Clockwise from top left: Gemma Observatory; Southern New Hampshire/Anmahian Winton Architects; Michigan Lake House; Leelanau County, Michigan/Desai Chia Architecture; Blu Dot Showroom; West Hollywood, California/Standard Architecture; University of Iowa Visual Arts Building; Iowa City, Iowa/Steven Holl Architects; Orlando International Airport South Terminal Complex; Orlando, Florida/Fentress Architects; Aesop the Shay; Washington DC/Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design; Harvey Clinic; Rogers, Arkansas/Marlon Blackwell Architects; Peterson Automotive Museum; Los Angeles, California/Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
Centre: Chicago Riverwalk; Chicago, Illinois/Ross Barney Architects
For the 2017 American Architecture Awards, 79 buildings have been shortlisted and selected as the victorious winners, honoured and celebrated as the best new buildings designed by American architects in the United States (US) and abroad, as well as by international architects for buildings designed and constructed in the US.
Hosted by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, as well as The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the competition was judged by a panel of Greek architects, who had the unenviable task of choosing the winners from 300 outstanding buildings and urban planning projects.
The winners of the 2017 American Architecture Awards are:
Airports and Transportation Centres
Orlando International Airport South Terminal Complex; Orlando, Florida/Fentress Architects
University of Washington Station; Seattle, Washington/LMN Architects
Bridges and Transportation
Tu Lien Bridge; Ha Noi, Vietnam/WATG
Harahan Bridge – Big River Crossing; Memphis, Tennessee/Philips Lighting
Tu Lien Bridge; Ha Noi, Vietnam/WATG
Corporate Office Buildings
Washington Fruit & Produce Co. Headquarters; Yakima, Washington/Graham Baba Architects
Swift Agency; Portland, Oregon/Beebe Skidmore Architects
Redwood Highway; Mill Valley, California/Studio VARA
Hanna Andersson Headquarters; Portland, Oregon/ZGF Architects, LLP
Washington Fruit & Produce Co. Headquarters; Yakima, Washington/Graham Baba Architects
Fast horse; Duluth, Minnesota/Salmela Architect
TREC – Training Recreation Education Center; Newark, New Jersey/kon.5 architects
Pacific Center Campus Amenities Buildings; San Diego, California/BNIM
38 Newbury Street; Boston, Massachusetts/Touloukian Touloukian Inc.
Corporate Campus Café and Training Center; West Des Moines, Iowa/substance
Government/Civic Buildings
Benjamin P Grogan and Jerry L Dove Federal Building; Miramar, Florida/Krueck + Sexton Architects
Hospitals/Medical Centres
Harvey Clinic; Rogers, Arkansas/Marlon Blackwell Architects
Mixed-Use Buildings
Framework; Portland, Oregon/Works Progress Architecture
Museum and Cultural Buildings
Global Contemporary Art Museum (GCAM); North Adams, Massachusetts/Gluckman Tang Architects
Peterson Automotive Museum; Los Angeles, California/Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, New York/Renzo Piano Building Architects and Cooper Robertson
Minnesota Street Project; San Francisco, California/Jensen Architects
KMAC Museum Renovation; Louisville, Kentucky/Christo : Finio Architecture
The Storefront Theater; Lyons, Nebraska/Matthew Mazzotta
Spencer Museum of Art Renovation, the University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas/Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects
Parks and Gardens
Liberty Park; New York, New York/AECOM
Private Homes
510 House; Fox Point, Wisconsin/Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Guest House; Wainscott, New York/Roger Ferris + Partners
Gemma Observatory; Southern New Hampshire/Anmahian Winton Architects
Sawmill; Tehachapi, California/Olson Kundig
Ontario Residence; Washington, DC/David Jameson Architect
Lake House; Stockbridge, Massachusetts/Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design
Cuernavaca Residence; Austin, Texas/alterstudio architecture LLP
Little House; Seabeck, Washington/mwworks
Mirrorhouse; Beverly Hills, California/XTEN Architecture
Square House; Mill Valley, California/Levenbetts
Alamo Square Residence; San Francisco, California/Jensen Architects
Overlook Guest House; Los Gatos, California/Schwartz and Architecture
Sea Song; Big Sur, California/Form4 Architecture
Artist Retreat; Upstate New York/GLUCK+
Grace Street Residence; San Francisco, California/VeeV Design
Hide Out; Los Angeles, California/Dan Brunn Architecture
Pacific Heights Residence; San Francisco, California/Jensen Architects
3 LP Residence; Iowa City, Iowa/substance
Religious Buildings
Willow Creek North Shore; Glenview, Illinois/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Chapel for Our Lady of Fatima; Cayey, Puerto Rico/Toro Arquitectos
Soka Gakkai International – New England; Brookline, Massachusetts/Touloukian Touloukian Inc.
Restoration/Renovation
Mit Kresge Auditorium and Chapel Renovations; Cambridge, Massachusetts/EYP
American Enterprise Group National Headquarters Renovation; Des Moines, Iowa/BNIM
Retail/Hospitality
In Situ; San Francisco, California/Aidlin Darling Design
In Situ; San Francisco, California/Aidlin Darling Design
Retail/Showrooms
Aesop the Shay; Washington DC/Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design
Martin’s Lane Winery; Seattle, Washington/Olson Kundig
Charles Smith Wines Jet City; Seattle, Washington/Olson Kundig
Blu Dot Showroom; West Hollywood, California/Standard Architecture
Rajeunir Black Caviar; Palm Desert, California/Studio Jantzen
Schools and Universities
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Design and Media Center; Boston, Massachusetts/Ennead Architects
Bridge for Laboratory Sciences Vassar College Integrated Science Commons; Poughkeepsie, New York/Ennead Architects
Taubman Complex; South eld, Michigan/Morphosis Architects
DeBruce Center at the University of Kansas; Iowa City, Iowa/Gould Evans
Princeton University Embodied Computation Lab; Princeton, New Jersey/The Living
University of Iowa Visual Arts Building; Iowa City, Iowa/Steven Holl Architects
College of Marin Academic Center; Kentield, California/TLCD Architecture + Mark Cavagnero Associates
Common Ground High School; New Haven, Connecticut/Gray Organschi Architecture
Preston Outdoor Education Station; Elmdale, Kansas/KSU Design+Make Studio
Davis-Harrington Welcome Center; Springfield, Missouri/Dake Wells Architecture
Wake Tech Regional Plant Teaching Facility; Raleigh, North Carolina/Clark Nexsen
Skyscrapers/High Rises
Shinsegae International; Seoul, South Korea/Olson Kundig
Gateway Plaza; Richmond, Virginia/Forum Studio
15 Renwick; New York, New York/ODA New York
Confidential Office Complex; Chicago, Illinois/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Minor and Stewart; Seattle, Washington/WATG
Sports and Recreation
Golden 1 Center; Sacramento, California/AECOM
Riversport Rapids; Oklahome City, Oklahome/Elliott + Associates Architects
Michigan Lake House; Leelanau County, Michigan/Desai Chia Architecture
The Linear Cabin; St Germain, Wisconsin/Johnsen Schmailing Architects
Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture
Colorado Esplanade; Santa Monica, California/PWP Landscape Architecture
St Patrick’s Island; Calgary, Alberta, Canada/W Architecture and Landscape
Burj 2020; Dubai, United Arab Emirates/RNL Design
The New St Pete Pier; St Petersburg, California/Rogers Partners
Chicago Riverwalk; Chicago, Illinois/Ross Barney Architects
Source: The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
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