The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Pennsylvania chapter announced winners of its 2023 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Design and COTE Awards.
Twenty-two architecture firms received awards for projects including manufacturing, learning, and office spaces. The projects are designed to promote occupant health, wellness, safety, productivity, and development.
Recipients include mixed-use, infill, senior, and affordable housing projects designed for accessibility, resilience, and comfort. Adaptively reused retail and recreation spaces designed to revive communities are also among the honorees.
Silver Medal winners include:
- 2500 League Island Blvd., Philadelphia, designed by SITIO architecture + urbanism, Philadelphia
- Light Path Residence, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
- Light Path Residence, Waverly, Pa., designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Philadelphia
- Singer Hall at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., designed by Ballinger, Philadelphia
- The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, designed by DIGSAU, Philadelphia
Fahy Commons, the world’s first Living Building Challenge Core-Ready project, designed by Re:Vision Architecture, based in Philadelphia, won the COTE Awards program’s top honor.
