AIA Chicago announces the 2022 Design Excellence Award winners

The AIA Chicago chapter has announced the winners of its newly-restructured annual Design Excellence Awards program. For its 2022 edition, Chicago-based practices were given Honor Awards and Citations of Merit across ten categories. 

The Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award and Decarbonization Award was also announced alongside an inaugural group of Lerch Bates People's Choice winners that were selected with the help of the Chicago Architecture Center. Perkins&Will Principal, Ralph Johnson, was honored with the AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Johnson and his fellow honorees were presented with their awards during a ceremony held Monday night in the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. AIA Chicago President Drew Deering shared, "These projects exemplify the best of Chicago architecture. AIA Chicago's architects are designing elegant, equitable, and sustainable places in our hometown and across the world."

View the full list of winners who were honored during the chapter’s special Designight ceremony on Monday, September 12.

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - XL

HONOR AWARD

• Central Park Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture with Adamson Associates (New York, NY)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Optima Kierland Center by David Hovey, Sr. (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza  by JAHN and FGP Atelier (Shanghai)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - L 

HONOR AWARD

• The Place at Fifth + Broadway by Pappageorge Haymes Partners (Nashville, TN)

CITATION OF MERIT

• SoMa Site 3 Lab Building by Perkins&Will (Cambridge, MA)
• Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center by Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - M

HONOR AWARD

• The David Rubenstein Forum by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Brininstool + Lynch (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• By The Hand Club-Moving Everest by Present Future Architects (Chicago, IL)
• KLEO Art Residences by JGMA (Chicago, IL)
• Robert Crown Community Center by Woodhouse Tinucci Architects with MJMA Architecture and Design (Evanston, IL)
• The 801 by DesignBridge, Ltd. (Oak Park, IL)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - XS/S

HONOR AWARD - S 

• Gillson Park Beach House by Woodhouse Tinucci (Wilmette, IL)

HONOR AWARD - XS 

• Granor Greenhouse by Wheeler Kearns Architects (Three Oaks, MI)

CITATION OF MERIT

• O'Hare Airport Emergency Generator Station by Epstein with Andrew Metter (Chicago, IL)
• Rising Sun by  David Hovey, Sr. and Optima DCHGlobal, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Riverview Pedestrian Bridge & Bike Path by Epstein with Andrew Metter (Chicago, IL)
• SOS Children's Villages by JGMA (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - L

HONOR AWARD

• Willis Tower Repositioning by Gensler (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Financial Services Firm by Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL)
• Facility Art Space by Carlo Parente Architecture (Chicago, IL)
• Shure Lobby and Cafe Renovation by Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - M

HONOR AWARD

• 999 Residence by Vladimir Radutny Architects (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Chicago Cultural Center Grand Army of the Republic Rooms Restoration by Harboe Architects (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - S

HONOR AWARD

• BARDAVID by Brininstool + Lynch (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Dayglow by Range Design & Architecture (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: DECARBONIZATION AWARD

HONOR AWARD

• The Keller Center by Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design with Woodhouse Tinucci Architects (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• McDonald’s Global Flagship at Walt Disney World Resort by Ross Barney Architects (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: ROBERTA FELDMAN ARCHITECTURE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD

HONOR AWARD

• Sounding Boards Garden at Harmony by Eastlake Studio (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• POPCourts!  by Lamar Johnson Collaborative (Chicago, IL)
• The Harbour by OKW Architects (Illinois)

CATEGORY: LERCH BATES PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

CIVIC

• CTA Bryn Mawr Temporary Elevated Station by EXP (Chicago, IL)
• CTA Quincy Elevated Station Renovation / Restoration by EXP (Chicago, IL)
• Hershey Garage by Lamar Johnson Collaborative (Hershey, PA)
• OhioHealth Neuroscience Wellness Center by Gensler (Columbus, OH)
• SOS Children's Villages by JGMA (Chicago, IL)

COMMUNITY & CULTURAL

• Mindworks: The Science of Thinking by Krueck Sexton Partners(Chicago, IL)
• Chicago Cultural Center Grand Army of the Republic Rooms Restoration by Harboe Architects (Chicago, IL)
• ComEd RECREATION CENTER AT JANE ADDAMS PARK by SMNGA Ltd. (Chicago, IL)
• Riverview Pedestrian Bridge & Bike Path by Epstein with Andrew Metter and UrbanLab (Chicago, IL) 
• Searle Visitor Center, Lincoln Park Zoo by Ross Barney Architects (Chicago, IL) 

EDUCATION

• The David Rubenstein Forum by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Chicago, IL)
• Illinois Street Residences Dining + Student Center by Booth Hansen (Urbana, IL)
• McCormick Square | MPEA | DePaul University Wintrust Arena by Moody Nolan (Chicago, IL)
• Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center by Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL)
• The Keller Center by Farr Associates, Architecture and Urban Design and Woodhouse Tinucci Architects (Chicago, IL)

HOSPITALITY & RETAIL

• Haymarket Books by 34 - TEN (Chicago, IL)
• 1111 West Addison by Hirsch MPG LLC (Chicago, IL)
• Blue Bottle Coffee Wolf Point by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (Chicago, IL)
• Granor Greenhouse by Wheeler Kearns Architects (Three Oaks, MI)
• Viceroy Chicago by Goettsch Partners (Chicago, IL)

MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL

• 1100 West Polk by Hanna Architects (Chicago, IL) 
• 2257 IRVING PARK by JOMXarchitecture (Chicago, IL)
• La Casa Norte by Landon Bone Baker Architects (Chicago, IL)
• Pullman Artspace Lofts by Stantec (Chicago, IL)
• The Grand Logan Lodge by Pappageorge Haymes Partners (Chicago, IL)

OFFICE 

• 800 Fulton Market by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Chicago, IL)
• Promega Corporation, Kornberg Center by SmithGroup (Plain, WI)
• Union Project by AECOM (Indiana)
• Walgreens Chicago Office by Stantec (Chicago, IL)
• Willis Tower Repositioning  by Gensler (Chicago, IL) 

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

• Midwest Sanctuary by Robbins Architecture (Deerfield, IL)
• Lawless Retreat by Searl Lamaster Howe Architects (Jones, MI)
• The Brickyard by dSPACE STUDIO (Chicago, IL)
• Yannell PHIUS+ Residence by HPZS (Chiago, IL)
• Western Retreat by Robbins Architecture (Driggs, ID)

TALL BUILDING

• Bank of America Tower by Goettsch Partners (Chicago, IL)
• 5MLK by G|R|E|C Architects (Portland, OR)
• Centropolis by RATIO | smdp; (Seoul)
• Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza by JAHNand FGP Atelier (Shanghai)
• The Place at Fifth + Broadway by Pappageorge Haymes Partners (Nashville, TN)

Learn more about this year's award recipients here.