Take a look at this year's Florida/Caribbean Honor & Design Award winners

The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects recently unveiled the winners of its annual AIA Florida/Caribbean Design & Honor Awards. The jury selected forty-one projects, representing work from 32 architecture firms in Florida and Puerto Rico, as well as ten individuals to receive Honor and Merit Awards.

Jury chair Joyce Owens said: "The number and quality of submissions this year were truly outstanding. The jury was very impressed by the creative uses of space and sensitivity to environments on display in the designs, such as a renovated community plaza and a learning complex that integrates its surrounding landscape. The designs were an inspiration."

Read on for the complete list of awarded projects and individuals.

Award for Unbuilt Design

• Merit Award for Unbuilt Design, Barwdu School, Duwehn’s Town, Liberia, Africa, by KZ Architecture, Inc., Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award for Unbuilt Design, St. Petersburg Pier Market, St. Petersburg Florida, by Wannemacher Jensen Architects, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida. 
• Merit Award for Unbuilt Design, Chabad of the Venetian & Sunset Islands, Miami Beach, Florida, by Shulman + Associates, Miami, Florida. 
• Honor Award for Unbuilt Design, Bayamon Infill Housing, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, by Diaz Paunetto Arquitectos, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
• Honor Award for Unbuilt Design, The New St. Petersburg Pier, St. Petersburg, Florida, by ASD|SKY and Rogers Partners Architects and Urban Designers, Tampa, Florida. 
• Honor Award for Unbuilt Design, Affordable Infill, Delray Beach, Florida by Birse Thomas Architects, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Award for Masonry in Design

• Merit Award for Masonry in Design, Canopy Redefined, Miami, Florida by Touzet Studio, Miami, Florida
• Merit Award for Masonry in Design, Doak Campbell Stadium Improvements, Tallahassee, Florida by EMI Architects, ROSSER International, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida. 
• Honor for Masonry in Design, Bo Diddley Plaza, Gainesville, Florida by DAG Architects Inc., Destin, Florida.

Award for Sustainable Design

• Merit Award for Sustainable Design, Alexander Montessori School New Reception and Classroom Buildings, Palmetto Bay, Florida by Jenifer Briley & Associates, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award for Sustainable Design, Fort Irwin Hospital Replacement, Barstow, California by RLF, Orlando, Florida.

Award for Theoretical and Research Design

• Merit Award for Theoretical and Research Design, Revitalizing Oldsmar, Oldsmar, Florida by Taryn Sabia, Assoc. AIA, Florida Center for Community Design and Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. 
• Merit Award for Theoretical and Research Design, Center for Bass Fishing, Lake Apopka, Lake County and Orange County, Florida by Dianne Panton, Assoc. AIA University of Florida - CityLab Orlando, Orlando, Florida. 
• Honor Award for Theoretical and Research Design, A Debt to the Havana's Rooftops, Havana, Cuba by Manuel Alvarino, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. 
• Honor Award for Theoretical and Research Design, Restoring Light Memorial, Orlando Florida by Daniella Covate, Vanessa Marin, Matheus Da Silveira, Nathan Wallace, and Claudia Cintas, Orlando, Florida.

Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions

• Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, The Jim Moran Building, Tallahassee, Florida by Architects Lewis + Whitlock, Tallahassee, Florida.
• Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, Wabi Sabi House, Osprey, Florida by Hall Architects, P.A., Sarasota, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, Miami Dade College Interamerican Campus Building G, Miami, Florida by M.C. Harry & Associates, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, St. Thomas More Church Renovation & Expansion, Sarasota, Florida by JNW Studios Architecture | Interiors | Planning + Urban Design, Sarasota, Florida. 

Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions - continued

• Honor Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, Kotler-Coville Glass Pavillion at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida by Architects Lewis + Whitlock, Tallahassee, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, Hudson House, Treasure Island, Florida by Seibert Architects, P.A, Sarasota, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions, Bo Diddley Plaza Renovations, Gainesville, Florida by DAG Architects Inc., Destin, Florida.

Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation/Restoration

• Merit Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation/Restoration, Newell Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida by Robert A.M. Stern, Schenkel Shultz Architecture, Orlando, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation/Restoration, House Tranquilo, Sarasota, Florida by Seibert Architects, P.A., Sarasota, Florida.

Award of Excellence for Interior

• Merit Award of Excellence for Interiors, AdRizer @ BOTA Center, Sarasota, Florida by Hive Architects, Inc., Bradenton, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for Interiors, Forte Dei Marmi, Miami, Florida by Oppenheim Architecture, Miami, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for Interiors, Donnelly Renovation, Siesta Key, Florida by Halflants + Pichette Studio for Modern Architecture, Sarasota, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for Interiors, 530 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida by Shulman + Associates, Miami, Florida.

Award of Excellence for New Work

• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, City of Pompano Beach Library + Cultural Center, Pompano Beach, Florida by Silva Architects, LLC with Monica Ponce de Leon Studio, Coral Gables, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Seabreeze West, Delray Beach, Florida by Silberstein Architecture, Inc, Delray Beach, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Brickell City Centre, Miami, Florida by Arquitectonica, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Water Works Park, Tampa, Florida by Rowe Architects Incorporated, Tampa, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse, Aqaba, Jordan by Oppenheim Architecture, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Housing for the Disabled Elderly, Miami Beach, Florida by MATEU Architecture, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, GLF Headquarters, Miami, Florida by Oppenheim Architecture, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Muttenz Water Purification Plant, Muttenz, Switzerland by Oppenheim Architecture, Miami, Florida. 
• Merit Award of Excellence for New Work, Seagrape House, Anna Maria, Florida by Traction Architecture, Tampa, Florida. 

Award of Excellence for New Work - continued

• Honor Award of Excellence for New Work, School of Arts & Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida by EMI Architects, Tallahassee, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for New Work, Warehouse Complex, Miami, Florida by Chandler and Associates, Architecture, P.A., Miami, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for New Work, Guberman Kennedy Residence, Venice, Florida by Halflants + Pichette Studio for Modern Architecture, Sarasota, Florida. 
• Honor Award of Excellence for New Work, Bay Pines STEM Center, Seminole, Florida by Rowe Architects Incorporated, Tampa, Florida.

Award for the Test of Time

Merit Award for the Test of Time, Pineview School, Osprey, Florida by Design Architect: Carl Abbott, FAIA Architect/Planner PA, Architect of Record: W R Frizzel, Project Manager: Don Green, AIA. Tampa, Florida.

Other Awards:

• Object Award, The Hangout, The Urban Conga, Tampa, Florida.
• Mellen C. Greely Craftsman Award, Ryan Swanson, AIA, The Urban Conga, Tampa, Florida.
• Photographer of the Year, Sean Harris, Sarasota, Florida.
• Associate of the Year, Amie Calisti, Assoc. AIA, Boynton Beach, Florida.
• Pullara Individual Award Jaime E. Sobrino, AIA, Doral, Florida.
• Anthony “Tony” Pullara Chapter Award, AIA Miami, Miami, Florida.
• AIA Florida Firm of the Year, Sweet Sparkman Architects, Sarasota, Florida.
• Medal of Honor for Design, Michael Halflants, AIA, Sarasota, Florida.
• Silver Medal – Hillard T. Smith Community Service Award, Brad Schiffer, AIA, Naples, Florida.
• AIA Florida Gold Medal, Dan Kirby, FAIA, Orlando, Florida.