The Verandah House, designed by Halflants + Pichette Studio for Modern Architecture, has won an Honor Award for Sustainable Design from the Florida/Caribbean chapter of the American Institute of Architects.The house is in McClellan Park. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 5-8-2016.
Of the 27 design awards that will be presented by the American Institute of Architects/Florida-Caribbean at its 2016 convention in Palm Beach in July, eight are going to firms from Sarasota.
“Honor” awards, the top honor in each design category, have been awarded to Sweet Sparkman Architects, Hall Architects, Guy Peterson OFA and Halflants + Pichette Studio for Modern Architecture.
One “Merit” award each will be presented to Solstice Architects and Seibert Architects, while Carl Abbott FAIA Architect/Planner has been awarded two of them.
Local firms did especially well when working with historic buildings. Sweet Sparkman Architects won an Honor Award of Excellence for Renovations/Additions for its Siesta Key Beach Pavilion project (cover photo), which included restoring the 1959 pavilion that was designed by Tim Seibert, and adding an updated facility to it.
The Umbrella House, built in 1953 by Phil Hiss and designed by Paul Rudolph. The landmark's restoration is complete following the rebuilding of the shading structure at the rear of the house. The project, led by Hall Architects, won an award from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 1-19-2015.
Hall Architects was in charge of the Umbrella House Rehabilitation and Shade Structure Reconstruction in Sarasota’s Lido Shores, and won an Honor Award for Excellents in Historic Preservation/Restoration. The house was designed in 1953 by Paul Rudolph and is considered by many as the most iconic residence of the Sarasota School era of midcentury modern architecture.
Guy Peterson OFA won its Honor Award for Unbuilt Design for the Nathan Benderson Park Finish Tower. Construction has begun on that structure.
The Verandah House, a striking ultramodern composition in historic McClellan Park by Halflants + Pichette SMA, won an Honor Award for Sustainable Design.
Carl Abbott won a Merit Award for the Test of Time for his Casa Gioco and a second Merit Award for a new house, the Caribbean Hillside Residence, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In keeping with his client's wishes for privacy, Abbott would not divulge the location of Casa Gioco, other than to say it is on an "island in the Gulf."
Solstice Architects, led by Jonathan Parks, AIA, won a Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations/Additions for its rehabilitation of 1960 Sarasota High School’s Building 4, another landmark structure that was the crowning achievement of Paul Rudolph’s Florida years as he moved on to become dean of Yale’s architecture school. Harvard Jolly was the architect of record on the rehabilitative project.
Seibert Architects won a Merit Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation/Restoration for the midcentury modern T.H. Mitchell House in Sarasota.
The complete list, as provided by AIA-Florida, shows that local architects competed against top firms from Miami and elsewhere:
Honor Award of Excellence for New Work: L.A. Villa, Oppenheim Architecture, Miami; Aeronautical and Aerospace Institute of Puerto Rico, Toro Arquitectos, San Juan, P.R.
Merit Award of Excellence for New Work: San Marco Island, [STRANG] Architecture (the brackets are part of Max Strang's firm's name), Coconut Grove; Caribbean Hillside Residence, St. Maarten, Dutch Antilles, Carl Abbott FAIA Architect/Planner, Sarasota; Florida Women’s Hospital, HKS Architects, Miami.
Honor Award of Excellence for Renovations/Additions: Malaga Residence, Miami, Brillhart Architecture, Miami; East Meets West, Hughesumbanhowar Architects, Hobe Sound; Siesta Key Beach Pavilion, Sweet Sparkman Architects, Sarasota; 2301 North Bay Road, Miami Beach, Touzet Studio, Miami.
Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations/Additions: Sarasota High School, Solstice Architects, Sarasota.
Honor Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation/Restoration: Umbrella House Rehabilitation and Shade Structure Reconstruction, Lido Key, Hall Architects, P.A., Sarasota.
Merit Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation/Restoration: Historic Hampton House, Miami, Gurri Matute, P.A., Miami; Call-Collins House at The Grove, Tallahassee, MLD Architects, Tallahassee; T.H. Mitchell House, Sarasota, Seibert Architects, Sarasota.
Honor Award of Excellence for Interior Architecture: South Beach Penthouse, Miami Beach, Oppenheim Architecture, Miami.
Merit Award of Excellence for Interior Architecture: Aesop Downtown L.A., Brooks+Scarpa, Los Angeles.
The rendering of the Finish Tower at the Benderson Park rowing facility, by Guy Peterson OFA and Fawley Bryant Architects. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 8-20-2015.
Honor Award for Unbuilt Design: Mola Residence, [STRANG] Architecture, Coconut Grove; Nathan Benderson Park Finish Tower, Sarasota, Guy Peterson Office for Architecture, Sarasota; Tasting Room, Hughesumbanhowar Architects, Miami; Research and Innovation Center, Perkins+Will, Coral Gables.
Merit Award for Unbuilt Design: Casa 34-58 N 83/20 W, Mateu Architecture, Miami.
Honor Award for Sustainable Design: Verandah House, McClellan Park, Halflants + Pichette Studio for Modern Architecture, Sarasota.
Merit Award for the Test of Time: Casa Gioco, Florida barrier island on the Gulf, Carl Abbott FAIA Architect/Planner, Sarasota; Kassamali House, South Miami, Mateu Architecture, Miami.
Merit Award for Masonry in Design: Raingarden Apartments, Winter Haven, [STRANG] Architecture, Coconut Grove.
Honor Award for Theoretical/Research Design: Apalachicola Maritime Museum, Ryan Sheplack, AIAS.
Merit Award for Theoretical/Research Design: Landshaft — A Cultivation of Absence, Kimberly Connell, AIAS.
