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.

Each project is judged on its own merits; not in competition with one another. The 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. All projects which have been selected to receive design awards have been deemed by the Jury as having achieved a high level of design excellence. Those projects which have been given the distinction of an Honor Award are recognized as having demonstrated exemplary design sensitivity.

This year we are celebrating our eleventh year in awarding architectural design excellence. There were twenty-four (24) project entries received for this year's Design Awards Program representing nine (9) NW Ohio architectural firms/architects. The entries were reviewed on October 17, 2005 in Detroit, MI where two (2) entries were selected to receive Honor Awards and three (3) entries were selected to receive Citation Awards by this year's Design Award Jury. Awards will be presented at the 2006 AIA Toledo Design Awards Gala held at the Toledo Country Club on Saturday, November 18, 2006.

Honor Awards:

Project Name: Cliffs
Location: Catawba Island, Port Clinton, Ohio
Owner: Private Residence
Architect: Duket Porter Associates

Project Name: Ottawa House East + West
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Owner: The University of Toledo
Architect: GBBN Architects + Vetter Design Group

Citation Awards:

Project Name: South Toledo Lucas County Public Library
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Owner: Toledo Lucas County Public Library
Architect: Duket /Porter /MacPherson
D. Scot MacPherson AIA, Principal in Charge - now with MacPherson Architects Inc.

Project Name: St. Francis DeSales High School Additions + Renovations
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Owner: St. Francis DeSales High School
Architect: The Collaborative Inc.

Project Name: Widener University Wellness Center Addition
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania
Owner: Widener University
Architect: The Collaborative Inc.

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2006

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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:
William Hartman, AIA, LEED AP - Chair
Gensler

Jury Members:
Rainy Hamilton, Jr., AIA, NOMA
Hamilton-Anderson Associates

Paul Urbanek, AIA, NCARB
SmithGroup

We thank the following sponsors for their generous support:

- Benefactor Sponsor -
KUHLMAN CORPORATION

- Supporting Underwriters -
Arriscraft International
Belden Brick
Dayton Superior
LaFarge Corporation
PROSOCO
Stoneco