2006 Design and Chapter Award Winners
(click on links to view projects, descriptions, and comments.)

Honor

Charlotte / Douglas International Airport -
West Parking Deck
The Wilson Group / LS3P Associates, Ltd.
photo: ©Carolina Photo Group, 2006
Jury Comments: Despite the tough building type parking structures present, this solution successfully handles scale and massing by the creative and interesting use of materials.  The perforated metal panels on the exterior skin provide both daytime and nighttime character.

MEDAC 3
Michael Ross Kersting Architecture, PA
photo: ©2006 James West / JWestProductions.com
Jury Comments:  This scheme breaks up the traditional box with interesting detailing of the façade.  There appears to be a great deal of sensitivity not only to the users of the building, but also to the placement of the building on the site.  Organic references read through by the use of the copper and masonry material selections, as well as the “tree trunk references” both in the articulation of the vertical glass elements and the entrance canopy columns. 

Reginald F. Lewis Muesum of Maryland
African American History and Culture
Freelon / RTKL a Joint Venture
photo: ©2006 James West / JWestProductions.com
Jury Comments:  The museum makes a strong connection to the street and gives a lot back by accentuating the public spaces.  The boldness of the red organizing element helps orient visitors to the exhibition spaces within.  The exterior colored elements are scaled appropriately to the “black box” to create a strong overall composition. 

MoAD - Museum of the African Diaspora
The Freelon Group
photo: ©2006 Todd Hido
Jury Comments:  Architecturally, the project is a vertical puzzle.  Floor areas vary from floor to floor, creating a real challenge to a cohesive composition.  A contemporary response is provided through the pulling out of a new cantilevered red canopy out over the street and the introduction of vertical stairs expressed on the street façade cue visitors to the museum’s interior organization.  The graphics on the vertical circulation wall work both internally and externally.


Chiles Residence
Tonic Design
photo: ©2006 James West / JWestProductions.com
Jury Comments:  The house tells a story.  The architects took the original steel detailing and carried it all the way through the project.  Structure is expressed clearing maintaining the original distinctly modern style.  New elements to the design stay true to the modern vernacular.