The Florida chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the latest winners of its annual Florida/Caribbean Honor & Design Awards during its convention and trade show in July. The 2018 awards recognize firms from 11 Florida cities and Puerto Rico for design excellence and their contributions to the architecture profession.
The jury members, all based in London, were Jonathan Rose, principal of design and planning at AECOM; Brian Eckersley, a senior director at Eckersley O'Callaghan; Jamie Fobert, director at Jamie Fobert Architects; and Sanya Polescuk, founder of Sanya Polescuk Architects. The four-person jury presented design awards in eight categories: the Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions; the Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation and Restoration; the Award of Excellence for Interiors; the Award of Excellence for New Work; the Award for Unbuilt Design; the Theoretical and Research Design Award; the Award for Masonry in Design; and the Test of Time Award. An object, practitioners, and firms were also recognized in an additional 10 honor awards.
Within the design awards, winning projects were recognized with both merit and honor awards. This year’s program recognized 15 projects with honor awards, including work by Sarasota, Fla.–based Seibert Architects, Destin, Fla.–based DAG Architects, and San Juan, Puerto Rico–based Díaz Paunetto Arquitectos. Check out the projects recognized with a design honor award below. A full list of winners is available on AIA Florida’s website.
Award of Excellence: Renovations & Additions
Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota
Architects Lewis + Whitlock
Hudson House in Treasure Island, Fla.
Seibert Architects
Bo Diddley Plaza Renovation in Gainesville, Fla.
DAG Architects
Award of Excellence: Historic Preservation & Restoration
House Tranquillo in Sarasota
Seibert Architects
Award of Excellence: Interiors
Donnelly Condo in Siesta Key, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette
530 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, Fla.
Shulman + Associates
Award of Excellence: New Work
School of Arts and Sciences in Tallahassee
EMI Architects
Warehouse Complex in Miami
Chandler and Associates, Architecture
Guberman-Kennedy Residence in Venice, Fla.
Halflants + Pichette
Bay Pines STEM Center in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rowe Architects
Award for Unbuilt Design
Bayamon Infill Housing in Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Díaz Paunetto Arquitectos
The New St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg
ASD|SKY and Rogers Partners
South Florida Community Land Trust Affordable Infill in Deerfield Beach, Fla.
Birse Thomas Architects
Award for Masonry in Design
Bo Diddley Plaza Renovation in Gainesville
DAG Architects
Theoretical and Research Design Award
A Debt to the Havana's Rooftops in HavanaManuel Alvarino, Assoc. AIA, University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design
Restoring Light Memorial in Orlando, Fla.
Daniella Covate, Vanessa Marin, Assoc. AIA, Mattheus da Silveira, Intl. Assoc. AIA, Nathan Wallace, Assoc. AIA, Claudia Cintas, Zachary Greco, AIA, and Stephen Szutenbach, AIA, Orlando
This article has been updated.
