Announcing the Winners of the 2024 METROPOLIS Planet Positive Awards
Sections
Workplace
Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Workplace Honorable Mention
Lake|Flato San Antonio Office Transformation
Lake|Flato Architects
San Antonio, Texas
Education
Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Education | Higher Education Winner
Walker Hall Graduate Student Center
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Davis, California
Education | K-12 Winner
Nueva School Science and Environmental Center
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Hillsborough, California
Higher Education Honorable Mention
Austin Community College Highland Campus Phase II
BGK Architects, Perkins&Will
Austin, Texas
Civic & Cultural
Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Small Civic & Cultural Winner
The Children’s Museum of Eau Claire
Steinberg Hart, WholeTrees Structures
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Large Civic & Cultural Winner
Seattle Convention Center Summit Building
LMN Architects
In association with Graham Baba Architects, Scharrer AD, Rolluda Architects, Tiscareno Associates
Seattle, Washington
Multifamily
Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Single-Family Home
Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Retail and Showroom
Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Innovation
Judges: Drew Shula, Founder and CEO, Verdical Group; Katie Macdonald, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Best Design for Resilience
Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Tall Wood Project
LEVER Architecture
Honorable Mention Community Engagement
Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan
SvN and Nbisiing Consulting, Trent University
Peterborough, Canada
Honorable Mention Unbuilt Project
The Phoenix
MBH Architects, Factory OS, and Autodesk
West Oakland, California
Products
Judges: Christine Vandover, Senior Project Interior Designer, HOK; Tanya Eagle, Director, Sustainable Buildings Team Lead, JLL; Verda Alexander, Editor at Large, Metropolis; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Surfaces, Tiles, Materials Honorable Mention
The Good Plastic Company
Polygood Translucent Collection
People
Judges: METROPOLIS Editors
Educator (Architecture) Winner
Evan Shieh
Assistant Professor of Architecture, New York Institute of Technology
Educator (Interior Design) Winner
Michelle Jacobson
Faculty Member, New York School of Interior Design
Student Work Winner
Indigenous Urbanism
Charley Andrews, Jane Wu, UCLA, Master of Architecture
Instructor: Jeffrey Inaba
Student Work Honorable Mention
West Farms Community Land Trust
Kendal Eastwood, Elise Park, New York Institute of Technology, Bachelor
of Architecture
Instructor: Evan Shieh
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