2025 AIA Chesapeake Bay Excellence In Design Awards

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 Design Awards Celebration. It was an inspiring evening recognizing the creativity and impact of architects and emerging professionals across our region.

Congratulations to this year’s award recipients, including nine professional award winners, two sustainability award winners, one people’s choice winner, and three student award honorees. Your work represents the best of design excellence in the Chesapeake Bay region.

RESIDENTIAL – New Construction

CITATION AWARD
Gatekeeper’s Cottage at Skipton Heritage
Wiedemann Architects

CITATION AWARD
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Glasshouse Pittsburgh
Hord Coplan Macht

SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Union Market
Hord Coplan Macht

HONOR AWARD
Whitehall Bay Family Compound
Hansen Architects

RESIDENTIAL – Renovation/Addition

MERIT AWARD
Broad Creek Guest House
MPR Architecture

NON-RESIDENTIAL – New Construction

MERIT AWARD
Beaver Run Elementary
Hord Coplan Macht

MERIT AWARD
Harrington Public Library
Becker Morgan Group

HONOR AWARD
Food Bank of Delaware, Milford Branch
Becker Morgan Group

HONOR AWARD
James Farm Ecological Preserve Campus
David D. Quillin

PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER
Harrington Public Library
Becker Morgan Group

A special thank you to our sponsors for helping make this event possible. Your continued support allows us to celebrate achievement and strengthen our professional community.

ACADEMY SPONSOR

      

SHOWCASE SPONSOR

PATRON

To view the project photographs and detailed information, click here to the Maryland Chapters Design Awards Website.