The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is honoring James McCullar, FAIA, with its 2019 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. The Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture recognizes architects, public officials, or other individuals who design distinguished public facilities and advocate for design excellence.

AIA selects recipients for the 2019 Collaborative Achievement Award

by PRISM | Jan 10, 2019 | 0 |

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing Jan Gehl, Hon. FAIA, Michael Sorkin, and Anne Taylor, Hon. AIA, with its 2019 Collaborative Achievement Award. The Collaborative Achievement Award recognizes and encourages distinguished achievements of design professionals, clients, organizations, architect teams, knowledge communities and others who have had a beneficial influence on or advanced the architectural profession.

World Architecture Festival and INSIDE 2018 celebrates another successful year in its eleventh edition

by PRISM | Jan 8, 2019 | 0 |

The 2018 World Architecture Festival (WAF) enjoyed a 10% year-on-year increase in the number of international architects coming together from 28-30 November in Amsterdam to celebrate excellence in the profession. More than 530 shortlisted projects in the annual WAF awards were presented live by architectural practices from around the world and judged during the event. This year, women made up at least 40% of award judges. Some of the super jury judges included Nathalie de Vries, Lesley Lokko and Li Xiadong.

Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates-designed Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London receives AIA’s Twenty-five Year Award

by PRISM | Jan 8, 2019 | 0 |

Architects Robert Venturi, FAIA, and Denise Scott Brown, FAIA—VSBA founding principals—sought to relate the new wing to the National Gallery while maintaining the wing’s own identity as a work of modern architecture. A play on Italian Mannerism, the Sainsbury Wing demonstrates the architects’ sophisticated but ironic acknowledgement of modern conditions while thoroughly exploring classical architecture’s conventions.

The top projects in the world recognized at the World Architecture Festival 2018

by PRISM | Dec 30, 2018 | 0 |

The World Architecture Festival, the largest annual architectural event in the world, was held late November in Amsterdam. The highly celebrated global architectural awards program is dedicated to celebrating excellence through live presentations to juries of well-known and highly respected jurors.

Kalwall® featured in University of Tennessee’s award-winning retrofit project

by PRISM | Dec 20, 2018 | 0 |

A former marble processing plant built in 1908 and transformed into a showcase complex earned the University of Tennessee a prestigious honor from American School & University. Kalwall translucent sandwich panels were fitted into the original clerestory encircling the central hall and flooding the open concept work space in natural diffuse daylight.

Behr Paint Company Gives Back with Grants to Local Santa Ana Organizations

by PRISM | Dec 20, 2018 | 0 |

Behr Paint Company awarded grants to six nonprofit organizations that are making a difference in Orange County. The grants are part of the Masco Million Differences campaign, an initiative in which Masco Corporation, through its business units, allocated $1,000,000 in 2018 to support nonprofit organizations across the country.

Zaha Hadid Architects and A_Lab to design two stations on new Fornebubanen metro line in Oslo

by PRISM | Dec 12, 2018 | 0 |

Gianluca Racana, director of Zaha Hadid Architects, said: “It is an honour to be selected by the jury to build two stations in this design competition with many talented architectural practices. The Fornebubanen will be a vital new transport link for the city.” The competition jury assessed anonymous proposals from 14 different teams, stating the design of Fornebu Senter station demonstrated a vibrancy and enthusiasm for designing civic space. The jury also cited the Fornbuporten station proposal as expressing an innovative way of working with light.

Amazon Spheres with Vitro Architectural Glass selected as “Best of Design Award” winner by Architects’ Newspaper

by PRISM | Dec 11, 2018 | 0 |

Vitro Architectural Glass announced that The Spheres, Amazon’s new glass-domed headquarters in downtown Seattle designed by NBBJ, has won a Best of Design Award in the “Facades” category from Architects’ Newspaper.

KAI receives Design-Build Institute of America Award for Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being project

by PRISM | Dec 5, 2018 | 0 |

KAI Design & Build announces that its design-build team has received a Design-Build Institute of America – Mid-America Region (DBIA-MAR) 2018 Honor Award in the Commercial-Office Buildings category for the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis, Missouri.

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