FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATLANTA – May 1, 2025 – The American Institute of Architects, Georgia Association (AIA Georgia) is announcing this year’s recipients for its Design and Honor Awards.
AIA Georgia bestows awards for design and honor annually on several projects selected by its jurors. To be eligible for a design award the project must be the work of a registered Georgia architect who lives or does work in Georgia. Submissions for the Student Project Award must be the work of either a current student in Georgia or a recent graduate. The competition is open to architectural projects of all classifications and sizes. Location of projects is not restricted.
Three separate juries were chosen for Design, Student Project, and Honor awards.
The winners are as follows:
2025 Design Awards Jury
Linda Penaloza-Resch, Assoc. AIA | Vision 3 Architect (Rhode Island)
John Anderson, AIA | 180 Degrees Design + Build (Phoenix, AZ)
Robin Shambach, AIA | BWS Architects (Tuson, AZ)
Elizabeth Amirahmadi, AIA | International Architects Atelier (Phoenix, AZ)
Built Category Over 5,000 SQFT
Lake Oconee Gathering House | Blur Workshop
The Goat Farm | Niles Bolton Associates
Science Square Labs | Perkins&Will
Agriculture and Natural Resources Building at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture | BarberMcMurry Architects | Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design, Inc.
Morrison Yard | ASD|SKY
Twelve on Berne | Place Maker Design
Built Category Over 5,000 SQFT
Georgia College & State University, Andalusia Interpretive Center | Page
Cardon Film Studio | Office of Design
Interior Architecture
Savoy Club | Fogarty Finger
Intuit Atlanta | TVS | Studio O & A
Confidential Consulting Firm | Perkins&Will
Renovation/Restoration
Westside Paper | Perkins&Will
Roosevelt Hall | Moody Nolan
Residential over $1 Million
Honabach House | Philip Babb Architect
Alleghany County House | Point Office Architecture & Design
Residential under $1 Million
490 Glen Iris | Lightroom Studio, LLC
Unbuilt
Chickamauga Retreat | Plexus r+d
2025 Student Design Awards Jury
Jane Rodrigues, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C | Dynamik Design (Atlanta, GA)
Zachery Terry, Assoc AIA | Emerging Professionals Director (Atlanta, GA)
Arti Verma | Dynamik Design (Atlanta, GA)
Heather Potts Lang | Potts Lang Architects (Golden Isles , GA)
Awardees
MAST: Coastal Georgia’s Center for Regenerative Building | Hazen Soucy
Natura | Payton Rohrbaugh
Commonscape | Nour Khalifa
Hydroscape | Benjamin Cho
The Nomad Nexus: Redefining Community Living Through Flexi-Co-Living Architecture | Khushali Chaliawala
The Seed: A New Farming System That Bridges Urban And Rural Areas | Ziheng Li
Urban Legacy – Preserving Cultural Continuity in Land Scarce Singapore | Denzyl Zhang
2025 Honor Awards Jury
Chris Goode, AIA | Goode Van Slyke Architecture (Atlanta, GA)
Liane C.V. Brock, AIA | Wiregrass Studio. Inc., Architects (Brunswick, GA)
Monica Maria Magcalas, Assoc AIA | Gensler (Savannah, GA)
Honor Awardees
Emerging Architect of the Year | Darral Tate Jr., AIA, NOMA
Architecture Firm of the Year | HOK
Educator of the Year | Robin Z. Puttock AIA
Carmen Stan, AIA: Elevation of the Profession | Shelly-Anne Tulia Scott, AIA, NOMA
2025 Rothschild Awards Jury:
Mark Levine, FAIA | LS3P (Atlanta, GA)
Cheryl McAfee , FAIA | McAfee3 Architects (Atlanta, GA)
Merrill Elam, AIA | Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architect (Atlanta, GA)
Mack Scogin, AIA | Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architect (Atlanta , GA)
Awardee
Bernard B. Rothschild Award | Oscar Harris, FAIA
Award recipients were honor at 53rd Design & Honor Awards at Ponce City Market in Atlanta, GA on April 26, 2025.
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