by Jonathan McGaha | December 3, 2012 12:00 am
DLR Group, Chicago, Ill., took top honors, the Don Erickson Presidential Award, at the Association of Licensed Architects (ALA) 14th Annual Design Awards, which recently recognized projects in six states for design and construction achievement. A total of 32 presidential, gold, silver, and merit awards were presented in categories that included: commercial, institutional, residential, renovation, religious and interior.
Presidential Award
Category: Commercial
Patterson Technology Center, Effingham, IL
DLR Group, Chicago, IL
Stephen Cavanaugh, ALA, Designer
Gold Award
Category: Institutional
UNO Soccer Academy, Chicago, IL
JGMA, Chicago, IL
JGMA, Designer
Category: Interior Architecture
The Universe: A Walk Through Space & Time, Adler Planetarium, Chicago
Muller + Muller, Ltd., Chicago, IL
David Steele, Designer
Category: Residential 1
Streibich Residence, New Buffalo, MI
Morgante Wilson Architects, Ltd., Evanston, IL
Morgante-Wilson Architects, Ltd., Designer
Category: Residential 1
Rashkow Residence, Highland Park, IL
Bugaj Architects, Chicago, IL
Anna Bugaj, ALA, Designer
Category: Religious
DuPage AME Church Chapel and Administration Wing, Lisle, IL
Harding Partners, Chicago, IL
Harding Partners, Designer
Silver Award
Category: Institutional
University of Southern Indiana Residence Life Community Center Addition, Evansville, IN
Three I Design, Evansville, IN
Three I Design, Designer
Category: Interior Architecture
Thermos Headquarters, Schaumburg, IL
Torchia, a NELSON Company, Chicago, IL
Theresa Williams, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C, Designer
Category: Commercial
Terry Trueblood Boathouse, Iowa City, IA
ASK Studio, Des Moines, IA
Brent Schipper, ALA, Designer
Category: Residential 1
Private Residence, Highland Park, IL
Fraerman Associates Architecture, Highland Park, IL
James Fraerman, ALA, Designer
Category: Commercial
Patterson Technology Center, Effingham, IL
DLR Group, Chicago, IL
Stephen Cavanaugh, ALA, Designer
Category: Renovation
Parker Hannafin, Elk Grove Village, IL
Heitman Architects, Itasca, IL
Karl Heitman, ALA, Designer
Category: Religious
Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, Santa Paula, CA
Duncan G. Stroik Architect, LLC and Rasmussen & Associates, South Bend, IN
Duncan Stroik, ALA, Designer
Category: Institutional
Hanover Park Police Headquarters, Hanover Park, IL
Dewberry, Elgin, IL
Brian Meade, ALA, Designer
Category: Renovation
Edgebrook Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
Jaeger, Nickola & Associates, Ltd., Park Ridge, IL
Jaeger, Nickola & Associates, Designer
Merit Award
Category: Institutional
Waubonsee Community College Piano Classroom Building, Plano, IL
Holabird & Root LLC, Chicago, IL
Rusty Walker, Designer
Category: Unbuilt
Wakefield Memorial Building, Wakefield, MI
Myefski Architects, Evanston, IL
John Myefski, ALA, Designer
Category: Residential 1
Tripp Residence, Sawyer, MI
McCollum Architects, Union Pier, MI
William McCollum, ALA, Designer
Category: Renovation
St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, New Buffalo, MI
ALDS Architecture and Design, Benton Harbor, MI
Evan Leduc, ALA and Alex Adekambi, Designers
Category: Unbuilt
San Jose Obrero Mission, Chicago, IL
JGMA, Chicago, IL
JGMA, Designer
Category: Residential 1
Private Residence, Grand Junction, CO
GMK Architecture, Inc., Madison, WI
Jim Gempler Architect, Dan Wolter Project Architect
Category: Institutional
Near North Montessori School, Chicago, IL
SMNG-A Architects, Ltd., Chicago, IL
SMNG-A Architects, Ltd., Designer
Category: Institutional
Michigan Technological University, Great Lakes Research Center, Houghton, MI
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc., Designer
Category: Residential 2
La Casa Dormitories, Chicago, IL
Urbanworks, Ltd., Chicago, IL
UrbanWorks, Ltd., Designer
Category: Residential 1
Jewel Box Addition, Chicago North Shore
MGLM Architects, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth McNicholas & Mark Garzon, Designers
Category: Commercial
Iowa Prison Industries Showroom, Des Moines, IA
ASK Studio, Des Moines, IA
Brent Schipper, ALA, Designer
Category: Institutional
Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School, Chicago, IL
SMNG-A Architects, Ltd., Chicago, IL
SMNG-A Architects, Ltd., Designer
Category: Institutional
Engine Company 108, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago, IL
DLR Group, Chicago, IL
Steve Cavanaugh, ALA, Designer
Category: Institutional
Elgin Community College Library, Elgin, IL
Dewberry, Elgin, IL
Michael Mackey, Designer
Category: Religious
Discovery Church, Sauk Rapids, MN
Station 19 Architects, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Nicole Thompson, Erik Johnson, Ann Kuntz, Designers
Category: Commercial
Bill Jacobs BMW-MINI Automotive Facility, Naperville, IL
Lynn Bichler Architects, Mequon, WI
Lynn Bichler, ALA, Designer
Category: Residential 1
1801 W. Ohio, Chicago, IL
Hanna Architects, Inc., Chicago, IL
John Hanna, Tomasz Sokolowski, Designers
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