AIA Housing Design Awards

Rooftop vegetable gardens are a part of the Via Verde affordable housing development, in Bronx, New York, designed by Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects. Photo:  David Sundberg/ Esto

The winners of the 2013 national AIA Housing design awards include four high-end private residential projects in Washington, California, Colorado, and Texas, an affordable housing project in Bronx, New York, and a 1,650-student housing development in Seattle, Washington.

Via Verde is a 222-unit affordable living development built on a former brownfield site in Bronx, New York. Designed by Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects, the project combines high-rise, mid-rise and townhouse residential structures unified by a common color scheme that includes bright red, orange, and yellow highlights.

BCJ designed the Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House, in San Francisco, California. Photo: Nic Lehoux

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson's contribution to the single-family housing category is the latest in a long line of thoughtfully modern luxury dwellings incorporating the firm's signature moves – copious glazing, a rigorous and logical timber structure, and living spaces that blend indoor and outdoor spaces. The Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House, located in San Francisco, California is a simple shed-roof structure sited among oaks on a sloping lot, surrounded by a generous deck, adjacent to a large swimming pool.

A complete list of the winners includes:

Photo: Will Austin

Eagle Ridge; Eastsound, Washington
by Gary Gladwish Architecture

Photo: Nic Lehoux

Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House; San Francisco
by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Photo: Steve Mundinger

House in the Mountains; Colorado
by GLUCK+

Photo: Patrick Wong

Lake View Residence; Austin, Texas
by Alterstudio Architecture LLP

Photo: David Sundberg/ Esto 

Via Verde - The Green Way; Bronx, New York
by Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects

Photo: Benjamin Benschneider

West Campus Housing - Phase I; Seattle

by Mahlum Architects

The jury comprised: Kathleen Dorgan, AIA, Dorgan Architecture & Planning; John Isch, AIA, RWA Architects, Inc.; R. Thomas Jones, AIA, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Sharpe, Hon. AIA and Charles L. Travis, AIA, The Housing Studio, P.A.