AIA Chicago Small Projects Awards

FROM ART STUDIO TO TABLETOP FURNITURE, SMALL PROJECTS TO TAKE CENTER STAGE AT AIA CHICAGO “SMALL PROJECTS” AWARDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 3 Evening awards event at Architectural Artifacts spotlights firms with fewer than ten architects designing highly imaginative commercial, residential and “small object” projects Great architecture is about creating exceptional space, whether the project is as large as a skyscraper or as small as a kitchen. The American Institute of Architects Chicago (AIA Chicago), which counts 3,000-plus architect members working in Chicagoland, announced today that it will unveil the 2013 Small Projects Awards winners on Friday, May 3 from 5:30 to 8:30 at Architectural Artifacts, 4325 N. Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago. The goal of this, the third annual event, is to raise public awareness of the value that architects bring to small projects and to promote small architectural firms as a resource for design excellence. “Big ideas and transformational spaces come from creative people, and those people are at firms small and large,” says Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President of AIA Chicago. “The Small Projects Awards reward that innovative thinking that works on a smaller scale.” Entry to the Small Projects Awards is FREE. You can RSVP at aiachicago.org/spa.asp. Architectural Artifacts is located in Chicago’s historic Ravenswood neighborhood, just one block east of the Montrose stop on the CTA Brown Line and four blocks south of the Lawrence Avenue stop on the Metra Line. The winners will be announced at the event, and range from penthouse apartments to ultra-cool office spaces to historic property transformations to Dada-esque tables. A reception and exhibition of projects will follow the awards ceremony. Last year’s winners included: -Wrap Architecture’s “99 Bottles of Beer Chandlier” for Revolution Brewing - Thomas Roszak Architecture’s “The Clark Family Welcome Gallery at Adler Planetarium” - Kuklinski + Rappe Architect’s “Lake Geneva Cottage – Linn, Wisconsin” See all of 2012 Small Project Winners at www.aiachicago.org/spa/index.asp. The judges for this year are: -Diana Tychsen Bitting, Editor, CS Interiors -Howard Hirsch, AIA, Hirsch Associates, LLC -Greg Metz, AIA, Lott3 Metz Architecture & AIA Michigan, past president -Kathryn Quinn, AIA, Kathryn Quinn Architects -Ravi Ricker, AIA, Wrap Architecture Small Projects Awards is sponsored by: Architectural Artifacts Alpen Windows Community Home Supply Co. Inc. Double 3 Six Energy360 Solutions IMAGINiT Techologies Lurvey Landscape & Stone Supply Marvin Windows & Doors PAC clad/Petersen Aluminum Precision Stone Design Revolution Brewery Resysta Midwest Studio 41 TOTO USA, Inc. Urban Effects Cabinetry ABOUT AIA CHICAGO Founded in 1869, The American Institute of Architects Chicago (AIA Chicago) is the largest chapter of licensed architects, architectural interns, and allied professionals within AIA Illinois and the second largest AIA chapter in the country. AIA Chicago offers continuing education programs, lectures, award programs, specialized committees (such as Committee on the Environment, Interior Architecture, and Historic Resources), advocacy for architects, and information for consumers looking for an architect. Find out more at www.aiachicago.org.