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AIA CHESAPEAKE BAY Residential, Renovation/Addition: Broad Creek Guest House—MPR Architecture. Photo: Stacy Zarin Goldberg.

AIA CHESAPEAKE BAY Residential, New Construction: Gatekeeper’s Cottage at Skipton Heritage—Wiedemann Architects. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

AIA POTOMAC VALLEY Merit Award & Gold Award, Residential: Del Ray Passive House—Cedar Architecture. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.

AIA POTOMAC VALLEY Merit Award: McKay-Scheer Studio—Hill & Hurtt Architects. Photo: Frazier Springfield.

AIA POTOMAC VALLEY Commendation Award: Bullis Park Residence—Carib Daniel Martin architecture + design. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

AIA POTOMAC VALLEY Merit Award: A 15-Year Library for 10,000 Books—McInturff Architects. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

AIA POTOMAC VALLEY Honor Award: Flint Hill—Gardner Architects LLC. Photo: John Cole.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Historic Architecture: Slayton House Renovation and Addition—Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Architect. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Small Project Architecture: Etlan Farm House—Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Architect. Photo: Allen Russ.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Residential Architecture: Mullen—Mode4 Architecture. Photo: Kate Wichlinski.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Interior Architecture: Dupont Circle Residence—EL Studio. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Small Project Architecture: Razorback Ridge House—Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C. Photo: Caleb Snyder, AIA.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Small Project Architecture: Hammond Hill Home—Cook Architecture. Photo: John Cole.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Residential Architecture: Del Ray Passive House—Cedar Architecture. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Small Project Architecture: Twin Modern House— Cook Architecture. Photo: John Cole.

AIA BALTIMORE Residential Design Award: Stevenson House—PI.KL Studios. Photo: Steven Norris Photography.

AIA BALTIMORE Detail Award: West Hill—East Wing Architects. Photo: Frazier Springfield.

AIA CHESAPEAKE BAY Residential, New Construction: Whitehall Bay Family Compound— Hansen Architects. Photo: David Burroughs.

Winners' Circle

Honoring the 2025 AIA Excellence in Design Awards

A number of regional chapters of the American Institute of Architects honored the work of local firms with their 2025 AIA Excellence in Design Awards. The following pages showcase single-family residential winners from the AIA’s Chesapeake Bay, Potomac Valley, Northern Virginia and Baltimore chapters. For a complete list of winners, visit homeanddesign.com.

 

AIA CHESAPEAKE BAY

HONOR AWARD
1/ Residential, New Construction: Whitehall Bay Family Compound— Hansen Architects. Photo: David Burroughs.

MERIT AWARD
2/ Residential, Renovation/Addition: Broad Creek Guest House—MPR Architecture. Photo: Stacy Zarin Goldberg.

CITATION
3/ Residential, New Construction: Gatekeeper’s Cottage at Skipton Heritage—Wiedemann Architects. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

 

AIA POTOMAC VALLEY

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE

1/ Merit Award & Gold Award, Residential: Del Ray Passive House—Cedar Architecture. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.

2/ Merit Award: McKay-Scheer Studio—Hill & Hurtt Architects. Photo: Frazier Springfield.

3/ Commendation Award: Bullis Park Residence—Carib Daniel Martin architecture + design. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

4/ Merit Award: A 15-Year Library for 10,000 Books—McInturff Architects. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

5/ Honor Award: Flint Hill—Gardner Architects LLC. Photo: John Cole.

 

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

1/ Historic Architecture: Slayton House Renovation and Addition—Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Architect. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

2/ Small Project Architecture: Etlan Farm House—Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Architect. Photo: Allen Russ.

AWARDS OF MERIT

3/ Residential Architecture: Mullen—Mode4 Architecture. Photo: Kate Wichlinski.

4/ Interior Architecture: Dupont Circle Residence—EL Studio. Photo: Anice Hoachlander.

5/ Small Project Architecture: Razorback Ridge House—Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C. Photo: Caleb Snyder, AIA.

6/ Small Project Architecture: Hammond Hill Home—Cook Architecture. Photo: John Cole.

JURORS’ CITATIONS

7/ Residential Architecture: Del Ray Passive House—Cedar Architecture. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.

8/ Small Project Architecture: Twin Modern House— Cook Architecture. Photo: John Cole.

 

AIA BALTIMORE

1/ Residential Design Award
Stevenson House—PI.KL Studios. Photo: Steven Norris Photography.

2/ Detail Award
West Hill—East Wing Architects. Photo: Frazier Springfield.

 

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