2012 Design Awards
	Merit Award: Project: Music Hall Loft, Portsmouth, NH Firm: TMS Architects, Portsmouth, NH GC: John P. DeStefano, PE Photographer: Rob Karosis
	Jurors Comments: The architects used incredible imagination in this project. The amount of transformation from before to after is really inspiring. Both the public spaces and the office spaces are treated appropriately for their different uses. Nothing is out of proportion, they were smart about materials, leveraged lighting and graphics to great effect, and spent money in the right places but kept the overall costs low. Jurors also noted the good photography in this presentation.

  

	Merit Award Project: Newbury Center Meeting House, Newbury, NH Firm: Richard M. Monahon, Jr. AIA Architects, Peterborough, NH CM: North Branch Construction Photography: William Weiler; Richard Monahon AIA
	Jurors Comments: This is a true historic project, and even though the decisions were fiscal, the right alternative decisions were made. What was done here is terrific and respectful and the jurors could find no fault. Even the framing, which is not visible, was treated in an historic way. The quality of details is exceptional and the level of care extraordinary; no short cuts were taken. The project shows really unusual details; the architects were really thinking and cared. Lots of love went into this project.

  

	Citation Award Project: Stonelea, Dublin, NH Firm: H3 Collaborative Architects, New York, NY and Daniel V. Scully Architects, Keene, NH CM: MacMillin Construction, Inc. Landscape Architect: Jane Macleish Landscapes Photographer: Peter W. Clement
	Jurors Comments: There was a great amount of care put into reinventing this historic structure for the 21st century. Jurors were impressed with the architects' focus on historic preservation and the level of effort required to make it a zero net energy residence. The retrofit was incredibly well-executed, and the jurors appreciated how the team achieved their energy goals by working from the outside in, saving all the interior finishes and details.

  

	Citation Award Project: ThinkHouse, Jaffrey, NH Firm: Eric Thompson Design, Columbus, OH Gen. Cont.: Cedarwood Development Corporation Photography: Chuck Choi; Nancy Belluscio On-Site Photography
	Jurors Comments: Jurors were most taken by the site and floor plans, noting that the drawings communicated the concept clearly and concisely. In addition, they appreciated the reinterpretation of traditional materials into new forms and uses. They also felt that one would feel very comfortable in this space, a suitable retreat.

  

	Citation Award Project: Holderness School Dormitories & Faculty Residences, Holderness, NH Firm: Samyn-D'Elia Architects, P.A., Ashland, NH Design/Builder: Milestone Engineering and Construction, Inc. Landscape Architect: Pellettieri Associates, Inc. Photography: Joseph St. Pierre Photography
	Jurors Comments: This project has a quality that feels right. The staff houses give the faculty families a sense of their own space, while being near student residences. The jury noted the thermal performance, sustainability features, economy, and appropriateness of the project. This project demonstrates that LEED and Energy Star set an appropriate standard. The massing and scale was well resolved. Faculty houses have great proportions.

  

	Honorable Mention for Unbuilt Architecture Project: The Annex Connector Firm: Julie Rahilly, Nashua, NH, student at Wentworth Institute of Technology
	Jurors Comments: This is a strong concept. The program is about connections; seeing and being seen. The concept truly supports this. It is a bold approach and could be a very compelling space and architecture. Of course, to be truly successful, there would need to be a lot of development, that being said, the concept was strong enough to convince the jurors that resolution was achievable.

  

	People's Choice: Residential Project: Pleasant Lake Landing in New London, NH Firm: Frank Anzalone Associates, New London, NH Construction Manager: Bruss Construction Photography: Frank Anzalone AIA

  

	People's Choice: Non-Residential Project: Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital at Pease, Portsmouth, NH Firm: JSA Inc., Portsmouth, NH Contractor: North Branch Construction Photography: Rob Karosis

2012 Honorary Member

AIANH named Linda Ray Wilson as an Honorary Member of the Chapter at the 2012 Annual Awards Banquet. This award is bestowed on non-architects who have given distinguished service to the profession of architecture or to the arts and sciences related to architecture within the state of New Hampshire.

Wilson was recognized for her outstanding work and dedication in steadfastly preserving, protecting, and honoring the built environment of New Hampshire.

Linda has revealed that as a child she wanted to be an architect, but instead of enrolling in a graduate program in architecture after college she took a job with Arthur Eldredge’s architectural office in Peterborough. Rick Monahon AIA, then a fellow employee, recalls that Linda’s “capacity for organizing and hand drawing a well-detailed set of construction documents was truly impressive.” Her real passion though, was for preservation. She became involved in trying to save the Spaulding-Gatto house in Peterborough, an effort that failed, but that set her on her path to save many more of New Hampshire’s treasured historical resources.

Linda began working with the State Department of Historical Resources in July 1975, ultimately becoming its Director and State Historic Preservation Officer until May 2011, when she retired.

Former State Architectural Historian James Garvin, Hon. AIANH, recalls that during the early years at the fledgling State Historical Resources office, Linda “provided the philosophical guidance for any federally funded or licensed project that affected a National Register property in New Hampshire. It is safe to say that during the ’70s and ’80s Linda Wilson was the chief translator to the architectural profession of the federal rules and guidelines that had been enacted to protect historical buildings.”

Scores of programs were established or flourished with Linda’s guidance and amazing ability to collaborate: the NH Stone wall Policy, Historic Highway Markers, the Conservation License Plate Program, the Certified Local Government Program, the 1980’s “Jobs Bill” Rehabilitation and Survey & Planning grants, the Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture, among them. Most of New Hampshire’s most cherished landmarks — Historic Harrisville, the Belknap Mill, the legislative Office Building, and Canterbury Shaker Village — bear Linda’s preservation mark. State Historic Preservation Officer Elizabeth Muzzey said, “more importantly, Linda left her mark on people. Over the years, engineers, housing specialists, architects, environmentalists, and others have listened to her determined explanations of why historical resources matter and learned to consider them while planning projects.”

The AIANH Chapter is proud to name Linda Ray Wilson an Honorary Member. In making the presentation John Merkle AIA stated that “Linda has acquired the respect and love of the architectural and preservation communities over her long career and we are pleased to commend her as a consummate preservation professional.”

2012 Awards for Outstanding Service Michael Morin AIA was presented with an Outstanding Service award in recognition of his exceptional leadership, dedication, and passion to the challenges of the Chapter and the profession.

Morin has been a volunteer member of the AIANH Board of Directors since 2005, rising through the ranks of Director, Secretary, Vice President, President-Elect, President, and President-Elect, just retiring this year. With a strong commitment to educational programming, Michael served as an active member of both the Programming and Education Committees since 2005. In 2010 he took over as chair of daytime continuing education programming, a position he is continuing as he leaves the Board.

Michael has participated in many all of the AIANH initiatives while on the Board, including volunteering for the Learning by Design programs, which engage children in architectural awareness and design projects with architects and designers. He was also on the planning committee for the Chapter’s AIA150 project, a community-based project in Durham that demonstrated how design professionals can work together with a community in the planning, design, and development process.

Morin is manager of the architectural department of Stahlman group, a 50+ person, full service A/E and construction management firm in Concord, NH.

Nathan Stolarz AIA received an Outstanding Service Award for his service and leadership to the interns and young architects of the state, the AIANH chapter, and to the profession of architecture. Nathan has served on the AIANH Board of Directors for two years as its Associate Director, responsible for the architectural interns and emerging professionals. He developed an electronic newsletter for this group, planned events geared towards their needs and interests, created two exciting Intern/YA Design Competitions and expanded that program to include young professionals throughout New England. In addition he was instrumental in planning the new, soon-to-be-released AIANH website. Nathan's enthusiasm and creative skills have been an asset to the Chapter and all emerging architectural professionals.

Nathan worked at TMS Architects in Portsmouth for six years and is currently employed at Prellwitz / Chilinski Associates in Cambridge, MA.

Outstanding Service Awards are given to those members who have gone "above and beyond" in their service to AIANH and to the built environment in New Hampshire.

AIANH 2012 Design Awards Jury
Christian Carlson AIA
Principal, NBBJ, Seattle, WA

Anne Schopf FAIA
Design Partner, Mahlum, Seattle, WA

Joe Herrin AIA
Heliotrope Architects, Seattle, WA