Photo by Celia Pearson & Marta Hansen
To honor professionals producing the highest quality projects each year, the American Institute of Architects Chesapeake Bay Chapter (AIA CBC) presents their Annual Design Awards. This year’s award winning projects include a farmhouse transformation, a tree house, a summer cottage, and others. Several of the winning architects featured this year show how they brilliantly preserved historically rich properties while restoring them into elegant, yet livable spaces.
CITATION AWARD
Good Architecture
Wayne L. Good, FAIA
goodarchitecture.com or 410-268-7414
Photography by Erik Kvalsvik
Located near the historic Thomas Point Lighthouse, this new house was inspired by the 19th century waterman’s houses and vernacular boat sheds that dot the tidewater region. These humbly modest but elegant structures, with whitewashed board-and-batten walls, are quickly disappearing from the Chesapeake Bay’s landscape. Good Architecture and Wayne L. Good, FAIA created a fresh new interpretation of the traditional farmhouse Victorian aesthetic.
CITATION AWARD
Kevin M. Shertz, AIA
shertzarch.com or 410-778-9766
Photography by Kevin M. Shertz, AIA
Hollywood Beach is a small residential community in Cecil County at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Originally an enclave of summer cabins, it has evolved into a year-round haven for retirees and others seeking the amenities and lifestyle of a waterfront setting. Kevin M. Shertz, AIA designed this vibrant new structure to appear as though it was built over an extended period of time as an acknowledgment of the area’s past and future. Shertz created a picturesque and inviting home with understated changes in scale, direction of siding, and window configuration.
CITATION AWARD
Allbright + Hansen Architects
Marta Hansen-Allbright
Kirk Allbright
allbrightarch.com and hansenarchitects.net
Photography by Celia Pearson & Marta Hansen
Overlooking the Chesapeake Bay on 16 acres on Kent Island, this residence was influenced by the simple farm structures of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Allbright + Hansen developed a program that divided the house into four pavilions, linked by one story hyphens with contrasting exterior finishes. Interior bridges connect the second story elements of the residence. The canted north wing, containing the master suite, breaks the home’s rigid symmetry to capitalize on a view up the Patapsco River.
MERIT AWARD
Charles Anthony Architects, PC
Charles Anthony
charleseanthonyarchitects.com or 410-268-0880
Photography by Anne Gummerson
This single-family residence rests on a bluff overlooking the Chester River near Chesterstown, Maryland. The design is inspired by the tradition of the 19th century, white gabled Eastern Shore house. Charles Anthony Architects stayed with the simple but elegant vernacular house keeping it traditional but not stuffy. The modest details and straightforward quality of the design are apparent throughout the home.
MERIT AWARD
Allbright + Hansen Architects
Marta Hansen-Allbright
Kirk Allbright
allbrightarch.com and hansenarchitects.net
Photography by Celia Pearson & Marta Hansen
Situated on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, this Victorian-style home was built at the start of the 20th century. The owners’ goal was to bring the home back to its original form and triple the square footage without compromising the house. Allbright + Hansen built a masterful addition that is in keeping with the integrity of the original house. The quality of the exterior and interior detailing shows an acute understanding of the craftsman period.
HONOR AWARD
Donald Lococo Architects, LLC
Donald P. Lococo, AIA
donaldlococoarchitects.com or 202-337-4422
Photography by Celia Pearson, John Dean & Donald P. Lococo, AIA
This unique secondary residence is designed as a tree house and was built to protect the established trees and nestle into the property, which slopes down toward the bank of the Severn River. Donald Lococo Architects had to resolve the difficult problem of the steep slope inherent to the site. The tree house concept is achieved and well executed in the details of this home.
Jennifer Dansicker works on Editorial Special Projects for ChesapeakeHome. For more information about the American Institute of Architects and the Chesapeake Bay Chapter
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