honor AWARDS recipients

HONOR AWARDS

Each year, AIA Fort Worth gives the following Honors and Awards to various members, projects, individuals and groups for their outstanding achievements and service to the profession of architecture and the community.

JAMES R. WOOTEN SERVICE AWARD – Awarded to the AIA Fort Worth member who best exemplifies the characteristics of sustained, consistent and effective service in accomplishing the goals of the chapter. 

CHARLES R. ADAMS AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE – Awarded to an AIA Fort Worth member who has demonstrated consistent building design excellence over a body of regional projects.

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD – Awarded to a young member of the Fort Worth Chapter for serving as a model for young architects and associate members.  This award is given to individuals who, in an early stage of their architectural career, have shown exceptional leadership in design, education, and/or service to the profession.

QUALITY IN CONSTRUCTION AWARD – Established to recognize and honor a person or group for their constant search for quality and fine work, not simply competent execution; but work which comes from excellent judgment, skill and care in the process. 

PRESIDENTS AWARD – Established to recognize and honor a person or group in the community for their support of the chapter.

COMMUNITY AWARD – Awarded to an individual, organization, group, etc. for contributing to the promotion, understanding, appreciation, and advancement of architecture. 

EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Established to recognize an outstanding design, project or development that has a significant impact toward creating a more sustainable built environment.  It can be awarded to design professionals, owners, developers, institutions and regulatory agencies that have a role in shaping the built environment. 

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP – One of the highest honors the AIA Fort Worth Chapter can bestow upon a person outside the profession of architecture.  It is given to persons of esteemed character who are not eligible for membership in the AIA Fort Worth Chapter, but who have given distinguished service to the profession of architecture or the allied arts and sciences

TWENTY FIVE YEAR AWARD – The test of time is used to single out the executed projects that receive this award, designed by an architect licensed in the United States, and important to the architectural history of Fort Worth.   

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION – Given for a spirit of cooperation with, and outstanding contributions to, The American Institute of Architects Fort Worth. 

2023 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

President’s Award - 2023 TxA Conference Committee

James R. Wooten Service Award - Donald F. Gatzke, FAIA

Young Professional Award - Sarah Gardner, AIA

Community Award - Mike Brennan

Excellence in Sustainable Development Award - Leadership Training and Discovery Center by VLK Architects.

Quality in Construction Award - Spaw Glass

Twenty Five Year Award - 1969 Denton City Hall Building by Texas Architect O’Neil Ford and associated architect Roland Laney

Honorary Membership - Ann Zadeh

Honorary Membership - Randy Hutcheson

Certificate of Appreciation - Andrew Akerhielm, AIA

Certificate of Appreciation - Bryce McCarthy, Assoc. AIA

Certificate of Appreciation - Matt Stevens, Assoc. AIA, CSI

Click here to see photos from our awards ceremony!

2022 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

President’s Award - W. Mark Gunderson, AIA

James R. Wooten Service Award - Lee Hill, AIA

Young Professional Award - Sarah San Miguel, AIA

Quality in Construction Award - Brad McCorkle, University of Texas at Arlington

Twenty Five Year Award - 1959 Arch Campbell Jr. Residence designed by John Wesley Jones

Honorary Membership - Lorie Kinler, Kinler Landscape Architecture

Honorary Membership - Dana Burghdoff, City of Fort Worth

Certificate of Appreciation - AIAS CAMP

Certificate of Appreciation - Alexei Dukov, AIA

Certificate of Appreciation - W. Mark Gunderson, AIA

Certificate of Appreciation - Willis Winters, FAIA

2021 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Young Professional Award - Mario Valdez, Assoc. AIA

Quality in Construction Award 6572 Build

Community Award - NOMA

Excellence in Sustainable Development Award - Cowan Place

Twenty Five Year Award - Ridgemar Oil & Gas Buildig

Certificate of Appreciation - BRIDGE

Certificate of Appreciation - FW Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Certificate of Appreciation - Lonnie Burns, AIA

Certificate of Appreciation - Steer FW

Certificate of Appreciation - Janie Garner, AIA

2020 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

James R. Wooten Service Award - Jack Romigh, AIA

Young Professional Award - Rebecca Palluth, AIA

Quality in Construction Award Chris Hill

Community Award - Dana Burghdoff​ – Deputy Planning Director, City of Fort Worth

Excellence in Sustainable Development Award - Waterside Fort Worth

Twenty Five Year Award - TCU Sid W. Richardson Physical Sciences Building, designed by designed by Paul Rudolph


2019 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

James R. Wooten Service Award - Chad Davis, AIA

Young Professional Award - Lindsey Brigati Boren, AIA

Quality in Construction Award - Rick Wintersole, AIA 

Community Award - Adrian Parr​ – Dean, CAPPA at UT Arlington

Excellence in Sustainable Development Award - Connex Office Park by MEL/ARCH Studio

Honorary Members - Anne Allen, Hon. AIA FW​ – Public Art Project Manager, Arts Council of Fort Worth

Twenty Five Year Award - Mt. Olivet Mausoleum, 1958​ – Charles R. Adams, Architect

Certificate of Appreciation -
AIAS at UT Arlington
Brad Bell​ – Director, School of Architecture at UT Arlington
Dana Burgdoff​ – Deputy Planning Director, City of Fort Worth
Kate Holliday, Hon. AIA FW​ – Director, David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture at UT Arlington


2018 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

James R. Wooten Service Award - Greg Ibanez, FAIA

Charles R. Adams Award for Design Excellence - Bart Shaw, AIA

Young Professional Award - Dennis Chiessa, Assoc. AIA

Quality in Construction Award - Bryan Bogle, Bogle Construction

Community Award - ACE Fort Worth Program – Kate Dunfee, AIA , John Stevenson, and Clifton Hall

Excellence in Sustainable Development Award -
The City of Fort Worth and Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford for Meacham Airport Administration Building Renovation
Honorary Members - Kate Holiday
Mark Burden
The Fortsons

Twenty Five Year Award - UTA School of Architecture, Arlington, 1985

Certificate of Appreciation -
Ann Zadeh – City of Fort Worth Councilwoman District 9
Becca Palluth, AIA
Lindsey Brigati Boren, AIA
Sarah San Miguel, AIA


2017 HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Certificate of Appreciation –
Brian Hadar McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency
Certificate of Appreciation – Thomas Perez ARC Document Solutions
Certificate of Appreciation – Terri Thornton Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Quality in Construction / Artisan Award – Brad Rhodes with Finishing Wizardry

Excellence in Sustainable Development Award – Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center; Refuge- Chris Smith (President) City of Fort Worth Parks and Recreation Department- Rob Denkhaus (Nature Center
Manager) and Reginald Hurd (Assistant Director of the Park and Recreation Department)

Honorary Members – Susan Kline, Honorary AIA FW

Young Professional Award – Matt Green, AIA, NCARB – Urban Bobcat Architects

Community Award – Dennehy Architects – Paul Dennehy AIA, Don Gatzke AIA, and Dennis Chiessa, AIA

James R. Wooten Service Award – Bart Shaw, AIA – Ibanez Shaw Architecture

Twenty Five Year Award – Axe House designed by Emery Young AIA.
Accepted by Joseph Glenn, owner of the Axe house, Barbara Lee Young, wife of Emery and their daughter, Michele