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58th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards

Out of 300 submitted projects, this year's jury selected six that push the envelope of modern architecture.

 
the inflatable membrane structure will protrude out from the central atrium, under the building itself, and into the western courtyard, encompassing a 2,000-square-foot lounge.

Award: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Seasonal Expansion

Diller Scofidio + Renfro / New York

clear sight lines from officer workspaces inside the port building to the vehicle processing areas under the canopies outside allow security needs to be met with few border-control officers. openings in the roof canopy admit daylight to the space underneath; after sunset, artificial lighting is projected through the perforated aluminum ceiling panels.

Award: U.S. Land Port of Entry, Van Buren, Maine

Julie Snow Architects / Minneapolis

the architects charge in the restoration and adaptive reuse of the hinman research building was two-fold: preserve the pedagogical ideals of the original 1930s building (and its architect paul m. heffernan), and transform the building into a flexible and functional home for the college of architecture.

Citation: Hinman Research Building Restoration and Adaptive Use

Lord, Aeck & Sargent / Atlanta, in collaboration with Office dA / Boston

 
to break up the monumentality of four glass-encased commercial towers in this rugged landscape, the architects create a horizontal view line that echoes the incline of the hill and cuts through all four towers. ramps connect some of the buildings and continue inside, creating a torqued circulation sequence and staggered floor plates.

Citation: Ordos 20+10 Office Complex

Preston Scott Cohen / Cambridge, Mass.

the freestanding bamboo-and-steel pavilion houses a theater for performances and exhibition space to show off plans for the larger taichung gateway development. visitors can come to the hangar, walk around it and into the smaller building, and go up to a second-story platform to see out over construction on the larger site.

Citation: Taichung InfoBox

Stan Allen Architect / Brooklyn, N.Y.

the cupped roofs, clad in insulating gum-poles on the underside, define interior spaces such as the lodge.

Citation: Karoo Wilderness Center

Field Architecture / Palo Alto, Calif.

 

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55th Annual P/A Awards

  • 55th Annual P/A Awards

    Introducing eight projects that are breaking new ground around the globe. A jury of architects and experts weighs in on what defines "progressive architecture" today.

     

  • Anmahian Winton Architects

    The Community Rowing Boathouse offers access to the waters of the Charles River in more ways than one: It serves as the first riverside home for a largely volunteer-run nonprofit (which has been operating seasonally out of a nearby hockey rink for the pas

     

  • Brian Healy Architects

    The result of an open architectural competition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Korean Church of Boston, the Children's Chapel and Community Center not only provides space for the next generation of parishioners but also acts as an entry point for

     
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54th Annual P/A Awards

  • 54th Annual P/A Awards

    Every year, five respected members of the design community sit down in a room for two days to determine the current meaning of the words “progressive architecture” and select projects that fit their definition.

     

  • Aziza Chaouni

    hybrid urban sutures: filling in the gaps in the medina of fez

     

  • Marc Boutin Architect

    P/A award for the Calgary Centre for Global Community

     
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Past P/A

Public Spaces Prized

A First Award for Machado and Silvetti Associates' reshaping of an urban campus.


Past Progressives

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    A Bridge Too Far

    Michael Graves's Fargo-Moorhead project offers one model of what architects can contribute to bridge design.

     
  • Foothill College was awarded a citation in the 1960 P/A Awards.

    Pragmatic Arcadia

    Bay Area imagery meets Modernist rationality in Foothill College, which remains a paragon of campus design.

     
  • The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

    Lerner Meets Lutyens

    For the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ralph Lerner gave Edwin Lutyens's Classicism a Postmodern spin.

     
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