AIA Albuquerque Design Awards Program, this annual awards program encourages and recognizes distinguished architectural achievement by New Mexico architects. The Awards program is open to all registered architects who are active AIA architects and non-AIA architects. The program serves to increase public awareness of the outstanding services provided by architects as well as to emphasize the importance of the architect’s role in shaping the quality of the built environment through design excellence.

The Albuquerque Chapter of the American Institute of Architects honors the winners of the 2011 AIA Albuquerque Design Awards Program.

General Design - Honor Awards

Northwest Area Command:
Michael R. Kind & Richard W. Smith Jr. Memorial Substation
Architect: Rohde May Keller McNamara Architecture, P.C.
Owner: City of Albuquerque
Contractor: TA Cole & Sons

Isleta Tribal Services Complex
Architect: Rohde May Keller McNamara Architecture, P.C.
Owner: The Pueblo of Isleta
Contractor: Jaynes Corporation

Small Architectural Projects - Honor Award


IRT Portable Racquetball Court
Architect: Cannady Architect Studio
Owner: International Racquetball Tour


General Design - Merit Awards

Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary
Architect: Jon Anderson Architecture
Owner: Albuquerque Public Schools
Contractor: Shumate Constructors Inc.


University of Nevada , Reno | Center for Molecular Medicine
Architect: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Architects
Owner: University of Nevada, Reno
Contractor: Clark & Sullivan Construction

General Design - Citation Awards

Santa Fe County Public Works Complex Administration Building
Architect: Michael Freeman Architect + Bauer Freeman McDermott Architects
Owner: Santa Fe County
Contractor: HB Construction


Colfax County Leon Kareutz Judicial Center
Architect: Rohde May Keller McNamara Architecture, P.C.
Owner: Colfax County
Contractor: MSR Contractors Inc.


Bloomfield Police Headquarters/Municipal Court/MVD
Architect: Rohde May Keller McNamara Architecture, P.C.
Owner: City of Bloomfield
Contractor: Jaynes Corporation


New Mexico Court of Appeals
Architect: NCA Architects
Owner: New Mexico Court of Appeals
Contractor: Bradbury Stamm

Remodel / Adaptive Reuse - Citation Award


120 Vassar Drive
Architect: The Hartman+Majewski Design Group
Owners: Gregory Hartman & Doug Majewski
Contractor: Rock Solid, Inc.