AIA Rochester Announces 2024 Design Excellence Awards

The Rochester chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Rochester) held its 2024 Design Awards Celebration on June 13 at the Historic German House.

Seven firms garnered eight awards as selected by a jury of peers from AIA Cincinnati.

MRB Group with William Rawn Associates received a Design Award for the RIT Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED). The SHED, together with the renovated Wallace Library, creates a unique learning ecosystem – a creative hub with a focus on hands-on learning. Located along the “quarter mile” at the center of RIT’s campus, the SHED and Wallace Library create an active destination for students and faculty from all disciplines at an important campus gateway and crossroads. The SHED spotlights RIT students’ creative collaboration, revealing maker and project team spaces on three floors, dance studios, rehearsal rooms, a glass-box theater, and numerous spaces for informal group study.

Clute Park Redevelopment by Stantec Architecture, Arbor Midtown by Hanlon Architects, and the Neighborhood of Play by CJS Architects received Merit Awards.

A Citation Award was given to Edge Architecture for their Lincoln Library renovation project.

The Community Impact Award, which recognizes a project whose completion resulted in a notable positive impact on its surrounding community, was awarded to PLAN Architectural Studio, PC for their project: 24 Jones Avenue – Housing for Alcohol and Substance Use Rehabilitation.

Read More: https://www.aiaroc.org/design-awards