Summary: AIA New England announced the recipients of their annual Excellence in Design Awards at their annual meeting last September. Six projects were selected to receive Honor Awards for Design Excellence and 10 projects were awarded Merit Awards for Design Excellence. The program was administered by AIA Rhode Island this year, and the jury was composed of Lawrence Speck, FAIA, Page Sutherland Page, Austin, Tex.; Suha Ozkan, Hon. FAIA, Secretary General, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva; and Elva Rubio, AIA, Director of Design, Gensler, Chicago.

2006 Honor Awards for Design Excellence

62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williams College
Williamstown, Mass.
Architect: William Rawn Associates, Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: The Halvarson Company
Photo © Robert Benson Photography.

The Raptor Exhibit at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Quechee Vt.
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Landscape Architect: SE Group
Photo © Nic Lehoux.

675 West Kendall Street Laboratory
Cambridge, Mass.
Architect: Steven Ehrlich Architects
Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Photographers: Paul Vanderwarker, Chuck Choi, Paul Warchol, Christopher Lovi.

Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass.
Architect: Goody Clancy, Boston
Landscape Architects: Carol R. Johnson Associates, Martha Schwartz Inc.
Photographers: Andy Ryan Photography, Chris Johnson Architectural Photography, Anton Grassi/Esto.

Private Residence
Chebeague Island, Maine
Architect: Carol A. Wilson Architect
Photo © Brian Vanden Brink Photographer.

Park East Syngogue
Pepper Pike, Ohio
Architect: Centerbrook Architects and Planners
Landscape Architect: Stephen Stimson Associates
Photo © Scott Frances/ESTO.