The American Institute of Architects Miami Chapter presented 19 awards for outstanding design and 20 community, trade and professional awards to architects, designers, students and community leaders at its 54th Annual design competition last week. Three winners include Midtown2, Zyscovich Architects' residential building near the Design District and part of the larger mixed-use Midtown complex of residences, shops and plazas; Rene Gonzalez's Rivo Alto garden at a home on the Venetian Islands, and Mateu Architecture's sleek Casa Grove I interior with red highlights.

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

• Architecture: Arquitectonica for Mangrove West Coast

• Architecture-unbuilt: Marilys R. Nepomechie, FAIA, and Marta Canaves, ASLA, IIDA, for Sustainable Green Infill, Smoketown, Ky.

• Interior design: Rene Gonzalez for the Murano Grande Penthouse

TRADE AWARDS

• Firm of year: Bermello Ajamil & Partners

• Architect of year: Jaime Canaves, FAIA

• Life achievement in architecture: John P. Fullerton, AIA, of Fullerton Diaz Architects

• Silver medal for design excellence and community service: Michael H. Kerwin, AIA, of Spillis Candela DMJM

AWARDS OF MERIT

• Oppenheim Architecture + Design, LLP, for Ten Museum Park

• Ferguson Glasgow Schuster Soto for the Jorge Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Lecture Hall

• Max Strang Architecture for the McKenna residence

• Mateu Architecture for Casa Grove I

• Zyscovich Architects for 2 Midtown

• Green building: Spillis Candela DMJM for Calgary Courts Centre

• Historic preservation: De La Guardia Victoria Architects & Urbanists for the Jack Weiner house

ARCHITECTURE UNBUILT

• Beilinson Gomez Architects, P.A., for the Barbara residence

• Jacob Brillhart for A Mechanical Dwelling

• Shulman + Associates for the Sea Spray. (Also, honorable mention for the Fairwind Hotel)

• Spillis Candela DMJM for Four Corners, Dallas

• Test of time: Mateu Architecture for Luminaire Showroom

• Historic preservation (interiors) MC Harry & Associates for Dade County Courthouse

• Landscape design: Rene Gonzalez for Rivo Alto Garden

• Student design at FIU: Glen Santayana Jr. and Pedro Gomez for White House Redux Competition

• Interior designer of year: Diana U. Farmer-Gonzalez, Associate AIA

• Young architect of year Agustin J. Barrera, AIA

• Urban design: Suria Yaffar, Associate AIA

• Landscape architect of year: Carolyn Mitchell, RLA, LEED AP, ASLA

• Education leadership: Mario F. Ortega

• Governmental leadership: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson

• Environmental preservation: Gary Shlifer, MS, LEED AP

• Writing about architecture: Sara Giller Nelson and Norman Giller, FAIA

• Historic preservation: Kobi Karp, AIA

• General contractor of Year: Odebrecht USA, Gilberto F. Neves, CEO

• Consulting engineer of year: Leopoldo F. Rios, P.E.

• Community leadership: Rick D. Ruiz, Associate AIA

• Architecture Students of Year: Raksmey Praing at FIU, Danay Morales at UM, Caio Barboza at Miami Dade College, Alejandro Diaz at Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH)

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