AIA San Francisco's Design Awards honorees highlight the best new designs in the Bay Area

The AIA San Francisco chapter’s Design Awards program just announced a slate of 19 winning projects for 2025. Six Honor winners and seven Merit honorees were joined by others who received Citations or Commendation Awards in either the Architecture or Interior Architecture category.

Adding to the winning project designers were the Emerging Professional Award honors for Julia Weatherspoon, AIA; Kevin Riley, AIA; and Madhubala Ayyamperumal, Assoc. AIA. The Stay Over Project Team from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco collectively took home the Student Award. Leadership Award honorees included Adrianne Steichen (Marsha Maytum Citizen Architect Award), Mike Martin (Sandra I. Vivanco Education Award), and Zack | DeVito Architecture (Firm Achievement Award).

"These awards not only celebrate exceptional design, but also highlight the creativity and dedication driving our profession," Stacy Williams, the Executive Director of AIA San Francisco chapter, said of the cohort. "We are proud to recognize the people, firms, projects that are shaping a more vibrant and thoughtful built environment—one that reflects the needs, values, and aspirations of our communities."

The 2025 Design Awards jury included Catherine Baker, FAIA, of Nowhere Collaborative; Frederick Fisher, AIA, of Frederick Fisher and Partners; Jeremy Knoll, AIA, of BNIM; Vikram Sami, AIA, of Olson Kundig; and Andrew Wells, FAIA, of Dake Wells Architecture.

HONORS RECIPIENTS

• Security Building by Perkins&Will (Architecture)
• Amenity Center at Burlingame Point  by Gensler (Architecture)
• Blue Oak Landing in Vallejo by David Baker Architects (Architecture)
• California College of the Art Campus Extension by Studio Gang/TEF Design (Architecture)
• Pine Flat  by Faulkner Architects (Architecture)
• San Mateo County Office Building (COB3) by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Architecture)
• UCSF Pediatric Stad Center by NBBJ (Interior Architecture)

MERIT RECIPIENTS

• Dolores Heights House by Dumican Mosey Architects (Architecture)
• Lake Tahoe Cabin(s) by RO | ROCKETT DESIGN (Architecture)
• Pavilion for Meditation and Music by Aidlin Darling Design (Architecture)
• Presidio Tunnel Tops by EHDD Architecture (Architecture)
• Cincinnati Downtown Main Library by Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc. (Interior Architecture)
• KQED Headquarters Renovation by EHDD (Interior Architecture)
• Stonestown Framework Plan by David Baker Architects | Planner: SITELAB urban studio (Unbuilt)

CITATIONS

• University of California, San Francisco | Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building by SmithGroup with Mark Cavagnero Associates (Architecture)
• Redwood House by Studio Terpeluk (Interior Architecture)
• University of San Francisco, Harney Science Center Innovation Hive by Flad Architects (Interior Architecture)

COMMENDATION AWARD/STUDENT AWARD

• China Basin Park Restrooms by Min Design (Architecture)
• Rosa Parks Elementary School Chicken Coop & Garden by Aidlin Darling Design (Architecture)
• Truly TREBA by Sovann Muni Visal of the University of San Francisco (Student Award)