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Sep 05, 2024

Technical Jury Named for 2024 BSA Design Awards

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Fifteen accomplished professionals will comprise the 2024 BSA Design Awards Technical Jury, focusing on Common App metrics and project narratives.

The 2024 BSA Design Awards program today announced the members of the Technical Jury, hailing from across the United States with proven experience in typologies outlined in the Design Awards, including:

  • Adaptive Reuse, Renovation, or Historic Preservation
  • Institutional & Cultural, Commercial, Educational
  • Housing, Interior, Urban Design/Planning

Committed to upholding the highest standards of design excellence, the BSA Design Awards feature a rigorous jury process. This Technical Jury will carefully evaluate submissions in the Built Design Excellence and Small Firms categories by reviewing Common App metrics and narratives within project categories and types. Their recommendations, in conjunction with the Design Jury’s assessment of overall performance, will guide the selection of projects. Both juries will determine the final award recipients.

The Technical Jury comprises:

  • Dustin Altschul, AIA, LEED BD+C, Professional Specialist of Design Practice and Principal Architect, Western Michigan University and Hungry Architecture
  • Michelle Amt, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Director of Sustainability, VMDO Architects
  • Howard Blaisdell, AIA, LEED AP, Project Manager and Architect, Moody Nolan
  • Kim Buchholz, Program Director for Interior Architecture & Design and Director of Design, Western Michigan University and Hungry Architecture
  • Phil Burkett, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, Principal and Owner, Meyer Architects
  • Michael Cavanaugh, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, Associate Sustainability Leader, CannonDesign
  • Manoj Dalaya, FAIA, LEED AP, AICP, Founding Principal and Co-President, KGD
  • Brady Dietert, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal Architect, Dietert Design Studio, LLC
  • Ismar Enriquez, AIA, LFA, LEED AP, Design Lead & Project Manager, Practice
  • Yang Fei, Founder and Director, Field Object Lab
  • David Feth, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Principal, CannonDesign
  • Manuel Granja, Design Principal, Brand Space Design LLC
  • Daniel Jaconetti, AIA, LEED AP, National Sustainable Design Leader, HED
  • Lindsey Perez, AIA, LEED Fellow, Architect and Senior Project Manager, MIRACORP Inc
  • Erin Reilly-Sanders PhD, AIA, Senior Associate Architect, Schooley Caldwell Architects

To view the professional biographies of the 2024 Technical Jury, click the linked names above.

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