The American Institute of Architects, Vermont Chapter (AIAVT) announced the recipients of its 2024 Excellence in Architecture Design Awards program at its annual meeting, held on December 5, 2024. Six projects were chosen for demonstrating “excellence in design” from twenty-four entries submitted by AIA member architects.  

The jurors, all members of AIA Montana, included Chere LeClaire, FAIA, Elizabeth Zachman, AIA, Reese Sjostrom, AIAS, Anthony Houtz, AIA, and Ryan Schumacher, AIA. Details on the individual jury members can be found here. 

The jury was asked to consider granting awards using the AIA “Framework for Design Excellence” as their judging criteria. Awards were given at three levels: Honor (first), Merit (second), and Citation (third). The jury convened virtually and was facilitated by AIAVT’s Awards Committee Co-Chair, Jeff Stetter, AIA, and Awards Committee Member, Ben Buglovsky.  

Winners were announced by Stetter and Buglovsky, at the AIA Vermont Annual Meeting and Design Awards event at The Essex Resort in Essex, VT on December 5, 2024. 

Winners of this year’s AIAVT Annual Design Awards are as follows:

Honor Award in the Single Family Residential category goes to Birdseye for Ridgeline in Northern Vermont.

Merit Award in the Single Family Residential category goes to Birdseye for MilkHouse in the Northeast Kingdom, VT. 

Merit Award in the Commercial/ Institutional/ Multi-Family/ Mixed Use category goes to gbArchitecture for the Lake View Apartments in Burlington, VT. 

Citation Award in the Historic Preservation / Adaptive Re-Use / Rehabilitation category goes to R. Edwards & Co. for the East Calais General Store in East Calais, VT. 

Citation Award in the Small Projects category goes to Sidehill Design Studio for Accessory in Shelburne, VT.

Citation Award in the Commercial/ Institutional/ Multi-Family/ Mixed Use category goes to TruexCullins Architecture & Interior Design for Winooski Schools in Winooski, VT. 

Additionally, the 130 attendees at the Dec. 5th Annual Meeting & Design Awards event were invited to vote for their favorite project. The project with the most votes was awarded the Peers' Choice Award, won by gbArchitecture for The Nest @ 79 Pine in Burlington, VT.

Details and images of each project can be found at https://www.aiavt.org/awards/2024-design-awards