The American Institute of Architects has announced the winners of its 2021 Small Project Awards, recognizing 11 projects that “raise awareness about the value and design excellence that architects can bring to projects, no matter their size or scope,” according to its press release. Now in its 18th year, the program recognizes winners in three groups: a small project construction, architectural object, work of environmental art, or architectural design element that costs up to $150,000 in construction; small project construction that could cost up to $1.5 million in construction; and small project construction, an architectural object, work of environmental art or an architectural design that is under 5,000 square feet.
The jury for the 2021 Small Project Awards comprised chair Bhaskar Srivastava, AIA, Dencityworks in New York; Kevin Erickson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture; Jonah Stanford, AIA, NeedBased in Santa Fe, N.M.; and Janeen Harrell, AIA, Janeen Harrell Architect and GREC Architects in Chicago.
Projects Up to $150,000

Cesar Bejar
Casa de Baño (Bathhouse) in Temascaltepec de González, Mexico, by Robert Hutchison Architecture and JSa Arquitectura

Thomas McConnell
Community First! Village Micro House #710 in Austin, Texas, by McKinney York Architects
You can read ARCHITECT’s coverage of Community First! Village here.

Chao Zhang
Peach Hut in Henan, China, by Atelier XI
Projects Up to $1.5 Million

Joshua Colt Fisher
Celebration Park in Naples, Fla., by David Corban Architect
Fraesfield Trailhead at the Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Ariz., by SmithGroup

Casey Dunn
Pemberton Residence in Austin, Texas, by Alterstudio Architecture

Kevin Scott
Portage Bay Float Home in Seattle, by Studio DIAA

Bill Timmerman
Xero Studio in Phoenix, by Studio Ma
Projects Under 5,000 Square Feet

Mike Schwartz
Gillson Park Beach House in Chicago, by Woodhouse Tinucci Architects

Architecture Building Culture
Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center in Eugene, Ore., by Architecture Building Culture

Alan Karchmer Photography / Courtesy SmithGroup
Society’s Cage in Washington, D.C., by SmithGroup
You can read more about Society’s Cage here.