AIA Announces Winners of 2017 Education Facility Design Awards

Today the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2017 Committee on Architecture for Education’s Education Facility Design Awards. The jury awarded five awards of excellence and seven awards of merit to projects in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Washington, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Illinois, and China. The jury was comprised of chair Brian Minnich, AIA, an associate at GWWO Inc./Architects; Alissa Harrington, a training and technology specialist at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education; Jenine Kotob, Assoc. AIA, an architectural designer at Quinn Evans Architects; Philip Poinelli, FAIA, a principal at SMMA; and Brandi Rickels, an associate partner at Lake|Flato Architects.

Award of Excellence

Vassar College Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, Integrated Science Commons in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Ennead Architects

Kohler Environmental Center in Wallingford, Conn.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Wenatchee Valley College Music and Art Center in Wenatchee, Wash.
Integrus Architecture

Northwood Elementary School in Mercer Island, Wash.
Mahlum Architects

University of Oregon Allan Price Commons Research Library Remodel/Expansion in Eugene, Ore.
Opsis Architecture

Award of Merit

Bates Technical College Advanced Technology Center in Tacoma, Wash.
McGranahan Architects

Chengdu International School in Chengdu, China
Perkins Eastman

Cherry Crest Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash.
NAC Architecture

Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif.
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

The Winsor School Lubin-O’Donnell Center in Boston
William Rawn Associates, Architects

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Electrical and Computer Engineering Building in Urbana, Ill.
SmithGroupJJR

University of Pennsylvania Stephen A. Levin Building in Philadelphia
SmithGroupJJR

Visit ARCHITECT’s Project Gallery for more information about this year’s winners.