Awards (1 Grand Honor Award, 3 Honor Awards, 4 Merit Awards, and 8 Citations) were presented at the Chapter's Year-End Party and Design Awards Banquet in College Park, Maryland on Friday, December 10, 2004.

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Grand Honor Award Myrtilla Miner Elementary School Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects Owner: D.C. Public Schools Contractor: Hess Construction Photographer: Ken Wyner Jury Comments: "Scale in neighborhood is excellent. What a school in an urban area ought to be. Detailed and constructed like an old school. Completely at home in context of neighborhood. Teaches children about design. Wonderful spaces, nicely detailed."

Honor Award Matapeake Elementary School Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects Owner: Queen Anne's Public Schools Contractor: Mullen Contracting Company Photographer: Ken Wyner Jury Comments: "Fell in love with this project. Great place to go to school. Simplicity of detailing, yet a fair amount of things going on. Corridor is a great space. Use of exterior courtyard made it a well done school."

Honor Award Chinatown - Washington, DC Architect: GTM Architects, Inc. Owner: Douglas Development Corporation Contractor: Douglas Development Corporation Photographer: Ken Wyner Jury Comments: "Commends this project for the patience over the years. Struck by the sensitive nature in which the architect restored the facades. Great job of historic preservation, in filling and bringing the past back to life."

Honor Award Guest House in Dutchess County Architect: Meditch Murphey Architects Owner: Anonymous Contractor: Heitmann and Heitmann Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie Jury Comments: "Simple plan, elegant solution. Nice courtyard entry area. Liked simple detailing within structure, also attention details such as how the lighting scalloped the facade. Opens up to spectacular view of countryside."

Merit Award Annapolis Yacht Club Third Deck Architect: George Gordon Architects, P.C. Owner: Annapolis Yacht Club Contractor: Brown Contracting Company, Inc. Photographer: Ron Solomon Jury Comments: "Wonderful solution to the problem. Created a boat-like interior, extremely well detailed and well crafted. Use of lighting and simple palette of materials that allowed focus to be what's happening out at the marina. Created a very successful solution."

Merit Award Center for Applied Learning and Technology Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects and Heery International Owner: Anne Arundel Community College Contractor: Coakley & Williams Construction, Inc. Photographer: Ken Wyner Jury Comments: "Just speaks technology. Well thought out with amphitheater as part of overall design. Nice massing of space as opposed to curved element within structure. Openess of atrium space was very eloquent."

Merit Award David House Architect: McInturff Architects Owner: Bernard and Lisa David Contractor: Hugh H. Hickman Photographer: Julia Heine Jury Comments: "Good solution to a very nice contemporary house. Great site. Proportions, great use of light and windows. Excellent composition of rear of house with colors and textures."

Merit Award Rappahannock Bend Architect: McInturff Architects Owner: Anonymous Contractor: Bonitt Builders Photographer: Julia Heine Jury Comments: "Interior articulated very nicely and cleanly. Liked the interplay of the changing materials. Consistency of detailing throughout the interior. Two story space with sun screen created a glorious space. Overall, very well articulated and crafted job."

Citation Burke Center Library Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects Owner: Fairfax County Jury Comments: "Structure was very unique because of how the different elements and patterns were used within the walls and how the shades projected shadow lines throughout the facades of the structure. Also impressed with how the parking and walkways were handled."

Citation Memorial Gardens Chapel Architect: The Heiserman Group Owner: Judean Memorial Gardens and Norbeck Memorial Park Contractor: Hardy Construction Photographer: Herb Heiserman Jury Comments: "Overall form presents an uplifting presence for the structure. Front facade gives a very sacred element to the space."

Citation Exeter Hospital Architect: JSA Inc. Owner: Exeter Health Resources Contractor: Hutter Construction Company Photographer: Bruce Martin (Boston, MA) Jury Comments: "The use of materials and massing of how the bricks and metal panels were brought together. Well detailed and well proportioned. "

Citation Butterfield 9 Restaurant Architect: Manion & Associates Architects Owner: Umbi Singh Contractor: Teel Construction Photographer: Michael Matsil Jury Comments: "Architect did an elegant job of filling the high volume single-story space, creating the dining mezzanine above. Consistent detailing throughout. Well proportioned and overall excellent job."

Citation Cady's Alley Development Area 3 Architect: McInturff Architects Owner: Eastbanc, Inc. Contractor: Kadcon Photographer: Julia Heine Jury Comments: "Appreciated the use of new materials and how they relate to existing materials. Also the texture the metal gives and the color. Also appreciated the preserving of the graffiti."

Citation Design Center West - Cady's Alley Architect: Sorg and Associates Owner: Eastbanc, Inc. Contractor: Kadcon Corporation Photographer: Scott Sorg Jury Comments: "Excellent solution to the existing warehouses. Incorporation of shade canopies as a steel structure picked up on the industrial design. Stone composition within facade picked up on the canal itself and integrated well. Interior spaces were dynamic."

Citation Zutt Residence Architect: Studio 27 Architecture Owner: Johannes Zutt and Donatella Lorch Contractor: Glass Construction, Inc. Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie Jury Comments: "Very good study on a modern house, from initial structural grid to the paneling of the walls to the detailing of the column intersecting the floors. Well done study and well done execution."

Citation Riverside Retreat - Trappe Maryland Architect: Wiedemann Architects, LLC Owner: Anonymous Contractor: Reed & Lambert, Inc. Photographer: Anice Hoachlander Jury Comments: "Great site. Addition was very compatible with existing. Super job of converting what was the entrance into an mew entrance. Very well done project."

The Potomac Valley Chapter of AIA would like to thank the following sponsors, who provided financial support for the 2003 Design Awards Program:

Many thanks to our 2004 Platinum Sponsors...
Horizon Builders, Inc. and their owner, Joe Bohm
and
Morgan Keller and Michael M. Mock

Many thanks to our 2004 GOLD Sponsor...
Medi Falsafi of

Many thanks to our 2004 Silver Sponsor...
Tom Mitchell of Potomac Valley Brick & Supply

And our BRONZE SPONSORS:
Mike Heatwole of Ames & Gough Insurance and CNA/Shinnerer
and
James Lee, Esq. & Terry McShane, Esq. of...
Lee and McShane Attorneys