by Brianna Crandall — February 7, 2011—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the recipients of the 2011 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement and the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture.
The Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement award, to be presented at the 2011 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans, recognizes and encourages distinguished achievements of allied professionals, clients, organizations, architect teams, knowledge communities, and others who have had a beneficial influence on or advanced the architectural profession.
- Active Design Guidelines
- Dallas Architecture Forum
- Louis Poulsen Lighting, Inc.
- Peter Lindsay Schaudt, Assoc. AIA, FASLA, FAAR
- Walter J. Hood, Jr.
- Dallas Architecture Forum
The Active Design Guidelines, published through a multi-agency, inter-disciplinary collaboration, are a set of strategies to guide both the public and private sector on the routine inclusion of physical activity-promoting strategies in the design, construction, and operations of buildings, streets and neighborhoods.
The Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture, also to be presented at the 2011 convention, recognizes excellence in architectural advocacy and achievement in three categories: Private-sector architects who have established a portfolio of accomplishment in the design of architecturally distinguished public facilities; public-sector architects who manage or produce quality design within their agencies; and public officials or other individuals who by their role of advocacy have furthered the public’s awareness and/or appreciation of design excellence.
The AIA selected for the public architect category James Binkley, FAIA, a federal agency leader who is currently teaching classes on environmental design at the architecture school of Catholic University in Washington, DC. For the third category, AIA chose David Burney, FAIA, a New York City municipal department commissioner currently heading NYC’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC), who helped publish the Active Design Guidelines report listed above.
