CELEBRATE ARCHITECTURE 2015

Please join AIA Dallas on April 2, 2015 for CELEBRATE ARCHITECTURE, a reception to recognize our Community Honor Award Recipients as our Dallas champions of architecture and benefiting the Dallas Center for Architecture (DCFA) Foundation.

With the Dallas skyline as the backdrop to our celebration, the reception will be hosted at Klyde Warren Park at the Pavilion/Moody Plaza. Enjoy entertainment provided by the Matt Tolentino Band playing the hot jazz of the 1920's and 1930's and sample hors d'oeuvres by Savor. We will raise a glass to celebrate honorees at the national, state and local level. 

GUEST SPEAKER
Walter "Walt" J. Humann, Hon. AIA

HONOREES
AIA Dallas Community Honors 2014

• Lifetime Achievement Award: James A. Clutts, FAIA
• Honorary AIA Dallas Membership: Nancy Nasher & David Haemisegger
• Firm Award: Cunningham Architects
• Consultant Award: SCHMIDT & STACY Consulting Engineers, Inc.
• Contractor Award: Balfour Beatty Construction
• Community Honors: ACE (Architecture Construction Engineering) Mentoring DFW (ACE – DFW), Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Artist / Craftsman Award: Sherry Owens
• Sustainability Commendation: Trammell S. Crow
• 25 Year Award Residential: The Powerhouse (Private Residence) by Cunningham Architects
• 25 Year Award Non-Residential: University of Dallas Church (Originally Chapel) of the Incarnation by Landry & Landry

AIA National Honor Awards 2015

• Honorary AIA National Membership: Veletta Forsythe-Lill, Hon. AIA Dallas, Hon. TxA, Marguerite Hoffman, Hon. AIA Dallas, Hon. TxA
• Young Architects Award: Jim Henry, AIA
• AIA Dallas Members elevated to Fellowship 2015: Chuck Armstrong, FAIA, Rick del Monte, FAIA, Ted Kollaja, FAIA, Harry A. Mark, FAIA, Kirk Teske, FAIA, David F. Trevino, FAIA

Texas Society of Architects Honor Awards 2014

• Associate Award: Chris Grossnicklaus, Assoc. AIA
• Citation of Honor: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
• Artisan Award: Haley-Greer
• Award for Community Service in Honor of James D. Pfluger, FAIA: Marcel Quimby, FAIA​

AIA Dallas Design Awards

• Honor Award: Oldrange Family Home by NIMMO
• Honor Award: Moncrief Cancer Institute by HKS
• Honor Award: Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School by Perkins+Will
• Honor Award: Satori Capital by Gensler
• Honor Award: John Bunker Sands Wetland Center by Good Fulton & Farrell
• Juror Commendation: 2_Plex by NIMMO

Please join us after the event for a cocktail reception hosted by SCHIMIDT & STACY at Savor in Klyde Warren Park!

About the Event

CELEBRATE ARCHITECTURE is AIA Dallas’ opportunity to honor local members of the profession and community for their distinguished achievements in 2014 on the National, State, and Local level. AIA Dallas is the voice of architects in our community and we take great care in honoring the best work of our own and those that support us, our great clients and patrons. The name speaks for itself – this is a night to celebrate the art and craft of architecture and all that it brings to our city and our daily lives. Targeted attendees include AIA members, architects, members of the design & construction industry, civic leaders, philanthropists, and all around champions of Dallas.

Image above by Craig Blackmon, FAIA