by Shane Henson — January 29, 2014—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced the 2014 winner of its Twenty-Five Year Award, as well as the 2014 recipients of its Institute Honor Awards.
The Washington, DC, metro rail transit system snagged the Twenty-Five Year Award. This award is conferred on a structure that has stood the test of time by embodying architectural excellence for 25 to 35 years. Projects must demonstrate excellence in function, in the distinguished execution of its original program, and in the creative aspects of its statement by today’s standards.
Designed by Harry Weese, FAIA, in the 1960s, with the matching ideals of “Great Society” liberalism and Mid-Century Modernism, the Washington Metro gives monumental civic space to the humble task of public transit, gravitas fit for the nation’s capital, says the AIA. Each day, over 700,000 people experience Weese’s architecture in the Metro, either in stations he designed or ones derived from his common design kit-of-parts. This makes the Washington, DC Metro, which opened in 1976, second only to New York City’s subway in daily ridership, notes the AIA.
Institute Honor Awards
The AIA’s Institute Honor Awards program was created to recognize works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. Selected from more than 500 total submissions, 26 recipients located throughout the world were honored.
2014 AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center; Brooklyn, NY (WEISS/MANFREDI)
- Centre for International Governance and Innovation (CIGI) Campus; Waterloo, ON, Canada (KPMB Architects)
- New Boathouse for Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI); Boston, MA (Anmahian Winton Architects)
- Jackson Hole Airport; Jackson, WY (Gensler)
- King Street Station; Seattle, WA (ZGF Architects LLP)
- Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum; Minneapolis, MN (HGA Architects and Engineers)
- The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust; Los Angeles, CA (Belzberg Architects)
- The Pierre; San Juan Island, WA (Olson Kundig Architects)
- Quaker Meeting House and Arts Center, Sidwell Friends School; Washington, DC (KieranTimberlake)
- SCAD Museum of Art; Savannah, GA (Sottile & Sottile and Lord Aeck Sargent in association with Dawson Architects)
- St. Louis Public Library, Central Library Transformation and Restoration (St. Louis Cannon Design)
2014 Institute Awards for Interior Architecture
- Bar Agricole; San Francisco, CA (Aidlin Darling Design)
- K&L Gates at One New Change; London, United Kingdom (LSM)
- Knoll Flagship Showroom, Offices and Shop; New York City, NY (Architecture Research Office)
- The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust; Los Angeles, CA (Belzberg Architects)
- Marc by Marc Jacobs Showroom; New York City, NY (Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects PC; HLW International)
- Odegaard Undergraduate Library; Seattle, WA (The Miller Hull Partnership)
- The Pierre; San Juan Island, WA (Olson Kundig Architects)
- SoHo Loft; New York City, NY (Gabellini Sheppard Associates LLP)
- Venture Capital Office Headquarters; Menlo Park, CA (Paul Murdoch Architects; Kappe Architects Planners)
2014 Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design
- The Creative Corridor: A Main Street Revitalization for Little Rock; Little Rock, AR (University of Arkansas Community Design Center + Marlon Blackwell Architect)
- Denver Union Station Neighborhood Transformation; Denver, CO (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
- The East River Blueway Plan; New York City, NY (WXY architecture + urban design)
- Miami 21: a New Zoning Code for the City; Miami, FL (Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. LLC)
- The Pearl Brewery Redevelopment Master Plan; San Antonio, TX (Lake|Flato Architects)
- Son Tra Peninsula Strategic Vision Plan; Vietnam (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
