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Averett University wins Inform Award of Honor for Landscape Architecture

RICHMOND, VA —21 submissions were elevated by a Miami jury in the 18th annual Inform Awards, sponsored by Inform magazine, on March 20, 2009. Jury chair David Rifkind, Assistant Professor of Architecture at Florida International University joined jurors Terrence Riley, AIA, Director of the Miami Art Museum, and Roberto Rovira, Assoc. AIA, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Florida International University in the first paperless awards program administered by the Virginia Society AIA and Inform magazine. 209 entries in interior design, landscape architecture, and object design from architects, interior designers, landscape architects, furniture designers, industrial designers, students, and faculty were evaluated according to four general questions: Is it an innovative solution to site or program? Does it demonstrate a high level of evident craftsmanship? Does it demonstrate a high level of conceptual rigor? Is it a unique intervention?

Open to anyone in Inform Magazine’s primary circulation area (Va., Md., D.C., W.V., N.C.), the program recognizes design excellence in the mid-Atlantic region through Awards of Honor and Awards of Merit. The following award winners will appear in the June / July issue of Inform Magazine:

Award of Honor: Interior Design
Gensler (Washington, D.C.)
JetBlue Airlines Terminal 5, John F. Kennedy International Airport
2008

Award of Honor: Interior Design
Perkins+Will
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) offices
2009

Award of Honor: Interior Design
Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Buisson Residence
2008

Award of Honor: Landscape Architecture
VMDO Architects, PC and Siteworks
Averett University Student Center
2006

Award of Honor: Landscape Architecture
EDAW
Katzen Arts Center at American University
2005

Award of Honor: Object Design
Siteworks
Community Chalkboard and Podium
2007

Award of Merit: Interior Design
Cho Benn Holback + Associates
Forbush School at Hunt Valley
2008

Award of Merit: Interior Design
David Jameson, FAIA, Architect
Hooper’s Island Residence
2007

Award of Merit: Interior Design
David Jameson, FAIA, Architect
Warp & Weft
2008

Award if Merit: Interior Design
Vernacular Studio, Inc.
101 Bistro + Lounge
2008

Award of Merit: Interior Design
Robert Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Wissoming Residence
2007

Award of Merit: Interior Design
ecoMOD3 Team at the University of Virginia
SEAM House
2007

Award of Merit: Interior Design
Cooper Carry
Benning Charter School Renovation
2008

Award of Merit: Interior Design
Robert Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Residence 1418 / Residence e2
2007

Award of Merit: Interior Design
Studio27 Architecture
Three Public School Libraries
2007-2008

Award of Merit: Object Design
Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
Rice University Bathroom Pods
2008-2010

Award of Merit: Object Design
Pearce Brinkley Crease + Lee
Fayetteville Festival Park Performance Pavilion
2007

Award of Merit: Object Design
Tonic Design with Mike Cindric
Art as Shelter for the North Carolina Museum of Art
2007

Award of Merit: Object Design
Jeff Ponitz
Compression Screen for the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
2009

Award of Merit: Landscape Architecture
Gensler (Baltimore)
Park Life | City Movement—the Urban Forest Project
2008

Award of Merit: Landscape Architecture
Siteworks
McGuffey Park Restoration
2008

Inform magazine is published six times a year by the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. The Inform Awards were administered by Inform Editor-in-Chief, William Richards, with assistance from Jim Walker, and submissions were reviewed anonymously by jurors.

The Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects represents more than 2,000 Virginia architects. The Society is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the art and science of architecture among professionals and expanding awareness and appreciation of architecture among the general public. For more information, contact the Virginia Society at (804) 644-3041 or visit www.aiava.org.

VMDO Architects was founded in 1976 and is the youngest firm to receive the T. David Fitz-Gibbon Virginia Architecture Award, the most prestigious honor given by the Virginia Society of American Institute of Architects.

For further information, interview, and photography opportunities in reference to this project and VMDO Architects, please contact William Bishop at 434.296.5684, email at bishop@vmdo.com.