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2018 AIA Gold Medal awarded to James Stewart Polshek

2018 AIA Gold Medal awarded to James Stewart Polshek

Posted by | Dec 31, 2017 | 0 |

Polshek is the 74th recipient of the Gold Medal. He joins the ranks of such visionaries as Frank Lloyd Wright (1949), Louis Sullivan (1944), Le Corbusier (1961), Louis I. Kahn (1971), I.M. Pei (1979), Thom Mayne (2013), Julia Morgan (2014), Moshe Safdie (2015), Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi (2016), and Paul Revere Williams (2017).  In recognition of his legacy to architecture, Polshek’s name will be chiseled into the granite Wall of Honor in the lobby of the AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Snow Kreilich Architects receives the 2018 AIA Architecture Firm Award

Snow Kreilich Architects receives the 2018 AIA Architecture Firm Award

Posted by | Dec 29, 2017 | 0 |

The Board of Directors and the Strategic Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) voted for Snow Kreilich Architects to receive the 2018 AIA Architecture Firm Award.  The AIA Architecture Firm Award, given annually, is the highest honor the AIA bestows on an architecture firm and recognizes a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years.

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AECOM and Van Alen Institute announce four Urban SOS® 2017 finalists

AECOM and Van Alen Institute announce four Urban SOS® 2017 finalists

Posted by | Dec 20, 2017 | 0 |

AECOM and Van Alen Institute, with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, November 9, announced four finalists for Urban SOS® 2017: hOUR City, a global student ideas competition that challenged multidisciplinary teams to connect more people in regions around the world to the opportunities found in contemporary cities.

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Urban Land Institute’s 2017-2018 Global Awards for Excellence

Urban Land Institute’s 2017-2018 Global Awards for Excellence

Posted by | Dec 7, 2017 | 0 |

Thirteen real estate development projects from around the globe have been selected as winners of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2017-2018 Global Awards for Excellence, which is widely recognized as one of the land use industry’s most prestigious awards programs. The winners, each of which demonstrates an innovative, forward-looking approach to design and development, include eight projects in the United States, two in Canada, one in Europe, and two in Asia.

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SBID International Design Awards 2017 winners revealed

SBID International Design Awards 2017 winners revealed

Posted by | Nov 28, 2017 | 0 |

The highly anticipated winners of the SBID International Design Awards 2017 were revealed October 27, 2017, at a dazzling ceremony at the home of the awards, the prestigious Dorchester hotel in London’s Mayfair. The competition this year was as impressive as ever, with some of the world’s best known hotel chains, retail, technology and automotive brands in the shortlist of finalists. The winners equally represent 4 continents worldwide with winning projects from the UAE, USA, Hong Kong, Egypt and more.

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New Learning Center Design Receives Project of Distinction Award

New Learning Center Design Receives Project of Distinction Award

Posted by | Nov 21, 2017 | 0 |

Roosevelt High School’s curriculum is based on a “healthy mind, healthy body” model, which combines exercise with focused classroom instruction to improve student achievement. The school has a full-size gymnasium and large exercise facility. Building relationships between staff and students is also an integral piece of Roosevelt’s program, and students and teachers gather at the start of each day for breakfast and small group discussions in Roosevelt’s new amphitheater-style student commons.

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KTGY-Designed Anthem House Honored by Delta Associates

KTGY-Designed Anthem House Honored by Delta Associates

Posted by | Nov 10, 2017 | 0 |

Anthem House is a 292-unit mixed-use multifamily rental community in Baltimore developed by War Horse Cities, The Bozzuto Group and Solstice Partners, and designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning. Located on a former industrial site at 900 E. Fort Avenue, facing the Baltimore Harbor in the historic Locust Point-Fort McHenry neighborhood, the building massing displays a Z-shaped plan maximizing the unit vistas and creating two distinct courtyards facing the city and the harbor. The base, middle and top articulate the massing, while two urban setbacks, corner and entrance court, engage with the streetscape.

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Steven Holl Architects wins Médecins Sans Frontières International Design Competition

Steven Holl Architects wins Médecins Sans Frontières International Design Competition

Posted by | Nov 6, 2017 | 0 |

Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Rüssli Architekten has won the international design competition for the new Geneva Operational Center for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders. The Geneva Operational Center will provide work and social spaces for more than 250 MSF staff. Steven Holl Architects’ winning design utilizes colored photovoltaic glass that express the program’s flexibility while also providing shading and a large portion of the building’s energy. 

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The Study at University City Honored with Prestigious Architectural Design Award

The Study at University City Honored with Prestigious Architectural Design Award

Posted by | Nov 3, 2017 | 0 |

The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized DIGSAU and Hospitality3 with a prestigious citywide Architectural Excellence Design Honor Award in the built category for their design of the Study at University City. The boutique hotel opened in January 2017 at the crossroads of Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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