Winners of AIA Seattle 2009 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture

Earlier this week, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle chapter honored architects and their project teams from across Washington State for projects exemplifying the best work in a broad array of sectors from single- and multi-family residential, to civic, to commercial.

AIA Seattle received 175 submissions — both envisioned and realized — ranging from commercial to residential and beyond. Award-winning projects, which were announced at a sold-out event at Benaroya Hall, served as powerful demonstrations of the agility, inventiveness and foresight architects bring to their work in this era of change – improvising and reacting quickly to new constraints, and going above and beyond to improve the built environment.

These are the four Honor Award winners:

Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Center, Moose, WY
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Jury Comments: This Wyoming project was described by jurors as a significant asset to the future of our national park service. “The national park is the star, but somehow this building really holds its own – it is a timeless fit for that site.”

Design Team: BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA, Principal for Design Raymond S. Calabro, AIA, Project Manager David Miller, Project Architect Jessica O’Brien Christian G. Evans, AIA Mark Adams Daniel Ralls Zeke Busch Michelle Evans

Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Bellevue, WA
Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects

Jury Comments: This well-crafted, LEED Gold certified public project was a stand out because of its deep connection to its environment, distinguished by the ecological systems operating across building and landscape. Jurors described the project as a “vivid learning laboratory.”

Design Team: Architecture and Landscape Architecture: Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects: (Johnpaul Jones, FAIA, principal in charge; Mark T. Johnson AIA, project manager / project architect; Nate Cormier ASLA, project landscape architect; Stephanie Ingram, architect; Wesley Simmonds, ASLA, landscape designer; Kevin Carl)

Vancouver Convention Centre West, Expansion, Vancouver, BC
LMN

Jury Comments: Describing the design as “the way a convention center should be done,” the jurors were impressed with how the project relates to the city and the water, as well as the inclusion of sustainable elements such as the green roof which “feels more like a rooftop park.”

Design Team: Christopher Baxter-Architect, James Brown-Project Designer, Tom Burgess-Project Manager, Hung Chau-Project Designer, Rina Chinen-Architect, Kirk Hostetter-Architect, Sung Lee-Architect, Hollace O’Brian-Interior Designer, Lori Naig-Interior Designer, Mark Reddington-Design Resource, Brian Tennyson-Project Architect, Michael Ward-Interior Architect, Rob Widmeyer-Partner in Charge, John Woloszyn-Project Architect

Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects

Jury Comments: Jurors were unanimously impressed, noting that “this remarkable renovation defines architecture in a very holistic and sustainable way – remembering its past while projecting its possibilities into the future.”

Design Team: Rick Sundberg, FAIA, LEED AP: Principal in Charge; Stephen Yamada-Heidner, AIA, LEED AP: Project Manager; Martha Rogers, LEED AP: Project Architect (Construction Phase); John Kennedy, AIA: Project Architect (Design Phase); Misun Chung Gerrick, LEED AP: Job Captain; Debbie Kennedy, LEED AP: Interiors

Merit Awards were also given to Hinoki House in Clyde Hill, WA by Rex Hohlbein Architects, North Beach Residence in Eastsound, WA by Heliotrope Architects, Safari Drive in Scottsdale, AZ by The Miller|Hull Partnership, Topline Corporate Headquarters in Bellevue, WA by NBBJ, and Waipolu Gallery in Oahu, HI by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.