Written by Brianna Rhodes
Ten MAPP alumni were among the recipients who took home awards at this year's Excellence in Design Awards during the AIA Potomac Valley (AIA PV) Design + Leadership awards celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19. The event took place at the Montgomery County Planning Department’s headquarters building in Wheaton, Maryland.
The celebratory event allowed our alumni, architects and the greater design community across the Montgomery County and the Potomac Valley region to network with peers and celebrate their award-winning projects.
Read details about the award recipients below:
UMD Alumni Projects honored by AIAPV’s Excellence in Design Awards:
Gold Award / Residential:
Winner: Colleen Healey, AIA (B.S. Architecture '04, M.ARCH '06)
Project Title: Clerestory House
Firm: Colleen Healey Architecture, LLC
PV Award:
Winner: Michael A. Wiencek, FAIA (B.S. Urban Studies ’77, B.ARCH ’78)
Project Title: St. Elizabeth’s Shelter
Firm: Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planner
Honor Award:
Winner: Christopher Tucker, AIA (M.ARCH ’00)
Project Title: Pivoting
Firm: MODE4 Architecture, PLLC
Winner: Colleen Healey, AIA (B.S. Architecture '04, M.ARCH '06)
Project Title: Clerestory House
Firm: Colleen Healey Architecture, LLC
Merit Award:
Winner: Mark McInturff FAIA (B.ARCH ’72)
Project Title: His, Hers & Theirs
Firm: McInturff Architects
Winner: Michael A. Wiencek, FAIA (B.S. Urban Studies ’77, B.ARCH ’78)
Project Title: St. Elizabeth’s Shelter
Firm: Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners
Winner: Erica Aronson AIA (M.ARCH ’15)
Project Title: The Dairy Market
Firm: Cunningham Quill Architects
Winner: Miche Booz, AIA, LEED AP, CNU (B.A Studio Art ’75, M.ARCH ’87)
Project Title: Brookeville Cottage ADU
Firm: Miche Booz Architect
Winner: Colleen Healey, AIA (B.S. Architecture ’04, M.ARCH ’06)
Project Title: Corten Tree House
Firm: Colleen Healey Architecture, LLC
Special Recognition Award:
Winner: Linda Clark, AIA (M.ARCH ’12), Kat Schooley (B.S. Architecture ’07), Kieran Wilmes, AIA (B.S. Architecture ’97)
Project Title: Graceland Park-O’Donnell Heights ES/MS and Holabird Academy
Firm: Grimm + Parker Architects
Winner: Jon Wallenmeyer, AIA (B.ARCH ’83)
Project Title: Maren
Firm: SK+I Architecture
MAPP alum Carl Elefante, FAIA (B.ARCH ‘80) also recognized two fellow alumni, Nicholas DiBella (B.A. Architecture ‘20, M.ARCH ‘22) and Duong Le, Associate AIA (B.S. Architecture ‘22), among the winners of the AIAPV's Emerging Professional Awards Program (EPAP). Learn more about the emerging professionals here.