December 13, 2006—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors voted for Lees Weinzapfel Associates to receive the 2007 AIA Architecture Firm Award based on its proven consistent ability to accept complex challenges and envision design of elegant distinction.
The AIA Architecture Firm Award, given annually, is the highest honor the AIA bestows on an architecture firm and recognizes a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years.
Partners Andrea P. Leers, FAIA, Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA, Joe Pryse, AIA, and Josiah Stevenson, AIA, meld a bold and refined architecture for the public realm, including transportation and urban infrastructure, the joining of new elements to existing buildings, and athletic and campus-life facilities.
“Their commitment to the public realm and to the craft of building in dramatically complex projects represents a remarkable commitment to ingenuity, resourcefulness, and design excellence in the most extreme circumstances,” writes David B. Greenbaum, FAIA, chair of the AIA Committee on Design Firm Award Jury Task Force in his nomination.
The firm has garnered more than 40 national and regional design awards.
The award will be presented at the American Architectural Foundation Accent on Architecture Gala February 9, 2007, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
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