AIA TOLEDO DESIGN AWARDS

The AIA Toledo Design Awards Program was established to recognize design excellence for private and public projects of quality, and honor works of distinction located in Northwest Ohio. The awards stand as an affirmation of the diversity and quality of our contemporary regional architecture. The AIA Toledo Design Awards Program is founded on the belief that excellence knows neither region nor style, and is not a function of budget, project size, or building type.

This year we are celebrating our twelfth year in recognizing and awarding architectural design excellence. There were sixteen (16) project entries received for this year's Design Awards Program representing eight (8) NW Ohio architectural firms/architects. The entries were reviewed on October 15, 2007 in Chicago, Ill. where two (2) entries were selected to receive Honor Awards and two (2) entries were selected to receive Citation Awards by this year's Design Award Jury. Awards will be presented at the 2007 AIA Toledo Design Awards Gala held at the Toledo Country Club on Saturday, November 10, 2007.

The Design Award Jury differs each year and is composed of a well respected group of architects practicing outside of the state of Ohio. This Jury is charged with performing a critical evaluation of the project submissions. This evaluation considers the goals, challenges and design influences inherent to each project and the sensitivity with which the final design solution addresses these factors. Each project is judged on its own merits; not in competition with one another. The projects which have been selected to receive the Citation Award have been deemed by the Jury as having achieved a high level of design excellence. Those projects which have been given the distinction of the Honor Award are recognized as having demonstrated exemplary design sensitivity.

Honor Awards:

Project Name: Edison Community College - Regional Center of Excellence
Location: Piqua, Ohio
Owner: Edison Community College
Architect: The Collaborative Inc

Project Name: Restoration of The Historic Church of Saint Patrick
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Owner: Catholic Diocese of Toledo
Architect: Duket Porter Associates

Citation Awards:

Project Name: Toledo Edison Holland Facility
Location: Holland, Ohio
Owner: First Energy / Toledo Edison
Architect: Vetter Design Group

Project Name: Wright State University - Student Union/Recreation Center Interior Renovation
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Owner: Wright State University
Architect: The Collaborative Inc

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AIA Toledo would like to thank the jury of this year's Design Awards program for their time and suport.

Jury Chair:
Joseph M. Valerio, FAIA - Chair
Valerio / Dewalt / Train Associates – Chicago

Jury Members:
Andrew Metter, FAIA
A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc.

Frederick Phillips, FAIA
Frederick Phillips + Associates

We thank the following sponsors for their generous support:

- Benefactor Sponsor -
KUHLMAN CORPORATION