October 18, 2000
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Antoine Predock, designer of the new Tacoma Art Museum, won a Distinguished Award of Honor from the American Institute of Architects for his design of the American Heritage Center and Art Museum at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Jurors for the contest, which recognizes western projects, said the museum "truly captures the spirit of the American West."
The building's powerful sculptural forms "grow from and are married to the landscape," similar to indigenous Native American building forms, according to the jury's comments.
Other winners of the AIA's Summit 2000 Western International Design Awards include the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland which was designed by BOORA Architects, with KFP Architecture, and the Yukon Visitor Reception Center in Whitehorse, Yukon, designed by Sturgess Architecture.
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The courthouse was honored for its effort to integrate the traditional courthouse design into the format of a downtown highrise while still maintaining "civic dignity." Jurors praised the Yukon center for being both emblematic and functional.
Seventeen projects won awards from among 98 entries from the western United States, western Canada and Mexico. They were announced at AIA's first multi-regional international conference held in Sun Valley last month.
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