This year’s jury was comprised of principals of leading national firms based in Chicago: Joe Valerio, FAIA from Valerio Dewalt Train Associates; Diane Legge Kempt, FAIA, ASLA – DLK Architecture; and John Ronan, AIA, John Ronan Architecture. Valerio shared his perspective on the post-Katrina architectural environment: “It’s possible that stress leads to great work. Just as the fire in Chicago — which destroyed most of the city — led to great architecture, it seems that the storm here is now resulting in innovative work that will lead what’s happening in the rest of the country.”

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsMaster Planning and Urban Design
Award of Merit: Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Park, New Orleans; Perez, APC


American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsHistoric Preservation
Award of Merit: 1231 Decatur St., New Orleans; Perez, APC

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsDivine Detail
Award of Honor: Ligo Science Education Center
Livingston; Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsProjects
Award of Merit: Rice Mill Lofts, LLC,
New Orleans; Wayne Troyer Architect

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsProjects
Award of Merit: Magazine Street Apartments
New Orleans; Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsInterior Architecture
Award of Honor: Studio WTA
New Orleans; Wayne Troyer Architect

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsInterior Architecture
Award of Honor: Acadiana Center for the Arts
Lafayette; Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsArchitecture
Award of Merit: Coffee Shop
New Orleans; Wayne Troyer Architect

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsArchitecture
Award of Merit:  Kirin Sushi Restaurant
Hammond; Holly and Smith Architects, APAC

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsArchitecture
Award of Merit: Isidore Newman Lower School
New Orleans; Waggonner & Ball Architect

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsArchitecture
Award of Merit: Lallage Faezel Wall Residential College, New Orleans; Wayne Troyer/Lloyd Bray Architects

American Institute of Architects New Orleans 2007 Design AwardsArchitecture
Award of Merit: Law Offices for Daigle, Fisse & Kissenich, PLC, Madisonville; Holly and Smith Architects, APAC

Greg Miles PHOTOGRAPH, TOP ROW, MIDDLE; Peter Richards, Shawn Lani PHOTOGRAPH, TOP ROW, RIGHT; Neil Alexander PHOTOGRAPH, SECOND ROW, RIGHT; Chipper Hatter PHOTOGRAPH, THIRD ROW. LEFT; Tracie Ashe photogrAPH, THIRD ROW, MIDDLE; Marc Lamkin Photograph, THIRD ROW, RIGHT; Alise O’Brien Photograph, BOTTOM ROW, LEFT; Neil Alexander PHOTOGRAPH BOTTOM ROW, MIDDLE; Marc Lamkin Photograph, BOTTOM ROW, RIGHT.