AIA and the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced four winners of the annual AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards. Each year awards are give in four categories—excellence in affordable housing design; creating community connection; community-informed design; and housing accessibility.
The 2019 awards were selected by a seven-person jury comprised of chair Simon Ha, AIA, principal at Steinberg Hart in Los Angeles; Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, partner at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in New York; Hans Butzer, AIA, director at Butzer Architects and Urbanism in Oklahoma City; Mary Cerrone, AIA, founder of Mary Cerrone Architects in Pittsburgh; Regina Gray, social science analyst at Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C; and Rachelle Levitt, the director of research utilization at Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C.
Excellence in Affordable Housing Design Award
Williams Terrace in Charleston, S.C.
David Baker Architects
Creating Community Connection Award
Anchor Place in Long Beach, Calif.
The Architect's Collective
Community-Informed Design Award
8869 Avis in Detroit
Detroit Collaborative Design Center
Excellence in Housing Accessibility—the Alan J. Rothman Award
IFF Access Housing in Chicago
Landon Bone Baker Architects
Visit ARCHITECT's Project Gallery for information on past and present winners of the AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards.
