QUAD 2017 Design Awards
Quality Unites Architectural Design
Participating Chapters: AIA Connecticut, AIA New Jersey, AIA New York, AIA Pennsylvania
Jurors
Tom Liebel, FAIA, Principal, Marks Thomas Architects, Baltimore, Maryland
Jon Penndorf, FAIA, Perkins & Will, Washington, D.C.
Heather Cass, FAIA, Cass Associates Architects, Washington, DC
Built – Commercial, Institutional, Educational, or Multi-Family Residential
Honor Awards
Photographer: Esto Photographics
888 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
FXFowle
Jury comments: It is rare to see a glass box done so well. The pedestrian experience is thought through. This is a high level environmental design that nicely resolves a number of site challenges.
With Distinction
Photographer: Paul Warchol Photography
Restless Response: Queens Emergency Medical Services Station 50, Jamaica, New York
Dean Wolf Architects
Jury comments: This community beacon has great integration of structure. The detailing is admirable with a contextual scale for the neighborhood.
Photographer: Robert Benson Photography
CREC Discovery, Wethersfield, CT
Amenta Emma Architects
Jury comments: The jury appreciated the playfulness of the glass, the natural light and wayfinding within the interior space. There is a great story of the repurposing of the brownfield site and excellent adaptive reuse for it.
Photographer: Esto Photographics
Novartis Visitor Reception Building, East Hanover, NJ
WEISS/MANFREDI
Jury comments: This clean and simple interface between the public and private is elegant and beautifully composed. The exterior’s integration with the landscape is juxtaposed with the white interior.
Photographer: Esto Photographics
Kent State Center for Architecture and Environmental Planning, Kent, OH
WEISS/MANFREDI
Jury comments: An interesting exploration of form and materiality. Articulating the stair connecting the multiple levels of the building brought a dynamic quality to what could have been a much more static gesture.
With Distinction
Photographer: Esto Photographics
Thompson Exhibition Building, Mystic, CT
Centerbrook Architects and Planners
Jury comments: Whimsical and joyful, this project has very strong imagery: the jury admired its resilience and its work with glulam structure to connect with traditional shipbuilding imagery.
Photographer: Alan Karchmer Architectural Photographer
Eaton Center, Beachwood, OH
Pickard Chilton
Jury comments: There is nice integration of a massively scaled project.
Photographer: Aker Imaging
Wellness Center, Spring, TX
Pickard Chilton
Jury comments: The jury appreciated this elegant design with its exceptional detail and scale for its size. The center celebrates wellness with the prominent, glass enclosed stair giving onto lovely views.
Photographer: Seong Kwon
Creston Avenue Residences, Bronx, NY
Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Jury comments: This project has a valuable program; it is nicely executed with a notable breakdown of scale to better integrate with the streetscape.
Photographer: Halkin|Mason Photography
Basecamp Delta, Glen Jean, WV
DIGSAU
Jury comments: This delightful project does a lot with little, lies lightly on the land. It went well beyond what one would expect a scout camp to be.
Photographer: Nic Lehoux Photography Ltd.
Frick Environmental Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Jury comments: Nice integration into the site topography.
Built – Residential Design
Honor Awards
Photographer: Bates Masi + Architects
Amagansett Dunes, Amagansett, NY
Bates Masi + Architects
Jury comments: Careful attention to site and environment in this beautifully detailed gem. Nice louver detail! Nice louver details and good interplay of light and shadow.
Photographer: Matthew Carbone, Photographer LLC
Field House, Sagaponack, NY
Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects
Jury comments: Elegant and refined, the house does not fight the topography. The jury appreciated the detailing and thoughtful indoor/outdoor spaces.
Photographer: Nikolas Koenig
DeMaria Pavilion, Bridgehampton, NY
Gluckman Tang Architects
Jury comments: A refined palette and refined design. The sculptures inhabiting the space are enhanced by the sculptural quality of the structure. A celebration of architecture.
Photographer: Paul Warchol Photography
Artist Retreat, Upstate New York
Gluck+
Jury comments: The simplicity of the corridor is celebrated in this design, making the journey through the house as interesting as the rooms themselves. Framed views, playful colors on doors, and connections to nature make the space interesting at each turn.
Photographer: Ambit Architecture and Interior Design
River Retreat, Kennedyville, MD
Ambit Architecture and Interior Design
Jury comments: Classic material palette used to root the project to the site. Nice use of reclaimed and new woods, rough and hewn stone. Nice transitions to outdoor spaces.
Built – Interior Architecture
Honor Award
With Distinction
Photographer: Michael Moran Photography, Inc.
Planned Parenthood Queens, Queens, NY
Stephen Yablon Architecture
Jury comments: There is a serene yet upbeat use of color here. The celebration of the stairs and the pops of color inspire wellness.
Photographer: Garrett Rowland
The Boston Consulting Group, New York, NY
Gensler
Jury comments: The jury admired the creation of dynamic and interesting interior spaces.
Photographer: James Ewing Photography
Blue Bottle Coffee, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Jury comments: This gem of a coffee shop uses simple materials, elegantly detailed, in its celebration of the craft of coffee making. The result is also a delightful celebration of the craft of building.
Built – Preservation, Adaptation or Restoration
Honor Awards
Photographer: Kevin Weber Photographers
Sagamore Pendry Rec Pier Hotel, Baltimore, MD
Beatty Harvey CoCo Architects
Jury comments: A long-abandoned pier in a lively Baltimore harbor side neighborhood has been transformed into an elegant hotel. Painstaking preservation and skillful modern design are hallmarks of this new urban anchor.
Photographer: Esto Photographics Inc
The Residences at P.S. 186, New York, NY
Dattner Architects
Jury comments: This admirable adaptive reuse of a neighborhood and national landmark celebrates the building’s distinguished history and its promising future. The restoration of the exterior showed great skill.
With Distinction
Photographer: Durston Saylor Photography
Williamsburgh Savings Bank, Brooklyn, NY
David Scott Parker Architects
Jury comments: This stunning, glorious restoration transports us back to 1875 and the glory days of this building and its neighborhood. Truly exceptional.
Photographer: Esto Photographics
Eaton House, Dublin, Ireland
Pickard Chilton
Jury comments: Respect for scale and proportions of adjacent 1830s terrace houses and skillful use of modern materials/systems create a light-filled LEED-NC Gold headquarters which enhances the neighborhood and is a delight to inhabit. The “bones’ of the original project are evident, while the renovation feels current and context-appropriate.
Photographer: Jeffrey Totaro Architectural Photographer
Building 37, Baltimore, MD
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Jury comments: The architects transformed a space into a place. The jury applauded the inventive re-use of big box store.
Regional and Urban Design
Honor Award
Photographer: Preservation Design Partnership
Design Guidelines for the Vieux Carré Historic District, New Orleans, LA
Preservation Design Partnership
Jury comments: The jury liked the clear and legible guidelines, the flow charts, and the attention to the local needs. Meticulous attention to detail in the drawings.
Photographer: Esto Photographics
Rockaway Boardwalks Reconstruction, Queens, NY
WXY architecture + design
Jury comments: This is planning for resilience, climate change, the avoidance of future destruction, sensitive and simple. The simplicity of the move does not mask the complexity of the balance of detailing furnishing to complete the design.
Photographer: N/A
Milvale Ecodistrict Pivot Plan, Milvale, PA
evolve environment::architecture
Jury comments: This is a comprehensive ecodistrict planning with interesting community engagement techniques. Diagrams were easy to understand and communicate to those without technical expertise.
Unbuilt
Honor Award
Photographer: BKSK Architects
Tammany Hall/44 Union Square, New York, NY
BKSK Architects
Jury comments: The intervention is a new take on the undulating modern glass roof on historic structure, allowing occupants to inhabit multiple levels. Pedestrian experience from the street preserves the historic nature of the building. New spaces created under the roof look engaging and fun!
Photographer: Joel Sanders Architect
UPenn ICA Scope Development Study, Philadelphia, PA
Joel Sanders Architect
(This award is for a conceptual study for a project that is no longer in the pipeline.)
Jury comments: Nice re-imagining of an existing structure, and engaging the greater community by activating the corner and edges. Diagrams were easy to grasp and told the story of the design quickly.