AIA Eastern Pennsylvania 2004 Design Awards Programs

Institutional Category

Award of Excellence
Life Sports Center –Muhlenberg College
Architect: Spillman Farmer Architects, Project Architect Daniel L. Harrigan
Client: Muhlenberg College
Contractor: Alvin H. Butz, Inc.

Jury Comments:

• "Outstandingly knit into context of the campus.”
• “The most successful project on all levels of design and detailing – from massing to finish material joints.”
• “Inventiveness noticed as the design looked at all details throughout all
  spaces.”
• “The design seemed to create the drama appropriate for its purposes.”
• “Presentation understood as all photographs and drawings supported the
  initial quote and description of design intentions."
  

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Institutional Category

Award of Merit
Student Recreation Center –East Stroudsburg University
Architect: Spillman Farmer Architects, Project Architect Daniel L. Harrigan
Client: East Stroudsburg University
Contractor: Sordoni Construction

Jury Comments:

• “Inviting warm interiors appropriate for a student center.”
• “The concourse lobby was seen as a very pleasing space.”
• “For the clear successes of the interiors, the free-standing design did not
  seem to clearly show the same level of integration to the site and campus
  context.”

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Commercial Category

Award of Merit
Brown Daub Dodge
Architect: R & D Architecture, Project Architect
William G. Dohe
Client: Brown Daub
Contractor: Allied Building Corp.

Jury Comments:

• “An appropriate “Clean” design that integrates materials, entry and signage in an engineered manner.”
• “A unanimous immediate choice for an award by the jury.”
• “Well presented to reveal the design and all information necessary to
  understand the project. The humor and joy of the presentation was
  appreciated by the jury.”

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Renovations Category

Award of Merit
Charlestown Elementary School
Architect: Breslin Ridyard Fadero Architects, Project Architect Robert J. Breslin
Client: Great Valley School District
Contractor: E.R. Stuebner, Inc.

Jury Comments:

• “Seamlessly extended the vocabulary and language of the original architecture.”
• “Admired the restraint, modesty and integrity of the renovation.”
• “Noted the diligence and deference to the existing details.”
• “Wrestled with defining this project with an award for excellence, as the
  jury wondered if this renovation could have gone beyond or in some
  manner “advance” the design.”
  

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Under $500,000 Category

Special Citation
Pocono House – Browning Residence
Architect: R & D Architecture, Project Architect William G. Dohe
Client: Howard & Carol Browning
Contractor: Client

Jury Comments:

• “A welcoming, sensitive design that is a respectful addition.”
• “An inviting home is created from the original house.”
• “To achieve a higher award, the jury wished for more attention to the final
  exterior colors, lighting, and site landscaping. As some of the photos
  show the construction work still in progress, the completed project may
  eventually reinforce the initial strength of the design plans and
  elevations.”
  

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Civic Category

Special Citation
Allentown Artswalk
Architect: The Architectural Studio, Project Architect
Barry L. Brobst
Client: Allentown Parking Authority
Contractor: F.A. Rohrbach, Inc.

Jury Comments:

• “Sculptural design creates a stage set for urban
  civic use.”
• “The success of the intervention is a clear improvement to the streetscape.”
• “Noteworthy as many components were clearly questioned and Not-off-the-
  shelf purchases, such as signage, benches and parking stalls.”
• “To clearly understand how the change has actually impacted the city could
  not easily be determined. No people using the colorful spaces were seen
  in any of the photographs. The jury desired to see the activity created by
  this content in order to give a higher award.”
  

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