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AIA Selects 18 Recipients for 2010 Housing Awards

by Nicholas Tamarin | Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Established a decade ago to recognize the best housing design the United States had to offer and to “promote the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit and a valuable national resource,” the American Institute of Architects has handed out its Housing Awards every year since.

This year, its jury, including chairman Andrew Porth of Porth Architects and Grace Kim of Schemata Workshop, selected 18 recipients for the Housing Awards Program, in four categories: One/Two Family Custom Housing, One/Two Family Production Housing, Multifamily Living, and Special Housing.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson took home the most hardware, winning three awards in the One/Two Family Custom Housing category for their Port Townsend Residence and Sheldon Gatehouse in Washington state and the Dry Creek Outbuildings in Woodside, California.

Other notable winners include KieranTimberlake’s Cellophane House and Rogers Marvel Architects’ 14 Townhouses, both in New York, in the One/Two Family Production Housing category. In the Multifamily Living category, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects won for their Formosa 1140 project in West Hollywood, California, and Interior Design Hall of Famers Pugh + Scarpa grabbed Special Housing brass for their Step Up on 5th in Santa, Monica, California.

One/Two Family Custom Housing

Project: Diamond Project
Location: San Francisco
Architect: Terry & Terry Architecture

Project: Ferrous House
Location: Milwaukee
Architect: Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Project: Port Townsend Residence
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Project: Dry Creek Outbuildings
Location: Woodside, California
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Project: Sky Ranch
Location: Seattle
Architect: The Miller|Hull Partnership

Project: Spiral House
Location: Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Architect: Joeb Moore + Partners Architects, LLC

Project: Sheldon Gatehouse
Location: Cle Elum, Washinton
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Project: T42 House
Location: Minneapolis
Architect: VJAA

One/Two Family Production Housing

Project: Cellophane House
Location: New York City
Architect: KieranTimberlake

Project: 14 Townhouses
Location: Brooklyn
Architect: Rogers Marvel Architects, PLLC

Multifamily Living

Project: Gish Apartments
Location: San Jose, California
Architect: Office of Jerome King, FAIA

Project: OneEleven Mixed-Use Development
Location: Baton Rouge
Architect: Remson | Haley | Herpin Architects, APAC

Project: Formosa 1140
Location: West Hollywood
Architect: Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Project: Safari Drive
Location: Scottsdale
Architect: The Miller|Hull Partnership

Project: The Waterworks at Chestnut Hill
Location: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Architect: Gund Partnership

Special Housing

Project: Step Up on 5th
Location: Santa Monica
Architect: Pugh + Scarpa

Project: The Housing Tower
Location: Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Architect: The Rose + Guggenheimer Studio

Project: Swarthmore College Residence Halls
Location: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Architect: William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.