AIA Spokane 2016 Design Awards
The Spokane Chapter of the American Institute of Architects offers a Design Awards Program to encourage excellence in all types and areas of architecture. Through the program, the Chapter seeks to honor works of distinction by its members and to bring public attention to outstanding architectural services rendered by its membership.
The 2016 Design Awards jury included Ken Andrews, AIA, a principal at Arch11, Inc in Denver Colorado; Sid Scott, AIA, a partner at Scott | Edwards Architecture in Portland Oregon; and Brad Tomecek, AIA, of Tomecek Studio Architecture in Denver Colorado. Submitted projects were eligible for the following awards: Citation, Merit, or Honor award in the “Built Projects 5 Million and Under” Category; and Citation, Merit or Honor Award in the “Built Projects 5 Million and Above” Category. Craftsmanship and Sustainability Awards were also available.
The 2016 Design Awards jury included Ken Andrews, AIA, a principal at Arch11, Inc in Denver Colorado; Sid Scott, AIA, a partner at Scott | Edwards Architecture in Portland Oregon; and Brad Tomecek, AIA, of Tomecek Studio Architecture in Denver Colorado. Submitted projects were eligible for the following awards: Citation, Merit, or Honor award in the “Built Projects 5 Million and Under” Category; and Citation, Merit or Honor Award in the “Built Projects 5 Million and Above” Category. Craftsmanship and Sustainability Awards were also available.
BUILT PROJECTS OVER $5 MILLION
Wenatchee Valley College Music and Arts Center Integrus Architecture Honor Award Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center NAC Architecture Merit Award Pyrotek Corporate Building
Integrus Architecture Citation Award Whitworth University Recreation Center
NAC Architecture Citation Award |
Juror Comments: Clear planning and order within building. Clarity of concept and consistent in details. Restraint in material and consistency of use. Well detailed tectonics. Appropriate sense of Composition and proportion. Continuity of details inside and outside. Presentation quality. How exterior reflects interior program and vice versa.
Juror Comments: Exciting educational space, breaks to mold of typical vocational school. Brings design sensibility to a school of craft and invigorates what could be an otherwise banal industrial building. Quote from Architect “architecture is at its best when it inspires…creates intrinsic desire to learn”. How the building is a very flexible technical environment and expressive of that both aesthetically and functionally.
Juror Comments: Exceptional adaptive reuse. Architects intervention of removing floors and adding skylight dramatically energized building. Created internal transparency and connection in section. Stripped the building back to bare bones and brought back life through modern finishes. Clear, consistent executions of finishes throughout building.
Juror Comments: Inspired by architects position to resist “gym within a warehouse” from client statement. Defining campus edge, using natural features. Building as a linkage in transition between horizontal and vertical conditions of the landscape. Creatively integrating an otherwise inflexible program, like gym, running track, climbing walls. Creates synergistic energy between activities.
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BUILT PROJECTS $5 MILLION & UNDER
Park Lane Residence Uptic Studios Merit Award Glen Lake Tower House Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects Citation Award CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD
Whitworth University Hixson Union Building Addition & Dining Addition Integrus Architecture |
Juror Comments: Thoughtful site analysis and building response to site. Planning diagram is strong in the massing and execution of the building. Exceptional craftsmanship. Material richness and simplicity of palate, with rich spatial laying.
Juror Comments: Bold conceptual response to site. Spare, yet elegant use of material palate. Vertical layering and connection to site through elevation. Four sided structure. Lightly sits upon landscape.
Juror Comments: Very clean and thoughtful execution of connecting existing and new. Exquisite tectonic detailing between materials.
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