The Small Project Design, an AIA Knowledge Community, present the 2019 Small Project Awards, to recognize small project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small project design. This program strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the limits of size and scope.
This year’s theme, “Together we…”, recognizes projects that engage the idea, and incorporate concepts and elements relating to this theme. The theme was intentionally open-ended to encourage wide interpretation.
Eligibility
- Any architect licensed in the US may enter.
- Built projects must have been completed after January 1, 2016.
- There is no requirement for professional photography
- Any sized firm may submit a project.
- Maximum of four entries per firm – (a single project may be entered in two different categories with applicable fees for each entry).
Submission Details
- Category one: small project construction, object, work of environmental art or architectural design element up to $150,000 in construction cost
- Category two: small project construction up to $1.5 million in construction cost
- Category three: small project construction, object, work of environmental art or architectural design under 5,000 square feet (the architect must have had a significant role in the construction, fabrication, and/or installation of the work in addition to being the designer)
The jury evaluates entries based on how successfully projects meet their individual requirements. Entries are judged individually—not in competition with each other.
All projects must demonstrate design achievement, including how the project fits into its environment and how the project connects to the year’s award theme.
Jury
Kurt Weaver, AIA, (Chair), AKW, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Matthew Henning Griffith, AIA, in situ studio, Raleigh, North Carolina
Anna Ives, AIA, patterrhn ives llc, St. Louis, MO
Edward Ogosta, AIA, Edward Ogosta Architecture, Culver City, California
Stacey Wehe, AIA, Christner Inc., St. Louis, MO
2019 Recipients
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Klein A45 by BIG
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Forest Park Bridges by Fieldwork Design & Architecture
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Saxum Vineyard Equipment Barn by Clayton & Little Architects
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Prayer Space by debartolo architects
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Squirrel Park by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Sugar Shack by Alterstudio
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: South 5th Residence by Alterstudio
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Jarrett Street 12 by Architecture Building Culture
Category three: Under 5,000 square feet
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Michigan Loft by Vladimir Radutny Architects
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Longs Peak Toilets by ColoradoBuildingWorkshop
2019 AIA Small Project Awards: The Evans Tree House at Garvan Woodland Gardens by modus studio
Past Recipients
2018
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
Five Fields Play Structure, FR|SCH Projects with Matter Design, Lexington, Massachusetts
Studio / Bunkhouse, Cutler Anderson Architects, Bainbridge Island, WA
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
Rear Window House, Edward Ogosta Architecture, Culver City, California
Sawmill, Olson Kundig, Tehachapi, California
Shadow Play, Howeler + Yoon Architecture, LLP, Phoenix, AZ
Sonoma Residence, Alchemy Architects, LLC, Santa Rosa, California
The Grand Lake Poolhouse, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, North-eastern Oklahoma
Category three: Under 5,000 square feet
Bi(h)OME, Kevin Daly Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Chapel at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, FXCollaborative, New York, NY
Principal Riverwalk Pump Station, substance, Des Moines, Iowa
Rosewood Park Beach Improvements, Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, Highland, Illinois
2017
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
La Cage aux Folles, Warren Techentin Architecture, Silver Lake, California
Colorado Outward Bound Micro Cabins, University of Colorado, Colorado Building Workshop, Denver, CO
Sunset Pavilion, Tomecek Studio Architecture, Firestone, Colorado
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
Lightbox, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Point Roberts, Washington
Laura’s Place, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING CULTURE, Portland, Oregon
Little House, mw|works, Seabeck, Washington
Prospect House, Max Levy Architect, Dripping Springs, Texas
Gemma Observatory, Anmahian Winton Architects, Central New Hampshire
Category three: Under 5,000 square feet
Funny Girl Farm Produce Barn, Szostak Design Inc., Durham, North Carolina
Lady Bird Loo, Mell Lawrence Architects, Austin, Texas
De Maria Pavilion, Gluckman Tang Architects, Bridgehampton, New York
2016
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Studio Hive, GBBN Architects, Pittsburgh, PA
Deployable Smocked Porch, substance architecture, Des Moines, Iowa
wa_sauna, goCstudio, Seattle, WA
Weihnacht Huts, Nikolov Architecture and Design, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
Girl Scouts Camp Prairie Schooner, el dorado inc., Kansas City, Missouri
Linear Cabin, Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Milwaukee, WI
St. Pius Chapel and Prayer Garden, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, New Orleans, LA
Studio Dental, Montalba Architects, Santa Monica, California
Village Health Works Staff Housing, Louise Braverman, Burundi
2015
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
Bloom, DOSU Studio Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Centennial Chromograph, Variable Projects, Minneapolism MN
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
Pleated House, Johnsen Schmailing Architects, Door County, Wisconsin
Principal Riverwalk Pavilion, Substance Architecture, Des Moines, Iowa
The Lawn on D, Sasaki Associates, Watertown, Massachusetts
Category three: Under 5,000 square feet
Quonochontaug House, Bernheimer Architecture PLLC, Charlestown, Rhode Island
The Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks, WRT, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2014
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
Fashion[ING] Objects, Matt Fajkus Architecture LLC, Austin, Texas
Head in the Clouds Pavilion, StudioKCA, New York, NY
Pure Tension Pavilion, Synthesis Design + Architecture, Milan, Italy
Starlight, Cooper Joseph Studio, New York, NY
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
Ground, Yale University, Bentel and Bentel Architects, New Haven, Connecticut
Redaction Hosue, Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Delafield, Wisconsin
Small House in an Olive Grove, Cooper Joseph Studio, Geyersville, California
Topo House, Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Category three: Under 5,000 square feet
Fall House, Fougeron Architecture, Big Sur, California
Flip House, Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco, CA
2013
Category one: Up to $150,000 in construction costs
Bemis Infoshop, Min | Day, Omaha, Nebraska
Studio for a Composer, Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Spring Prairie, Wisconsin
Cemetery Marker, Kariouk Associates, South Canaan, Pennsylvania
Category two: Up to $1,500,000 in construction costs
Pavilion at Cotillion Park, Mell Lawrence Architects, Dallas, TX
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion, Cooper Joseph Studio, Mission, Texas
Nexus House, Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Madison, Wisconsin
Category three: Under 5,000 square feet
308 Mulberry, Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Lewes, Delaware
Nevis Pool and Garden Pavilion, Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Bethesda, Maryland
Tahoe City Transit Center, WRNS Studio, Tahoe City, California
Four Eyes House, Edward Ogosta Architecture, Coachella Valley, California
For full coverage of this year’s Small Project Award Recipients, see the AIA website.
To attend Small Project Design Sessions and Events at the AIA Conference on Architecture, refer to the following list:
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