Awards
Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti’s first architectural
award was given by Progressive Architecture for their Fountain House, a project they designed together in 1976. Since then, the professional awards received individually and collaboratively are both impressive and extensive. Awards are included here. Similarly, their individual participation as members of the juries of prestigious international prizes is also included on this page.
Jorge Silvetti and Rodolfo Machado accepting a Progressive Architecture Award for “The Fountain House” at the Plaza Hotel in New York, 1976.
AWARDS
1991 Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1992 Award for Excellence in Architecture, Princeton University, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
1992 Award for Excellence in Urban Design, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
1993 Citation in Architecture, Progressive Architecture
1993 National Honor Award, Princeton University, American Institute of Architects
1994 Award for Excellence, Architectural Record
1996 Philip N. Winslow Award for Design of Public Space, The Parks Council of New York
1996 Citation for Excellence in Architecture, Boston Society of Architects
1997 Brick in Architecture Award,” The American Institute of Architects/The Brick Institute of America
1997 Metropolitan Home Design 100
1998 Honor Award for Urban Design, American Institute of Architects
1998 Award for Design, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
2000 Award for Design, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
2000 Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects
2001 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects Utah Chapter
2001 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects Utah Chapter
2002 Design Excellence in Housing Award, Boston Society of Architects
2002 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
2002 Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects
2002 Honor Award, Boston Society of Landscape Architects
2003 Award for Design, Progressive Architecture
2003 Harleston Parker Medal, Boston Society of Architects
2003 Honor Award, The American Institute of Architects
2004 Award for Design, Boston Society of Architects
2004 Design Excellence in Housing, Boston Society of Architects
2004 Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects
2005 Charles Pankow Award, American Concrete Institute
2005 International Award for Architecture in Stone, Veronafiere International Exhibition of Marble Stone and Technology MARMOMACC
2005 International Parking Award of Excellence, International Parking Institute
2006 Design Excellence in Housing, Boston Society of Architects
2006 Grand Prize, Los Angeles Business Council
2006 Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects
2006 Project Team Award, American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles
2006 West Side Prize Honor Award, West Side Urban Forum
2007 American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum
2007 Award for Design, Boston Society of Architects
2007 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
2007 Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects
2007 National LEED Milestone: First LEED Certified Art Museum in the USA, AltWheels Green Pioneer Awards
2008 American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum2008 Grand Award, Residential Architect Design Awards
2008 ULI Award for Excellence, Urban Land Institute Awards
2009 Community Service Award: Celebrating A Decade Of Excellence, Construction Communication
2009 Honor Award: Institutional/Commercial, American Institute of Architects, Arkansas Chapter
2010 First Prize, Category 1: Work Abroad 13th SCA/CPAU Prize of Architecture2010 First Prize, Category 1: Work Abroad 13th SCA/CPAU Prize of Architecture
2010 Green Good Design Award, the European Centre for Architecture and Design and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
2010 Green Good Design Award, the European Centre for Architecture and Design and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
2010 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
2011 Award of Merit, Paul Waterbury Award For Outdoor Lighting, IES Illumination Awards Program2011 Award of Merit, Paul Waterbury Award For Outdoor Lighting, IES Illumination Awards Program
2011 Citation For Design, Boston Society of Architects
2011 Gold Award, Building Team Awards, Building Design and Construction
2011 Public Building Of The Year Institutional Architecture, American Institute of Architects, Maryland
2011 Special Citation For Excellence In Architecture, American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter
2011 Top Project, The Daily Reporter/Wisconsin Builder
2012 Historical Preservation Awards, Compatible New Construction Category, Madison Trust for Historical Preservation
2012 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Wisconsin
2012 Project Of The Year and Best Medium Project, Madison Trust for Historical Preservation
2021 Award of Honor, Boston Society of Architecture
JURIES
Pritzker Architectural Prize (Jorge Silvetti, 1996 – 2004)
The Pritzker Architectural Prize, established in 1979, is an international prize awarded each year to honor architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of qualities that has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. It is one of the most prestigious architectural awards an architect may receive and its jury comprises distinguished architectural professionals.
Mies van der Rohe Prize for Latin American Architecture (Jorge Silvetti, 2000)
The Mies van der Rohe Prize for Latin American Architecture was created by the Fundacion Mies van der Rohe in 1998 to promote discourse and debate surrounding contemporary architecture and urban planning and to recognize outstanding architecture in Latin America.
Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design (Rodolfo Machado, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2015)
The Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design awards outstanding urban design projects on an international scale that are understood to have the capacity to contribute to the future. Lauded projects are evaluated on their positive impacts on both the public realm and the quality of urban life.
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