Society of American Registered Architects
Presents 19 National Design Award Winners

A total of 19 professional design awards were presented to 12 architectural firms in the 2001 competition sponsored by the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA). The awards were presented Friday, October 19th at a banquet dinner at Sammy’s Restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio during the Society’s 46th Annual Convention.

The jury session was held in Pleasantville, New York on August 17th at the offices of The Savin Group with Robert Firneis, FARA presiding. Esteemed jurors included Augustin L. Maldanado, Registered Architect and Professor of Architecture and Chairman of the Architectural Department of the N.Y. City Technical College of the City University of New York, David G. Moore, New York Registered Architect and Suzette Stoler, American Registered Architect at Gensler Associates in New York.

Winning firms and their projects were:

Award of Excellence

Fox and Fowle Architects, New York, New York for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Shanghai, China

Daniel P. Coffey and Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois for the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

DeStefano and Partner, Chicago, Illinois for the Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago, Illinois.

Firm Award

Fox and Fowle Architects, New York


Artisian Award

Lawrence A. Robbins, FARA for “Professional Development In Architecture.”


Merit Awards

Fox and Fowle Architects, New York, New York for The Conde Nast Building @ Four Times Square in New York.

Lucien Lagrange and Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois for Park Tower Hotel and Condominiums, Chicago, Illinois

McGraw/Baldwin Architects, San Diego, California for the Nokia Product Creation Center, San Diego, California.

Morris Architects, Orlando, Florida, Emeril’s Restaurant, Orlando, Florida.

Harding Associates, Chicago, Illinois for the Copernicus Fitness Center, Chicago, Illinois

DeStefano and Associates, Chicago, Illinois for the Northwestern University Andersen Hall Expansion, Evanston, Illinois, Dearborn Plaza, Chicago, Illinois and the Leo Burnett Executive Suites, Chicago, Illinois.


Honor Awards

Fox and Fowle Architects, New York, New York for the Merrill Lynch Office Tower in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Scott Jay Smaby, Architect, Atascadero, California for the Hawkins Residence in Arroyo Grande, California.

David M. Schwarz Architectural Services, Inc., Washington, D.C. for the Maddox Muse Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

RGA Architects and Planners, New York, New York for Randall’s Island Performing Arts Center in New York, New York.

A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc., Chicago, Illinois for Renishaw, Inc. in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

GSI Architects, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio for the Daily Herald New Production Facility in Schaumburg, Illinois.

The Society’s 2002 Professional Design Awards Program information will be available for distribution early next year with awards announced in October 2002 at the 46th National Convention in San Antonio, Texas at the La Mansion Del Rio Hotel.