Architecture firms from southeast Michigan dominated this year's American Institute of Architects Michigan Awards
with everyone from professional firms to student groups taking home hardware.Two of the awards went to collaborations of architects and
architecture students. B. Neal Robinson worked with students from the University of Michigan
on redesigning the student lounge at the A.
Alfred Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning in Ann Arbor. The group
built the 400-square-foot room out of reclaimed material using sustainable
principles.
University of
Detroit Mercy architecture students worked with Louisiana-based Wayne Troyer Architect to design the homeless day care
center in new Orleans.
It is a connecting structure that humanizes a series of FEMA trailers into the St. Joseph Recovery Center.
Berkley-based SHW Group
won for its work on the Dale
E. Gray
Science Building
and Allied Health Expansion in Glen
Oaks Community College in Centreville. SHW Group updated and renovated a
1965 architectural landmark with a modest budget, satisfying the client’s
needs while respecting the original design.
Constantine
George Pappas of Troy earned two plaques for
the interior renovation of St. Gertrude Catholic Church in St.
Clair Shores and for a private home in Bloomfield Township. The
projects' great attention to detail and fine craftsmanship set them apart from
the rest of field.
Ann Arbor-based Luckenbach/Ziegelman
Architects won the 25 Year Award as example of architecture that has
withstood a test of time for the Matilda Wilson Aviary Wing at the Detroit Zoological
Park in Royal Oak.
Source: American Institute of Architects Michigan
Writer: Jon Zemke
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