New Haven, CT – The Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Connecticut) recently announced its 2024 Architecture Awards recipients.
The 2024 Annual Awards Gala is scheduled to take place on Dec. 12 at Cascade in Hamden. The event celebrates excellence in residential and commercial architecture, the transformative power of design, and the achievements of emerging professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the field. It also honors individuals and groups for their significant impact on the architecture profession and the organization.
From 210 submissions, 50 awards will be presented to individuals and firms, culminating in the announcement of the Project of the Year, selected by the Design Awards Jury. The evening will also recognize members celebrating 25- and 50-year milestones of AIA membership.
The winners:
Alice Washburn Awards
New Construction
Excellence:
Seaside Shingle – VanderHorn Architects , Greenwich, CT
Merit with Commendation for Sustainability:
Waterfront Post and Beam – Doyle Coffin Architecture, Ridgefield, CT
Additions & Renovations
Merit:
Historic House Renovation and Additions – Scot Samuelson Architect, LLC, Sharon, CT
Accessory Buildings
Merit:
Pool House – Scot Samuelson Architect, LLC, Sharon, CT
Villa Pomme – Lovas Architects, LLC, Westport, CT
Business Architecture Awards
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees
Excellence:
Bessemer Venture Partners – Amenta Emma Architects, Hartford, CT
Grid Iron Capital, LLC – CPG Architects, Stamford, CT
Businesses with more than 50 employees
Excellence:
The Village – CPG Architects, Stamford, CT
Merit:
Maxx Properties – CPG Architects, Stamford, CT
Elizabeth Mills Brown Awards
Excellence:
Restoration of the Brick House (by Philip Johnson, 1949) – The Glass House, New Canaan, CT
State Capitol Laylight & Skylight Restoration – Crosskey Architects LLC, Hartford, CT
Sterling Memorial Library Linonia & Brothers Reading Room – Apicella + Bunton Architects, New Haven, CT
Merit:
Lee’s Academy – Duo Dickinson Architect, Madison, CT
Design Awards
Adaptive Re-Use
Excellence:
Brooklyn Mass Timber House – Schiller Projects, New York, NY
NXTHVN – TenBerke, New York, NY
Architecture: Encompassing Art
Excellence:
Pink House – Roger Ferris and Partners, Westport, CT
Starlight Park Facilities – GOA, New Haven, CT
Commercial, Institutional, Educational, or Multi-Family Residential Design – over 25,000 sq. ft.
Excellence:
Hursey Center for Advanced Engineering and Health Professions – Payette, Boston, MA
Mansfield Elementary School / Photo by Robert Benson Photography
Mansfield Elementary School – TSKP STUDIO, Hartford, CT
Science 1 Research Center – Payette, Boston, MA
Merit:
Demerec Laboratory – Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Yale Peabody Museum – Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Commercial, Institutional, Educational, or Multi-Family Residential Design – under 25,000 sq. ft.
Excellence:
Starlight Park Facilities – GOA, New Haven, CT
Merit:
HMTX World Headquarters – McLennan Design, Bainbridge Island, WA
Whittingham Discovery Center – Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Citation for Engaging the Waterfront and the Maritime Community:
HMTX World Headquarters – McLennan Design, Bainbridge Island, WA
Interior Architecture
Excellence:
Cullman Art Center at The Hotchkiss School – Bristow Proffitt Studio, Lakeville, CT
Merit:
Jefferson House Hitchcock Wing – Amenta Emma Architects, Hartford, CT
Meriden Public Library – TSKP STUDIO, Hartford, CT
Tasting Rooms – Abruzzo Bodziak Architects LLC, Brooklyn, NY
Citation for Fun Colorful Design:
Gioia – Atelier Cho Thompson, New Haven, CT
Citation for Sensitivity to the Original Structure:
Chapel Hall – Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Residential Architecture
Excellence:
Brooklyn Mass Timber House – Schiller Projects, New York, NY
Koechl House – Rolfs Elert Office, Port Chester, NY
New Canaan Pavilion – TenBerke, New York, NY
Pink House – Roger Ferris and Partners, Westport, CT
Merit:
Restoration and Recreation of a French Provincial House – Saniee Architects LLC, Greenwich, CT
Stick House, Brick Garden – Abruzzo Bodziak Architects LLC, Brooklyn, NY
West Cornwall Addition – Steven Goldberg Architect, Sharon, CT
Unbuilt Design
Merit:
Playscapes – FORMA Architects PLLC, Brooklyn, NY
Citation for Reinterpretation of Traditional New England Form:
Coastal Gables – Further Architecture Office PLLC, Stratford, CT
Women in Architecture Award
Elizabeth Hedde, AIA – Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Emerging Professionals Award
Honor Awardee:
Deep Chaniara, AIA, NOMA Pickard Chilton, New Haven, CT
Honorable Mention:
Jason Levy, Assoc. AIA – QA+M Architects/Patriquin Architects
Connecticut Treasures
New Haven City Hall – New Haven, New Haven County
Public Service Award
Omarys Vasquez, AIA NOMA – State Building Inspector, Division of Regulatory Compliance, State of Connecticut
President’s Award
Bruce R. Becker, FAIA – Becker + Becker, Westport, CT
Allied Member of the Year
Chad Vogt. P.E. – e2 Engineers
Volunteer of the Year
Andrea Boyle, AIA
Jonathan Humble, FAIA
