Awards

Religious Art & Architecture Awards

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The annual Religious Art & Architecture Design Awards, co-sponsored by Faith & Form magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (a professional interest area of the American Institute of Architects), reward the highest achievements in architecture, liturgical design, and art for religious spaces. Architects, liturgical consultants, interior designers, artists, and craftpersons worldwide are eligible to enter. Winning projects are featured in Faith & Formwww.faithandform.com


2012 Honor Winners

New Facilities

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity
Santa Paula, CA
Duncan G. Stroik Architect

First Unitarian Society Meeting House Addition
Madison, WI
The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc.

Visual Arts

Internal Glass Window, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls
Rome, Italy
Progetto Arte Poli (Italy)

Rose Window, Eldridge Street Synagogue
New York, NY
Kiki Smith and Deborah Gans


2012 Merit Winners

New Facilities

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
Rochester, MI
Constantine George Pappas AIA Architecture/Planning

Congregation Bet Ha'am
Portland, ME
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (Canada)

Rio Roca Chapel
Palo Pinto, TX
Maurice Jennings + Walter Jennings Architects

Renovation

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Indianapolis, IN
Atkin Olshin Schade Architects

St. James Cathedral
Orlando, FL
Kosinski Architecture, Inc.

Restoration

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Ann Arbor, MI
Quinn Evans Architects

St. Bernard's Church
Bernardsville, NJ
Historic Building Architects

Liturgical/Interior Design

Catherine McAuley Chapel
Roseburg, OR
Richard Brown Architect, AIA

Church of Jesus the Divine Master
Rome, Italy
Progetto Arte Poli (Italy)

Saint Angela Merici Chapel, Ursuline Academy of Dallas
Dallas, TX
The Liturgical Design Consultancy

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
La Crosse, WI
Duncan G. Stroik Architect

Ceremonial Objects

Peace Lamp, Hyattsville Mennonite Church
Hyattsville, MD
DPConrad, Architect

Visual Arts

“Fourteen Stations of the Cross,” Church of Christ the King
New Vernon, NJ
Leonard Porter Studio

“Gospel of Genesis.” Catholic University of Pusan Theological College
Busan, South Korea
Seunghee.Son (South Korea)

“Andean Christ Breaking Bread”
John Giuliani

Sacred Landscape

Westwood United Methodist Church
Los Angeles, CA
Lehrer Architects

Unbuilt Work

Capilla de Guadalupe & Galeria Capuchina
Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Arquipelago

2011 Honor Awards

Religious Architecture, New Facilities

Bryant University Interfaith Center
Smithfield, RI
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects

Religious Architecture, Renovation

Infinity Chapel
New York, NY
Hanrahan Meyers Architects

Religious Architecture, Restoration

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Springfield, IL
Graham & Hyde Architects, Inc.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Springfield, IL
Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc.

Religious Architecture, Unbuilt Work

Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum
Minneapolis, MN
HGA Architects and Engineers

Liturgical/Interior Design

Johnson Chapel Renovation
New York, NY
Butler Rogers Baskett Architects

Religious Arts, Visual Arts

“Magnificat: La Vita di Maria,” Monastery San Paolo
Orvieto, Italy
Bruce Herman

2011 Merit Awards

Religious Architecture, New Facilities

St. Bartholomew’s Chapel
Valley Center, CA
Kevin deFreitas Architects, AIA

Sunday School Addition, Circular Congregational Church
Charleston, SC
Frank Harmon Architect

Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden
Atlanta, GA
Jova/Daniels/Busby

Religious Architecture, Renovation

The Church of St. Francis Xavier
New York, NY
Thomas A. Fenniman Architect

Christ Episcopal Church
Aspen, CO
Studio B Architects

Religious Architecture, Unbuilt Work

Won Dharma Center
Claverack, NY
Hanrahan Meyers Architects

Religious Arts, Ceremonial Objects

St. Bartholomew Book Ambry
Wayzata, MN
Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects

Religious Arts, Visual Arts

“Madonna and Child,” Stella Maris Chapel, Saint John’s Abbey
Collegeville, MN
Tylevich Studio Inc.

Source: Faith & Form