Over 160 architects, industry professionals, clients, and community leaders celebrated outstanding architecture at the 2006 AIA Dayton Honor Awards Program on Tuesday, November 14 at the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Center. This year's awards program recognized achievements for a broad range of architectural activity, established a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure their work, and informed the public of the breadth and value of architectural design.

Highlights of the evening included:
Khalid Moss and his band provided the musical entertainment during the reception and dinner.

Dinner was served in the Wintergarden and began with an invocation by Mayor Rhine McLin. Additional community leaders in attendance included: Stanley Earley, Assistant City Manager; Matt Joseph, City of Dayton Commissioner; Nan Whaley, City of Dayton Commissioner; Joey Williams, City of Dayton Commissioner; and Len Roberts, City Commission Clerk.

The awards program, led by Master of Ceremonies WDTN-TV's Carl Day, included the presentation of the 2006 AIA Dayton Architecture Advocacy Award to John Gower, Director of the City of Dayton Planning & Community Development Department. The award recognized John's enduring advocacy for design excellence in architecture, his leadership in urban design and city planning, and his visionary devotion to the continued success of Dayton, Ohio. John follows in the footsteps of past Architecture Advocacy Award recipients including Congressman Michael Turner, Dr. David Ponitz, and David Holmes.

All three jurors for this year's design awards program attended that Gala to present their jury comments while pictures of the awarded projects were projected on a large screen.

This year's design awards jury included:
Lead Juror, Phillip Markwood, FAIA, Phillip Markwood Architects, Columbus
Tony Costello, FAIA, Ohio Valley Region Director/AIA 150 National Co-Chair, Muncie, Indiana
Terry Boling, AIA, University of Cincinnati/Terry Boling Architect, Cincinnati

And the winners are....
Honor Awards - Architecture
Ervin House - Rogero Buckman Architects
Fairmont Performing Arts Center - Ruetschle Architects
Restoration of the Historic Montgomery County Courthouse - Schooley Caldwell Associates/Jeff Wray Architects, Inc.
Zorniger Education Campus, Cox Arboretum & Gardens MetroPark - Earl Reeder Associates Inc.

Merit Awards - Architecture
Cooper Lofts - Rogero Buckman Architects

Honorable Mention - Architecture
Children's Discovery Garden, Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark - Earl Reeder Associates, Inc.

Honor Award - Regional and Urban Design
Riverscape - Rogero Buckman Architects

AIA Dayton 25 Year Building Award
MetLife Office Complex - Lorenz Williams, Inc.

AIA Dayton wishes to thank the following companies for their generous support of the 2006 AIA Dayton Design Awards Gala.

PLATINUM SPONSORS

UNDERWRITERS

SUPPORTERS

AIA Dayton also extends a special thank you to the members of the 2006 AIA Dayton Design Awards Committee who contributed their vision and volunteered their time during the last eight months to make this year's Gala a successful event for our Community.

2006 AIA DAYTON DESIGN AWARDS COMMITTEE