Out of 52 submissions, an independent jury has selected 10 projects as Excellence, Honor, Merit and Honorable Merit award winners. Some of this years wins are for projects in other states, by our local firms, demonstrating as in former years, that Orlando architects are sought for their expertise in courthouse, healthcare and municipal building design.  The esteemed projects show an adeptness at infusing modernism with intricate detail on fenestration, structural expression,

Our local office of DLR Group Architects has designed a striking new courthouse for Calaveras County in California. Like many local architects, they have a national reputation working on projects around the country. This project received a 2014 Honor Award, by guest jury selection, from the AIA Orlando Chapter. The design and planning of the new County courthouse was deeply influenced by the natural setting in which it resides. To harmonize with the delicate oak woodlands and

If anyone can make history cool, it’s Matthew Weiner. The executive producer and architecture buff behind TV’s sleek 1960s-set megahit Mad Men talked with Preservation Magazine about his passion for places and how he celebrates historic design on and off screen. Read the whole article on the Preservation magazine website: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2013/summer/mad-for-modern.html #california #modern #preservation #TV