Recognition

Architecture Honor Award, AIA San Francisco, 2024 / Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa Cruz

Citation for a Comprehensive Reorganization of Interior Space, AIA New York, 2024 / Gilder Center

Excellence Award, AIA Brooklyn, 2023 / 11 Hoyt

Best in Competition, AIA Brooklyn, 2023 / 11 Hoyt

Winner, AIA Chicago People's Choice Award, 2023 / St. Regis Chicago

Citation of Merit, AIA Chicago, 2023 / St. Regis Chicago

Architecture Honor Award, AIA Chicago, 2023 / Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Architecture Honor Award, AIA New York, 2023 / 11 Hoyt

Architecture Merit Award, AIA New York State, 2020 / Rescue Company 2

Architecture Merit Award, AIA New York, 2020 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

Honor Award, Distinguished Building, AIA Chicago, 2018 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Great Places, AIA Illinois, 2018 / Aqua Tower

Honor Award, AIA Hampton Roads, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Institute Honor Award, Interior Architecture, 2017 / Writers Theatre

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit, AIA Chicago, 2016 / City Hyde Park

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit, AIA Chicago, 2016 / Writers Theatre

Institute Honor Award, Architecture, 2016 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Interior Architecture Award, AIA Chicago, 2016 / Writers Theatre

Divine Detail Award, AIA Chicago, 2016 / City Hyde Park

Divine Detail Award, AIA Chicago, 2016 / Writers Theatre

Daniel Burnham Award for Master Planning, AIA Illinois, 2016 / Technical team for Positioning Pullman

Divine Detail Award, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2015 / Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

Distinguished Building Award, AIA Chicago, 2015 / Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

Honor Award, AIA Illinois, 2015 / Northerly Island

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit, AIA Chicago, 2014 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Interior Architecture Citation of Merit, AIA Chicago, 2014 / PAHC Studio

Distinguished Building Honor Award, AIA Chicago, 2010 / Aqua Tower

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2010 / Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2009 / Brick Weave House

Divine Detail Special Recognition Award, AIA Chicago, 2009 / Brick Weave House

Mies Van der Rohe Award, AIA Illinois, 2009 / SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

Interior Architecture Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2008 / Workspace 1212

Unbuilt Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2008 / Architecture for Humanity Biloxi Pinecone House

Unbuilt Honor Award, AIA Chicago, 2008 / Zhong Bang Village

Divine Detail Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2008 / SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2008 / SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

Emerging Visions Award, AIA Chicago, 2006

Distinguished Building Honor Award, AIA Chicago, 2004 / Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit Award, AIA Chicago, 2004 / Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center

Distinguished Building Honor Award, AIA Illinois, 2004 / Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre

Distinguished Building Citation of Merit Award, AIA Illinois, 2004 / Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center

Special Recognition, AIA Illinois, 2004 / Marble Curtain

150 Great Places in Illinois, AIA Illinois, 2004 / Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre

Emerging Visions Award, AIA Chicago, 2000

Architecture Design Winner, National Design Awards, 2013

Winner, 67th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards, 2020 / Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History

High Commendation, AR Future Projects Awards, MIPIM, 2020 / Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History

Woman Architect of the Year, 2016 / Jeanne Gang

Glass Future Prize, 2018 / Tour Montparnasse

WAFX Prize, 2018 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Finalist

Residential Category, 2019 / Solstice on the Park

Office Category, 2019 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

Future Projects Category, 2019 / University of Chicago Center in Paris Project

Culture Category, 2019 / Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History

Residential Category, 2018 / Q Residences

Health Category, 2018 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Competition Designs Category, 2018 / Tour Montparnasse

Shortlist

Higher Education Category, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Cultural Spaces Category, 2016 / Writers Theatre

Higher Education Category, 2016 / Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

Sport and Civic Category, 2014 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Civic Category, 2008 / SOS International Children’s Village

Annual Design Gala

Excellence in Building Award, 2020

Best of Design Awards

Honorable Mention, Cultural Category, 2023 / Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Editors' Picks, Residential Multi-Unit Category, 2022 / 11 Hoyt

Editors' Picks, Unbuilt Residential Multi-Unit Category, 2022 / One Delisle

Honorable Mention, Best of Design Awards, Institutional - Higher Ed Category, 2020 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Honorable Mention, Public Category, 2020 / Rescue Company 2

Honorable Mention, Exhibition Design, 2020 / Baleinopolis

Honorable Mention, Unbuilt Cultural Category, 2019 / Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History

Editors' Picks, Residential Multiunit Category, 2019 / Solstice on the Park

Honorable Mention, Unbuilt Landscape Category, 2019 / Tom Lee Park

Winner, Unbuilt Cultural Category, 2019 / Arkansas Arts Center

Honorable Mention, Commercial Office Category, 2019 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

Building of the Year Midwest, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Most Innovative Companies in Architecture

Fourth Place, 2021

First Place, 2020

Fifth Place, 2019

Third Place, 2018

Innovation by Design Awards

Winner, Spaces and Places Category, 2021 / Beloit Powerhouse

Finalist; Spaces, Places and Cities Category, 2020 / Rescue Company 2

Finalist; Cities Category, 2020 / MIRA

Honorable Mention; Spaces, Places and Cities Category, 2018 / Memphis Riverfront Concept

Finalist; Spaces, Places and Cities Category, 2018 / Polis Station

Finalist; Spaces, Places, and Cities Category, 2019 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

A+ Awards

Jury Award Winner, Gyms & Recreation Center Category, 2021 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Popular Choice Winner, Gyms & Recreation Center Category, 2021 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Jury Award Winner, Multi-Unit House - High Rise Category, 2021 / One Hundred

Jury Award Winner, Unbuilt - Cultural, 2020 / Gilder Center

Jury Award Winner, Commercial - Office Mid-Rise Category, 2020 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

Project of the Year Special Honoree Award, 2020 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

Jury Award Winner, Residential - Unbuilt Multi-Unit Housing Category, 2020 / MIRA

Finalist, Institutional Unbuilt Category, 2019 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Special Mention, Unbuilt Sports and Recreation Category / Beloit College Powerhouse

Finalist, Multi Unit Housing Mid Rise Category, 2018 / City Hyde Park

Finalist, Recreation Centers Category, 2018 / Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571

Finalist, Unbuilt Masterplan Category, 2018 / Memphis Riverfront Concept

Jury and Popular Choice Award Winner, 2017 / Writers Theatre

Special Mention, 2017 / Civic Commons

Firm of the Year, 2016

Jury Award Winner, 2015 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

AD100, 2023

AD100, 2022

AD100, 2021

AD100, 2020

AD100, 2019

AD100, 2018

AD100, 2017

Award for Excellence in Design, 2015 / Rescue Company 2

Merit Award, AZ Awards for Design Excellence, 2014 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Architecture Film of the Year (with Spirit of Space), Longlist, 2021 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Top 10 US architecture projects 2020 / Beloit College Powerhouse

Dezeen Architect of the Year Award

Longlisted, 2020

Shortlisted, 2019

Longlisted, 2019

Gold Award, Building Team Awards, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Global Citizen Award, 2020 / Jeanne Gang

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards

Neighborhood Development Award, 2009 / SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

Award for Architectural Excellence, 3rd Place, 2005 / Chinese American Service League

Petal Certification, 2013 / Midwest Offices, Natural Resources Defense Council

Best Project Award, Cultural/Worship Category, 2023 / Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Finalist, Best Project Award, Residential/Hospitality Category, 2021 / One Hundred

Best Project Award, Residential/Hospitality Category, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Excellence in Office Development, 2020 / Solar Carve

Winner, Completed Culture, 2023 / Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Winner, Overall Winner, 2023 / Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Winner, Renovation, 2021 / Beloit Powerhouse

Winner, Office & Business, 2020 / Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave)

Winner, Urban Planning, 2018 / Memphis Riverfront Concept

Winner, Sport and Leisure, 2017 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park & Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571

Finalist, Culture, 2017 / Writers Theatre

Winner, Real Estate Deals of the Year Award, San Francisco Business Times, 2021 / MIRA

WoodWorks Design Awards

Institutional Wood Design Award, 2017 / Writers Theatre

Innovative Wood Design Award, 2010 / Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo

Prize, Educational Buildings Category, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Firm of the Year Shortlist, 2017

Chicago River Blue Awards

Blue Ribbon Award, 2018 / Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571

Green Ribbon Award, 2014 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Best Multifamily Building, PCI Design Awards, 2022 / 11 Hoyt

Best Government and Public Building, 2021 / FDNY Rescue Company 2

Best Higher Education/University Building, PCI Design Awards, 2018 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Merit Award Winner, 2008 / SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

Gold Medal Award & Presidential Award, 2003 / Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre

Winner, Great Places Awards, 2013 / Northerly Island

Acknowledgement Prize North America, 2011 / Ford Calumet Environmental Center

Award of Merit, 2017 / Writers Theatre

Grand Prize, Prism Stone in Architecture Awards, 2004 / Marble Curtain

DBIA National Project/Team Awards

Excellence in Design Award, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Community Impact and Social Responsibility Award, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

National Award of Merit, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

American Architecture Awards

Winner, 2015 / Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

Winner, 2014 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Winner, 2011 / Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo

Winner, 2008 / Aqua Tower

Most Compassionate Architectural Firm, 2009

Best Large Structure, Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, 2010 / Aqua Tower

Best of Institutional, 2004 / Chinese American Service League

Best New Institutional Building, Best of Downtown Awards, 2005 / Chinese American Service League

Building Award, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, 2021 / Rescue Company 2

Best Precast Project, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Awards, 2017 / University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

Design Award of Honor, SARA Design Awards, 2004 / Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre

Metal Architecture Design Awards

Grand Award Winner, 2018 / Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571

Best Overall Design Award, 2004 / Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre

Best New Skyscraper of the Year, 2009 / Aqua Tower

International Highrise Award Finalist, 2010 / Aqua Tower

Make It Better Award, 2016