2024-12-22T03:29:03-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150231637/winners-of-the-2020-noma-naacp-and-seed-awards-highlight-design-justice-and-equity-within-architecture-and-land-development Katherine Guimapang 2020-10-06T13:47:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff643679e2074b2221a8a31e2e7ea3b7.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Since 2011, the&nbsp;<a href="https://designcorps.org/seed-awards/" target="_blank">SEED Awards</a> highlight public interest design projects that address critical community issues at a social, economic, and environmental scale. This year's award winners represent projects that reflect justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the realms of design, architecture, and land development in collaboration with&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150230590/national-organization-of-minority-architects-noma" target="_blank">NOMA</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.naacp.org/" target="_blank">NAACP</a>.<br></p> <p>Winners were selected thanks to a star-studded jury consisting of design leaders in the industry such as Carl Anthony, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150161553/madame-president-goes-all-in-a-conversation-with-noma-president-kimberly-dowdell" target="_blank">Kimberly Dowdell</a>, Maya Henderson, and Tiffany Mayhew, among others. This year, seven winning projects were chosen.&nbsp;</p> <p>View the winners below and selected project images.&nbsp;</p> 2020 Project Winners <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f63b4fb7289fe297366ea234252d0813.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f63b4fb7289fe297366ea234252d0813.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Memorial to Enslaved Laborers - Design Team: Design Team: <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/33961/h-weler-yoon" target="_blank">H&ouml;weler + Yoon Architecture</a>, Meejin Yoon, Eric H&ouml;weler, Namjoo Kim, Caroline Shannon, Anna Kaertner, Alex Yueyan Li, Caleb Hawkins, Boris Angelov, Julia Robert, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1540671/mabel-o-wilson" target="_blank">Dr. Mabel O. Wilson</a>, Studio &amp;, Marlisa Wise, Dr. Frank Dukes, Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect, Eto Otitigbe, a...</figcaption></figure> https://archinect.com/news/article/92549774/seed-award-winners-for-excellence-in-public-interest-design Justine Testado 2014-01-31T18:58:00-05:00 >2014-02-03T14:11:37-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/aea52zy0voycjyrm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The winners were recently announced in the fourth annual SEED Awards for Excellence in Public Interest Design. The SEED Awards acknowledges design projects that highlight pressing social, environmental, and economic issues in the world. Winning projects received a US$1,000 honorarium and an all-expenses-paid trip for one team representative to present at the Structures for Inclusion conference in New York City on March 22-23, 2014.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The jury selected six winning projects:</p><p>Pictured above: <strong>Towns Association for Environmental Quality Green Building Headquarters</strong>, Sakhnin, Israel<br><br><strong>Comunidad Ecologica Saludable</strong>, Puenta Piedra, Lima, Peru<br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/zm/zmb9fq2c41uu9266.jpg"><br><br><strong>Can City, </strong>Sao Paulo, Brazil<img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ww/wwrw6pdug7r9sxf8.jpg"><br><br><strong>Manica Football for Hope Centre, </strong>Bairro Vumba (Vumba neighborhood), Manica, Mozambique&nbsp;<img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/1a/1apa1ehegkegbwn1.jpg"><br><br><strong>Community How-To-Guides, </strong>Detroit, MI, USA&nbsp;<img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/jb/jbe03v506pcnc4ny.jpg"></p><p><strong>The Potty Project</strong>, New Delhi, India&nbsp;<br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ni/ni8vakguz9syst6m.jpg"><br><br>Three honorable mentions were also awarded to:<strong> Dimen Kam Minority Cultural Heritage in China</strong>, Dimen, China; <strong>Walk [Your City]</strong>, Raleigh, NC; and <strong>People Organizing Place</strong>, Dallas, Texas.<br><br>Find out more on <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/seed_award_winners_for_excellence_in_public_interest_design/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bustler</a>.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/61388362/six-projects-to-receive-2013-seed-award-for-excellence-in-public-interest-design Alexander Walter 2012-11-14T15:27:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3z/3zjpo1q2spz24p0i.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Winners of the 2013 international SEED Award for Excellence in Public Interest Design were announced yesterday. SEED Awards recognize excellence in social, economic, and environmental design, and represent the collaborations needed to create truly sustainable projects and change in the world. Six projects were selected out of sixty-five submitted from 21 countries worldwide.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>