2024 WMAIA Design Awards

The WMAIA Design Awards program is held every two years, in even-numbered years.

The competition is open to any building type or landscape project anywhere in the world completed at any time in the last seven years (after January 1, 2014), 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.

The entries and winners are shown below, and can be sorted.

2024 Jurors

This year’s awards was juried by colleagues in AIA Greenville SC. Our distinguished jurists:

Dustin Albright, AIA, LEED AP, is an Associate Professor and the acting Assistant Director in the School of Architecture at Clemson University, where he leads design studios and teaches structures seminars. His teaching and research revolve around the materials, systems and processes of high-performance buildings with low embodied carbon. In addition to his academic work, Dustin practices professionally with Hanbury, a multidisciplinary design firm based in Norfolk, Virginia. He holds Master of Architecture and Master of Science (Structural Engineering) degrees from Virginia Tech.

Cary Perkins, AIA, is a Principal and Director of Design Engagement at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, where she provides dedicated energy toward talent development, design process refinement, and design strategy across the firm’s eight offices in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. With over 20-years of experience in practice, her project work has focused on long life, public buildings in communities and on K-12 and college and university campuses. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Converse College and a Master of Architecture from Clemson University.

Holley Bloss Owings is a Landscape Architect with Earth Design in Greenville, South Carolina. She enjoys working for an environmental focused firm. Education is a core value of Earth Design, ranging from personal development to public outreach. She loves sharing her passion for the natural environment with her clients and co-workers. Holley graduated from Clemson University in 2001 with a Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture. She has been an active member of ASLA for the past 15 years. After joining the organization, Holley volunteered with the South Carolina’s Executive Committee. During her time as a volunteer she held various positions including Newsletter Editor, Secretary, Sponsorship Chair and Chapter President (2011). Her commitment to the organization includes volunteering with National where she served several terms on National ASLA’s licensure and government affairs committees. While serving on these committees she attended multiple Advocacy Summits, which allowed her the opportunity to network and learn from other professionals from across the nation.

Scott Crichton AIA, LEED AP, is a practicing architect with a 20-year focus on single family residential design. His firm, Architecture 224, is an AIA award-winning design firm based in the Upstate of South Carolina. A meaningful connection of structure to site, and to the values of the inhabitants are the core principles of the design approach. Scott has served as an invited guest critic at the Clemson School of Architecture. He holds a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies from Dalhousie University.