Choice American Architecture 2022
The American Institute of Architects has announced the recipients of its annual Honor Awards for Architecture, chosen by a jury of design professionals. This year’s eleven honored works are well distributed from coast to coast and in one case beyond, by firms small and large. They also reflect AIA’s current social and environmental concerns. A couple of them involve renovation or reuse of existing structures, in line with today’s sustainability objectives. Several make a point of increasing use of natural light versus artificial. In terms of building types, a large proportion of the winners house cultural and educational functions of some kind. There are no houses, which would have figured strongly decades ago. In fact, there are no residential buildings of any scale – the most recent winner in this competition being a socially responsible multiunit urban complex so honored in 2019. There are no office buildings, no courthouses or …
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