above > fire station no. 5, columbus, ind., susana torre/the architectural studio, 1987

what the 25 year award does is simultaneously celebrate a particular building and give us a peek into the state of architecture culture. ~ christopher hawthorne / architecture critic la times

the american institute of architects will not name a winner for their 2018 twenty-five year award. critic christopher hawthorne annoyance is palpable. presumably to ease his pain, we feel the pain also, he takes the time to create a list of worthy candidates. designapplause created this post as a repository for the list and hopefully more dialog.

[ mr. hawthorne’s list ] ranked in order of their suitability for the award, best candidates first.

temporary powell library, ucla, hodgetts & fung, 1992 (dismantled 1997)
oriole park at camden yards, baltimore, hok sport, 1992
restoration of majestic (now harvey) theater, brooklyn academy of music, hardy holzman pfeiffer, 1987
hayden tract, culver city, eric owen moss, begun 1986
hollywood duplex, los angeles, koning eizenberg, 1987
temporary (now geffen) contemporary, los angeles, frank gehry, 1983;
san juan capistrano library, michael graves, 1983
at&t building, new york, philip johnson and john burgee, 1984
donald c. tillman water reclamation plant & japanese garden, los angeles, anthony lumsden/dmjm and koichi kawana, 1984
berkowitz-odgis house, martha’s vineyard, steven holl, 1988 (demolished 2014);
thompson center, chicago, helmut jahn, 1985
kate mantilini restaurant, beverly hills, morphosis, 1986
patscentre, east windsor, n.j., richard rogers and partners, 1985
moore/andersson compound, austin, texas, charles moore and arthur andersson, 1992
loyola law school, los angeles, frank gehry, 1984
clos pegase winery, calistoga, calif., michael graves, 1987;
children’s museum of houston, robert venturi and denise scott brown with jackson & ryan architects, 1992
high museum of art, atlanta, richard meier, 1983
fire station no. 5, columbus, ind., susana torre/the architectural studio, 1987
metro blue line, los angeles, 1990
goldberg bean house, los angeles, franklin d. israel, 1991
humana building, louisville, ky., michael graves, 1985
vitra design museum, weil am rhein, germany, frank gehry, 1989
centennial complex, laramie, wyo., antoine predock, 1993
599 lexington avenue tower, new york, edward larrabee barnes, 1986