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 Partners

Mariposa Land Port of Entry Expansion and Modernization; Nogales, Arizona
by Jones Studio

Pterodactyl; Culver City, California
by Eric Owen Moss Architects

St. Patrick’s Cathedral Conservation, Renovation & Systems Upgrade; New York City
by Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects

US Land Port of Entry; Van Buren, Maine
by Snow Kreilich Architects, Inc. and Robert Siegel Architects

WMS Boathouse at Clark Park; Chicago
by Studio Gang Architects

Cover photo: Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Dallas by Morphosis Architects; Associate Architect: Good Fulton & Farrell

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies; Washington, D.C.
by STUDIOS Architecture

Milton Academy Pritzker Science Center; Milton, Massachusetts
by William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. 

PivotApartment; New York City
by Architecture Workshop PC

The Strand, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.); San Francisco
by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Windhover Contemplative Center; Stanford, CA
by Aidlin Darling Design

REGIONAL & URBAN DESIGN

Smithsonian Institution South Campus Master Plan for Washington, D.C.
Architect: BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group; GHT Limited; Robert Silman Associates; Stantec; EHT Traceries; GHD; Atelier Ten; VJ Associates; Wiles Mensch Corporation; Kleinfelder; Surface Design, Inc.; FDS Design Studio

Fayetteville 2030: Food City Scenario
by University of Arkansas Community Design Center

Previously: A collection of big-name firms win in the 2015 AIA Institute Honor Awards