Out of 52 submissions, an independent jury has selected 10 projects as Excellence, Honor, Merit and Honorable Merit award winners. Some of this years wins are for projects in other states, by our local firms, demonstrating as in former years, that Orlando architects are sought for their expertise in courthouse, healthcare and municipal building design. The esteemed projects show an adeptness at infusing modernism with intricate detail on fenestration, structural expression, surface texture and massing.
Through design competition, AIA Orlando and its members help to promote quality design, innovation, and excellence throughout the Central Florida community and beyond. By reviewing the winners, it seems the judges preferred crisp modern designs to other styles, and many of the other submissions while passed over by the judges are exceptional projects as well. We will be reviewing the winners below in detail in subsequent posts. Please add your email in the right sidebar menu to follow us. You will only receive one or two emails links a week, to let you know of our new posts. Thanks for your support.
There were 4 awards for built projects:
Built Award of Excellence
Pueblo County Courthouse, Pueblo CO DLR Group (lobby photo above)
Built Award of Honor
Orlando Regional Medical Center Expansion, Orlando FL HKS Architects see previous posts: https://orcadblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/ormc-presents-their-new-patient-tower/
Built Award of Merit
Tradition Medical Center, Port St. Lucie, FL HKS Architects .
Built Award of Merit Connextions Regional Headquarters, Orlando FL Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
There were 6 awards for un-built projects:
Unbuilt Award of Excellence
Orlando Police Department Headquarters, Orlando FL Architects Design Group see previous posts: https://orcadblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/new-orlando-pd-headquarters-to-build-on-obt/
Unbuilt Award of Excellence
New Sacramento Criminal County Courthouse, Sacramento FL Dewberry
Unbuilt Award of Honor
New County Courthouse, Leesburg, VA Dewberry
Unbuilt Award of Merit
Ft. Myers Fire Administration Building, Ft. Myers FL Architects Design Group .
Unbuilt Award of Merit
Terrebonne Parish Emergency Operations Center, LA Architects Design Group .
Unbuilt Honorable Mention
Cancer Center at Lakeland Regional Health, Lakeland FL HuntonBrady Architects
Here is a link to the Award Page on the AIA Orlando website with a list of all the entries, and service award winners too:
http://www.aiaorlando.com/chapter/design-awards/2015