LumenHAUS Honored at National Convention

Virginia Tech’s LumenHAUS was honored for their 2012 Institute Honors Award during the 63rd Annual Honors and Awards Celebration session at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition on Friday, May 18, 2012.

The Institute Honors Awards program recognizes achievements for a broad range of architectural activity to elevate the general quality of architecture practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance, and inform the public of the breadth and value of architecture practice.

Call for Entries: 2013 Institute Honor Awards

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The American Institute of Architects celebrates outstanding architectural work that elevates the quality of architecture practice; sets standards against which all architects can measure performance; and informs the public of its breadth and value.

For more than 60 years, the Institute Honor Awards have recognized projects of all sizes, budgets, styles, and building types—from public to residential, from large firms to sole practitioners.

The 2013 Institute Honor Awards program is now accepting online entries of projects that have been

  • completed since January 1, 2006 (except for Regional & Urban Design projects, which may be incomplete, and the Twenty-five Year Award, which will honor projects completed 1978–1988)
  • designed by an architect licensed in the United States or in one of its territories at the time of the project’s completion
  • submitted by an architect who was a member of the design team, whether or not serving as the head of the team

All awards entries are submitted online.

Architecture Both new buildings and renovations/restorations are eligible. An entry must have been designed by an architect licensed in the United States or in one of its territories at the time of the project’s completion.

Interior Architecture Focusing attention on the broad diversity of interior architecture, and acknowledging outstanding building interiors created by architects licensed in the United States.

Regional & Urban Design Distinguished achievement that involves the expanding role of the architect in urban design, city planning, and community development.

Twenty-five Year Award Recognition of architectural design of enduring significance, and conferred on a project that has stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years.

Submissions are due prior to 5 p.m. (Eastern) on Aug. 24, 2012.

Visit Institute Honors and Awardsto learn more.

 

Jameson Wins Institute Honors

Record House Revisited; David Jameson Architect. Photo © Paul Warchol
Record House Revisited; David Jameson Architect. Photo © Paul Warchol

Virginia member David Jameson’s Record House Revisited in Owings Mill, Maryland, was selected as a 2012 recipient of the Institute Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for Interior Architecture. The award is the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. Selected from over 700 total submissions, 27 recipients located throughout the world will be honored at the AIA 2012 National Convention and Design Exposition in Washington, D.C.

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