Two Union Square Repositioning in Seattle, designed by NBBJ
Kevin Scott Two Union Square Repositioning in Seattle, designed by NBBJ

Today, The American Institute of Architects revealed the winners of its 2022 Interior Architecture Awards. AIA selected seven projects that exemplified superior "design achievement, including sense of place and purpose, community access, ecology and environmental sustainability, and history," according to its press release. The firms responsible for this year's winning projects are Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago; Payette in Boston; Aidlin Darling Design in San Francisco; William Rawn Associates, Architects in Boston; NBBJ in Seattle; and Deborah Berke Partners Partners in New York.

The jury for the 2022 Interior Architecture Awards comprised chair Janani Kanna, AIA, Corgan in Los Angeles; Marlene Imirzian, FAIA, Marlene Imirzian & Associates Architects in Phoenix, and Escondido, Calif.; Taal Safdie, AIA, Safdie Rabines Architects in San Diego; Mark Bacon, AIA, BVH Architects in Lincoln, Neb.; and Jodi Ernst, AIA, Architect of the Capitol in Bethesda, Md.

The Winning Projects

Chuck Choi

Amherst College New Science Center in Amherst, Mass., designed by Payette


James Steinkamp

Chicago Architecture Center in Chicago, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture


Robert Benson

Duke University, Rubenstein Arts Center in Durham, N.C., designed by William Rawn Associates, Architects


Matthew Millman Photography

Geneva Car Barn & Powerhouse, in San Francisco, designed by Aidlin Darling Design


Robert Benson Photography

Pennsylvania State University Recital Hall in University Park, Penn., designed by William Rawn Associates, Architects


Christopher Payne/ESTO

Richardson Olmstead Campus in Buffalo, N.Y., designed by Deborah Berke Partners


Kevin Scott

Two Union Square Repositioning in Seattle, designed by NBBJ


See more winners of the 2022 AIA Honor Awards here.