From a wall made of beer bottles to a traveling prayer room that evokes a covered wagon, the recipients of the AIA’s 2009 Small Project Awards run the gamut.

The 20 winners were announced in May and recognized at the association’s annual convention in San Francisco. Now in its fifth year, the awards program is divided into three categories: objects (up to $50,000 construction budget); structures (up to $500,000 construction budget); and “accessible” residential designs.

The jury included: Louis Smith (moderator), AIA, Microtecture; Kenneth Workman, AIA, RWA Architects; Sanford Steinberg, AIA, Steinberg Design Collaborative; Eric McRoberts, AIA, RLPS; Katherine Austin, AIA; and Sherry Ahrentzen, Assoc. AIA, Arizona State University.

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2009 AIA Small Project Awards

Objects

 
 
   


Washington, D.C.
CORE architecture + design


Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Johnsen Schmaling Architects


Bozeman, Montana
Intrinsik Architecture


Decatur, Georgia
Lightroom Studio, LLC


Fargo, North Dakota
Moorhead & Moorhead


Austin, Texas
Legge Lewis Legge


Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
RMJM MERJE

Structures

 
 
   


Austin, Texas
Clayton Levy & Little Architects


Eindhoven, Netherlands
Laboratory for Environments, Architecture & Design Inc.


Spring Prairie, Wisconsin
Johnsen Schmaling Architects


Solana Beach, California
Stephen Dalton Architects


Cleveland, Ohio
Robert Maschke Architects


North Vancouver, British Columbia
mcfarlane green biggar Architecture + Design Inc.


Palo Alton, California
EASA Architecture


New Haven, Connecticut
david thompson Architects


Newton, Massachusetts
Moskow Linn Architects


Austin, Texas
Miró Rivera Architects


Accessible Residential Design

 
 
   


Seattle, Washington
ZAI inc.


Evansville, Indiana
ASTIGMATIC Studio


Santa Clara County, California
Min | Day