Since 1993, AIA Dayton has celebrated outstanding architecture through the AIA Dayton Design awards program. On Thursday evening, November 20, 140 Dayton area architects and designers, construction industry supporters, and guests gathered in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Performing Arts Center to pay tribute to the AIA Dayton 2008 Design Award winners and to pay tribute to local journalist, Benjamin Kline. The 2008 Advocacy Award was accepted by Jim Dillon, Dayton Daily News, on behalf of the family and friends of Benjamin Kline, late Architectural Columnist for the Dayton Daily News.
The Honor Award for Architecture was presented to Ruetschle Architects for their work as architect of record for Montgomery County Juvenile Detention & Intervention Facility.
The Honor Award for Interior Design was presented to Rogero Buckman Architects for the Therapy Cafe, in the Cannery in downtown Dayton.
A Merit Award for Architecture was presented to Lorenz Williams Inc. for Girl Scouts Urban Camp for Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. Annette Miller Architects, Inc. received an Honorable Mention Award for Architecture for their design of the Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship facilities on Yankee Street, Dayton.
Merit Awards for Interior Design went to Annette Miller Architects, Inc. for renovation of the Ohio State University's Kottman Hall 103 in Columbus, and to App Architecture for the 3 West Renovations at the Dayton Children's Medical Center.
AIA Dayton's twenty-five year building award recognizes architectural design of enduring significance completed from1971 through 1981. Awards are conferred on projects that have stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years and have contributed meaningfully to architecture and the quality of life in the Miami Valley Region. This year’s award went to the Old Post Office Renovation by Lorenz Williams, Inc., original building architect is James Knox Taylor.
Entries in the AIA Dayton Honor Awards program were judged for the success with which the project met its individual requirements. The jury for this year's awards consisted of James Dalton FAIA of Kent State University, Jonathan Hess, AIA Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects of Indianapolis and Bill Browne, AIA RATIO Architects of Indianapolis.