The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 14 recipients for the 2017 Housing Awards. The AIA’s Housing Awards program, now in its 17th year, was established to recognize the best in housing design and promote the importance of good housing as a necessity of life.
Of the 14 recipients, six were in the categories of multifamily housing and specialized housing. Those six projects can be seen below. Click here to view all the 2017 Housing Awards recipients.
Multifamily housing
Hunters View Housing Blocks 5&6; San Francisco
Paulett Taggart Architects
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Powerhouse; Philadelphia
ISA - Interface Studio Architects
Photo: Sam Oberter
VIA 57 WEST; New York City
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group; Associate Architect: SLCEArchitects, LLP
Photo: Iwan Baan
Specialized housing
Heartland Family Works; Omaha, Neb.
Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, Inc.
Photo: Dana Damewood
The Lofts at Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis, Mo.
William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.; Associate Architect: Tao + Lee Associates
Photo: Tom Paule Photography
The Six; Los Angeles
Brooks + Scarpa
Photo: Tara Wucjik
The jury for the 2017 AIA Housing Awards includes: Katherine Williams, AIA, (Chair) Fifth Generation Holdings; Joe Digrado, AIA, Danielian Associates; Blake Held, AIA, Blake H. Held Architect, PLLC; Charles Mudede, The Stranger (Journalist) and David Perkes, AIA, Mississippi State University GCCDS.
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