AIA Presents Key Awards
Texas architect Clyde Porter, New York-based architect Barbara Nadel, and Boston's Faneuil Hall claimed the awards.
Nicholas Tamarin -- Interior Design, 12/19/2008 12:00:00 AM
Boston's Faneuil Hall
In the spirit of the giving season, the American Institute of Architects took the opportunity to hand out three of its most prestigious awards on December 11.
Claiming the honors were two architects, and an historic structure. The Whitney M. Young Award went to Texas architect Clyde Porter, the Edward C. Kemper Award was conferred upon New York-based architect Barbara Nadel, while Boston's Faneuil Hall was the recipient of the Twenty-Five Year Award.
The Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, named after the civil rights leader and former Urban League head who championed participation by women and minorities in the field, is handed out annually to an architect or architecture organization that exemplifies the profession's responsibility toward current social issues.
Porter, the former chief architect of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency and current associate vice chancellor of at the Dallas County Community College District, was honored for his work in encouraging minority and low-income students. His initiatives led to the hiring of female- and minority-run architecture, engineering and contracting firms for more than 50 percent of DCCCD commissions. Porter is also the cofounder of the Texas chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects.
The Edward C. Kempner Award is named in honor of the AIA's first executive director, for her significant contribution to the profession through her service to the Institute. Kempner winner Nadel, a two-term member of the AIA Board as regional director from AIA New York and the 2001 AIA national vice president, founded her eponymous firm in 1992 after serving as in-house architect at the Veterans Administration Medical center in Providence, Rhode Island. Nadel also served as chair of the AIA Academy on Architecture for Justice, and the Academy on Architecture for Health Design Committee.
Rounding out the accolades was Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace, which bagged the Twenty-Five Year award for architecture that has stood the test of time in the designated time period. The 1825 building was redesigned in 1978 in a six-acre sustainable reuse project by the late Benjamin Thompson, which provided an anchor for nearby Quincy Market and reinvigorated Boston as an historic tourist destination.
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