AIA Eastern Pennsylvania 2010 Design Awards Winners

Award of Excellence
Category: Institutional/Commercial B
Project: Catasauqua District New Administration Offices
Project Location: Catasauqua, PA
Architect Firm: MKSD Architects
Project Architect: Kimberly LaBrake, AIA, NCARB
Photographer: Steve Wolfe, Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.mksdarchitects.com
Phone: 610-366-2081

Juror Comments:

Taking simple gestures and elevating them to new levels creating a familiar & classic modern statement reflecting the school style. - Inventive & familiar, light & lofty, classic & modern.

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Award of Excellence
Category: Educational B
Project: Mifflin Park Elementary School
Project Location: Shillington, PA
Architect Firm: The Architectural Studio
Project Architect: Paul D. Felder, AIA, APA
Photographer: HUB Wilson Photography
Website: http://www.architecturalstudio.com
Phone: 610-437-1737

Juror Comments:
This strong submission is an expression of an educational concept in a sustainable built form.

• Rich use of different materials with the stepping of the brick and stone materials being particularly effective
• Clear and helpful graphics – very "Tufte" like
• Elegant & efficient, sitting in the landscape, but not dominating it.

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Award of Merit
Category: Institutional/Commercial C
Project: Emergency Management / 911 Center
Project Location: Ivyland, PA
Architect Firm: W2A Design Group
Project Architect: Glenn E. Lichtenwalner, AIA
Photographer: Steve Wolfe of Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.w2adesign.com
Phone: 610-437-4450

Juror Comments:
A simple, clean, and modern addition with subtle details to do the heavy lifting for the design.

• Solid addition while updating a classic looks refreshed and re-invented
• Love the use of red on the entrance elevation
• Modulating the windows with existing bay solidified the project as a whole.

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Award of Merit
Category: Residential
Project: Rosenberger - Sprague House
Project Location: Allentown, PA
Architect Firm: R&D Architecture
Project Architect: William Dohe, AIA
Photographer: William Dohe
Website: http://www.rdarchitecture.com
Phone: 610-253-5220

Juror Comments:
With exceeding detail and warm materials this eclectic home comfortably sits within its surroundings + timeless anachronistic.

• Systemic and impressive, generous with detail & real materials

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Award of Merit
Category: Educational B
Project: Grant R. Doering Center for Science & Research
Project Location: Bryn Athyn College, PA
Architect Firm: Spillman Farmer Architects
Project Architect: Joseph N. Biondo, AIA
Photographer: Steve Wolfe of Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.spillmanfarmer.com
Phone: 610-856-2621

Juror Comments:
This project is a modern quality with an old world feel, crenellated in its details and rich in human scale.

• Exterior modulates the existing campus, architecture is kind in manner
• Interior steps up to be modern without being cold
• Great use of brick as the infill material

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Award of Merit
Category: Educational A
Project: Southern Lehigh Intermediate School
Project Location: Center Valley, PA
Architect Firm: Breslin Ridyard Fadero Architects
Project Architect: Michael K. Ackerman, AIA
Photographer: Steve Wolfe of Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.breslinarchitects.com
Phone: 610-437-9626

Juror Comments:
Starting with a strong Part 1, this modern minimal building elevates simple materials to unified strength.

• Student proof materials, but the richness is surprising
• 60's modernism, with strict minimalism.
• Cherenkov like massing
• Strong Part 1 diagram

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Special Citation
Category: Institutional/Commercial A
Project: The Venel Institute Medical Training Facility Renovation
Project Location: Bethlehem, PA
Architect Firm: MKSD Architects
Project Architect: Silvia Hoffman, AIA, LEED AP
Photographer: Steve Wolfe of Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.mksdarchitects.com
Phone: 610-366-2081

Juror Comments:
A strong color palette & use of natural materials help define a warm environment.

• Lofty & comfortable, does not feel like a basement
• Experience the owner would have is not typical hospital feel, "standout"
• First impression is engaging and visually stimulating

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Special Citation
Category: Special Initiatives
Project: R & H Simon Silk Mill – Master Plan
Project Location: Easton, PA
Architect Firm: Spillman Farmer Architects
Project Architect: James G. Whildin, Jr., AIA, NCARB; Joseph N. Biondo, AIA
Photographer: Spillman Farmer Architects (all renderings and plans)
Website: http://www.spillmanfarmer.com
Phone: 610-856-2621

Juror Comments:
This master planning project is powerful and articulate.

• Generous use of historic exterior creating old - new again
• Vibrant, sustainable and engaged with the community

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Special Citation
Category: Educational A
Project: Chester County Technical College
Project Location: Penn Township, PA
Architect Firm: Breslin Ridyard Fadero Architects
Project Architect: Michael R. Bell, AIA, LEED AP
Photographer: Steve Wolfe of Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.breslinarchitects.com
Phone: 610-437-9626

Juror Comments:
The simple organization and subtle brickwork detail help ground this elegant school into a sensitive site.

• Balanced elevation, similar to Venturi's logic,
• Well situated - feels intrinsic to the site for a very large building, providing human scale.
• Brick patterning is subtle and effective with modernist interpretation.

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Special Citation in Preservation
Category: Educational A
Project: Washington Elementary School
Project Location: Bangor, PA
Architect Firm: Spillman Farmer Architects
Project Architect: Randy D. Galiotto Associate AIA
Photographer: Steve Wolfe of Steven Wolfe Photography
Website: http://www.spillmanfarmer.com
Phone: 610-856-2621

Juror Comments:
A sensitive addition to an architectural classic. Attention to detail does not upstage the existing building. History is respected while still moving forward.

• Respect for the traditional such as the use of interior windows