AIA’s Twenty-five-year Award for 2021
The American Institute of Architects confers its 25-Year Award annually on a work of architecture “that has set a precedent for the past 25-35 years and continues to set standards of excellence.” A tall order, magnificently fulfilled this year by the Burton Barr Phoenix Central Library, designed in the early 1990s by Will Bruder Architect in a joint venture with another Phoenix firm, DWL Architects and Planners. Architecture evolves over the decades, and so do the criteria by which the design professions evaluate their accomplishments. It’s apparent from this year’s winners of a variety of awards for architecture that there is a current emphasis on how a work serves its community and how it deals with environmental concerns. Last year’s 25-year Award addressed these issues through the creative conversion of outmoded industrial structures to office use (officeinsight, October 5, 2020). This year’s winner was newly built in 1995 to meet …
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