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CHANGING TIMES CONTRIBUTORS

Celia Carnes (“Building Community”)
Welcome to our annual awards issue, which is a little different
Bradley W. Johnson from those of prior years, and not because we held our juries is the editorial project manager for the
Cultural Landscape Foundation and a
virtually due to COVID-related travel concerns, since we did
contributor to ARCHITECTUREDC.
that last year, as well. (Virtual juries have worked well for us—
they have allowed us to recruit jurors from all over the country,
helping us to achieve the diversity of firm size, design practices, Denise Liebowitz (“Bastions of Culture”
and opinions that we want to have on our panels. And there and “The 15-Minute Neighborhood”),
were some pretty strong opinions on some of the projects this formerly with the National Capital
year!) And as always, the juries reviewed the submissions Planning Commission, is a frequent
without knowing who designed the projects. contributor to ARCHITECTUREDC.
What makes this year’s awards issue different, rather, is that jurors assessed
the entries against a new and broader set of criteria. Starting last year, we asked our G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Assoc. AIA
jurors to use AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence, which includes 10 measures for (“Corporate Identities” and “Living
evaluating a project’s environmental resilience alongside its merits for aesthetics and Together”), is an independent curator
innovative design. That’s not an easy thing to do—imagine trying to keep 10 ideas in and writer. He is the editor
your head at one time while reviewing dozens of submissions. of ARCHITECTUREDC.
WELCOME Ronald O’Rourke (“Renewed for

Life”) is a regular contributor to
ARCHITECTUREDC. His father, Jack
O’Rourke, was an architect in San
Francisco for more than four decades.
The jury for our annual Chapter Design Awards competition earlier this
year suggested grouping the 10 measures into three categories. We followed
their suggestion for our subsequent Washingtonian Residential Design Awards CORRECTION
competition, and the results were remarkable: While the jury recognized some well-
designed single-family houses, most of their rewards went to multi-family projects. The article in the Summer issue of
That is a huge change from 1998, when I joined the Chapter—back then, single- ARCHITECTUREDC about the NCARB
family houses for (mostly) wealthy clients dominated the selections. offices incorrectly stated that gold was
This year’s award-winning projects speak to our evolving understanding of one of the organization’s official colors.
housing as a fundamental right, and to the sophistication of DC architects in helping Its colors are blue and white.
to address housing needs of various kinds for clients at differing income levels.
In combination with the other selected projects from our Chapter Design Awards
competition, this year’s residential award winners show the power of architecture JURORS
to transform community, which is the tagline for AIA|DC’s sister organization,
the Washington Architectural Foundation. Successfully addressing Washington’s FOR 2021 AIA|DC
housing affordability challenge will require a variety of residential project types, AWARDS PROGRAMS
and the award-winning projects presented in this issue are consistent with that.
We are very grateful to all the jurors (listed to the right) who gave their time to Chapter Design Awards
• Katherine Chia, FAIA
carefully judge our many entries. And we congratulate all our winners, for whom —Desai Chia Architecture; New York, NY
we are, at least for now, planning an in-person awards ceremony in September. • Siamak Hariri, Intl. Assoc. AIA
We hope you’ll enjoy this issue, and perhaps take some inspiration from —Hariri Pontarini Architects; Toronto, ON
looking at architecture through a slightly different and more up-to-date lens—a • Pamela Hawkes, FAIA
lens that retains an interest in aesthetics and design innovation, but leavens it with a —Scattergood Design; Portland, ME
conscious and more deliberate concern for sustainability and a project’s contribution • Herman Howard, NOMA
—SHAPE; Atlanta, GA
to the larger community. • Joey Shimoda, FAIA
As always we love to hear from you, so please feel free to drop me a line. —Shimoda Design Group; Los Angeles, CA

Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA Washingtonian Residential Design Awards
Publisher • Lisa Gray, FAIA
mfitch@aiadc.com —Gray Organschi Architecture;
@marycfitch New Haven, CT
• Julie Hacker, FAIA
—Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker Architects;
Evanston, IL
• Paulett Taggart, FAIA
—Paulett Taggart Architects;
San Francisco, CA

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