The Marion Fire Station No. 1 has received an Excellence in Design Honor Award from AIA Iowa. This award recognizes excellent architectural projects designed by members of AIA Iowa that emphasize their importance in the community. Great works …

Iowa Architectural Foundation has named Principal Financial Group a 2021 Community Enhancement Through Architecture & Design Awards Winner.   The award honors individuals, organizations, companies, and groups outside of the architectural profession who have shown consistent and compelling leadership, vision, …

The Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa,  has been named a 2021 Facilities of Merit by Athletic Business. Each year, 10 athletic facilities are selected from the dozens submitted to the publication’s annual Architectural Showcase. A …

Linn County’s Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris Public Health Building was recognized with a  Impact Merit Award by the America Institute of Architects Iowa Chapter during the spring conference in April. The Impact Award was developed to honor projects that directly …

The Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library has been honored by the IIDA Great Plains Chapter with an Interior Design Excellence Award . The vision for the new Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library was to model a traditional town square. The library’s Art …

  The people have spoken! Linn-Mar Community School District’s new intermediate schools – Hazel Point and Boulder Peak – have won an  AIA’s 2021 People’s Choice Award. Each year during the Architecture Month, the American Institute of Architects Iowa …

Thysse’s new office and manufacturing headquarters in Oregon was awarded First Place in the Corporate (over 25,000 sf) category by the International Interior Design Association’s Wisconsin chapter in a virtual event in April. Winning projects are deemed to …

Each year during the Architecture Month, the American Institute of Architects Iowa Chapter celebrates the role the public plays in architecture by allowing the public to reward the designs they love by voting in the annual People’s Choice Award. …

OPN is honored to receive the Masonry Institute of Iowa Appreciation Award for the soon-to-be complete Johnston City Hall. At the core of a the Johnston Town Center Development, the new city hall is community anchor surrounded by public …

Polk County Criminal Courts and Madison Fire Station No. 14 have been honored by the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Justice with a Justice Facilities Review Award. These projects demonstrate quality of form, functionality, and current architectural …