The Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that
The American Institute of Architects can bestow on an architecture firm for consistently producing distinguished architecture.
Prior recipients of the AIA Architecture Firm Award include:
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2021
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Moody Nolan
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
Architecture Research Office*
2019
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Payette*
2018
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: Snow Kreilich Architects
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2017
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: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
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2016: LMN Architects
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2015
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Ehrlich Architects
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2014
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Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
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2013
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Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (also known as Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects , Partners) are a husband-and-wife architectural firm founded in 1986, based in New York. Williams and Tsien began working together in 1977. Their studio focu ...
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2012
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VJAA
VJAA is an American architectural firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm is the recipient of the ''2012 National American Institute of Architects Firm Award''. VJAA was founded in 1995 and is led by Vincent James FAIA, Jennifer Yoos FAIA a ...
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2011:
BNIM Architects
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2010
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Pugh + Scarpa
Pugh is a surname, of Welsh (''ap Huw'' means "son of Hugh" in Welsh) or Irish origin and may refer to:
* Alf Pugh (1869–1942), Wales international football goalkeeper
* Alun Pugh (born 1955), former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister f ...
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2009
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Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
Olson Kundig, is an American architectural firm based in Seattle, run by architects Jim Olson and Tom Kundig. Founded by Olson in 1966, the firm’s work has grown to encompass museums, commercial and mixed-use design, exhibit design, interior desi ...
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2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...
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KieranTimberlake Associates
KieranTimberlake is an American architecture firm founded by Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake in Philadelphia. The firm espouses a philosophy of sustainable design, collaborative design, and in-depth research. They have also shown an interest i ...
, LLP
*2007:
Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, Inc. is the first women-owned firm in history to win the American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award in 2007. Founded by Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel in 1982, the work of Leers Weinzapfel A ...
Architects, Inc.
*2006:
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
Moore may refer to:
People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
* Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador
* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army
* Moore Powell (died c. 1573 ...
*2005:
Murphy/Jahn
*2004:
Lake Flato Architects
Lake Flato, also stylized as LakeFlato, is an American architectural firm based in San Antonio, founded by Ted Flato and David Lake in 1984. The firm's portfolio includes residences, schools, hotels, interior design, and cultural centers. One ...
*2003:
The Miller Hull Partnership
The Miller Hull Partnership is an architectural firm based in Seattle, Washington, founded by David Miller and Robert Hull. The firm's major works in the domains of municipal, commercial, and residential architecture reflect a modernist aesthet ...
*2002:
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc.
*2001: Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture
*2000:
Gensler
Gensler is a global design and architecture firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1965.
In 2021, Gensler generated $1.235 billion in revenue, the most of any architecture firm in the U.S. As of 2021, Gensler operated offices in 49 citi ...
*1999:
Perkins and Will
Perkins&Will is a global design practice founded in 1935. Since 1986, the group has been a subsidiary of Lebanon-based Dar Al-Handasah (Arabic: دار الهندسة). Phil Harrison has been the firm's CEO since 2006.
History
The firm was estab ...
*1998:
Centerbrook Architects & Planners
*1997:
Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects
*1996:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The firm ...
LLP
*1995:
Beyer Blinder Belle
*1994:
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
*1993:
Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc.
*1992:
James Stewart Polshek and Partners
*1991:
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
*1990:
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in ...
Associates
*1989:
César Pelli
César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur a ...
& Associates
*1988: Hartman-Cox Architects
*1987:
Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Inc.
*1986:
Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis
*1985:
Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major architectural figures of the twentieth century.
Together with h ...
*1984:
Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects
*1983:
Holabird & Root
The architectural firm now known as Holabird & Root was founded in Chicago in 1880. Over the years, the firm has changed its name several times and adapted to the architectural style then current — from Chicago School to Art Deco to Modern ...
*1982:
Gwathmey Siegel
Charles Gwathmey (June 19, 1938 – August 3, 2009) was an American architect. He was a principal at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, as well as one of the five architects identified as The New York Five in 1969. Gwathmey was perhaps bes ...
& Associates, Architects LLC
*1981:
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates
*1980:
Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates
*1979:
Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham
Robert Louis Geddes, (born December 7, 1923) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, former principal of the firm Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham (GBQC), and dean emeritus of the Princeton University School of Architecture (1965-19 ...
*1978:
Harry Weese
Harry Mohr Weese (June 30, 1915 – October 29, 1998) was an American architect who had an important role in 20th century modernism and historic preservation. His brother, Ben Weese, is also a renowned architect.
Early life and education
Harry ...
& Associates
*1977: Sert Jackson and Associates
*1976:
Mitchell/Giurgola
Romaldo "Aldo" Giurgola AO (2 September 1920 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian academic, architect, professor, and author. Giurgola was born in Rome, Italy in 1920. After service in the Italian armed forces during World War II, he was educated ...
Architects
*1975:
Davis, Brody & Associates
Davis Brody Bond is an American architectural firm headquartered in New York City, New York, with additional offices in Washington, DC and São Paulo, Brazil. The firm is named for Lewis Davis, Samuel Brody, and J. Max Bond Jr. and is led ...
*1974:
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
*1973:
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
*1972:
Caudill Rowlett Scott
*1971:
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
*1970:
Ernest J. Kump
Ernest J. Kump Jr. (December 29, 1911 – November 4, 1999), was an American architect, author, and inventor based in Palo Alto, California. He was widely recognized for his innovations in school planning having designed over 100 public schoo ...
Associates
*1969: Jones & Emmons
*1968:
I.M. Pei & Partners
*1967:
Hugh Stubbins and Associates
*1965:
Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons
*1964:
The Architects Collaborative
*1962:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The firm ...
References
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