Earlier this month at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska, AIA Alaska recognized the winners of the chapter’s 2017 Design Awards for Excellence in Architecture. Two projects won Honor Awards: Wasilla Public Library by Anchorage firm ECI and James C. Ryan Middle School in Fairbanks by Fairbanks- and Anchorage-based Bettisworth North Architects and Planners with Perkins+Will. “This project is a beautiful geode,” the jury noted about the school. “The abstract quality of the simple rectangular forms clad in white panels conceals a wonderfully sculptural, colorful, playful interior environment, a successful response to the daylight problem at this location.” The awards program also included three People's Choice Awards. Check out the three winning projects, below.
