Design Awards at AIA New Hampshire

The AIANH Excellence in Architecture Awards Program was instituted in 1983 for the purpose of providing public and professional recognition for architectural projects of design excellence by New Hampshire architects. Each entry is judged on the following criteria: overall design excellence including aesthetics, clarity, creativity, appropriate functionality, sustainability, building performance, and appropriateness with regard to fulfilling the client's program. Scroll below to see the 2009 results.

Thanks to our Awards Program sponsors: Spaulding Brick and Charron Inc. (celebrating 50 years in business representing quality lighting manufacturers like Litecontrol, elliptipar and Delray Lighting).

2010 Design Awards

Honor Award
Hanover Co-op Community Market
Hanover, NH

Architect:
UK Architects, PC, Hanover, NH

Construction Manager: Trumbull Nelson

Landscape Architect:
ORW Landscape Architects

Photographer:
GBH Photography

Jurors Comments: The jury notes a thoughtful and well-resolved solution at multiple levels, beginning with the programming, successful response to a challenging set of site design requirements, and successful interior space organization. The architect specifies a beautiful use of materials externally and an interesting interior material palette & color choice as well. A clever structural system enriches this project. The architect has achieved a commendable air sealing success. We imagine the luminous clerestory is an attractive (and well conceived) landmark at the roundabout.

Honor Award
Windham High School
Windham, NH

Architect:
Lavallee Brensinger Architects
Manchester, NH

Construction Manager:
Harvey Construction

Photographer:
Joseph St. Pierre Photography

Juror Comments: An interesting formal arrangement brought the jury’s attention to this school. The building exhibits a particularly successful treatment of interior spaces, achieving a variety of moods. A “main street” organizational concept appears particularly well conceived. Daylighting appears well executed and appropriately prioritized. Finally, the architects seem to have achieved this success under particularly adverse circumstances. This project could equally receive an award for having changed horses in midstream without having fallen off.

Honor Award
KSC Pondside III Residence Hall
Keene, NH

Project Architects:
Lavallee Brensinger Architects, Manchester, NH

Design Architects:
Newman Architects, New Haven, CT

Construction Manager:
MacMillin Company

Photographer:
Joseph St. Pierre Photography

Juror Comments: The clever integration of modern and vernacular is commendable. Jury notes a beautiful use of exterior materials. A well-resolved plan, clustering bedrooms with hierarchical aggregation successfully supports student community. Jury notes this building’s interesting siting —the bending of the building enlivens the exterior spaces. There is a well-conceived entry sequence and position of the main stairway so as to encourage it as the primary vertical access conduit (rather than the elevator, positioned away and to one side).

Merit Award
Burning Bridge Sound Studio
Boston, MA

Architect:
AG Architects
Dover, NH

Construction Manager:
Adams Point Contracting, Inc.

Photographer:
AG Architects

Juror Comments: This simple, restrained and clear material palette, within an existing historic fabric retains the sense of the really beautiful, old building.

Merit Award
Addition and Renovations, NH Institute of Art
Manchester, NH

Architect:
Dennis Mires, P.A., The Architects
Manchester, NH

Construction Manager:
Milestone Engineering & Construction, Inc.

Photographer:
Rixon Photography, LLC

Juror Comments: Jury appreciates this project as an exciting marriage of existing and new. Jury commends the effort to save and reposition the existing brick building and commends the resourceful efforts to capture rainwater.

Merit Award
Monadnock Mills No. 2 & No. 6
Claremont, NH

Architect:
UK Architects, PC
Hanover, NH

Construction Manager:
ReArch Company LLC

Photographer:
Sally McCay

Juror Comments: Jury commends this delightfully well-executed renovation of a worthy building in a wonderful location. We applaud the restraint and sensitivity with which the new insertions were executed.

Merit Award
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm
Peterborough, NH

Architect:
O'Neil Pennoyer Architects,
Groton, MA

Construction Manager: Bruss Construction, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Brown Sardina Design
Photographer: Clive Russ
Aerial photo: Alex MacLean

Juror Comments: Beautifully developed community design. Admirable commitment to principles of sustainability.

Special Mention
Southeast Residential Community (SERC)
University of NH, Durham, NH

Architect:
JSA Inc.
Portsmouth, NH

Contractor: Harvey Construction

Landscape Architect: Halvorson Design Partnership

Photography: David Maurand

Juror Comments: The Jury makes this Special Mention for a well-executed site organization of a complex grouping of buildings.

Special Mention
Phillips Exeter Academy Faculty Housing
Exeter, NH

Architect:
TMS Architects
Portsmouth, NH

Contractors: Bruss Construction; HW DeVries

Landscape Architect: Holzaepfel Design

Photography: Carl Vernlund

Juror Comments: Clever use of modern materials in contextual forms. Strong sense of community.

Special Mention
New England Mountaintop House
Squam Lake, NH

Architect:
Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects, Inc.,
Boston, MA

Contractor:
Dean Anderson

Photography:
Robert Benson Photography

Juror Comments: Successful integration of house with landscape. Excellent use of passive solar and local materials.

Special Mention for Unbuilt Architecture
The Tenny Mountain Cabin

Architect:
Jonathan Hallé, AIA and Jason LaCombe AIA
Warrenstreet Architects
Concord, NH

Juror Comments: This design is clever and thought provoking. It gives a new twist to an old idea and would drive an interesting experience.

People's Choice Awards: Residential

Bigelow House, NH

Architect:
Daniel V. Scully Architects
Keene, NH

Contractor: Brian Akerley

Photography:
On Site Photography

People's Choice Awards: Non-Residential

Gilford Community Church & Youth Center
Gilford, NH

Architect:
Stewart Associates Architects
Laconia, NH

General Contractor: NCM Management

Photography:
John W. Hession

2010 Awards for Outstanding ServiceThomas House AIA for his exceptional service to our Chapter on the Board of Directors for six years holding the offices of Past-President, President, President-Elect, and Vice-president, and as a Director. He guided the AIANH Excellence in Architecture Design Awards program for the past 10 years. One of his passions has been to support our young architects and interns. He chaired the Intern Development Committee for many years and has been instrumental in establishing resources for Emerging Professionals. An integral part of Chapter initiatives, Tom has worked on such programs as Learning by Design, the educational outreach program of the Chapter, and with the planning committee of the 2009 AIANE Regional Conference. This past year he served as president of New Hampshire Architecture Foundation, the charitable arm of the AIANH Chapter.

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 2010 Design Awards Jury
Bruce Coldham AIA,
Coldham and Hartman Architects, Amherst, MA

Martha Montgomery AIA,
Montgomery Ark, Williamstown, MA

Stephen Schreiber FAIA,
Professor and the Program Director in, Architecture + Design,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst