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Best of Year 2009 Winner: Clive Wilkinson Architects

Best of Year -- Interior Design, 12/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

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Best of Year Winner, Education: Clive Wilkinson Architects: FIDM San Diego Campus, San Diego, CA
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With a dozen-plus projects for the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising under his belt, Interior Design Hall of Fame member Clive Wilkinson was more than ready to take on the spec office building that would become a San Diego "campus" for this California institution. His characteristic élan accessorizes, if you will, an eminently pragmatic plan profiting from daylight and fostering interaction. Riffing on an Elizabethan collar, he gave the student lounge's ceiling ruffles of its own—in galvanized steel. He used the same metal to build the student store, then enlivened its glass front with tangerine-orange vinyl. The main computer lounge is gleaming red, from the gloss paint on the walls and ceiling to the foam-block benches. Wilkinson got literary, too. On one of the pervasive glass walls, he used more vinyl to apply the motto of FIDM's president and CEO: "Freedom to succeed."

BEN LOESCHER; JENNIFER WU; MIWAKO FEVER; MELANIE AVSHMAN; DAVID ALTCHECH; SAM FARHANG; NEIL MUNTZEL; NICOLE SYLIANTENG: PROJECT TEAM.

Best of Year Merit Awards, Education

Dake Wells Architecture: Exeter Schools, Exeter, MO

The meticulousness of Japanese origami inspired the folded oak-veneered canopy of this rubber-floored addition for the school district's music and sporting events.

Gensler: University of the Pacific-University Center, Stockton, CA

Exposed red brick is classic collegiate vernacular, while Forest Stewardship Council—certified wood speaks the language of sustainability.

LTL Architects PLLC: Department of Cultural Analysis, New York University, New York, NY
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Overhead and underfoot, perforated bamboo-plywood panels and random-width cork stripes define various common areas.