AIA Eastern Pennsylvania 2010 Award Winners

Taking simple gestures and elevating them to new levels creating a familiar & classic modern statement reflecting the school style. – Inventive & familiar, light & lofty, classic & modern.

This strong submission is an expression of an educational concept in a sustainable built form.

• Rich use of different materials with the stepping of the brick and stone materials being particularly effective
• Clear and helpful graphics – very “Tufte” like
• Elegant & efficient, sitting in the landscape, but not dominating it.

A simple, clean, and modern addition with subtle details to do the heavy lifting for the design.

• Solid addition while updating a classic looks refreshed and re-invented
• Love the use of red on the entrance elevation
• Modulating the windows with existing bay solidified the project as a whole.

With exceeding detail and warm materials this eclectic home comfortably sits within its surroundings + timeless anachronistic.

• Systemic and impressive, generous with detail & real materials

This project is a modern quality with an old world feel, crenellated in its details and rich in human scale.

• Exterior modulates the existing campus, architecture is kind in manner
• Interior steps up to be modern without being cold
• Great use of brick as the infill material

Starting with a strong Part 1, this modern minimal building elevates simple materials to unified strength.

• Student proof materials, but the richness is surprising
• 60’s modernism, with strict minimalism.
• Cherenkov like massing
• Strong Part 1 diagram

A strong color palette & use of natural materials help define a warm environment.

• Lofty & comfortable, does not feel like a basement
• Experience the owner would have is not typical hospital feel, “standout”
• First impression is engaging and visually stimulating

This master planning project is powerful and articulate.

• Generous use of historic exterior creating old – new again
• Vibrant, sustainable and engaged with the community

The simple organization and subtle brickwork detail help ground this elegant school into a sensitive site.

• Balanced elevation, similar to Venturi’s logic,
• Well situated – feels intrinsic to the site for a very large building, providing human scale.
• Brick patterning is subtle and effective with modernist interpretation.

A sensitive addition to an architectural classic. Attention to detail does not upstage the existing building. History is respected while still moving forward.

• Respect for the traditional such as the use of interior windows