2005 Awards

Petra: Lost City of Stone

Merit Award
Petra: Lost City of Stone, American Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History

This is the most comprehensive exhibition ever presented on the ancient city of Petra, located in modern-day Jordan. It features approximately 200 artifacts, including architectural fragments and sculptures, ceramics, and decorative stuccowork. The challenge for this show was to evoke a powerful site without literally recreating it.

American Museum of Natural History

Reynolds Interbike Exhibit

Merit Award
Reynolds Interbike Exhibit, Reynolds Composites, Mauk Design

This design distilled the Reynolds image into a space as simple as possible. There was nothing in the exhibit except product and brand. The back wall showed a bicycle rider riding not on a bike, but on an array of Reynolds components flying in formation, key to drawing the distinction between a component manufacturer and a bike manufacturer.

Mauk Design

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School

Merit Award
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School, Pentagram

In 2004, the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service moved from a vintage Georgian building on Washington Square Park to a loft in the Puck Building in Soho. Collaborating with project architects Suben/Dougherty Partnership, Pentagram created environmental graphics that integrate the school's mission with its unique building. The interior circulation is grid-like and reminiscent of city streets. The designers created an identity and visual language for the school's printed promotions, and extended this to the environmental graphics for the school.

Pentagram

Schuylkill River

Merit Award
Schuylkill River, Schuylkill River Greenway Association, Cloud Gehshan Associates

Schuylkill River Land and Water Emergency Response Location System. The goal was to establish an emergency management information system that would allow land and water-based travelers to accurately communicate their location to emergency service personnel in the five-county Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area.

Cloud Gehshan Associates

Work-Shift/Chicago

Merit Award
Work-Shift/Chicago, Community Architexts, Krivanek+Breaux/Art+Design

In the shadow of Brach's, twenty-eight massive wooden posts stand in an orderly rectangular configuration. Painted creosote black, the east and west faces of the posts are inscribed with the job titles of members of the Austin community. The north and south sides are inscribed with descriptive words these workers use to explain their job experience. The north contains negative descriptions and the south contains positive words. The skeletal configuration of the blackened posts mirrors the massive, unoccupied Brach's factory structure across the street.

Krivanek+Breaux/Art+Design

Zubiarte

Merit Award
Zubiarte, Sonae Sierra, ID8 Studio/RTKL

Zubiarte is an international retail attraction hewn from design elements that are unique to Bilbao, Spain. The city's industrial heritage is clearly referenced through the building's use of stone and brick materials, complemented by numerous steel accent elements.

ID8 Studio/RTKL

Cascading Columns

Merit Award
Cascading Columns, Christian Marc Schmidt, Yale University School of Art

In 1903, the Williamsburg Bridge opened as the largest suspension bridge spanning New York's East River. Never considered aesthetically beautiful, the bridge falls short in comparison with the acclaimed Brooklyn Bridge.

Christian Marc Schmidt, Yale University School of Art

In Search of Identity

Merit Award
In Search of Identity, Nikolai Cornell, Art Center College of Design

This interactive exhibit uses a human-scale display system to allow visitors to explore the photographic work of artist Tatiana Parcero on multiple levels of their own choosing. By projecting through a large pane of half-silvered glass and embedding a diverse range of sensors into the psychical display, the designer created an innovative way for users to incorporate into and interact with the artist's work. The exhibit also includes a dynamic spatial interface that allows the user to explore a timeline of the artist's personal and professional history.

Nikolai Cornell, Art Center College of Design

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