​ 51ÂÜÀòArchitecture Community Claims Nearly Half of New England Design Awards
Roger Williams’s architecture community scored the most awards of any single group from the American Institute of Architects
BRISTOL, R.I. – From concept to design, the 51ÂÜÀò architecture community created a colossal impression upon the 2016 in Portland, Maine. In the most recent professional competition, 18 of the 41 award-winning projects were influenced by RWU. They were either designed by 51ÂÜÀòfaculty, alumni or a partner that has instructed undergraduate or graduate architecture students via the Teaching Firms in Residence program in the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation.
The annual awards program recognizes design excellence in projects in New England or by New England architects. The competition considered 237 projects for contention in the region’s most-sought industry awards, which were reviewed by a New York-based jury of professional architects.
Awards were conveyed in a number of categories in three classifications: honor (as the highest level of achievement), merit, and citation. In addition to the juried review, two awards in the People’s Choice category – which were selected via online voting open to the public – were taken home by an 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence and a firm employing several alumni.
Below are the 2016 award-winners connected to Roger Williams:
Institutional / Honor Awards
Charles Rose Architects Inc.
Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting and Photography Building, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Spring 2014 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Gray Organschi Architecture
Common Ground High School, New Haven, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Machado Silvetti
The Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts, Clinton, NY
Nathan Fash, Project Architect and 51ÂÜÀòAssistant Professor of Architecture
Institutional / Merit Awards
designLAB architects
Seton Hill Dance & Visual Arts Center, Greensburg, PA
Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence. The firm also includes 51ÂÜÀòalumna Kerri Hoban M’15.
Sasaki
Middlebury College Virtue Field House, Middlebury, VT
Fall 2015, Spring 2009 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Sasaki
Sacred Heart University Martire Business & Communications Center, Fairfield, CT
Fall 2015, Spring 2009 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Institutional / Citation Awards
ACTWO Architects
51ÂÜÀòRichard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing and Education Center, Bristol, RI
51ÂÜÀòProfessor of Architecture Andrew Cohen; 51ÂÜÀòalumni Thom White ’92, Dan Kasmarek ’05, Ryan Decker ’10, M ’12
Charles Rose Architects Inc.
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center, Brandeis University in Waltham, MA
Spring 2014 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Merit Award / Single Family Residential Awards
3six0 Architecture
Cottage in Woods in Foster, RI
Jack Ryan, 51ÂÜÀòAdjunct Faculty
Gray Organschi Architecture
Woodland House in Hamden, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Northeast Collaborative Architects
Church of St. Gregory the Great, Portsmouth, RI
51ÂÜÀòalumni: Michael DeMatteo ’05. The firm includes additional alumni principals Sean Donadio ’91; Dan Kwasniewski ’93, Andrea Torrizo ’99, ’02.
Citation Award / Historic Preservation + Adaptive Reuse
Amenta Emma Architects
Symmetry Partners, Glastonbury, CT
51ÂÜÀòalumni participants: Samantha Amoroso ’13, M’15, Craig Battisto ’99. Amenta Emma includes seven additional 51ÂÜÀòarchitecture alumni: Myles Brown ’94, Principal; Andres Daza ’13, M’15; Pawel Honc ’13, M’14; Robert Larson ’05; Marc Moura ’02; Evan Mozzer ’14, M’16; Casey Ray ’14, M’16.
Ann Beha Architects
Saieh Hall for Economics, Chicago, IL
Fall 2008 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Gray Organschi Architecture
Quarry House, Guilford, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
Joeb Moore & Partners Architects
Stonington / Lincoln Residence, Stonington, CT
Fall 2016 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence. The firm also includes Devin Picardi, Associate ’12, M’12.
Citation Award / Special Projects
Gray Organschi Architecture
Henry David Thoreau Suspension Footbridge, Washington Depot, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
People’s Choice / Institutional
Stantec Architecture
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tree House Student Residence, Boston, MA
Fall 2015 51ÂÜÀòTeaching Firm in Residence
People’s Choice / Renovations + Adaptive Reuse
Amenta Emma Architects
Symmetry Partners, Glastonbury, CT
51ÂÜÀòalumni participants: Samantha Amoroso ’13, M’15, Craig Battisto ’99. Amenta Emma includes seven additional 51ÂÜÀòarchitecture alumni: Myles Brown ’94, Principal; Andres Daza ’13, M’15; Pawel Honc ’13, M’14; Robert Larson ’05; Marc Moura ’02; Evan Mozzer ’14, M’16; Casey Ray ’14, M’16.