39 American projects honored at the 2022 Association of Licensed Architects Design Awards

The Association of Licensed Architects has recently announced 39 winners of the 2022 ALA Design Awards, now in its 24th year of recognizing design achievement throughout the country.

Projects were awarded in the commercial, institutional, residential, multi-family, religious, interior, and unbuilt categories. Each design category included Gold, Silver, and Merit Award winners, with the overall Don Erickson Presidential Award being given to SchultzWerk Architecture’s “visually exciting” Full Service Car Wash project in Brookfield, WI.

“This year’s projects were exceptional,” ALA Executive Director Joanne Sullivan said of the collected winners. “Many focused on our human experience and interaction within the space. Other projects brought in natural elements to mimic the surroundings, with special attention to sustainability.”

The awards were judged by a panel that included Olson Kundig’s Blair Payson and four others. The winners were announced via a special ceremony emceed by UrbanLab Principal Christopher Groesbeck last week in Medinah, IL. The full list of winning projects can be viewed below.

Presidential Award

Full Service Car Wash, Brookfield, WI by SchultzWerk Architecture (cover image)

Category: Commercial/Industrial

• Gold Award - Gotham Greens at Pullman Park, Chicago, IL by Heitman Architects, Inc
• Silver Award - 1111 West Addison- Movement, Chicago, IL by Hirsch MPG
• Silver Award - Broken Arrow, Des Moines, IA by ASK Studio
• Silver Award - Full Service Car Wash, Brookfield, WI by SchultzWerk
• Silver Award - Midway Airport Security Checkpoint Expansion, Chicago, IL by Muller & Muller
• Silver Award - Navy Pier Flyover, Chicago, IL by Muller & Muller
• Merit Award - Adaptive Re-use Renovation for Triotech Corporation, Whitehouse, OH by Pastula Design | Architect
• Merit Award - Boatwerks Waterfront Restaurant Addition and Remodel, Holland, MI by Ghafari Associates
• Merit Award - WACO Aircraft Corporation Facility Expansion, Battle Creek, MI by  Ghafari Associates

Category: Single-Family Homes

• Gold Award - Four Mile Canyon, Boulder, CO by William Tabberson, Architects
• Silver Award - Wapiti Tranquility, Wapiti, WY by William Tabberson, Architects
• Merit Award - Cedar Lake Mid-Century by PKA Architecture
• Merit Award - Edmund Residence, Minneapolis, MN by PKA Architecture
• Merit Award - Prairie Remnant House, Black Earth, WI by Bruns Architecture

Category: Multi-Family Homes

• Silver Award: Grand Prix, Des Moines, IA by ASK Studio
• Silver Award: Hoover+Greene, Ann Arbor, MI by Myefski Architects
• Silver Award: Magnolia Flats, Chicago, IL by Nicholas Design Collaborative
• Merit Award: Rauner Family Veteran Studios, Chicago, IL by UrbanWorks, Ltd.

Category: Institutional 

• Gold Award - Lawton Public Safety Facility, Lawton, OK by Dewberry Architects Inc.
• Silver Award - Bullard High School Additions, Fresno, CA by Arthur Dyson Architect
• Silver Award - Dressel Elementary, St. Louis, MO by Cordogan Clark & Associates
• Silver Award - Illinois National Guard Readiness Center and Army Aviation Support Facility, Kankakee, IL by Bailey Edward Design
• Silver Award - John Hancock College Prep High School, Chicago, IL by UrbanWorks, Ltd.
• Merit Award - Bradley University – Business and Engineering Convergence Center, Peoria, IL by Dewberry Architects 
• Merit Award - City of Countryside Municipal Complex, Countryside, IL by Dewberry Architects
• Merit Award - ComEd Recreation Center at Jane Addams Park, Chicago, IL by SMNG A Ltd.
• Merit Award - Highland Community School, Milwaukee, WI by Korb + Associates Architects
• Merit Award - Milan Readiness Center Addition, Milan, IL by Bailey Edward Design
• Merit Award - Racine Unified School District Aquatic Center, Racine, WI by Williams Architects
• Merit Award - Rogers Behavioral Health Ladish Co. Foundation Center, Oconomowoc, WI by GROTH Design Group
• Merit Award - The Patricia Browning Stone Sensory Playground, Evansville, IN by Three i Design

Category: Interior Architecture

• Gold Award - CCC Intelligent Solutions, Chicago, IL by Partners by Design
• Merit Award - Equilibrium, Chicago, IL by Cernek Architects
• Merit Award - Gettysburg Elementary School Library Renovations, Clovis, CA by Arthur Dyson Architect

Category: Architectural Elements

Merit Award - Imperial Lobby, Des Moines, IA by ASK Studio

Category: Religious

Silver Award - First Church of Christ, Scientist, Barrington, IL by Studio Talo Architecture, Inc.

Category: Unbuilt Design

• Silver Award - Cleveland Division of Police Headquarters, Cleveland, OH by Dewberry-OH Designers PC
• Merit Award - Selma Police Department, Selma, CA by Arthur Dyson Architect