An Iowa brewery, a biotechnology company headquarters, a school play garden, a condominium building in Chicago’s West Loop and a health center took top honors at the Association of Licensed Architects (ALA) 21st Annual Design Awards, which recognized projects for design and construction achievement.

A total of 43 awards were presented in commercial, institutional, residential, religious, interior and unbuilt categories.

The highest honor, the Don Erickson Presidential Award, went to Singlespeed Brewery in Waterloo, IA. The project, a brewery, beer hall, restaurant and retail space, was designed by Mike Bechtel of Invision Architecture, Waterloo, Iowa. Judges lauded the project for its adaptive reuse of a historic 1927 bakery building, noting its appealing expression of structural elements. The project also received a Silver Award in the Commercial category.

Gold Award winners included: Buchanan County Outpatient Unit Expansion, Independence, IA by INVISION Architecture, Waterloo, IA; CA Washington Condominiums, Chicago, IL by SGW Architects, Chicago, IL; Latin School Play Garden, Chicago, IL by Level Architecture and Unisphere, Silver Spring, MD by EwingCole, Philadelphia, PA.

“We were inspired by this year’s many award winners and the gathering of so many firms at the awards dinner,” said Joanne Sullivan, ALA Executive Director. Our judges praised Presidential and Gold Award winning projects, in particular, for qualities such as use of color and light and innovative, purposeful design.”
Architects, contractors, owners/developers and guests attended the Oct. 28 award presentation; emcee was Stephen Chung, AIA, LEED AP.

ALA 2019 Design Awards entries were evaluated by a panel of judges, including Stephen Bruns, ALA, Principal, Bruns Architecture, Milwaukee, WI, Joseph Geoghegan, Jr., ALA, NCARB, Chief Architect and Principal, RGLA, Schiller Park, IL, Natalie Hicks, AIA, NCARB, Wright Heerema Architects, Chicago, Alfredo Marr, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, Principal, Lucien LaGrange Studio, Chicago and Michelle Rumsa, ALA, Edgewater Resources, St. Joseph, MI.

The Presidential Award is named for the founder and first president of ALA, Don Erickson (1929 – 2006), who was instrumental in forming the association in 1998, and was a student and protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.

The 2019 ALA Design Awards Program is sponsored by Andersen Windows and Doors.

2019 ALA Design Award Winners

 

Presidential Award/Gold Award

 

Category: Commercial

Singlespeed Brewery, Waterloo, IA

INVISION Architecture, Waterloo, IA

Mike Bechtel, Designer

Peters Construction, Contractor

Singlespeed Brewery, Owner

 

Gold Awards

Category: Institutional

Buchanan County Outpatient Unit Expansion, Independence, IA

INVISION Architecture, Waterloo, IA

Jason DeVries, Designer

Larson Construction, Contractor

Buchanan County Health Center, Owner

 

Category: Residential 2

CA Washington, Chicago, IL

SGW Architects, Chicago, IL

SGW Architects, Designer

Maris Construction., Contractor

Belgravia Group, Owner

 

Category: Institutional
Latin School Play Garden, Chicago, IL
Level Architecture, Chicago, IL
Michael Wilkinson, Greg Gibson and Michelle Sakayan, Designers
Larry Asimow Landscaping, Contractor
Latin School of Chicago, Owner

Category: Commercial
Unisphere, Silver Spring, MD
EwingCole, Philadelphia, PA
Olga Zaremba, Gayle Lane, Designers
Whiting Turner, Contractor
United Therapeutics Corporation, Owner

Silver Awards

Category: Residential 2

328 W. Wisconsin, Chicago, IL

Sullivan, Goulette, Wilson Ltd., Chicago, IL

SGW Architects, Designer

Maris Construction, Contractor

Belgravia Group, Owner

 

Category: Interior Architecture

Architect’s Office, Chicago, IL

UrbanWorks, Ltd., Chicago, IL

Patricia Saldana Natke, Designer

Urban Equities Construction, Contractor

Patricia Saldana Natke, Owner

 

Category: Commercial

Courtyard by Marriott at Techworks, Waterloo, IA

INVISION Architecture, Waterloo, IA

Mike Bechtel, Designer

Ryan Companies, Contractor

Financial District Properties, Owner

 

Category: Religious

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lorain, OH

GROTH Design Group, Cedarburg, WI

Paul Barribeau, Designer; Liturgical Consultant: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini

Thomas and Marker Construction, Contractor

 

 

Category: Institutional

Harlan Rogers Concessions, Fort Dodge, IA

ASK Studio

Brent Schipper, Mike Dean, Designers

Woodruff Construction, Contractor

Fort Dodge Parks, Recreation and Forestry, Owner

 

Category: Unbuilt

Harmonic Farms, Costa Rica

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN

Gabriel Keller, Lars Peterssen, Chad Healy, Designers

 

Category: Residential 1
Huntington Residence, Wayzata, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN
Ted Martin and Gabriel Keller, Designers
Elevation Homes, Contractor

 

Category: Commercial
Medical Cannabis Cultivation Facility, Akron, OH

Urban Green Design, Cincinnati, OH
Jeremy Schlicher, Urban Green Design, Designers

Summit Construction, Contractor

Midwest Development, Owner

Category: Residential 1
Orono Modern, Orono, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN
Ted Martin and Lars Peterssen, Designers

Streeter + Associates, Contractor

 

Category: Religious
St. Catherine of Siena Sanctuary Alteration, Trumbull, CT

Duncan G. Stroik Architect, South Bend, IN
Duncan G. Stroik, Designer
Victor Zucchi & Son, Contractor
Reverend Joseph A. Marcello, Owner

Category: Religious
Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, Huntley, IL

GROTH Design Group, Cedarburg, WI
Paul Barribeau, Designer
Shales McNutt Construction, Contractor

Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, Owner

 

Category: Commercial

Singlespeed Brewery, Waterloo, IA

INVISION Architecture, Waterloo, IA

Mike Bechtel, Designer

Peters Construction, Contractor

Singlespeed Brewery, Owner

 

Category: Institutional
South Loop Elementary School, Chicago, IL
SMNG A Ltd., Chicago, IL

SMNG A, Designer
Madison Construction, Contractor
Public Building Commission, Chicago Public Schools, Owner

Category: Residential 1
Square Lake Cabin, May Township, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN

Lars Peterssen and Brent Nelson, Designers
Elevation Homes, Contractor

 

Category: Institutional
Story County Outpatient Unit Expansion, Nevada, IA

INVISION Architecture, Waterloo, IA
Jason DeVries, Designer
Graham Construction, Contractor
Story County Medical Center, Owner

Merit Awards

Category: Residential 1

Abbott Residence, Minneapolis, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN

Bob LeMoine and Gabriel Keller, Designers

Reuter Walton, Contractor

 

Category: Commercial

Advocates Law Offices, Salt Lake City, UT

MGLM Architects, Chicago, IL

Elizabeth McNicholas and Establish Design, Designers

Jackson & LeRoy, Contractor

The Advocates, Owner

 

Category: Residential 1

Amen Residence, Evanston, IL

Studio Talo Architecture, Evanston, IL

Thomas Ahleman, Designer

C.A.B. Associates, Contractor

Jonathan and Mary Amen, Owners

 

Category: Institutional

Aurora Fire Station No. 7, Aurora, IL

Dewberry Architects, Peoria, IL

Dewberry, Designer

Wegman Construction Company, Contractor

City of Aurora, Illinois, Owner

 

Category: Residential 1

Calhoun Parkway Residence, Minneapolis, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN

Lars Peterssen and Chad Healy, Designers

Tieration Homes, Contractor

 

Category: Residential 1

Capitan Mountain Sunrise, Capitan, NM

William Tabberson, Architects, Muncie, IN

William Tabberson, Designer

Cillessen Construction Co., Contractors
Jerry and Mary Jayne Maly, Owners

 

Category: Institutional

Central High School Addition, Burlington, IL

Larson & Darby Group, Rockford, IL

Larson & Darby Group, Designer

Shales McNutt Construction, Contractor

Central CUSD #301, Owner

 

Category: Interior Architecture

Community Recreation Center, Schaumburg, IL

Williams Architects, Itasca, IL

Williams Architects, Designer

FH Paschen, Contractor

Schaumburg Park District, Owner

 

Category: Residential I

Cottagewood Beach House, Wayzata, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architecture, Minneapolis, MN

Bob LeMoine and Gabriel Keller, Designers
Streeter + Associates, Contractor

 

Category: Commercial

Duluth Trading Company Headquarters, Mount Horeb, WI

Plunkett Raysich Architects, Milwaukee, WI

Michael Sobczak, Designer

National Construction, Contractor

Duluth Trading Company, Owner

 

Category: Commercial

Hotel Nia-Autograph Collection by Marriott, Menlo Park, CA

Cuningham Group, San Diego, CA

Cuningham Group Architecture, Designer, Interior Designer-McCartan, Inc.

Webcor Builders, Contractor

Independence Menlo Hotel Owner, Owner

 

Category: Residential 2

Hub Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI

Myefski Architects, Chicago

Myefski Architects, Designer

Spence Brothers, Contractor

American Campus Communities, Owner

 

Category: Institutional

Kean University North Avenue Academic Building, Union, NJ

Gruskin Architecture + Design, Springfield Township, NJ

Kenneth Gruskin and Joel Shulman, Designers

Dobco, Contractor

Kean University, Owner

 

Category: Residential 2

Kenwood Condos, Minneapolis, MN

Peterssen/Keller Architects, Minneapolis, MN

Ted Martin and Gabriel Keller, Designers

Kroiss Development, Contractor

 

Category: Institutional

McHenry County College-Liebman Science Center, Crystal Lake, IL

Demonica Kemper Architects, Chicago, IL

Demonica Kemper, Designer

Pepper Construction, Contractor

McHenry County College, Owner

 

Category: Residential 1

Modern Lakeshore House, Wilmette

Morgante Wilson Architects, Evanston, IL

Fred Wilson and Elissa Morgante, Designers

Ted and Sons, Contractor

 

Category: Residential 1

Northshore Mediterranean, Winnetka, IL

Morgante Wilson Architects, Evanston, IL
Fred Wilson and Elissa Morgante, Designers
Jarzab Construction, Contractor

Category: Commercial

Offshore-Rooftop Bar at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

KOO LLC, Chicago, IL
KOO LLC, Designer
James McHugh Construction, Contractor

ACRON, Owner

 

Category: Institutional
Roos Recreational Center, Forest Park, IL

Williams Architects, Itasca, IL
Williams Architects, Designer
Frederick Quinn Corporation, Contractor
Park District of Forest Park, Owner

 

Category: Commercial
SPEEDVEGAS

Gruskin Architecture + Design, Springfield Township, NJ

Kenneth A. Gruskin and Joel Shulman, Designers
J.A. Tiberti Construction, Contractor
MOTORSPORT ADVENTURES, Owner

 

Category: Interior Architecture
The Fillmore New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

EwingCole, Philadelphia, PA

Shannon Noon, Ryan Leichtweisz, Greg Baron, Designers

Ryan Gootee, Contractor

Live Nation, Owner

 

Category: Residential 2
The Henry, Chicago, IL

Level Architecture, Chicago, IL

Michael Wilkinson, Greg Gibson, Amelia Tabeling, Designers

Method Construction, Contractor

Cedar Street Companies, Owner

 

Category: Unbuilt
UIC Richard J. Daley Library Addition-Master Plan

Bailey Edward Design, Chicago, IL
Ellen Dickson, Robin Whitehurst, Damon Wilson, Designers
University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Category: Interior Architecture
Wintrust Financial Center, Milwaukee, WI

The Redmond Company, Waukesha, WI
Sara Lepich and Peter Nagel, Designers

The Redmond Company, Contractor
Jackson Street Real Estate, Owner