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

Interior rendering.
Courtesy NADAAA Interior rendering.

New Hampshire Retreat
Bethlehem, N.H.
NADAAA