TRENTON--The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) recently announced the winners of its Annual Design Awards Program, which brings public and professional recognition to architectural projects that exhibit design excellence.
The awards were announced during the Oct. 3 AIA-NJ Design Conference, held at the historic Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove. A formal awards gala to recognize the winners will be held in January at the Liberty House in Jersey City.
Architects and projects were divided into built and un-built categories, which both include honor and merit awards. In addition, merit awards were presented in the preservation and design-build categories. Winners include:
Built Category
Honor Award
Architect: ARO, based in New York
Project: The School of Architecture addition at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
The addition, which is enclosed in glass and steel, includes a new lobby, student lounge, elevator and cantilevered steel stair. The addition links the school's two-story south wing, where its administrative offices and library are located, and its three-story north wing, which includes studios and classrooms.
Honor Award
Architect: MJ Sagan Architecture, based in Princeton
Project: Abercrombie & Fitch, Building U Data Center, in New Albany, Ohio
The data center houses the company's IT support team, so the open studio plan encourages communication and collaboration, while also affording generous natural light and views of the surrounding landscape.
Merit Award
Architect: ikon.5 Architects, based in Princeton
Project: Center for Wellness, The College of New Rochelle, in New Rochelle, N.Y.
The Center for Wellness is designed as a paradisiacal Garden of Eden, sheltering visitors from the urban distractions that surround it. The landscape and architecture reinforce a sustainable approach that allows the building, which achieved a LEED Silver rating, to conserve energy.
Merit Award
Architect: Ricci Greene Associates, based in New York with offices in Lexington, KY, and Providence, R.I.
Project: Union County Juvenile Detention Center in Linden
The 72,000-sf juvenile detention center is a "thin" building - only one room deep - that wraps around the 1-acre outdoor courtyard. Ample natural light and views of the exterior through expansive security glass panels connect occupants to the outside world.
Merit Award
Architect: Michael Ryan Architects, based in Loveladies with an office in Philadelphia
Project: Sauber Residence in Loveladies
The site for this house is located on a barrier island in New Jersey, and the intension was to create a secluded environment for relaxation. A large screened room acts as a bridge to the outdoors and is the focus of summer living, and a viewing tower, which provides a space for sunbathing, offers views of the bay and ocean.
Un-Built Category
Merit Award
Architect: RMJM Hillier, based in Princeton with offices in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Project: Las Colinas Convention Center in Irving, Texas
The programmatic volumes were stacked to become a visual focus in the landscape. They were subsequently rotated to optimize views and to create large overhangs that shade the terrace.
Merit Award
Architect: David Yum Architects, based in New York
Project: Evening Land Winery in Santa Barbara County, CA
The buildings are perched at the western edge of the lower vineyard, and large pools reflect the vast sky. A staircase descends into the center of the pool; doors at the bottom of the stairs lead to the barrel storage room. In addition, a sculptural, operable screen filters light for the winemakers during the day, reducing the need for artificial lighting during work hours.
Preservation
Merit Award
Architect: Tarantino Architects, based in Millstone
Project: The Bachman-Wilson House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Millstone
In 1988, Sharon and Lawrence Tarantino acquired the neglected Bachman-Wilson House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, circa 1954. Tarantino Architects has since guided the home's complete restoration and rebuilt the kitchen according to Wright's original drawings.
The house, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located along the Millstone River in Millstone Borough. It exemplifies Wright's "Usonian" philosophy and employs his early green building principles, including minimizing the size of the house and ancillary spaces, pioneering passive solar and radiant heat design, employing natural daylight and recycling construction waste.
Preservation efforts began this year with the relocation to the property of an historic Vermont hay barn. The 250-year-old barn is situated in the location of the original Millstone House Inn and Barn, which were destroyed in 1928.
Design Build
Merit Award
Design-Builder: Hall Construction, based in Howell and Stantec, with offices in New York
Project: Reconstruction of the Hoboken Clock Tower in Hoboken
The replication and reconstruction of the Clock Tower at New Jersey Transit's Train Station in April 2008 is part of Hoboken's continuing renaissance and completes the re-creation of the Hoboken Ferry Terminal's original appearance.
AIA New Jersey
www.aia-nj.org
Comments, Pingbacks:
No Comments/Pingbacks for this post yet...
