The factors that make architecture progressive can be hard to pin down, but that was the challenge facing the 2017 P/A Awards jury—just as it has been for the 63 juries that have come before. This year’s 12 winners represent design that pushes the envelope, novel methods of representation, and an exploration of humble building types that can make peoples’ lives better. If that isn’t progressive, then what is?
Jury
Barbara Bestor, FAIA, Bestor Architecture
Jennifer Bonner, MALL
Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA, TEN Arquitectos
Awards
Courtesy REX
Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center
New York
REX
courtesy Johnston Marklee
Menil Drawing Institute
Houston
Johnston Marklee
courtesy Steven Holl Architects
Maggie’s Centre Barts
London
Steven Holl Architects
Citations
courtesy Modern Office of Design + Architecture
Village
Calgary, Alberta
Modern Office of Design + Architecture
courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects
Reservoir
Rajasthan, India
Sanjay Puri Architects
Bloomberg Center
New York
Morphosis Architects
Hunters Point Community Library
New York
Steven Holl Architects
Media Center at Columbia College Hollywood
Los Angeles
Deegan-Day Design
Honorable Mentions
House in Los Angeles
Los Angeles
The LADG
Mask House
Ithaca, N.Y.
WOJR
True North
Detroit
EC3
Courtesy NADAAA
Interior rendering.
New Hampshire Retreat
Bethlehem, N.H.
NADAAA
