One of the convention highlights for the Young Architects Forum was hosted an awards ceremony and reception for the winners of their second annual design competition, Building Community: Partnership for Affordable Housing Infill, on May 18, 2001 in Denver, CO. The Young Architects Forum, AGC's Young Constructors Forum, and Northeast Denver Housing Center partnered to host the juried competition in conjunction with the 2001 AIA national convention. In accordance with the convention's theme, "Leaders and Partners in Creating Community," the design category focused on an urban infill project in the historic Five Points Neighborhood of Denver. The constructor category focused on affordable housing and community service projects. From the 37 entries, the jurors chose two Awards of Excellence, three Awards of Merit, and three Awards of Distinction.

Constructor Category
Award of Excellence ($2,000)
Byron Haselden, Denver

Design Category
Awards of Excellence ($1,250)
Mark Gerwing and Katherine Iverson, Boulder
Alexander Bross, Portland, Maine

Awards of Merit ($500)
Dave G. Hampton, Jr., and Ben Gauslin, Chicago (left)
Nolanda Bearden, Juan Milhouse, Melissa Teng, and Danny Trotter of Gresham Smith & Partners, Birmingham
Gabriel C. Feld, Cambridge, Mass.

Awards of Distinction (Certificate)
Daniel K. Mullin, Kurt Rathmann, Ron Doebler, Bruce House, Josh Howa
University of Idaho, Moscow
Pablo Fidel Rescia, Dario Hector Lemmi, and Horacio Hernan Rigone, Argentina
Argentina
Mark Shifter, Laura Brown, Ben Niamthet, Sam Fan, Dan Figatner, Eric McNeal, Suzie Upton
burkettdesign, inc., Denver (top)

Jurors for the competition were:
• Dominique Acevedo, director of development, Northeast Denver Housing Center
• Ralph Johnson, immediate past president, Associated General Contractors
• Jennifer Moulton, FAIA, director, Community Planning & Development Agency, City of Denver
• Michael Pyatok, FAIA, principal, Pyatok Associates
• Bud Starker, president, Colorado Associated General Contractors.

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