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DESIGN20 AWARDS20 AIA Triangle A local chapter of the American Institute of ARCHITECTS 03 JURY CHAIR 04 HONOR AWARDS 14 MERIT AWARDS 26 PROJECT ENTRIES 12 states 42 SPECIAL AWARDS 44 STUDENT AWARDS 30 cities 46 PAYING TRIBUTE CONTENT 48 AWARDS COMMITTEE 31 firms 16 awards the 2020 DESIGN AWARDS JURY CHAIR Todd Walker, FAIA states Todd is a 1987 graduate of Mississippi State University’s 12 School of Architecture with studies at the University of London’s Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning. Todd is a founding partner of archimania, a Memphis-based, award winning architecture firm known for its modern and innovative design solutions. Since the inception of the firm in 1995, progressive, sustainable, and contextual design has cities remained at the core of its work. As Principal-in-Charge 30 of Design, Todd offers clients fresh perspectives, new approaches, and creative design solutions for their projects. He is involved in every project from start to finish, and believes that no project is without an opportunity to create a better architecture regardless of size or budget. Todd was elected to the College of Fellows of the American 31 firms Institute of Architects for his notable contributions to the design field in 2019. During that same year, Todd was one of only nine university alumni named Mississippi State University’s Alumni Fellow of the Year. In April 2014, Todd was the recipient of the Francis Gassner Award for his contributions to design. Architect magazine ranked archimania as 8th best design firm in the Architect50 ranking 16 awards in 2018. This year, Architect magazine ranked archimania 24th in sustainability. His firm is currently working with Herzog & deMeuron on the new Brooks Museum in Memphis. JURY Louis Pounders, FAIA Kayce Williford, AIA Mario Walker, AIA Tim Michael, AIA 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards | 3 HONOR AWARD YAMATO PHILBECK RESIDENCE Raleigh, NC in situ studio The Yamato Philbeck plan and direct movement Residence is located at towards the open north wall the edge of a deep ravine, of the main living space, an between the forest and elevated deck and views of a suburban street. The the forest and ravine. The curvaceous entry and stair boxy exterior of the house spaces are accessed at the shrouds a voluptuous and southeast corner of the porous interior. 4 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards photo credit: Isaacs Keith 6 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards HONOR AWARD 716 OFFICES Raleigh, NC The Raleigh Architecture Company Emphasis was placed on Service program provides preserving a majority of separation between the existing structure when spaces while allowing the converting a mechanic’s texture and rhythm of the garage into commercial existing double-tee roof office space. Large steel structure to continue. To plate wrappers with direct- bolster community space set glazing and operable and soften the pedestrian ventilation windows were experience, a courtyard added to consolidate with shade trees replaced existing garage bays. Where the previous parking lot cars once entered, natural between the sidewalk and daylight is invited in and building. views out are unobstructed. photo credit: Isaacs Keith 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards | 7 HONOR AWARD EDENS QUAD Durham, NC Clark Nexsen Described as “fortress-like” quad. Study and gaming by students, Edens Quad areas surround the new was the least desirable gateway, providing unique place to live on campus. A campus amenities. Existing series of strategies were commons areas are developed for reviving the transformed into “lanterns” quad, creating a vibrant that provide needed residential community transparency, connecting connected to and engaging interior and exterior spaces. with the greater campus. Repurposed exterior spaces A new entry threshold enhance the sense of punctures the fortress community and further the walls to extend an existing connection between inside campus axis into the and out. 8 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards photo credit: Mark Herboth Photography HONOR AWARD DURHAM MAIN LIBRARY Durham, NC VINES architecture The transformation of the the building itself, the city new main library includes and community beyond. 65,000 SF of complete The site is located at the renovation and a significant edge of downtown Durham addition of approximately at a unique ‘seam’ between 19,800 SF. The original downtown businesses, structure was very inwardly a redeveloping historic focused with limited natural neighborhood and several light and connection to existing city/county social the community. The initial services (Health and design objectives for the Human Services to Urban project were to foster Ministries). greater connectivity with photo credit: Mark Herboth Photography 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards | 11 HONOR AWARD SOUTHEAST RALEIGH MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL GREAT HALL RENOVATION Raleigh, NC tonic design Making the most of a of relics long forgotten lined $150,000 Federal Grant the perimeter of the hall and a construction gathering dust and little timeframe of six weeks attention. The principal during summer break, this had a vision for a GREAT architectural renovation HALL that would transform consists of subtle but an image of athletic impactful insertions and achievement into an image additions. The existing entry of collegiate collaboration. hall was poorly lit, dull and Now 1,500 students have lacked spaces for students a comfortable place to sit, to sit, collaborate and work, and exchange ideas. congregate. Trophy cases photo credit: Tzu Chen Photography photo credit: Tzu 12 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards The new Great Hall at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School creates a sense of refuge and community for the 1,500 students that use it each day. 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards | 13 MERIT AWARD photo credit: Mark Herboth Photography photo credit: Isaacs Keith Jubala Coffee Hillsborough shop feature is a barista is a downtown location for area that is experienced JUBALA COFFEE Raleigh’s favorite suburban in-the-round and offers Raleigh, NC coffee shop. The space was two points of sale, one for crafted in an empty shell on “TAKE” and one for “STAY.” the ground floor of a hotel The kitchen is also visible. in situ studio on NCSU’s main drag. It is Limited SF and a strange visible from the street and array of columns in the accommodates arrivals space made for a very from the sidewalk and the constrained design process. hotel lobby. The primary 14 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards MERIT AWARD The new General Administration as a “campus in one” with all and Classroom Building is necessary programs to support the first building for Wake the new campus. The exterior WAKE TECH Tech Community College’s of its “U” shaped massing new Research Triangle Park serves as a sound buffer to Campus. As the first campus busy highway and railroad GENERAL ADMIN building, the 110,000 sf, traffic. To the interior, the three story form defines the massing defines three sides of CLASSROOM future campus geometry and a more intimate courtyard that architectural character. The anchors one end of a future building design is conceived academic quadrangle. BUILDING Research Triangle Park, NC Perkins+Will photo credit: Mark Herboth Photography photo credit: Isaacs Keith 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards | 15 MERIT AWARD photo credit: Devon Banks Photography photo credit: Isaacs Keith The Kimball Residence surrounding context. is located on one of the Elevated exterior spaces KIMBALL smallest buildable lots in are carved from the downtown Raleigh. The volume of the house and a RESIDENCE form of the house perfectly rear courtyard provides a mimes the maximum garden refuge in the city. A Raleigh, NC building envelope allowed steel and oak stair, visible by local building code. The from the street, ascends house program is tightly through a program that is in situ studio packed, and openings “upside down”—the main are carefully located and living spaces are on the top oriented to edit the tight floor. 16 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards MERIT AWARD Searching for a space to a cultural vision for a “walk expand in Durham led through the woods;” a design app development company concept crafted to make WILLOWTREE WillowTree to a beautiful employees feel grounded in Durham, NC old mill building whose third their environment, inspired floor provides the perfect to grow, and rejuvenated place to grow. The design when they leave. The forest Gensler team was engaged to design theme also resonates with a workplace that balances the repetition in the original focus and collaborative spaces structure and employees’ to optimize team flow and love for connecting with the productivity. They reached outdoors. photo credit: Devon Banks Photography photo credit: Isaacs Keith 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards | 17 MERIT AWARD photo credit: Mark Herboth Photography photo credit: Isaacs Keith The existing house was a form, added a carport, site well-loved, 1960s ranch with walls, and porches and OCOTEA a full basement. Over the completely refinished the years, piecemeal renovation interior. The house is now RENOVATION had compromised the re-established in its mid- original clarity of the century neighborhood, Raleigh, NC house—the basement was a stark alternative to the reconfigured, and a flimsy method of buy, bulldoze, sunroom had been tacked buildout that currently in situ studio on the right side. We plagues Raleigh’s first-ring removed these distractions suburbs. to uncover the original 18 | 2020 AIA Triangle Design Awards MERIT AWARD Located at Wake Tech’s surface reflects the colors of northern campus, the the sky and surrounding trees. 776-space deck is enclosed in The panels create enclosure on WAKE TECH custom fabricated stainless- the east, south, and west, but steel panels. Designed for an open to the north to provide efficient use of material, the expansive views of a natural COMMUNITY panels also employ a unique buffer area. Stair towers are cross section that allows for a conveyed as light lanterns that COLLEGE high degree of visual variability float above the ground plane.