The 5th annual joint venture ASID/IIDA Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs) event took place at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond, VA on Friday, September 21st, 2007. Many wonderful entries in both the residential and contract categories were submitted. The jury this year was the Carolinas’ Chapter of ASID, headed up by Ashley Lane. The jurors reviewed the projects submitted and were asked to rank entries as first or honorable mention by category. The jurors could award as many of both or neither in each category as they chose. The decision of the jury was final. The 2007 IDEA Award Winners are as follows:
Honorable Mention in Residential Singular Space
Doudera Residence in Virginia Beach, VA
Jon Rizzo, Monique Libby and Margot Castle with JRML Associates, Inc., Virginia Beach.
First Place in Residential under 3,500 SF and Brightest IDEA Winner
the Mark Barr Residence in Norfolk, VA
Kristen Howard, Carol Wydur and Lawrence Kliewer, Jr with Cox, Kliewer and Company, PC, in Virginia Beach
Honorable Mention in Residential over 3,500 SF
the Thacker Residence in Lanexa, VA
Kim Schoenadel with KSA in Glen Allen; lighting design by Beth Dickerson also with KSA
Honorable Mention in Contract Corporate under 35,000 SF
the Hourigan Construction Corporate Offices in Richmond
Amanda Monger and Randy Blankenship with Evolve Architecture, Inc. of Richmond; architecture and lighting design also by Evolve Architecture.
First Place in Contract Corporate under 35,000 SF
HSMM Corporate Headquarters in Roanoke VA
HSMM; architecture and lighting design also by HSMM.
Honorable Mention in Contract Corporate over 35,000 SF
Owens and Minor Corporate Headquarters in Mechanicsville, VA
Randy Blankenship, Jerome Diskin and RoseMarie Bundy with Evolve Architecture, Inc. in Richmond; lighting design also by Evolve
Honorable Mention in Contract Corporate over 35,000 SF
LandAmerica Financial Group, Incorporated facilities in Glen Allen, VA
Christian Enochs and Randy Blankenship with Evolve Architecture, Inc. of Richmond; architecture also by Evolve
Honorable Mention in Contract Health Care
1 Foot 2 Foot Center for Ankle Care, The Shoe Fits Footwear, Stems Spa, and the Institute for Fixing and Reconstructing Toes in Suffolk, VA
Maxine Baer with HBA Architecture and Interior Design in Virginia Beach, architect is Michael Molzahn also with HBA
First Place in Contract Health Care
Pediatrics at the Beach Offices in Virginia Beach
the Healthcare Studio of Lyall Design Architects in Norfolk, VA; architecture also by Lyall Design Architects.
Honorable Mention in Contract Hospitality
Bobbywood in Norfolk, VA
Randy Lyall, Jared Coffin, and Kathryn Whitworth with Lyall Design Architects; architecture also by Lyall
Honorable Mention in the Contract Educational and Institutional category
Virginia Commonwealth University Hunton Hall in Richmond, VA
Lorri Finn and Valerie Warshaw with KSA in Richmond; architecture by EYP
First Place in Contract Educational and Institutional
University of Richmond Heilman Center
Shannon Vivier with BCWH Architects in Richmond; architecture by BCWH, Food Service Planning and Design by Porter Consulting Worldwide
Honorable Mention in Contract Government
Defense Intelligence Agency Tighe Auditorium in Washington DC
HSMM’ s Virginia Beach Office; architecture and lighting design by HSMM’s Washington DC office
An Honorable Mention in Historic Preservation
Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond
Barbara Page with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas and Company in Norfolk, VA; architecture by John Paul Hanbury also with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas and Company
First Place in Historic Preservation and Brightest IDEA Winner
Suffolk Center for the Cultural Arts in Suffolk, VA
Maria Rogers with CMSS Architects, PC of Virginia Beach; Michel Ashe, Architect, Paul Gareau Landscape Architect, lighting design by Technical Theater Lighting by Lorelli
First Place in the LEED Design category
New US Embassy Compound in Sofia Bulgaria
Susan Pniewski with CMSS Architects, PC in Virginia Beach; architecture by John Crouse and Landscape Architecture by Paul Gareau, both with CMSS
