The 2009 Palladio Awards

The eighth annual Palladio Awards competition has recognized 11 architectural firms for outstanding achievement in traditional design for residential, commercial, institutional and public projects.

The Palladio Awards program is co-produced by Traditional Building and Period Homes magazines and is named in honor of Andrea Palladio, the Renaissance architect who created modern architecture for his time while drawing on past models for inspiration.

This year, the Palladio Awards program received 170 submissions from around the world. Each was scrutinized by an esteemed panel of four jurors. Residential projects were evaluated by Richard W. Cameron, partner with Ariel – The Art of Building, New York, NY; Stephen A. Mouzon, AIA, CNU, LEED, principal of the New Urban Guild, Miami Beach, FL; Sandra Vitzthum, AIA, principal of Sandra Vitzthum Architect, LLC, Montpelier, VT; and Dinyar Wadia, principal of Wadia Associates, New Canaan, CT.

Commercial, institutional and public projects were evaluated by Robert Baird, vice president of Historical Arts & Casting, West Jordan, UT; Mike Jackson, FAIA, chief architect of the Preservation Services Division, the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, IL; Ralph T. Jackson, FAIA, principal with Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, Boston, MA; and Elizabeth Corbin Murphy, FAIA, principal with Chambers, Murphy & Burge Restoration Architects, Ltd., Akron, OH.

The 2009 Palladio Awards were presented at a ceremony in Boston on Wednesday, March 11, as part of the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference. The winners also presented their projects the following day at the conference. The projects will be published in the June issue of Traditional Building and the July issue of Period Homes.

For commercial, institutional and public projects, awards were given in five categories: Restoration & Renovation, Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition, New Design & Construction – less than 30,000 sq.ft., New Design & Construction – more than 30,000 sq.ft., and Public Spaces: Parks, Plazas, Gardens, Streetscapes.

In the Restoration & Renovation category, the winner is a collaboration of MJSA Architecture and VCBO Architecture of Salt Lake City, UT, and Schooley Caldwell Associates of Columbus, OH, for the restoration of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Photo: Michael Dunn

In the Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition category, the winner is Urban Design Associates, Ltd., of Pittsburgh, PA, for the adaptive reuse of the Old Dairy Community Center in Warm Springs, VA.

In the New Design & Construction – less than 30,000 sq.ft. category, the winner is Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP, of Philadelphia, PA, for the new Math & Science Center at the Millbrook School in Millbrook, NY. Photo: Jeffrey Totaro

In the New Design & Construction – more than 30,000 sq.ft. category, the winner is Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Inc., of Cambridge, MA, for the new University Center at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Photo: Jeffrey Totaro

In the Public Spaces: Parks, Plazas, Gardens, Streetscapes category, the winner is Khoury & Vogt Architects of Alys Beach, FL, for the design of Caliza Pool in Alys Beach.

For residential projects, awards were given in six categories: Restoration & Renovation, Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition, New Design & Construction – less than 5,000 sq.ft., New Design & Construction – more than 5,000 sq.ft., Exterior Spaces: Gardens & Landscapes, and Multi-Unit Projects.

In the Restoration & Renovation category, the winner is Fairfax & Sammons Architects, PC, of New York, NY, for the renovation of a waterfront estate in Palm Beach, FL.

In the Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition category, the winner is Rill & Decker Architects, PC, of Bethesda, MD, for the renovation of and addition to a farmhouse in The Plains, VA. Photo: Gordon Beall

In the New Design & Construction – less than 5,000 sq.ft. category, the winner is John B. Murray Architect, LLC, of New York, NY, for the design of a new pool pavilion in Greenwich, CT. Photo: Durston Saylor

In the New Design & Construction – more than 5,000 sq.ft. category, the winner is G. P. Schafer Architect, PLLC, of New York, NY, for the design of Willow Grace Farm in Dover Plains, NY. Photo: Carter Berg

In the Exterior Spaces: Gardens & Landscapes category, the winner is James Doyle Design Associates, LLC, of Greenwich, CT, for the landscape design of Old Mill Farm in Greenwich, CT. Photo: Marion Brenner

In the Multi-Unit Projects category, the winner is Gardiner Larson Homes of New Canaan, CT, for the design of the Victoria Commons townhouses in Greenwich, CT.

For more information on the Palladio Awards program, and to view previous winners, go to www.palladioawards.com. For more information on the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, go to www.traditionalbuildingshow.com.   TB

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