The 2009 Awards for Design Excellence was held by AIA Orlando on Saturday, March 14th at the Country Club of Orlando. This beautiful setting allowed over 300 AIA members and guests to relax and enjoy the evening of prestigious awards. Boards of the submitted design projects were displayed in the adjoining room, and projected on screens during the banquet.

Enjoy some of the scenes from the 2009 Design Awards Gala…to view all images from the evening please go to our website www.aiaorlando.com click on “Chapter” (2009 Design Awards).

Mandy Wannen, Karen Moorefield, Linda Houston		Christian MacCarroll, Michael Parker, Maria Alvey
Julie Cole, Chuck Cole, Karen Petersen, John Kalicak, Suzi Burton, Gary Burton		Kevin Ratigan, Doreen Stockwell, Tonya Cronin, Blake Cronin
Ron Lowry, Marilyn Lowry, Edie Langston, Steve Langston		David Farrar, Amanda Farrar, Bill Zecher, Kirsten Zecher, Jeff Mock, Julie Thorton, Mick Thorton
Al Adkins, Sheryl Adkins, Donna Hughes, Jim Hughes		Bob Milstead, Janis Fudge, Michelle Madlener, Brian Stoccardo
Stepanie Esposito, Penelope Mills, Jerry Mills, Laura Roquemore		Rep. John Mica, Diane Miller, Jeffrey Lurie, Bob Miller

The awards presentation was humorously hosted by Committee Chairman Bob Burke, AIA & John Ehrig, FAIA, and 2009 AIA Orlando President Jeffrey Lurie, AIA.Bob & John presented the Service Awards to specific individuals and companies who have contributed significantly to the community and the architectural profession.

AWARD OF MERIT

John Mica US Congressman

Lars Houman CEO Florida Hospital

This award is given to recognize an individual citizen, public official, or member of an allied profession, who is not an architect, who shall have advanced the cause of good design and planning and/or has enhanced the public

awareness of the value of architects and architecture to society. This year we awarded two receipients with this prestigious award. The first receipient was Lars Houman, CEO and President of Florida Hospital, for his service and design commitment in the community. The second recipient went to John Mica, US Congressman.

CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
This Award is given to a company or firm in the State of Florida who has exemplified a sincere and genuine interest in encouraging and effecting outstanding craftsmanship and workmanship in the performance of work on a specific project. Such a company may be a general contractor, sub-contractor, manufacturer, etc. This year the award went to Clancy and Theys for their service on the Polk Community College & USF Lakeland Technology Building. The architect on project was HuntonBrady Architects.

FRED H. PRYOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS FORUM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This award will be given to a young architect/intern who consistently demonstrates excellence and exceptional promise. The award looks at the nominee’s leadership qualities, role within a team atmosphere, special abilities and community involvement. The award went to Rebecca Talbert, AIA, RLF

CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR
This award is given to recognize an individual or company in the state of Florida who, in acting as a Consultant to an AIA member, demonstrates consistent dedication to superior standards of design, across a range of projects, and under varying conditions based on exceptional performance in the critical Customer Service areas of Client Focus, Teamwork, Communication, Project Management, Critical Thinking, and Specialist Knowledge. The award went to Allan and Conrad.

NILS SCHWEIZER AWARD

This award is given to recognize an architect whose leadership in community activities and service has been a direct benefit to the profession or community. The individual’s leadership and service must demonstrate notable contributions through voluntary service resulting in initiatives, programs or civic influences that have benefited the profession or the community, i.e. conservation, historic preservation, beautification, land-use regulation, livable communities, or the removal of blighted areas, or who have clearly raised the standards of professional performance or public awareness in these areas. The award went to Bob Yohe, AIA with RLF.

FIRM OF THE YEAR
This award recognizes outstanding achievement in design, community services, education, and service to the profession and the AIA by an architectural firm. The award went to Architects Design Group, Inc.

After the Service Awards were applauded, the Gala continued with the announcements of the Awards for Design Excellence winners. From a field of 75 entries, the jury selected nine honor awards, eight awards of merit and two sustainable awards in the built, unbuilt and sustainable categories.

IN THE BUILT CATEGORY:

AWARD OF HONOR

Mayo clinic

Jacksonville, Florida

Submitted By:

Perkins+Will

Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Modest building with a subtle elegance for a tough building type.
• Thoughtful site plan, well organized.
• Striking entry.

AWARD OF MERIT

The Paramount on Lake Eola

Orlando, Florida

Submitted By:

    Looney Ricks Kiss Architects

    Celebration, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Successful mixed use strategy
• Ties well within the Urban Corridor.
• Quasi-deco exterior is handled well.

AWARD OF MERIT

Shenandoah Elementary School

Orlando, Florida

Submitted By:

    Rhodes+Brito Architects

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• A very sensitive design solution.
• The designer was careful to ensure existing building still had a presence within the renovation.

AWARD OF MERIT

Burke Hogue Mills Office Building

Lake Mary, Florida

Submitted By:

    Burke Hogue Mills, Inc.

    Lake Mary, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very serious, well studied entry element.
• Nice expression of construction.
• Well documented process.
• Rich material palette.

AWARD OF HONOR

Vista Del Lago Phase III

Kissimmee, Florida

Submitted By:

    DLR Group

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very nice solution for such a common building type.
• A tough building type that has been executed very well.

AWARD OF HONOR

Florida Hospital Ginsburg Tower

Orlando, Florida

Submitted By:

    HuntonBrady Architects, P.A.

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Powerful statement on the lake.
• Superb composition, very nice solution for an impossibly complex building type.
• Scale and articulation of the façade is handled beautifully.

AWARD OF HONOR

Suncoast Polytechnical High School

Sarasota, Florida

Submitted By:

    SchenkelShultz Architecture

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Powerful entry, monumental and inviting.
• Very nice, brilliant white interiors.

AWARD OF MERIT

Residence for I.S.K. Reeves V and

Sara W. Reeves

Winter Park, Florida

Submitted By:

    I.S.K. Reeves V, FAIA &

    Architects Design Group

    Winter Park, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very efficient plan.
• Sequence of both interior and exterior spaces are well thought out.

AWARD OF HONOR

Signature Flight Support Executive Aviation Terminal

Boston, Massachusetts

Submitted By:

    SchenkelShultz Architecture

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Rich use of materials enables the designer to reduce the scale of the building.
• Integration of interior spaces with the exterior skin.

IN THE UNBUILT CATEGORY:

AWARD OF MERIT

Orchid Skyscraper

Jurong East, Singapore

Submitted By:

    Little

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very seductive.
• Articulation of the ground plane is interesting.

AWARD OF HONOR

Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus

Tampa, Florida

Submitted By:

    HuntonBrady Architects, P.A.

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Simple, powerful volume in a urban setting
• Nicely scaled public spaces, not overdone.

AWARD OF HONOR

Channelside Drive Parking Garage

Tampa, Florida

Submitted By:

    HKS Architects, Inc.

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• A very hard building type to bring architecture to.
• Striking facades that have a presence at night.
• Material selection helps reduce the scale of the building.

AWARD OF MERIT

Child Care Center

 Naples, Florida

Submitted By:

    SchenkelShultz

    Architecture

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Nice sequence of interior and exterior spaces.
• Articulation of the façade is handled well..

AWARD OF MERIT

Sanford Public Safety Complex

Sanford, Florida

Submitted By:

    Architects Design Group, Inc.

    WinterPark, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Nice site plan.
• The public space at the corner of the building is a very nice feature.
• The drawings are beautifully done.

AWARD OF MERIT

Sparks Justice Court

Sparks, Nevada

Submitted By:

    DLR Group

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very nice process, the drawings are well done.
• The articulation of the façade will help establish this buildings presence in the evening.
• The building engages the ground plane in a way that reinforces the horizontality of is context.

AWARD OF HONOR

Alachua County Court Support Services

Gainesville, Florida

Submitted By:

    DLR Group

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very nice study process, the building establishes its own identity within its context.
• Nice solution to complete the courthouse complex.
• Nicely plays-off the language of the original building.

AWARD OF HONOR

Pueblo County Judicial Building

Pueblo, Colorado

Submitted By:

    DLR Group

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Jury’s Favorite.
• Sophisticated façade which helps reduce the scale of this massive building.
• The design process tells a great story.
• Well thought out plan, great solution for a complex circulation system.

IN THE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CATEGORY:

AWARD OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Signature Flight Support Executive

Aviation Terminal

Boston, Massachusetts

Submitted By:

    SchenkelShultz Architecture

    Orlando, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Nice subtle sustainable design elements.

AWARD OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Burke Hogue Mills Office

Lake Mary, FL

Submitted By:

    Burke Hogue Mills, Inc.

    Lake Mary, Florida

Jury Comments:

• Very expressive of the integrated sustainable technologies.

C.T. Hsu + Associates today announced that Miguel Botello, AIA, LEED AP, has been promoted to associate with the firm.

Botello is a registered architect with seven years of experience in project management and accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council’s “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design” (LEED) program. He earned his Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Environmental Design degrees from Texas A&M University.

Modern Healthcare magazine ranked local architecture firm HuntonBrady Architects number 30 on their 2009 Construction & Design Survey of the Top Healthcare Architectural Firms in the United States. This makes HuntonBrady the only Florida-based healthcare design firm to be ranked in the top 50. The rankings are based upon the value of construction completed in 2008. President Chuck Cole, AIA, ACHA, said the firm completed $313 million of hospital construction last year, including the new Florida Hospital Ginsburg Patient Tower in Orlando.

The Orlando-based community planning firm of Planning Design Group (PDG) is pleased to announce that it recently achieved LEED® Accredited Professional (LEED® AP) certification for its principals Andre Anderson and Kendell Keith. Both are qualified members of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and provide a wide range of planning services to public and private clients which include comprehensive planning, GIS mapping, master planning and urban design. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is an important achievement in reinforcing the firm’s mission of “Sustainable Communities by Design.” For more information about PDG’s services, visit us on the web at http://www.pdgfla.com.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings and communities that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

For information about USGBC and LEED®, please visit http://www.usgbc.org.

SchenkelShultz Architecture, Orlando, announced the firm designed St. Lucie County’s new $12.5 million, 62,000-square-foot Havert L. Fenn Center located at 2000 Virginia Avenue in Fort Pierce, FL. The facility will serve as a Community Recreation Center for county residents and will also serve as an emergency Special Needs Shelter for the elderly during hurricane evacuations. The center includes a triple gymnasium for NCAA sports competitions with seating for 2,000 spectators, offices for the Parks and Recreation Department, and four multipurpose rooms. During a hurricane evacuation, the Special Needs Shelter will accommodate 500 evacuees, 238 staff members, six law enforcement offices, and is equipped with sleeping, cooking, laundry and toilet/show facilities and EMS triage capabilities. DooleyMack Constructors, Coral Springs, FL, served as construction manager for the project.

Photo credit: SchenkelShultz Architecture/Raymond Martinot

C.T. Hsu + Associates today announced that Project Architect Richard L. Mullis, AIA, has earned accreditation by the U.S. Green Building Council’s “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design” (LEED) program.

“LEED Accredited Professionals (LEED APs) have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles, and the LEED Rating System,” according to the USGBC. More than 75,000 people have earned the credential since the professional accreditation program was launched in 2001.

Mullis has 15 years of architectural design experience. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies from Florida A&M University.

It was time for a facelift at Orange County Public School’s Killarney Elementary School. HuntonBrady Architects, an Orlando-based architecture and interior design firm, was selected to help modernize the 59-year-old urban school and update its classroom technology. “The school was proud of the stimulating learning environment it has always provided for children from pre-K through 5th grade,” said HuntonBrady Design Principal Maurizio Maso, AIA. “It has an exceptional student educational center, serving neighborhood children as well as special needs “ESE” students, integrated into the student body. Our challenge was how to make Killarney an A-School from the inside-out.”

The project encompassed 32,000 square feet of renovated space and 20,000 square feet of new space. Bright colors and playful facades create a new image for Killarney, connecting campus buildings. The architects consolidated program elements into larger connected structures that house new administrative, food service and classroom wings all under one roof.

HuntonBrady strove to make renovations and additions much more efficient than the preexisting structures. Susan Pendergraft, AIA, the project architect and a LEED AP (accredited professional) with the firm, explained, “We designed Killarney using a variety of low-cost, common sense sustainable features, such as reducing the heat island effect through a light colored roof, utilizing carpet and aluminum canopies made with recycled content, using regionally manufactured materials like concrete tilt walls, maximizing daylight in classrooms, specifying occupancy sensors to automatically shut off lights in classrooms, and incorporating high efficiency Lighting and HVAC systems.”

New features include courtyards, mix of indoor and outdoor spaces for students, outdoor dining/classroom, butterfly garden and playgrounds. Each classroom was upgraded to include 4 computer workstations plus a teacher’s computer workstation. Classroom technology includes projector and screen, document camera and audio enhancement. A computer lab was included in the Media Center. Further upgrades included the replacement of instructional TV, voice data wiring distribution, fire alarm, and intercom and security systems.

Wharton-Smith, Inc. Construction Group was the project contractor.

AIA Architect New Members
Thomas Chuparkoff, AIA Architect (HKS Architects)
Ronald Maggio, Jr. AIA Architect (Morris Architects)

Associate AIA New Members
John-David Carling, Associate AIA (R. Miller Architecture)
Danielle E. Chater, Associate AIA (Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.)
Luis R. Delance, Associate AIA
Jason D. Heimermann, Associate AIA (Skanska)
Herbert T. James, Associate AIA (Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo)
Imy Martinez, Associate AIA
Sonja E. Melton, Associate AIA (Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo)
Joseph N. Murdock, Associate AIA
Jeffrey M. Muzzin, Associate AIA (Starmer Ranaldi Planning & Architects)
Jeffrey E. Rogus, Associate AIA (Michael Brady, Inc.)

Allied New Members
Jim Barto, AIA Orlando Allied (Innovative Home Theaters)
Scott D. Hinirichs, P.E., AIA Orlando Allied (GRAEF)
Gib Lundquist, AIA Orlando Allied (Sesco Lighting)