Recognition

Institute Honor Award, Architecture, 2024 / Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

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

Finalist; Spaces and Places Category, 2024 / Gilder Center

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)

World Changing Ideas Awards

Finalist; Urban Design Category, 2024 / Tom Lee Park

A+ Awards

Popular Choice Winner, Higher Education and Research Facilities Category, 2024 / Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa Cruz

Jury Award Winner, Museum Category, 2024 / Gilder Center

Finalist, Public Parks and Green Spaces Category, 2024 / Tom Lee Park

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