Recognizing the 2021/2022 Design Award Winning Projects

Congratulations to our 2021/2022 Design Awards Winners!

The American Institute of Architects, San Diego Chapter (AIASD), proudly announces the 2021/2022 Design Award recipients—a list honoring innovative design, with an emphasis on sustainability over a broad range of categories. This year had a particular focus on design excellence in San Diego- celebrating those projects that demonstrate exemplary design skill of formal, functional and technical requirements, including ecological and environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and a strong sense of place.

Award winners were announced to the AIA San Diego membership on Thursday, May 19th at the annual Design Awards ceremony. The 2021/2022 Design Awards ceremony took place at the Guild Hotel in Downtown San Diego following a two-year hiatus of traditional awards gatherings.

In March, a five-person jury deliberated between more than 100 entries and refined the list to a select group who were honored from the podium at the awards ceremony. The buildings span a spectrum from residential to institutional and included multifamily, museum, commercial, municipal, research, hospitality, utilitarian, and urban design. 

This year’s jury comprised five dynamic voices from AIA Texas: Jury Chair: Andrew Herdeg, FAIA, Maija Kreishman, AIA, Shelby Blessing, AIA, Trinity White, AIA, and Ricardo Maga Rojas, Assoc. AIA.

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PRESENTING THE 2021/2022 AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS & FIRMS:

Architecture   

Honor Award: County of San Diego Assessor, Recorder, County Clerk (ARCC) East County Offices and Archives - The Miller Hull Partnership

Honor Award: Center for Novel Therapeutics- Perkins & Will

Merit Award: Parco- The Miller Hull Partnership

Merit Award: Center for Coastal Studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography- The Miller Hull Partnership

Merit Award: UC San Diego, I-5 Electrical Switching Station- A R C H I T E C T S hanna gabriel wells  

Merit Award: Keeler Court Apartments- BNIM

Merit Award: SaltWater Farm Bed + Breakfast- RAD Lab

Interior Architecture

Merit Award: SD Tech Center- Gensler

Merit Award: UC Riverside Success Center- Gensler

Merit Award: Del Mar Highlands Sky Deck - RDC-S111, Inc.

Divine Detail

Honor Award: Mingei International Museum – LUCE et Studio

Merit Award: SD Tech Center Reception Booth- Gensler

Unbuilt

Merit Award: San Clemente Marine Safety Headquarters- HMC Architects

Residential Design

Merit Award: Sunset Cliffs- G Coleman Architect

Legacy Award

The Little Italy Neighborhood Developers (LIND) Block-

Robin Brisebois, James Brown, Kathleen McCormick, Rob Quigley, Lloyd Russell, Jonathan Segal, Ted Smith

Patron Of The Year

Mingei International Museum | Director, Rob Sidner , Board Trustees, Management Staff

ADU

ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit): Honor: The Wing House- B Young Design, Bryn Young, AIA

ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit): Merit: Dewey Street ADU- PALO

Proyectos Y Arquitectos De Tijuana

Honor: C-Street Housing- CRO Studio

Honor: Casa Uno- T38 - Alfonso Medina

Merit: D3, Villagrán - T38 - Alfonso Medina

Student Design

Honor: Colina Del Sol Park- William Anderson | NewSchool of Architecture & Design

Merit: Bayanihan: Communal Spirit - Aera Isabelle Palaganas | NewSchool of Architecture & Design

Congratulations to all the honorees!

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