipients of the 2012 Small Project Awards. The AIA Small Project Awards Program, now in its ninth year, was established to recognize small-project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small-project design. This award program emphasizes the excellence of small-project design and strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the limits of size and scope.
The jury for the Small Project Awards includes: James Cline, AIA (jury chair), Cline Architects; Anne Fougeron, FAIA, Fougeron Architecture; Chad Oppenheim, AIA, Oppenheim Architecture + Design; James Slade, AIA, Slade Architecture; and Karen Van Lengen, FAIA, Karen Van Lengen Architect.
Award recipients are categorized into three groups; category 1) a small project construction, object, work of environmental art or architectural design element up to $150,000 2) a small project construction, up to $1,500,000 and 3) a small project construction up to $1,500,000 which does not rely on external infrastructure as its primary power source.
If you are interested in images of these projects or more information, please contact Matt Tinder at mtinder@aia.org. You can see this press release online here: http://www.aia.org/press/releases/AIAB095553
Category 1
SPECS Optical Façade; Minneapolis
Alchemy Architects
The Mobile Dwelling Cube; Oakland, CA
SPACEFLAVOR
Category 2
OS House; Racine, WI
Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church; Springdale, AR
Marlon Blackwell Architect
The Ghost Houses; Knoxville, TN
curb
Becherer House; Charlottesville, VA
Robert M. Gurney, FAIA
L Residence; Omaha, NE
Min | Day
Stacked Cabin; Muscoda, WI
Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Yao Residence; Chicago
Perimeter Architects
Category 3
Shade Platform; Phoenix
SmithGroupJJR
Cape Russell Retreat; Sharps Chapel, TN
Sanders Pace Architecture
