by Jonathan McGaha | December 21, 2014 12:00 am
A boldly-designed California school, a creative celebration of concrete for a company headquarters, a Chicago distillery, a far-from-expected design for a financial services firm, a dramatically cantilevered commuter transit station and a Pilsen textile center took top honors at the Association of Licensed Architects[1] (ALA) 16th Annual Design Awards, which recognized projects in 11 states for design and construction achievement. A total of 36 presidential, gold, silver, and merit awards were presented in categories that included: commercial, institutional, residential, renovation, religious, interior and unbuilt.
The highest honor, the Don Erickson Presidential Award, went to University High School in Fresno, Calif., designed by Arthur Dyson, ALA, IAA, AIA, ROBA, FARA of Dyson Siegrist Janzen Architects, Fresno. The project also won a Silver Award in the institutional category. Judges said the design was well done, noting that “the building’s architecture appears to transform the parts of the day,” and that it “creatively provides areas for students to congregate and socialize.”
“This year’s winning architecture firms showed exceptional creativity this year ,” said Joanne Sullivan, ALA Executive Director. “Our judges were impressed with the award winners’ use and reuse of space and materials and thoughtful design solutions.”
Gold Award winners included DLR Group, Chicago for Adjustable Forms, Lombard, Ill.; Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson, Chicago for CH Distillery, Chicago; KEE Architecture, Madison, Wis., for Madison Investment Advisors, Madison; Muller & Muller, Chicago for Rapid Transit Station, Chicago; and UrbanWorks, Chicago for Textile Center, Chicago.
Architects, contractors, owners/developers and guests attended the award presentation, which was emceed by Geoffrey Baer, WTTW Emmy winning producer recognized for numerous programs on Chicago architecture.
Entries were evaluated by a panel of judges, including: Pamela Hutter, ALA, AIA, CSI, Principal of Hutter Architects, Chicago; Walker C. Johnson, FAIA, founding principal at Johnson Lasky Architects, Chicago; John Moorhead, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Project Architect and Healthcare Practice Chair at Perkins+Will, Chicago; Michael J. Sobczak, ALA, AIA, NCARB, ASID, IIDA, Partner, Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP, Milwaukee, WI; John Weigand, AIA, Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture
+ Interior Design at Miami University, Ohio.
The Presidential Award is named for the founder and first president of ALA, Don Erickson (1929 – 2006), who formed the association in 1998, and was a student and protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The ALA Awards Program was sponsored by Andersen Windows; the reception was sponsored by Moen Inc. and WaterFurnace.
University High School, Fresno. Calif.
Dyson Siegrist Janzen Architects, Inc., Fresno
Arthur Dyson, ALA, IAA, AIA, RIBA, FARA, Designer
Zumwalt Construction, Contractor
University High School, Owner
Adjustable Forms, Inc., Lombard, Ill.
DLR Group, Chicago
Steve Cavanaugh, ALA, Design Leader, Nathan Casteel, Project Designer
Adjustable Forms, Inc., Contractor
James Lindquist, Owner
CH Distillery, Chicago
Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson, Chicago
Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson, Designer
Crescent Rock Inc., Contractor
Tremaine Atkinson and Mark Lucas, Owners
Category: Commercial
Madison Investment Advisors, Madison, Wis.
KEE Architecture Inc., Madison
Douglas Kozel, Designer
J.H. Findorff, Contractor
Madison Investment Advisors, Owner
Rapid Transit Station, Chicago
Muller & Muller, Ltd., Chicago
David Steele, Terry Sullivan, Sean Schrader, Kaitlin Streylem sandi Lam Harder, Designers
Arup, Contractor
Chicago Transit Authority, Owner
Textile Center, Chicago
UrbanWorks Ltd., Chicago
UrbanWorks Ltd., Designer
Silver Award
1242 Fourier Drive, Madison, Wis.
KEE Architecture, Inc., Madison
Douglas Kozel, Designer
Newcomb Construction Co., Contractor
Newcomb Construction Co., Owner
Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School, Chicago
SMNG A Ltd., Chicago
SMNG A Ltd., Chicago, Designers
Wight Construction Services, Contractor
Public Building Commission of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools, Owners
Allen College: Winter Hall, Waterloo, Iowa
INVISION Architecture, Waterloo
Brad Leeper, Brian Sanderman and Tim Turnis, Designers
Larson Construction, Contractor
Allen College, Owner
Allen G. Truxal Library, Arnold, Md.
EwingCole, New York, NY
John Chase, Designer
Hess Construction and Engineering, Contractor
Anne Arundel Community College, Owner
AP Lofts, Des Moines, Iowa
INVISION Architecture, Des Moines
Mark Nevenhoven, AI and Tom Feldmann, Designers
Nelson Construction Services, Contractor
Nelson Development, LLC, Owner
DePere Residence, DePere, Wis.
RGS Architecture, Aspen, Colo.
Robert G. Sinclair and Paul De Leeuw, Designers
Ryba Built Inc., Contractor
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Anderson, Owners
Fawcett House Restoration, Los Banos, Calif.
Arthur Dyson Architect, Fresno, Calif.
Arthur Dyson ALA, IAA, AIA, RIBA, FARA, Designer
BMY Construction, Contractor
Ken and Carrie Cox, Owners
Category: Residential 1
Fieldstone House, Richfield, Wis.
Bruns Architecture, Madison, Wis.
Stephen Bruns, Designer
Design 2 Construct, Contractor
Lakeside Retreat, Linn, Wis.
Myefski Architects, Evanston, Ill.
Myefski Architects/Hickman Design Associates, Designers
Fischer Fine Home Builders Inc., Contractor
Aaron and Chrissy Taylor, Owners
Riverfront Plaza, Waterloo, Iowa
INVISION Architecture, Waterloo
Mike Broshar and Roland Ganter, Designers
Prairie Construction, Contractor
City of Waterloo, Owner
Sarah E. Goode Stem Academy, Chicago
STR Partners, Chicago
STR Partners and Nia Collective, Designers
FH Paschen, Contractor
Public Building Commission of Chicago on behalf of Chicago Public Schools, Owner
Sky-Line Club Renovation, Chicago
New World Design Ltd., Chicago
Jeffrey Roberts and Erick Stenzel, Designers
ALPS Construction Inc., Contractor
Old Republic International Corp., Owner
Smoker’s Shelter, Des Moines, Iowa
ASK Studio, Des Moines
Brent Schipper, AIA, LEED AP, Designers
Jack Daugherty-Koester Construction, Contractor
Newbury Living, Owner
St. Catherine University Interior Design Studio – International Market Square, Minneapolis
DLR Group, Minneapolis
Steve Cavanaugh, ALA, Design Leader: Kat Yurko and Staci Yurko, Project Designers
RJM Construction, Contractor
St. Catherine University, Owner
Technology by Design, Elk Grove, Ill.
NELSON, Chicago
Jason Rosenblatt/NELSON, Designers
Clarion Construction Inc., Contractor
Andy Grahan, Infite Peripherals, Owners
The Guberman-Kennedy Residence, Venice, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette Architects, Sarasota, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette Architects: Studio for Modern Architecture, Designer
Karen Guberman and Craig Kennedy, Owners
University High School, Fresno, Calif.
Dyson Siegrist Janzen Architects Inc., Fresno
Arthur Dyson, ALA, IAA, AIA, ROBA, FARA
Zumwalt Construction, Contractor
University High School, Owner
Anna Maria Residence, Anna Maria, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette Architects, Sarasota, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette: Studio for Modern Architecture, Designer
Halflants + Pichette Construction, Contractors
Ash and Noma Nainar, Owners
Campus Master Plan: Salvation Army College for Officer Training, Chicago
Harding Partners, Chicago
Paul A. Harding, Designer
Salvation Army, Owner
Dale & Frances Hughes Cancer Center, East Stroudsburg, Pa.
EwingCole, Philadelphia
Sam Jabbawy, Designer
Turner Construction, Contractor
Pocono Medical Center, Owner
Category: Institutional
Dental Education Building Addition, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
INVISION Architecture, Des Moines, Iowa
Tom Feldmann, Associate AIA
Larson Construction, Contractor
University of Iowa, Owner
Illinois National Guard Readiness Center, Urbana, Ill.
Bailey Edward Design, Chicago
Robin Edward Whitehurst, AIA, LEED AP, Designer
Felmley Dickerson, Contractor
Illinois Department of Military Affairs, Owner
J. Parker Rooftop Bar and Deck at the Hotel Lincoln, Chicago
Hirsch Associates, LLC, Chicago
Hirsch Associates LLC and Linne-Mathes Inc., Designers
Linne-Mathes, Contractor
Hotel Lincoln Park Owner LLC, Owners
Kent Campus Phase 2 Pavilion Expansion, Dover, Del.
EwingCole, New York, NY
Sam Jabbawy, Designer
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Contractor
Bayhealth Medical Center, Owner
Killeen Police Headquarters, Killeen, Texas
Dewberry, Elgin, Ill.
Dewberry Architects, Designer
Lee Lewis Construction, Inc., Contractor
City of Killeen, Texas, Owner
Mercy Health-West Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Architecture Field Office, Minneapolis
AECOM with Mic Johnson, lead designer; Champlain Architecture, Architect of Record, Designers
Turner Construction Co., Contractor
Mercy Health, Owner
Neff Welcome Center, Lisle, Ill.
DLR Group, Chicago
Steve Cavanaugh, ALA, Design Leader: Nathan Casteel, Project Designer
International Contractors, Inc., Contractor
Benedictine University, Owner
St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Chicago
Jaeger Nickola Kuhlman & Associates, Park Ridge, Ill.
David C. Kuhlman, ALA, Designer
Zera Construction, Contractor
Archdiocese of Chicago, Owner
The Breck School, Minneapolis
Holabird & Root, Chicago
James Baird, Designer
McGough, Contractor
The Breck School, Owner
Vanguard Lofts, Sarasota, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette Architects in collaboration with Kevin Bryon, Sarasota, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette: Studio for Modern Architecture, Designer
Crowley Services, Contractor
Kevin Bryon, Tetra Terra Development LLC, Owners
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