2011 IIDA NC Honor Awards
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SPACEFLAVOR was named the Honor Award winner for the Live category for The Cube, a live-work space within the apartment of Buddhist practitioner Liu Ming. -
The Cube's designed was based on the mix of ideas of Yin (private, dark, and closed) and Yang (Yang (public, light, and open). -
Winning a Live Merit Award was Cary Bernstein Architect for the Potrero House. -
The 100-year-old Potrero House was renovated in phases for a resident who started the project as a bachelor and now is the father of three children. -
The Honor Award for Work Big was given to Gensler for a LEED Gold project designed with a central staircase meant to decrease elevator use and increase chance interactions between departments. -
The natural materials used throughout the building, seen here in the cafeteria, are meant to reflect nearby Mt. Diablo. -
Winning the Merit Award for Work Big was HOK and its law offices for Gunderson Dettmer. -
The new space features offices surrounded by 15 "living rooms" designed to promote collaboration and interaction among employees. Shown here is the cafeteria. -
STUDIOS Architecture was awarded a Notable Work Big Award for its Capitals Programs & Facilities Management center at the University of California, San Francisco. -
The LEED-certified space features timber-based palette with hits of orange, green, and blue. -
A second Notable Work Big Award was awarded to RMW architecture & interiors for their Brocade Communications Campus, which a juror noted is "not the predictable corporate office." -
The LEED Gold project features "teaming areas" (shown here) for group collaboration. -
Gensler was also awarded a Merit Award for Work Small for its McCann Worldgroup office space. -
The "wavelike" structure that floats over the conference room, says the design team, "symbolizes creative brainwaves washing up to shore." -
A second Merit Award for Work Small was presented to Mark Cavagnero Associates for the University of California, Berkeley Durant Hall. -
The hall is a mix of old and new. The original building was created in 1911 and the renovations are expected to bring it up to LEED Silver certification. -
Also for Gensler was a Notable Award in Work Small, this time for a private client in Hong Kong. -
Elements like this breakout room create a "balanced and peaceful space," a juror said. -
The final Work Small Notable Award was given to SmithGroup for the Baker Avenue Asset Management office. -
The office, located in the historic Bently Reserve building, combines new and old construction for a practice that works with new and old financial traditions. -
The big winner of the evening was Rottet Studio. Its Surry Hotel was named the Honor Award winner for Play as well as the WOW Best of Show overall winner. -
The Upper East Side hotel is described as a embodying "sophisticated whimsy." -
Mark Horton | Architecture was presented with a Play Merit Award for a very fun-loving spot: the House of Air in San Francisco's Presidio. -
Inside the former biplane hanger, the House of Air is filled with trampolines. It's expected to achieve LEED certification. -
Rounding out the Play category was Aidlin Darling Design, winning a Merit Award for Bar Agricole. -
An old warehouse was converted into the restaurant. The walls are made of reclaimed oak from former whiskey barrels. -
A single award was given in the Shop category. The recipient was a familiar name of the evening: Gensler, for the Bank of America, 72nd & Broadway. -
Rather than being designed as a traditional bank all about business, this project was applauded as being "hospitality-centric." -
The stunning and ultra-modern Hult International Business School earned TSAO Design Group the Honor Award in the Serve category. -
The school features diverse mix of lecture halls, communal tables, and private study areas. -
HOK's San Francisco office won a second award, claiming a Serve Merit Award for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Academic Library. -
The windowless stairway is lit from above with a speckled skylight. From other areas, glass spans open onto dramatic views of the Red Sea. -
The Serve Notable Award was presented to Bohlin Cywinski Jackson for its Mills College Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business. -
The building embraces sustainable practices, drawing on passive design elements like natural light and a living roof. -
The final award of the evening, an Honor Award, was presented to SmithGroup with Jim Jennings Architecture in the new Heal category. -
The 236,00-square-foot space was described by a juror as a "new way to plan a lab: better, fresher, beautiful, strong, and collaborative."
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