Rome wasn’t built in one day and neither were the projects, concepts and designs recognized at this year’s AIA Arizona Design Awards for excellence in architectural projects and practices under five categories: design, leadership, practice, performance and education.
The goal is to honor exceptional work, both built and unbuilt, established practices of excellence, and nurture new values and activities that contribute to design and design appreciation.
Each project entry is individually judged regardless of size or classification and awards are given based on three categories of distinction: honor, merit and citation (listed in order of importance).
Awards for this year’s winners were presented on October 20 at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Arizona Public Service 2017 Energy Award
West-MEC Southwest Energy Campus
Architect: DLR Group; Westlake Reed Leskosky
Owner: West-MEC
Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies
Salt River Project 2017 Sustainable Award
Liberty Wildlife
Architect: Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio
Contractor: Okland Construction
2017 Distinguished Building – Honor Award
Tucson Mountain Retreat
Architect: DUST Architects
Contractor: DUST Architects
2017 Distinguished Building – Honor Award
Environment and Natural Resources Building (ENR2)
Architect: GLHN Architects and Engineers; Richärd+Bauer Architects
Owner: University of Arizona
Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
2017 Distinguished Building – Honor Award
Arizona State University Beus Center for Law and Society
Architect: Ennead Architects; Jones Studio Inc.
Owner: Arizona State University
Contractor/CMAR: DPR Construction
2017 Distinguished Building – Merit Award
Casa Caldera
Architect: DUST Architects
Contractor: DUST Architects
2017 Distinguished Building – Merit Award
Barnone – Project Q
Architect: DeBartolo Architects
Owner: Johnston Properties, LLC
Contractor: Caliente Construction
2017 Distinguished Building – Merit Award
Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building
Architect: CO Architects in Association with Ayers Saint Gross
Owner: Arizona Board of Regents
Contractor: DPR Construction + Sundt Construction (Joint Venture)
2017 Distinguished Building – Merit Award
Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science
Architect: CoLab Studio & 180 Degrees
Owner: Desert Botanical Garden
Contractor: 180 Degrees
2017 Theory + Design Award – Citation Award
Beyond Borders
Architect: Aaron Tsosie
2017 Component Design Award – Citation Award
Local Nomad
Architect: spaceBUREAU
Owner: Lauren Danuser
Contractor: spaceBUREAU
2017 Urban & Regional Planning- Citation Award
Arizona Canal Masterplan
Architect: John Douglas Architects
Owner: City of Scottsdale
Contractor: Howard S. Wright
2017 Urban & Regional Planning Award – Citation Award
Downtown Tucson 2050 Plan
Architect: University of Arizona, School of Architecture
2017 Unbuilt Award – Citation Award
The National Museum of Afghanistan
Architect: Line and Space, LLC
2017 Distinguished Building – Citation Award
Kenneth Place Townhomes
Architect: Chen + Suchart Studio, LLC
Contractor: TLW Construction
2017 Distinguished Building – Citation Award
Dunlap Venue
Architect: Matthew Salenger & Maria Salenger
Owner: Valley Metro Phoenix
2017 Distinguished Building – Citation Award
Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center
Architect: Jones Studio
Owner: Maricopa Community College District
Contractor: Layton Construction Co., Inc.
2017 Distinguished Building – Citation Award
Ghost Wash House
Architect: Architecture–Infrastructure-Research (AIR), Inc.
Owner: Eric + Lauri Termansen
Contractor: Build Inc.
LEADERSHIP AWARDS
2017 Arizona Architects Medal
Neal Jones, AIA
president of Jones Studio
2017 AIA10 Award
Rick McLain, AIA
2017 Client Award
Agua Fria Union High School District
2017 Firm of the Year
Holly Street Studio
PRACTICE AWARDS
2017 Goodwin Award
Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science
Architect: CoLab Studio & 180 Degrees
Owner: Desert Botanical Garden
Contractor: 180 Degrees
EDUCATION
2017 Educator Award
Mary Hardin, AIA
2017 Design Pedagogy
University of Arizona ARC297m/397m | Material Fabrication I + II
2017 Community Education
Camp Architecture
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
2017 Research
Designing for Thermal Nirvana
