The WMAIA Design Awards program is held every two years, in even-numbered years. This awards program alternates with the Green Giants Award program, which is held every two years in odd-numbered years.
In 2022, the WMAIA received 13 entries. Three Honor Awards – the highest award category – were presented; two Merit Awards were given, and one Citation Awards waspresented. The Chapter also held an informal Architects’ Choice runoff during the Annual Meeting; one project was given that award.
The entries and winners are shown below, and can be sorted.
The competition was open to any building type or landscape project anywhere in the world completed at any time in the last seven years (after January 1, 2013), if the architecture firm/architect-of-record or landscape architect currently has its principal office in Western Massachusetts, which is defined for the purposes of this program as Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties or if the architect having a lead project role (i.e., Project Principal, Project Designer, Project Architect, Project Manager) is a member of WMAIA. The sole criterion of the program is design excellence.
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards
The WMAIA 2022 Design Awards program was held in conjunction with the Western Massachusetts Section of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, and was sponsored by Pella and by Keiter.
JURORS
Edward Becker is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech and co-founder of the Finnish architectural investment firm Vör (Vör Architecture + Vör Capital Investments AB). As a registered, practicing architect in Helsinki, Finland and a member of the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), he is currently engaged in ongoing housing projects in both Finland and the United States with particular focus on timber construction/innovation. He holds a Master of Architecture, with Distinction, from Harvard University.
Phoebe Crisman AIA is a licensed architect and urbanist with over 30 years of professional experience, she practiced with firms in Chicago, Cambridge and Hong Kong prior to establishing Crisman+Petrus Architects. Crisman is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where she teaches design studios and lectures on architectural theory, urbanism and sustainability. Crisman was educated at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Carnegie Mellon University and conducted post-graduate research as a Fulbright Fellow in the Netherlands.
Carla Ellern ASLA, LEED® AP BD+C has over 25 years of experience practicing landscape architecture. At Lila Fendrick Landscape Architects in Chevy Chase, MD, she designs private gardens, public parks and streetscapes. Previously, she served for four years in the Montgomery County (MD) Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Her focus is on improving the environment and people’s lives by expanding knowledge and use of slow water initiatives and increasing native plants in our landscapes. She is President-Elect of the ASLA Potomac Chapter Executive Committee . She received her MLA from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard as well as a BA in Environmental Design from the University of Pennsylvania
Whitney Hudson is Senior Project Architect at Eskew Dumez Ripple in Washington DC.nHer focus is on thoughtful, interesting, and thorough designs in a wide variety of types including housing, educational facilities, museums, libraries, net-zero energy and corporate headquarters. She previously worked with Charles Rose architects where she was project architect for the Olver Transit building in Greenfield, MA. She received an M.Arch from the University of Virginia
Student Scholarships
This is the 12th year that we have been able to offer scholarships to local students, with the support of AIA National and Pella.
Submissions are judged for design excellence, clarity of presentation and community and/or University engagement by the applicant.
The 2022 WMAIA/AIA National Student Scholarships were presented to two students for their designs:
Xiaoyan Lang for Artists Dreamy House, a multi-generational housing complex design for Phoenix, AZ.
Connor Tiches for U.S. Mission to Geneva, a sustainable building for the City of Geneva, Switzerland.
Artists Dreamy House
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U.S. Mission to Geneva
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Keynote Speaker
The WMAIA was honored to host, as this year’s keynote speaker, Emily Grandstaff-Rice FAIA, 2023 AIA President.
Honorary Memberships
The WMAIA presented an Honorary Membership to MA Senator Jo Comerford, for her work on improving the built environment, climate policy and support of the green economy.
1492 Westminster
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards HONOR AWARD truthbox Architects, Providence, RI 1492 Westminster Street is the first multifamily building in Rhode Island built to the exacting passive house standards administered by the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) (certification pending at time of award submission). Located on a narrow lot on [...]
NMH Wrestling Facility
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards CITATION AWARD Jones Whitsett, Greenfield, MA This private boarding high school athletic facility improvement project includes a new wrestling facility, updates to an existing ice-skating arena, a new restroom pavilion, and a covered outdoor area. The intent was to transform a previously disorganized area into [...]
UMass Student Union Renovation
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards HONOR AWARD Shepley Bullfinch, Boston, MA Reinvented as a social and cultural incubator, the newly renovated Student Union embraces student entrepreneurship and organizations that transform the building into a refreshed stage for campus life designed for equitable communities and campus well-being. The Union radiates energy [...]
Springfield Prep Charter School
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY Jones Whitsett Architects, Greenfield, MA Springfield Preparatory Charter School is a vibrant and growing kindergarten to 8th grade elementary school serving students by choice from across the city of Springfield. After a lengthy search, this academically high performing school purchased and began plans to [...]
River Valley Coop
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards MERIT AWARD & ARCHITECTS' CHOICE AWARD Thomas Douglas Architects, Northampton, MA The River Valley Co-op is a consumer-owned food market that celebrates and strengthens the connection between consumers and the rich network of local and organic producers in the Pioneer Valley. With thoughtful material selections, [...]
Perlman Residence
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY Stephen Gerard Dietemann Architect, Great Barrington, MA The Perlman Residence was designed by Stephen Gerard Dietemann, Architect and constructed by Town & Country Builder. This new 3 bedroom, single story residence of approximately 2350 square feet is located on the banks of Lake Garfield. [...]
New England Farmhouse
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards MERIT AWARD C&H Architects, Amherst, MA This high-performance homestead, nestled between farmland and a dense neighborhood, is an example of the growing movement to bridge the gap between residential and agricultural landscapes. The built spaces are carefully sited as a continuation of a residential street [...]
Maier Camerlenghi Addition
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards HONOR AWARD Naomi Darling Architecture, South Hadley, MA The Maier Camerlenghi Addition is a second story addition and renovation of a mid-century home in the center of Amherst, MA for an academic couple with need for a home office as well additional bedrooms for their [...]
Hygge House
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY UMass Design / Build, Amherst, MA The Hygge House is an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) designed and built by an interdisciplinary student team in collaboration with a local construction firm. The ADU is designed to be adaptable and expandable over time, is net-zero ready, [...]
Hill House
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY Rob Marcalow, AIA, Boston, MA Hill House is a new, multi-generational chapter for a large family home in rural Gill, Massachusetts. The construction of a new kitchen space and installation of a door and window converted the house to two independent units with separate [...]
Gawith Hall
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY Thomas Douglas Architects, Northampton, MA The transformation of Gawith Hall, the largest building of the historic Clarke School for the Deaf, from dormitories into a modern office space required creative design processes and solutions to bridge the client’s needs with requirements to earn historic [...]
Calagioni Fitness Center – Northfield Mt. Hermon School
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY Jones Whitsett Architects, Greenfield, MA This private high school renovation transformed a historically rich but outdated gym into a community-oriented fitness center. By re-purposing an existing building, this project was resource-efficient and economical. The 7,500 square-foot renovation includes a double-height gym, a student lounge, [...]
Chicopee City Hall – Renovation
WMAIA 2022 Design Awards ENTRY Dietz & Company Architects, Inc., Springfield, MA Dietz & Company Architects designed the renovation of the historic 48,000-square-foot Chicopee City Hall including programming, rehabilitation of the exterior envelope and long-closed Auditorium, and accessibility upgrades. Guiding the design was balancing historic preservation with contemporary and [...]