Awards

Twenty-five Year Award

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The American Institute of Architects’ Twenty-five Year Award celebrates buildings that excel under the test of time. Eligible projects must have been completed within the past 25 to 35 years by a licensed US architect, though the buildings may be located worldwide. Winning designs are still operating under the tenets of the original program, demonstrating continued viability in function and form, and contributing meaningfully to American life and architecture.  www.aia.org

1969

Rockefeller Center
New York, NY, 1931–40
Reinhard & Hofmeister with Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray and Hood & Fouilhoux

 

1971

Crow Island School
Winnetka, IL, 1939
Perkins, Wheeler & Will and Eliel and Eero Saarinen

 

1972

Baldwin Hills Village
Los Angeles, CA, 1941
Reginald D. Johnson with Wilson, Merrill & Alexander and Clarence S. Stein

 

1973

Taliesin West
Paradise Valley, AZ, 1938
Frank Lloyd Wright

 

1974

S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building
Racine, WI, 1939
Frank Lloyd Wright

 

1975

Philip Johnson Residence (The Glass House)
New Canaan, CT, 1949
Philip Johnson

 

1976

860-880 North Lakeshore Drive Apartments
Chicago, IL, 1948–51
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

 

1977

Christ Lutheran Church
Minneapolis, MN, 1948–51
Saarinen, Saarinen & Associates with Hills, Gilbertson & Hays

 

1978

Eames House
Pacific Palisades, CA, 1949
Charles and Ray Eames

 

1979

Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, CT, 1954
Louis I. Kahn with Douglas W. Orr

 

1980

Lever House
New York, NY, 1952
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

 

1981

Farnsworth House
Plano, IL, 1950
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

 

1982

Equitable Savings and Loan Association Building
Portland, OR, 1948
Pietro Belluschi

 

1983

Price Tower
Bartlesville, OK, 1956
Frank Lloyd Wright

 

1984

Seagram Building
New York, NY, 1957
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

 

1985

General Motors Technical Center
Warren, MI, 1951
Saarinen, Saarinen & Associates with Smith, Hinchman and Grylls Associates

 

1986

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, NY, 1959
Frank Lloyd Wright

 

1987

Bavinger House
Norman, OK, 1953
Bruce Goff

 

1988

Dulles International Airport Terminal Building
Chantilly, VA, 1962
Eero Saarinen & Associates

 

1989

Vanna Venturi House
Chestnut Hill, PA, 1964
Robert Venturi

 

1990

Gateway Arch
St. Louis, MO, 1965
Eero Saarinen & Associates

 

1991

Sea Ranch Condominium I
The Sea Ranch, CA, 1965
Moore Lyndon Turnbull Whitaker

 

1992

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CA, 1966
Louis I. Kahn

 

1993

Deere & Company Administrative Center
Moline, IL, 1963
Eero Saarinen & Associates

 

1994

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Deer Isle, ME, 1962
Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates

 

1995

Ford Foundation Headquarters
New York, NY, 1968
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates

 

1996

Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
Colorado Springs, CO, 1962
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

 

1997

Phillips Exeter Academy Library
Exeter, NH, 1972
Louis I. Kahn

 

1998

Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, TX, 1972
Louis I. Kahn

 

1999

John Hancock Center
Chicago, IL, 1969
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

 

2000

Smith House
Darien, CT, 1967
Richard Meier & Partners Architects

 

2001

Weyerhaeuser Headquarters
Tacoma, WA, 1971
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

 

2002

Fundació Joan Miró
Barcelona, Spain, 1975
Sert Jackson and Associates

 

2003

Design Research Headquarters Building
Cambridge, MA, 1969
BTA Architects Inc.

 

2004

East Building, National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC, 1978
I.M. Pei & Partners

 

2005

Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, 1977
Louis I. Kahn

 

2006

Thorncrown Chapel
Eureka Springs, AR, 1980
E. Fay Jones

 

2007

Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington, DC, 1982
Maya Lin

 

2008

Atheneum
New Harmony, IN, 1979
Richard Meier & Partners Architects

 

2009

Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Boston, MA various renovations
Benjamin Thompson & Associates

 

2010

Hajj Terminal, King Abdul Aziz International Airport
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1981
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

 

2011

John Hancock Tower
Boston, MA
I.M. Pei & Partners

 

2012

Gehry Residence
Santa Monica, CA, 1978
Gehry Partners