The Call for Entries is now open for the 2023 Acanthus Awards.Deadline to submit an intent to enter form is June 15, 2023, and submissions are due July 15, 2023. Learn more and submit:
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The Acanthus Awards recognize and promote excellence in classical and vernacular design within the Chicago-Midwest region, celebrating achievement in architecture, interior design, preservation & restoration, landscape design, the allied arts & craftsmanship, unbuilt work, and student work. These awards are open to all design professionals, students, and artisans anywhere in the world who are practicing within the boundaries of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Chicago-Midwest Chapter (ICAA Chicago-Midwest).
Arthur D. Wisehart, Van Krumpken, Lohmann Woodcarving & Archie McDonald - "A Summer House" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
Summer Thornton Design, Inc. - "A Classic Pied-a-terre in the Palmolive Building" Interior Design
Mariani Landscape - "French Sensibility" Landscape Design
Liederbach & Graham LLP with SR Gambrel - "A Chicago Apartment" Residential Architecture under 5,000 sf
Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson - "Greenview Residence" Residential Architecture over 5,000 sf
HBRA Architects with Pepper Construction Company - "Jenkins & Nanovic Halls at the University of Notre Dame" Institutional or Commercial Architecture
Conrad Schmitt Studios - "St. Stanislaus Catholic Parish & Oratory" Preservation or Restoration
Craig Bergmann Landscape Design - "The Gardens at 900" Renovation & Adaptive Reuse
HBRA Architects, Sylvester Construction & Branca, Inc. - "Lake Shore Drive Residence" Renovation & Adaptive Reuse
Alexander Preudhomme, University of Notre Dame - "Commercial Civicism: Building Social Capital in a Market Reality – Lafayette Civic Market Hall" Student Design Project
Rachel Staud, University of Notre Dame - "A New Country Estate" Student Design Project
Gina Zari Luminarts Architecture Fellowship Award
HBRA Architects, Sylvester Construction & Branca, Inc. - "Lake Shore Drive Residence" The Acanthus Award of Arete
MGLM Architects; Fabricated by Holdman Studios - "Paris LDS Temple Art Glass & Exterior Doors" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship (Image Credit: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
Kim A. Thomas of Thomas Ironworks - "Craftsmanship in the Field of Ornamental Ironwork" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
MGLM Architects - "Paris LDS Temple Interior Design" Interior Design (Image Credit: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
D.H. Ellison Company with Virginia Burt Designs Landscape Architects - "Walled Garden & Pavilion" Landscape Design (Image Credit: Richard Mandelkorn)
Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson - "Lenzke-Fazio Residence" Residential Architecture Under 5,000 GSF
Liederbach & Graham, Architects LLP - "A Residence on Lake Michigan" Residential Architecture Over 5,000 GSF
Thomas Norman Rajkovich Architect, Ltd with Bureau – AD - "Mundelein Hall – University of Saint Mary of the Lake" Institutional or Commercial Architecture (Image Credit: Tony Soluri)
Duncan G. Stroik Architect LLC - "Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church" Unbuilt Work (Renderer: Gilbert Gorski)
William Heyer Architect - "Restoration of Saint Turibius Chapel, The Pontifical College Josephinum" Preservation & Restoration (Image Credit: George Paxton)
Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc. - "Four Seasons Hotel Firenze" Preservation & Restoration (Image Credit: Barbara Kraft / Richard Waite)
Liederbach & Graham, Architects LLP - "Provencal Villa for Robin & Richard Buxbaum; Adaptive Reuse of a Villa Turicum Shed" Preservation & Restoration - Adaptive Reuse (Image Credit: Tony Soluri / Jeffrey Millies)
Alexander Preudhomme & Ellen Chen, University of Notre Dame - "Classicism & Community: A Permanent Supportive Housing Proposal for South Bend, Indiana" Student Design Project
Kathleen Chambers, University of Notre Dame - "Damascus Center of Peace & Religion Studies" Student Design Project
Brian M. Mork Luminarts Architecture Fellowship Award
Liederbach & Graham, Architects LLP - "A Residence on Lake Michigan" The Acanthus Award of Arete
Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, Gibbons Fortman & Associates with Brian J. McCarthy and Bruce Fox Designs - "Lake Shore Drive Residence" The Acanthus Award of Arete
Duncan G. Stroik - “Saint Paul the Apostle Church” Architecture
Liederbach & Graham Architects - “La Maison Juane” Architecture
Liederbach & Graham Architects - “ Wisconsin Lakeside Residence” Architecture
Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, Gibbons, Fortman & Associates with Brian J. McCarthy, Inc. and Bruce Fox Designs - “Lake Shore Drive Residence” Interior Design
Pierre Yves-Rochon - “Le George” Interior Design
Suzanne Lovell with Vinci Hamp Architects - “Lakeview Residence” Interior Design
Craig Bergmann Landscape Design - “Mediterranean Villa Gardens” Landscape Design
Mariani Landscape Architecture - “Grand Elegance” Landscape Design
Buccellato Design - “LaSalle State Bank Building” Preservation & Restoration
O’Brien Metal, Inc. - “Richard H. Driehaus Museum: Case Aluminum Urn & Pedestal Replication” Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
Suzanne Lovell with VCA Inc. & Maureen Fullam - “Skyline Penthouse Custom Credenza” Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
Christopher C. Miller, PhD - “Market Bridge for Bath: Fitting Type to Local Character” Student Projects
Brian M. Mork - “Christ Church, Savannah” Student Projects
Gina C. Cannistra - “Tower at Alexanderplatz” Student Projects
Estudio Urbano with Leon Krier Acanthus Award of Arete
Buccellato Design LLC - "The Morrison Family Education Outreach Pavilion at the Notre Dame linked experiment ecosystem facility" Architecture
Darcy Bonner & Associates - "Kraff Residence" Architecture
Darcy Bonner & Associates - "Keefe Residence" Interior Design
Duncan G Stroik - "Saint Mary Church Interior Renovation" Interior Design
Jessica LaGrange Interiors - "State Parkway" Interior Design
Mariani Landscape Architecture - "Italian Renaissance" Landscape Design
Evergreene Architectural Arts & Treanor Architects - "Kansas State Capitol" Preservation & Restoration
Hirsch Brick & Stone Company - "Private Stone Residence" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
Mackessy Metalworks LLC & Liederbach & Graham Architects - "Private Residence Metalwork" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
Nixon Design - "The Chicago Seven & the Michigan Avenue Bridge Sculptures" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
HBRA - "New Courthouse, Mobile, Alabama" Unbuilt Work
Eduardo Oronia - "Church of Twelve Apostles, Washington DC" Student Projects
Emily Wen - "Madison Museum of Fine Art and Architecture" Student Projects
HBRA Architects - "United States Federal Building & Courthouse" Acanthus Award of Arete
Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson Architects - "Grant Place Rowhomes" Architecture
Liederbach & Graham Architects - "An Enduring Home in the City" Architecture
Liederbach & Graham Architects - "Georgian Townhouse in Lincoln Park" Architecture
Craig Bergmann Landscape Design - "House of the Four Winds" Landscape Design
HBRA Architects - "Science Hill Classrooms, Yale University" Preservation & Restoration
Pretorius Studio - "Grisaille Landscape Murals" Allied Arts & Craftsmanship
HBRA Architects - "Graduate Student Housing, Yale University" Unbuilt Work
Guiseppe Mazzone - "Sainte-Anne-La-Royale" Student Projects
Jacques Levet Jr. - "Terminal La Habana Vieja" Student Projects
The 2020 Acanthus Awards took place virtually on November 21, 2020. View the ceremony here.