PROVIDENCE – AIA Rhode Island, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, has announced the winners of the 2012 Design Awards Program.
The annual competition celebrates outstanding works of architecture from Rhode Island architects and honors the project teams and clients who work with them.
The chapter also awarded its prestigious Archistar Award, which recognizes exceptional individual contributions to architecture by non-architects.
Clark Schoettle, executive director of the Providence Revolving Fund, was selected for the 2012 Archistar Award for “working tirelessly to preserve Providence’s architectural heritage and stimulating community revitalization through advocacy, lending, technical assistance, and development in historic areas.”
The Archistar jury included Abernathy Lighting Design’s Kathy Abernathy, Megan Moynihan of Oysterworks LLC and previous Archistar winner, Lucie Searle, of AS220.
The winners of AIAri’s 2012 Annual Design Awards were as follows:
- Honor Award: Hillside Hall, Kingston
Category: Educational/Institutional
Architect: LLB Architect - Honor Award: Archie R. Cole Middle School, East Greenwich
Category: Educational/Institutional
Architect: Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates - Merit Award: Interlink, Warwick
Category: Commercial/Industrial
Architect: Northeast Collaborative Architects - Merit Award: AS220 Mercantile Block, Providence
Category: Adaptive Reuse
Architect: Durkee, Brown, Viveiros, & Werenfels - Merit Award: Fort Adams Redoubt Jail, Newport
Category: Historic Preservation
Architect: Northeast Collaborative Architects - Merit Award: Twin Peaks, Warwick
Category: Residential
Architect: Jim Estes, Estes Twombly Architects - Merit Award: Hillside House, Block Island
Category: Residential
Architect: Tracey Dillon Architecture - Honor Award: Marsh House, Ipswitch, Mass.
Category: Residential
Architect: Peter Twombly, Estes Twombly Architects - Merit Award: Vedanta Society, Providence
Category: Interiors
Architect: William Kite Architects - Merit Award: Narragansett Bay Commission Field’s Point Administration Building, Providence
Category: Sustainable Design
Architect: William Kite Architects - Honor Award: Concord Riverwalk, Concord, Mass.
Category: Sustainable Design
Architect: Union Studio Architecture & Design - Merit Award: Community MusicWorks, Providence
Category: Unbuilt
Architect: 3SIX0 Architecture