Here are the winners of AIA Chicago's 2023 Design Excellence Awards

AIA Chicago has announced this year's winners of the Design Excellence Awards, Decarbonization Award, Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award, and the Lerch Bates People's Choice Awards at Designight 2023, which was held at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park on September 28th.

The news follows the recent unveiling of Cynthia Weese, principal of Weese Langley Weese Architects, as the recipient of the 2023 AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award, who was also honored at the ceremony. 

“Congratulations to all of the AIA members and project teams who contributed to these award winning projects,” said AIA Chicago’s Executive Director Jen Masengarb. “This year’s collection of incredibly thoughtful and well-designed buildings illustrates architects’ role as design champions for creating an equitable, sustainable, beautifully-designed world.” 

Look below to view the full list of winners.

DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS HONORS AND CITATIONS OF MERIT BY CATEGORY

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - XL

HONOR AWARD

Laguardia Airport Terminal B by HOK (Queens, NY)

CITATION OF MERIT

• O'Hare International Airport, Multi Modal Terminal by Ross Barney Architects, Design Architect; TranSystems, Architect of Record, Transportation Engineer; City of Chicago, Department of Aviation  (Chicago, IL)
• One Chicago by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture and Goettsch Partners (Chicago, IL)
• The St. Regis Chicago by Studio Gang, Design Architect; bKL Architecture, Architect of Record; Gensler, Hotel Architect; HBA, Interior Architect (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - L 

HONOR AWARD

Tribune Tower Conversion by Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• 800 Fulton Market by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Chicago, IL)
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport Terminal 5 Extension by Muller& Muller, Ltd (M2) and HOK; Chicago Department of Aviation (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - M

HONOR AWARD

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts by Studio Gang, Design Architect and Architect of Record; Polk Stanley Wilcox, Associate Architect (Little Rock, AR)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Chicago Joint Public Safety Training Center by AECOM (Chicago, IL)
• Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center by HOK and HDR (Joliet, IL)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Instructional Facility by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Urbana, IL)
• The Commons at Helm Library by Gensler in collaboration with Luckett & Farley (Bowling Green, KY)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - S

HONOR AWARD

Ford Calumet Environmental Center by Valerio Dewalt Train (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Broadway Youth Center by Wheeler Kearns Architects (Chicago, IL)
• Meadow Lane Retreat by Wheeler Kearns Architects (Lakeside, MI)
• The Hub at Prairie Shores by Gensler (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURE - XS

HONOR AWARD

Susan's House by Mary English and Xavier Vendrell Architects (San Antonio, TX)

CITATION OF MERIT

• A Library Free to All by Architecture for Public Benefit (Boston, MA)
• Medill House by UrbanLab (Chicago, IL)
• Tree House by dSPACE Studio (Beverly Shores, IN)

CATEGORY: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - L

HONOR AWARD

SOM Chicago Studio Renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• 345 North Morgan by Eckenhoff Saunders with Sterling Bay Design Studio (Chicago, IL)
• Confidential Client by Perkins&Will (Chicago, IL)
• University of Cincinnati College of Law by Perkins&Will, Design Architect; BHDP Architecture,
  Architect of Record (Cincinnati, OH)

CATEGORY: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - M

HONOR AWARD

Blue Bottle Coffee Wolf Point by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Design Architect; DxU, Architect of Record (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

AIC Ryan Learning Center Renovation by Wheeler Kearns Architects  (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - S

HONOR AWARD

Wicker Park Courtyard House by 34-TEN (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

• Lincoln Park Condo Remodel by New Office (Chicago, IL)
• Soldier Field House by Collective Office (Chicago, IL)

DECARBONIZATION AWARD

HONOR AWARD

Yannell PHIUS+ Residence by HPZS (Chicago, IL)

CITATION OF MERIT

University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign Campus Instructional Facility by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Urbana, IL)

ROBERTA FELDMAN ARCHITECTURE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD

ROBERTA FELDMAN AWARD WINNER

A Library Free to All by Architecture for Public Benefit (Boston, MA)

LERCH BATES PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 

CATEGORY: CIVIC

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Navy Pier Flyover by Muller & Muller, Ltd (M2) (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: COMMUNITY & CULTURAL

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Steppenwolf Theatre Campus Expansion by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: EDUCATION

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Instructional Facility by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Urbana, IL)

CATEGORY: Hospitality & Retail

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Rockwell on the River by Rosen Architecture (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Tribune Tower Conversion by Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: OFFICE

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Walgreens Old Post Office by Stantec Architecture Inc. (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - NEW CONSTRUCTION

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Solar House by Booth Hansen (Chicago, IL)

CATEGORY: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - RENOVATION/ADAPTIVE REUSE

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Lakeside Midcentury by Robbins Architecture (Southwest Michigan)

CATEGORY: TALL BUILDING

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

The St. Regis Chicago by Studio Gang, Design Architect; bKL Architecture, Architect of Record; Gensler, Hotel Architect; HBA, Interior Architect (Chicago, IL)