2016 AIA New England Award Winners - 18 of 41 connected to Roger Williams University
18 of 41 award winners - almost one half of all awards - announced at the 2016 American Institute of Architects (AIA) New England Design Awards Program in Portland, Maine this Fall were connected to Roger Williams University as Faculty, Teaching Firms in Residence, or alumni.
The annual awards program recognizes design excellence in projects in New England or by New England architects. 237 projects were reviewed by a New York-based jury led by Susan Rodriguez FAIA, partner at ENNEAD ARCHITECTS LLP, with Rosalie Genevro, executive director of the Architectural League of New York; Kimberly Holden, principal of SHoP Architects; and Michael Manfredi, co-founder of Weiss / Manfredi Architects. Awards were given over a number of categories in three classifications: Honor, Merit, and Citation, with Honor being the highest category.
The 2016 award winners connected to Roger Williams include:
Institutional / Honor Awards
Charles Rose Architects Inc.
Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting and Photography Building, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Spring 2014 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Gray Organschi Architecture
Common Ground High School, New Haven, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Machado Silvetti
The Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts, Clinton, NY
Nathan Fash, Project Architect. RWU Assistant Professor of Architecture
Institutional / Merit Awards
designLAB architects
Seton Hill Dance & Visual Arts Center, Greensburg, PA
Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence. The firm also includes RWU alumna Kerri Hoban, M'15.
Sasaki
Middlebury College Virtue Field House, Middlebury, VT
Fall 2015, Spring 2009 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Sasaki
Sacred Heart University Martire Business & Communications Center, Fairfield, CT
Fall 2015, Spring 2009 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Institutional / Citation Awards
ACTWO Architects
RWU Richard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing and Education Center, Bristol, RI
RWU Professor of Architecture Andrew Cohen; RWU Alumni Thom White, '92, Dan Kasmarek, '05, Ryan Decker '10, M '12)
Charles Rose Architects Inc.
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center, Brandeis University in Waltham, MA
Spring 2014 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Merit Award / Single Family Residential Awards
3six0 Architecture
Cottage in Woods in Foster, RI
Jack Ryan, RWU Adjunct Faculty
Gray Organschi Architecture
Woodland House in Hamden, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Northeast Collaborative Architects
Church of St. Gregory the Great, Portsmouth, RI
RWU Alumni Michael DeMatteo, '05. The firm includes additional alumni principals Sean Donadio '91; Dan Kwasniewski '93, Andrea Torrizo '99, '02.
Citation Award / Historic Preservation + Adaptive Reuse
Amenta Emma Architects
Symmetry Partners, Glastonbury, CT
RWU Alumni participants Samantha Amoroso, '13, M'15, Craig Battisto '99. The firm includes seven additional RWU Architecture alumni: Myles Brown '94, Principal; Andres Daza '13, M'15; Pawel Honc '13, M'14, Robert Larson '05, Marc Moura '02, Evan Mozzer '14, M'16, Casey Ray '14, M'16
Ann Beha Architects
Saieh Hall for Economics, Chicago, IL
Fall 2008 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Gray Organschi Architecture
Quarry House, Guilford, CT
Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
Joeb Moore & Partners Architects
Stonington / Lincoln Residence, Stonington, CT
Fall 2016 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence. The firm also includes Devin Picardi, Associate '12, M'12.
People's Choice
In addition to the juried review, approximately 100 projects elected to participate in the People's Choice category, which involved online voting open to the public.
People's Choice / Institutional
Stantec Architecture
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tree House Student Residence, Boston, MA
Fall 2015 RWU Teaching Firm in Residence
People's Choice / Renovations + Adaptive Reuse
Amenta Emma Architects
Symmetry Partners, Glastonbury, CT
RWU Alumni participants Samantha Amoroso '13, M'15, Craig Battisto '99. Amenta Emma includes seven additional RWU Architecture alumni: Myles Brown '94, Principal; Andres Daza '13, M'15; Pawel Honc '13, M'14, Robert Larson '05, Marc Moura '02, Evan Mozzer '14, M'16, Casey Ray '14, M'16
