The Honolulu Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized the winners of its 66th annual Design Awards — Hawai‘i’s oldest design competition — during a gala celebration on July 26 at Café Julia Hawaii with more than 200 guests in attendance.
Design Awards nominations are submitted by local AIA Honolulu member-architects and showcase a wide range of projects. All entries can be viewed online at aiahonolulu.org.
One of the more popular awards every year is the People’s Choice Award, which allows the general public to vote for their favorite built project. More than 1,000 votes were cast online during a two-week period in June.
All other award winners were determined by a distinguished panel of jurors, including AIA member-architects and other design professionals. This year, three AIA Honolulu member architects served as jurors: Laura Ayers, principal at WhiteSpace Architects; Lorrin Matsunaga, founding partner of Urban Works; and Yasushi Ishida, a professor at the University of Hawai‘i School of Architecture. They were joined by jurors from Chicago and New York.
This year’s projects and architects recognized as Design Award winners and honorable mentions include:
HAWAI‘I ENERGY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN
MAYOR’S CHOICE AWARD
Kūlanihāko‘i High School
Firm: G70
Client: State of Hawai‘i Department of Education
Contractor: Nordic PCL Construction Inc.
Location: Kīhei, Maui
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Hale Kiawe
Firm: Walker Warner
Additional Design Firms: Philpotts Interiors (Interiors), David Y. Tamura Associates (Landscape)
Client: Withheld per owner’s request
Contractor: Metzler Contracting Co. LLC
Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD
806 Iwilei Affordable Housing
& Resource Center
Firm: G70
Client: City & County of Honolulu, Department of Land Management
Contractor: Allied Builders System
Location: Iwilei
AWARD OF MERIT
Civil Beat Plaza
Firm: G70
Client: Withheld per owner’s request
Contractor: Nordic PCL Construction Inc.
Location: Honolulu
Līlia Waikīkī
Firms: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB), Benjamin Woo Architects (Architect of Record)
Additional Design Firm: Jules Wilson Design Studio (Interiors)
Client: Brookfield Properties; OliverMcMillan
Contractor: Nordic PCL Construction Inc.
Location: Honolulu
Beachfront Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Firms: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Architecture, Hawai‘i Sea Grant School of Ocean and Earth Science
Location: Waikīkī
The Mānoa Agricultural Innovation & Learning Exchange Project
Firm: AMA A/E
Additional Design Firm: Sasaki
Client: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Location: Mānoa
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Hawaiian Airlines Air Operations Support Space
Firm: HDR Inc.
Client: Hawaiian Airlines
Contractor: Hensel Phelps
Location: Honolulu
HAWAII HOME + REMODELING EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD
Hale Le‘ahi
Firm: ADM Architecture + Interiors
Client: Withheld per owner’s request
Contractor: Barker Kappelle Construction LLC
Location: Honolulu
USGBC HAWAI‘I SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Slice of Paradise
Firm: Peter Vincent Architects
Additional Design Firms: Star Pierce Design (Interiors), Aloha ‘Āina Landscaping (Landscape)
Client: Withheld per owner’s request
Contractor: Mokulua High Performance Builder
Location: Kahuku
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Hawaii State FCU Headquarters
Firm: hi•arch•y llp (Lead / AOR)
Additional Design Firm: ZGF (Interiors)
Client: Hawaii State Federal Credit Union
Contractor: Nordic PCL Construction Inc.
Location: Honolulu
Wailuku Civic Complex
Parking Garage
Firm: Ferraro Choi And Associates
Client: County of Maui
Contractor: Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Inc.
Location: Wailuku, Maui
Lavaflow 8
Firm: Craig Steely Architecture
Client: Françoise Bourzat and Aharon Grossbard
Contractor: Hilo Coast Construction
Location: Pāhoa, Hawai‘i
