The Institute recognized George Smart, founder of nonprofit organization North Carolina Modernist Houses, based in Durham, N.C., for taking public knowledge of modern architecture from a local to national level.
The architect is a director of the Oklahoma City practice Butzer Architects and Urbanism.
Eleven projects were recognized across ten states as well as Hong Kong.
Five projects were recognized for interiors that inspire.
Forward-looking proposals for feeding the growing population of an Arkansas city and for increasing accessibility to one of the nation's biggest cultural institutions took top honors in the AIA's Regional and Urban Design Awards.
Designed by San Francisco-based EHDD, the jury heralded the beloved museum as "a benchmark and role model for aquariums everywhere."
The Philadelphia-based icons of Postmodernism are the first pair to win the Institute’s top honor.
The Seattle-based firm, known for its civic projects, is the 53rd recipient of the Institute’s highest honor for an architecture firm.
The practicing architect is associate vice president for engineering firm TRC and president of the architecture consulting firm Thinking Leadership.
The New Mexico architect, who has served in a number of capacities with the AIA and is known for work in disaster recovery, wins this year’s top honor for service.
An innovator in passive-solar and transit-oriented design, the author, educator, and practitioner brings environmentalism into architectural education.
The 12 winners, licensed for no more than 10 years, hail from seven states.
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