2019 Winners

"An iconic building design has emerged from a thoughtful, incredibly creative analysis of context and program."

"I greatly appreciate how the story of the bee is reinterpreted throughout the architecture, both as a didactic tool and as a unifying concept."

"It appears the integration of systems has co-evolved, rather than resulting from an additive process. The team of client, architect and engineer are equally…

"Enormous care has been taken to create great urbanism, and the architects have done this expertly on many fronts."

"It knits old and new, but allows each to be of its time."

"I don’t imagine the RFP for this infrastructure project listed “poetry” as a requirement, yet in the delicate hands of this team, there is a demonstration that…

"I admire the ambition for the wood structure—a diagrid that gives the building apparent stability, as well as iconic character."

"The building is like a beautiful whale that has beached and given up its soul for us all to explore."

"This is a remarkable transformation of a building type, taking a massive parking garage with all its negative impacts and turning it into a landscape and…

"This thesis takes a rigorous approach to a pertinent aspect of sustainability that is part of the health of urban environments."

"This is a magical dissertation on place and time."

"This project is about the engagement of senses, being in the moment, the awareness of place and most importantly giving voice to climate change."