The annual AIA Miami Design Awards is intended to encourage excellence in architecture, elevate public consciousness of good design, and recognize those architects whose work enriches our environment. These awards recognize outstanding architectural projects, both built and unbuilt, that exemplify excellence in design while exploring nature and science of the profession.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 awards gala could not be held in person, but the tradition was continued online. During the virtual event, professional bartenders taught attendees how to make signature drinks, while a chef guided viewers on how to make their own Flaming Bananas Foster.
Following are this year’s winners!
2020 AIA Miami Design Award Winners
Cure and Penabad
Architecture Greater than 50,000 sf / Merit
Elgin Iridia
Bermello Ajamil & Partners
Architecture Greater than 50,000 sf/ Merit
PortMiami Cruise Terminal A
Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design Inc.
Architecture Greater than 50,000 sf / Merit
The Hyatt Centric
Gensler
Architecture Less than 50,000 sf / Merit
Reyes Gold Coast
Shulman + Associates
Architecture Less than 50,000 sf / Merit
The Betsy-Carlton Hotel Expansion
Tsao Design Group
Divine Detail / Honor
ASPCA Community Veterinary Center
Touzet Studio
Divine Detail / Honor
Lincoln Road Retail Store
CallisonRTKL, Inc.
Interior Architecture / Merit
Viacom
Urban Robot Associates, Inc.
Interior Architecture / Merit
Time Out Market Miami
Perkins + Will
Interior Architecture / Honor
Cisneros Group Headquarters
Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design Inc.
Renovation/Restoration / Merit
The Plymouth Hotel
Studio Mc+G Architecture
Renovation/Restoration / Merit
Palihouse Miami Beach
OBM International
Renovation/Restoration / Honor
Rosewood Little Dix Bay Resort
DEN Architecture
Residential Architecture / Honor
Portico House
Touzet Studio
Residential Architecture / Merit
La Escondida
Oppenheim Architecture
Residential Architecture / Merit
House in a Jungle
Oppenheim Architecture
Residential Architecture / Honor
Leimenstrasse Apartment Building
HKS Architects Inc.
Unbuilt Project / Merit
Four Seasons Caye Chapel Under Sky/Over Water Villa
Touzet Studio
Unbuilt Project / Merit
Shepherd Eco
Perkins + Will
Unbuilt Project / Honor
Hebrew Institute
Oppenheim Architecture
Unbuilt Project / Merit
Lago Maggiore Retreat
Savino & Miller Design Studio
Urban Design / Merit
Miami Baywalk & Riverwalk Unifying Design Elements, Branding and Design Guidelines
Shulman + Associates
Urban Design / Honor
Buoyant City
Amalia Tomey
Student Design / Honor (FIU)
Climate Resilient Urban Nexus CHoices (CRUNCH) Research Project
Timothy Cobo
Student Design / Merit (FIU)
Interscape
2020 Honor Awards
Daphne I. Gurri, AIA
Architect of the Year
Amanda Rosenfeld, AIA
Emerging Professional of the Year
Naomi Harrison, Assoc AIA
Associate AIA of the Year
Brett Moss, AIA
Citizen Architect of the Year
Carie Penabad, Assoc AIA
Leadership in Education
Eileen Higgins (MDC)
Leadership in Government
Tech Construction Group Residential Inc. / Alejandro Plasencia
General Contractor of the Year
Barlington Group
Developer of the Year
Maria Isabel Lira
Student of the Year – UM
Matheus Stancati
Student of the Year – FIU
Veronica Linck
Student of the Year – MDC
Sophia Palomino
Student of the Year – DASH
Robert J. Graboski, AIA
President’s Award
Jason R. Hagopian, AIA
H. Samuel Kruse Silver Medal for Service
Maryam Muhammad
BAM Scholarship
Bernise Thelusma
BAM Scholarship
Cure and Penabad
People’s Choice / Architecture Greater than / Elgin Iridia
Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Assoc. Inc.
People’s Choice / Architecture less than / Grove XXIII Clubhouse
SKLARchitecture
People’s Choice / Residential Architecture / Fusion House