AIA honors best projects by American architects with announcement of 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture

The American Institute of Architects has revealed the winners of the 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture, which recognizes the best contemporary architecture completed by architects licensed in the USA. The winners list this year includes a diverse range of projects, from BIG's converted WWII bunker to an affordable housing complex in New Orleans by OJT. The five person jury noted that the commended projects all demonstrated "a sense of place and purpose, ecology, environmental sustainability and history." In total, nine buildings have been recognized, seven of which are in the US. Below, take a look at the recipients. 

Project: Arlington Elementary School
Architect: Mahlum Architects
Location: Tacoma, Washington

Project: Casey House
Architect: Hariri Pontarini Architects
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada

Project: Confluence Park
Architect: Lake | Flato Architects + Matsys
Location: San Antonio, Texas

Project: Crosstown Concourse
Architect: Looney Ricks Kiss
Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Project: Restoration of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia
Architect: John G. Waite Associates, Architects
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Project:  Smart Factory
Architect: Barkow Leibinger
Location: Hoffman Estates, Illionois

Project: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Architect: The Freelon Group, Adjaye Associates, Davis Brody Bond and SmithGroup
Location: Washington DC

Project: Starter Home* No. 4-15, Saint Thomas/Ninth
Architect: OJT
Location: New Orleans, LA

Project: TRIPITZ Museum
Architect: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
Location: Blåvand, Denmark