Cambridge, MA – Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates (TK&A) has won the 2011 International Interior Design Association, New England (IIDA NE) Best Educational Design Award for its design of the Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.
“Designing this landmark building for Johnson & Wales University posed many appealing challenges,” said Rick Kobus, senior principal at Tsoi/Kobus & Associates. “But paramount was the need to create a sustainable facility with cutting-edge classrooms, labs, and kitchens that could both articulate and facilitate the school’s world-class culinary education experience.”
The Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence supports 27 teaching labs and classrooms, including kitchen labs for food ranging from charcuterie to chocolate, wine, micro-brewing, and mixology labs, various types of instructional facilities, administrative offices, and three instructive dining rooms. TK&A’s design emphasizes sustainability and the building has been recognized with LEED® Gold status by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The IIDA award recognizes the entire project team, which includes Odeh Engineers, Inc., North Providence, R.I., , Woodard & Curran, Providence, Paramount, Warren, Stephen Stimson Architects, Falmouth, Mass., and Richard D. Kimball Company, Andover, Mass.