One Philadelphia firm was honored with the prestigious Gold Award, and seven projects by local firms won Honor Awards at the 2002 AIA Philadelphia Awards for Design Excellence celebration on October 29 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel. Six other projects were honored with Merit Awards. Other award recipients honored at the ceremony include David A. Wallace, EFAIA, AICP, PP, PhD, who was presented with the John Harbeson Award for lifetime achievement of the highest standards of professionalism, accomplishment and regard for the development of his younger colleagues. The Community Design Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia presented its “Community Design Award” to Chris Pugliese, ASLA; Robert Shoaff, Associate AIA; and Taylor Boyd. The guest speaker at the ceremony was Robert Campbell, FAIA, Pulitzer-Prize-winning architecture critic for the Boston Globe and a columnist for Architectural Record magazine.

See photos and descriptions of winning projects in the upcoming December/January issue of The Philadelphia Architect and also in the AIA Design Awards Supplement published in the November 1st issue of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The winning firms and projects are as follows:

AIA PHILADELPHIA 2002 GOLD AWARD:
Awarded to one built project of the most exemplary design quality, at the discretion of the jury

• KieranTimberlake Associates LLP: Renovations to Little Hall, Princeton University
  

AIA PHILADELPHIA 2002 HONOR AWARDS:
Awarded to projects in the “built” and “unbuilt” categories that exemplify high design quality

Built Category

• Ewing Cole Cherry Brott: New Residence Houses, Muhlenberg College
  
  
• Buell Kratzer Powell Ltd.: The Benham Gateway, Bryn Mawr College
  
  
• Richard Conway Meyer Architect: Bryn Mawr College Facilities Services Building
  
  
• Brandt + Ginder Architecture, Inc.: North Residence, New York, NY
  

Unbuilt Category

• Hillier: XArena Motor Sports, Trenton, NJ
  
  
• Kling: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Research Complex 1
  
  
• Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: New Dental School Research/Teaching Facility, University of Maryland
  

2002 AWARDS OF MERIT:
Awarded to projects in the “built” and “unbuilt” categories that deserve recognition for their design quality

Built Category

• Purdy O’Gwynn Barnhart Architects, Inc.: Chemical Heritage Foundation, East Building, Philadelphia
  
  
• KieranTimberlake Associates LLP: 420N20 Architecture Studio, Philadelphia
  
  
• Brandt + Ginder Architecture, Inc.: Private Residence, Mechanicsburg, PA
  
  
• Brandt + Ginder Architecture, Inc.: Gillman Residence, Voorhees, NJ
  
  
• Hillier: Accenture Headquarters, Philadelphia
  

Unbuilt Category

• KSS Architects: Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration Renovation & Addition
  
  
  

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