2020 NOMA Phil Freelon Professional Design Award Winners

The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) concluded their first virtual conference Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, with industry architecture awards, honoring leadership and social, economic, and environmental design, for professionals and students. The awards brunch was the highlight of the 48th Annual NOMA Conference, held virtually first the time in the history of the event. 

The Phil Freelon Professional Design Awards were presented to the following NOMA member firms:

  • Vision Category – Honor Award: Perkins & Will, Yanel de Angel, NOMA, FAIA, Principal, Resilient Planning at Multiple Scales, Autonomous Municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Focused on climate change impacts, the plan focuses on a two-phased approach: 1) Restore the ecology and 2) Develop a social and civic infrastructure.
  • Built Category – Honor Award: Moody Nolan, Inc., Curtis J. Moody, FAIA, NOMA, NCARB, LEED AP, Architect of Record / Design Architect, Columbus Metropolitan Library – Martin Luther King Branch, Columbus, Ohio
  • Historic Preservation, Restoration & Renovation Category – Honor Award: Studio Figure, Nicholas Brinen, NOMA, Architect of Record, Potters Craft Cider at Neve Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Unbuilt Category – Honor Award: AECOM Detroit, Pierre Roberson, NOMA, AIA, Principle Design Architect, YMCA Flint, Flint, Michigan
  • Small Projects Category – Honor Award: SmithGroup, Dayton Schroeter, Principal Design Architect, Society’s Cage, Washington, D.C.

The professional awards jurors included: Tonja Adair, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, Splice Studios, Inc.; Nicole Hollant-Denis, AIA, NOMA, Aaris Design Studios, PLLC; and Edward Douglas Dunson, II, AIA, NOMA, NCARB Architect / Associate Professor of Architecture

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Vision Category – Honor Award: Perkins & Will

Resilient Planning at Multiple Scales, Autonomous Municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Mlk Library Exterior Dr King Video Projection Brad Feinknopf
Mlk Library Interior Welcome Center Lauren Davis Of Feinknopf
Mlk Library Interior Front Porch Brad Feinknopf
Mlk Library Exterior During Snowstorm Brad Feinknopf
Mlk Library Exterior Brad Feinknopf
Built Category – Honor Award: Moody Nolan, Inc.

Columbus Metropolitan Library – Martin Luther King Branch, Columbus, Ohio

Potters Craft Cider at Neve Hall
Potters Craft Cider at Neve Hall Mezzanine 2
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Potters Craft Cider at Neve HallChapel 1
Potters Craft Cider at Neve HallChapel 2
Historic Preservation, Restoration & Renovation Category – Honor Award: Studio Figure

Potters Craft Cider at Neve Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia

Ymca Flint Exterior
Ymca Flint Interior
Ymca Flint Plan
Ymca Flint Elevation
Unbuilt Category – Honor Award: AECOM Detroit

YMCA Flint, Flint, Michigan

Alan Karchmer / Society's Cage
Alan Karchmer / Society's Cage
Alan Karchmer / Society's Cage
Alan Karchmer / Society's Cage
Small Projects Category – Honor Award: SmithGroup

Society’s Cage, Washington, D.C.

Citations

Vision Category

  • Arman Architecture PLLC, Sky Gardens of San Jose, San Jose, California

Built Category

  • Perkins & Will, Camp Southern Ground- Lodge One, Fayetteville, Georgia
  • Vines Architecture, Durham County Main Library, Durham, North Carolina

Unbuilt Category

  • Perkins & Will, Morrow High School, Ellenwood, Georgia
  • Perkins & Will, Sycamore Hill Gateway, Greenville Town Common, Greenville, North Carolina

Small Projects Category

  • Evoke Studio Architecture, North Carolina Central University Television Broadcast Studio Renovation, Durham, North Carolina
Acadiaautodesk

This year ACADIA and Autodesk joined the awards program by creating a new category specifically for computational design. In the professional lineup they awarded:

  • 1st Place: SmithGroup “Society’s Cage”
  • Honorable Mention: Perkins&Will “Resilient Planning at Multiple Scales: Puerto Rico”