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
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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