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SOM is the National Building Museum's 2021 Honor Award recipient

2021-05-05T14:39:00-04:00

The National Building Museum announced today that it will present its 2021 Honor Award to global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). For the first time in 36 years, and inspired by this year’s honoree, the Museum will transform the annual Honor Award into a Climate Change Call to Action, including weeks of provocative, expert-led online programming open to the public.

On June 17, the National Building Museum will present the award to SOM at a dynamic virtual event. The firm will be celebrated for its leadership and commitment to combating the climate crisis by advocating for a seismic shift in the way we design, build, and do business. Starting on May 19th, the National Building Museum and SOM will co-host "NBM Climate Action online programming," a weekly series of panel discussions exploring the building industry’s role in addressing the climate crisis.

The award ceremony will be hosted by Tony Kornheiser of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption and will feature an assemblage of community and industry luminaries, along with a live Q&A after party.

Following the event, the museum and SOM will continue their joint Climate Action programs. The Honor Award celebration and the NBM Climate Action programming will be offered for free to students in order to foster further engagement with the issue of climate change.

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Eighteen recipients win in the 2016 AIA Honor Awards

2016-01-18T19:58:00-05:00

A new year, a new set of winners for the 2016 AIA Institute Honor Awards. Held annually, the awards are considered to be the profession’s highest recognition for projects that best exemplify design excellence in the categories of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Regional & Urban Design.

Without a doubt, competition is tough every year. Chosen out of an estimated 500 submissions this time around, 18 recipients received awards and will be recognized during the AIA 2016 National Convention in Philadelphia. Have a look at them below.

ARCHITECTURE

American Enterprise Group - National Headquarters Renovation; Des Moines
by BNIM

Asia Society Center; Admiralty, Hong Kong
by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners; Associate Architect: AGC Design Ltd.; Associated Architects Ltd.

Case Inlet Retreat; Lakebay, Washington
by MW Works | Architecture+Design

CHS Field; Saint Paul, Minnesota
by Snow Kreilich Architects, Inc, Ryan A+E, Inc. and AECOM

Henderson-Hopkins School; Baltimore
by Rogers...

Frank Harmon Wins Honor Award for AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design

2012-11-28T16:59:00-05:00

November 28, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon Architect PA, a multi-award-winning firm in Raleigh, NC, has received an Honor Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC) for the design of the new AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design in downtown Raleigh.

Already praised by the media as a “heroic gesture” (Metro Magazine), a building “that behaves like the skilled diplomat it was designed to be,” (News & Observer), and “an ode in zinc and cypress, and an inviting treatise on transparency,” (Huffington Post), the building is located on an oddly shaped, previously unused lot in downtown Raleigh near the State Capitol and Government Complex.

According to Frank Harmon, FAIA, the building and landscape were conceived of as “one interlocking system” with the help of Charlottesville, VA, landscape architect Gregg Bleam, FASLA. “The landscape is an extension of the building and the building is an extension of the landscape,” Harmon said. ...