FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATLANTA – April 21, 2026 – 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:
2026 Design Awards Jury
Lance Hirai, AIA | G70 Designs
Adaeze Cadet, AIA | HOK
Casey Jones | Perkins & Will
Built Category Over 5,000 SQFT
Spelman College Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation & the Arts | Studio Gang
Fourth Ward Office Project | Olson Kundig
Lupo Loop Cottages | Local Architects
New Des Moines U.S. Courthouse | Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
The Commons at a Battery Manufacturing Campus | Gansam USA, Inc.
Built Category Under 5,000 SQFT
Antinori Village at the Hambidge Center | BLDGS | Brian Bell and David Yocum
Interior Architecture
Bank of America Plaza Lobby Repositioning | Gensler
Dogwood: A Southern Table | Arcturis | square feet studio
Linea | Fogarty Finger
Renovation/Restoration /Adaptive ReUse Under $1M
Lake Claire Pool Renovation | Gentle Works
Strange Taco | Studio SOGO Architecture & Interiors
Renovation/Restoration /Adaptive ReUse Over $1M
Ahavath Achim Synagogue Renovation | Siegman Associates, Inc
The Columbus Museum | Perkins&Will
Residential Over $1M
HAUS 1580 | XMETRICAL
Unbuilt
RIVL Foundation Sports Performance Lab | The Beck Group
2026 Student Design Awards Jury
Namrata Dani, AIA | Corgan
Chioma Ezeobi, Assoc. AIA | Gensler
Kyle McCormick, AIA | PBK
Robert Woodhurst IV, AIA | Post Loyal Architecture Industrial Design
Awardees
Dahlonega Nature Center | Brianna Ogburn | Savannah College of Art & Design
Ecotone Dialogues | Nelson Agalaba, Sean Spencer | Kennesaw State University
Ground Station 706 | Jenifer Torres | Savannah College of Art & Design
Lumen Quartz | Maria Jose Cuellar | Savannah College of Art & Design
The Dog House | Drew DeWalt, Stephanie Orr | Georgia Institute of Technology
When Walls Roam | Gabriela de Almeida, Justin Barkie, Wade Brock, Quincy Smith | Kennesaw State University
2026 Honor Awards Jury
Todd Dolson, AIA | Honor Awards Chair | SSOE
James Pirch, AIA | Creative Interface
Marci Reed, CFRE, MPA |
Nicole Seekly, AIA | Perkins & Will
Honor Awardees
Emerging Professional of the Year | Namrata Dani, AIA
Bronze Medal | Ralph Raymond, AIA
Bronze Medal | Terry Miller, AIA
Architecture Firm of the Year | LS3P
Ganesh Nayak, AIA – Memorial Leadership Award | Emily Schickner, AIA
2026 Rothschild Awards Jury
Mark Levine, FAIA | LS3P (Atlanta, GA)
Cheryl McAfee , FAIA | McAfee3 Architects (Atlanta, GA)
Oscar Harris, FAIA | Spike Studios (Atlanta, GA)
Awardee
Bernard B. Rothschild Award | Paula McEvoy
Award recipients were honor at 54th Design & Honor Awards at Ponce City Market in Atlanta, GA on April 26, 2025.
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