2019 People’s Choice Award Winners

Frank Visconti, AIA emceed the 2019 People's Choice Awards presentation at Civic Winery, October 23, 2019 (my photo)

Each year, the American Institute of Architects Oregon Chapter/Eugene Section (AIA Eugene), in collaboration with the Willamette Valley Section of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), sponsors the People’s Choice Awards for Architecture. These awards aim to educate and inspire our fellow citizens by showcasing architecture, interiors, and landscape architecture projects created within the AIA Eugene section area by AIA or ASLA members. The program demonstrates to the public the role of the architectural profession in enhancing the built environment by showcasing the talents of AIA Eugene and ASLA members. 

It’s hard to believe, but this year marked the 30th year of the People's Choice Awards. The projects presented for consideration were uniformly of a high quality, a testament to the maturation and increasing skill of local design professionals. Voting opened during the September 22 Eugene Sunday Streets event and continued through September 30, with the public and AIA and ASLA members alike casting their ballots either at the display of projects boards in the Broadway Commerce Center or online through the AIA Eugene website. 

As in previous years, the public voted for their favorite projects across an assortment of categories. Eugene mayor Lucy Vinis announced her Mayor’s Choice winners in a special video, demonstrating her thoughtfulness and consideration of issues of importance to the built environment in the city she leads. AIA Eugene and ASLA members also identified their selections in the Colleagues’ Choice voting. 

The awards presentation took place last Wednesday evening at Civic Winery in downtown Eugene. Attendance at the event was very good (60+ AIA Eugene and ASLA members, contractors, and clients were on hand) to enjoy the presentation of the awards, each other’s company, and an assortment of wine varieties and hor’d'oeuvres. 

The People’s Choice Awards program would not have been a success without the support of the following generous sponsors: 

• AIA Eugene 
• Advance Cabinet Designs 
• Arbor South Architecture 
• Central Print & Reprographic Services 
• McClain Consulting & Construction 
• Rowell Brokaw Architects 
• Rubenstein’s

Without further ado, here is the list of the 2019 award winners: 

People's Choice Award Winners: 

Public Landscape: Rockridge Park / Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture and Planning 

Residential Landscape: The Joseph Garden / Stangeland & Associates 

Institutional Landscape: Heartfelt House / Schirmer Satre Group 

Single-Family Residential: Coastal Tiny Home / Nir Pearlson Architect 

Multi-Family Housing: Amazon Corner / Rowell Brokaw Architects 

Public/Institutional: Heartfelt Guest House / 2fORM Architecture 

Commercial: Mahonia Mixed-Use Building / Arkin Tilt Architects 

Interiors: Mahonia Building Interiors / Nir Pearlson Architect 

Unbuilt: New David Minor Theater / Willard C. Dixon Architect 

2019 Mayor’s Choice Award Winners: 

Courtyard House / 2fORM Architecture 

Blossom Cottages / Arbor South Architecture 

The Bard / Q Sterry Inspired Arehitecture 

2019 Colleague’s Choice Winner: 

1203 Willamette Street / Rowell Brokaw Architects 

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!