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AIA, HUD Announce Housing and Community Design
Awards Winners

The AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards program continues the collaboration between the AIA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This public/private partnership recognizes the best in residential and community design in the following categories.

Mixed-Use/Mixed-Income Development
Swan's Market Place, Oakland
Architect: Pyatok Associates
Associate Architect: Y. H. Lee
Owner: East Bay Asian Local Development Corp.

Center Commons, Portland, Ore.
Architect (apartments and senior building): Otak Architects PC
Developer: Lennar Affordable Housing
Architect (townhomes): Vallaster and Corl Architects
Developer: Innovative Housing

TriBeCa Pointe, Battery Park City, N.Y.
Architect: Gruzen Samton LLP
Owner: Rockrose Development Corporation

East Lake Commons, Decatur, Ga.
Architect: Village Habitat Design, LLC
Associate Architect: Pimsler Hoss Associates
Owner: East Lake Commons Homeowners Association

Community Building by Design
Arbolera De Vida, Albuquerque
Architect: Design Workshop
Associate Architect: Studio E Architects
Owner: Sawmill Community Land Trust

Alan J. Rothman Award for Housing Accessibility
Inglis Gardens at Eastwick, Philadelphia
Architect: Cecil Baker and Associates
Developer: Inglis Housing Corporation

The jury consisted of Chair John K. Spear, AIA, Houston; Mark Ginsberg, AIA, New York City; Gita Dev, FAIA, San Francisco; and HUD's Carlos E. Martin, PhD, and Michael Freedberg.

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Gruzen Samton's 42-story-tall TriBeCa Pointe in Battery Park City, N.Y., offers 20 percent affordable housing units with 80 percent at market rate, all 340 of which capture spectacular views of the Hudson River and lower Manhattan.
Photo (left) courtesy of the architect.

For more information on these awards, including project descriptions, visit www.aia.org, go to the professional side, and search under the title "HUD Secretary's Awards" and "Housing PIA Awards" or contact Megan Susman, 202-626-7442.

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