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Tour: Bethune Dining Hall Annex at Howard University
Saturday, January 23, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Tour: Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Saturday, January 30, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

The 2015 Chapter Design Awards were originally exhibited in The Awards Show, the first annual exhibition combining award-winning projects from three of its most celebrated competitions: Unbuilt Awards, Washingtonian Residential Awards, and Chapter Design Awards.

The annual AIA|DC Chapter Design Awards competition invites submissions in four distinct project categories: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Historic Resources, and Urban Design and Master Planning. 2015 Chapter President Steve White, AIA also awarded Presidential Citations for projects in the following categories: Sustainable Design, Urban Catalyst, Universal Design, and Design and Wellbeing.

This year a “People’s Choice Award” social media campaign collected votes for one favored project. The winning project Healy Family Student Center at Georgetown University by ikon.5 architects. Congratulations!

Of the 200-plus submissions this year, 24 projects were chosen by a panel of distinguished jurors, including:

Architecture:

Alexander Lamis, AIA: Robert A. M. Stern Architects, New York
Jason Smith, AIA: KieranTimberlake, Philadelphia
Joan Sorrano, AIA, HGA, Minneapolis

Interior Architecture:

Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz: BNO Design, New York
Audrey O’Hagan, AIA: Audrey O’Hagan Architects, LLC, Boston
John Mack: HLW International, New York

Historic Resources:

Dominque Hawkins, AIA: Preservation Partnership, Philadelphia
Sherida Paulsen, FAIA: PKSB Architects, New York
Travis McDonald, Jr.: Poplar Forest, Virginia

Urban Design and Master Planning:

Rebecca Barnes, FAIA: University of Washington, Seattle
Claire Weisz, FAIA: WXY Studio, New York

Image Credits

Left – Bruce Damonte Architectural Photographer, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies by STUDIOS Architecture
Middle – Michael McLaughlin Studios, The Crossing by Travis Price Architects / Spirit of Place - Design Institute
Right – Ulf Wallin Photography, Bethune Dining Hall Annex at Howard University by EYP

Original Credits

The Awards Show is organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and Sorg Gallery. Support generously provided ABC Imaging. Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19.

AIA|DC Review Committee: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA, Executive Director; Daniel Fox, Assistant Director
Exhibition Coordinator: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA
Digital Information Coordinator: Bradley W. Johnson
Communications Coordinator: Asya Snejnevski
Programs Director: Katie Spencer
Installation: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA; Bradley W. Johnson