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AIA Philadelphia celebrated the best in design by its member firms at Loews Philadelphia Hotel Wednesday, October 10, 2012, with the 2012 Awards for Design Excellence. Presented in Gold, Honor, and Merit categories for completed and unbuilt projects, as well as for architectural details, the awards are given for projects in the Philadelphia area and around the world. Hundreds of projects were submitted for consideration by AIA Philadelphia’s member firms, and many others are on view in an exhibition in the rotunda at the Shops at Liberty Place in Center City Philadelphia on view through October 21, 2012.

In addition to the Design Awards, AIA Philadelphia presented the Young Architect Award to Danielle DiLeo Kim, AIA, Director of Special Projects for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and Jules Dingle, AIA, a principal at DIGSAU. The John Harbeson Award for lifetime achievement was presented to Hyman Myers, FAIA, and Austin + Mergold received the Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize.

AIA Philadelphia also honored Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter for his receipt of the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Award for Leadership in Urban Design. The mayor received the national award from the American Architectural Foundation and the United States Conference of Mayors in recognition of his leadership in "transforming Philadelphia into a city focused on smart design and sustainability."

For photos from the event, please visit AIA Philadelphia's Facebook page by clicking here.

List of Design Award winners:

GOLD, BUILT
Firm: KieranTimberlake
Project: Edgar N. Putnam Event Pavilion, James A. Michener Art Museum

HONOR, BUILT
Firm: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Project: Colombiere Jesuit Community Residence

Firm: EwingCole
Project: Dale & Frances Hughes Cancer Center at Pocono Medical Center

HONOR, PRESERVATION, BUILT
Firm: John Milner Architects
Project: Restoration and Renovation of the Jayne House, Philadelphia

MERIT, BUILT
Firm: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Project: G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Center, Georgia Institute of Technology

Firm: DIGSAU
Project: University of Delaware Bookstore & Office of Development and Alumni Relations

Firm: Erdy McHenry Architecture
Project: 330 Cooper

Firm: EwingCole
Project: Kent Campus Phase 2 Pavilion Expansion at Bayhealth Medical Center

Firm: MGA Partners, Architects
Project: The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center

Firm: MGA Partners, Architects
Project: IU Cinema and Theatre and Drama Renovations

Firm: RKM Architects
Project: Lantern House

HONOR, UNBUILT
Firm: Moto Design Shop
Project: Wallpaper House

MERIT, UNBUILT
Firm: MGA Partners Architects
Project: Temple 20/20 Masterplan

HONOR, DIVINE DETAIL
Firm: Archer & Buchanan Architecture Ltd.
Project: Cor-Ten Cattails – Fence/Yard Sculpture

Firm: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Project: Colombiere Jesuit Community Residence – Tree Canopy

MERIT, DIVINE DETAIL
Firm: KlingStubbins
Project: NGA Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East Identity

The Design Awards were generously supported by...

CVM Construction
Gallagher Benefit Services
Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo, PC
O'Donnell & Naccarato
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
McDonald Building Company
Domus
GAI Consultants
Intech Construction
Illuminations, Inc.
W.S. Cumby, Inc.

Photo courtesy Michael Moran/OTTO.