2025 Winners
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Excellence in Whole Building/Holistic Design—New Build

Winner: Applied Research Building, University of Arizona
Submitting firm: SmithGroup

Excellence in Whole Building/Holistic Design—Renovated

Winner: National Institutes of Health Building 10, Renovation of the E-Wing
Submitting firm: Perkins&Will

Excellence in Sustainable Design

Winner: Aquon Water Research & Analysis Laboratory
Submitting firm: Vakwerk Architecten

Excellence in Interior Design

Winner: Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building
Submitting firm: Architectus

Excellence in Small Project Design

Winner: Enveda Biosciences
Submitting firm: DLR Group

Honorable Mention—Laboratory Program Integration

Emory University Health Sciences Research Building II
Submitting firm: HOK

2024 Winners

Excellence in Whole Building/Holistic Design

Winner: Rice University Ralph S. O’Connor Engineering and Science Building
Submitting firm: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in collaboration with Scientia Architects

Excellence in Interior Design

Winner: State of New Mexico Forensic Laboratory
Submitting firm: Dekker

Excellence in Small Project Design

Winner: NASA Asteroid Sample Curation Lab
Submitting firm: RS&H

Special Merit honorees - sponsored by El Sea LLC

Special Merit: Technical Complexity

Australian National University Research School of Physics Stage 1 Building

Submitting firm: Hassell

Special Merit: Sustainable Practices in Design

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation

Submitting firm: ZGF Architects

Special Merit: Educational Lab Innovation

Tāwharau Ora–School of Veterinary Science

Submitting firm: Lab-works Architecture

Special Merit: Technical Excellence 

Pacific Northwest National Lab Energy Sciences Center

Submitting firm: Kirksey Architecture

Special Merit: Design Excellence

University of San Diego, Franklin Antonio Hall

Submitting firm: Perkins&Will

2023 Winners

Excellence in Innovation Category

Winner: Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building, University of California, San Francisco
Submitting firm: SmithGroup

Honorable Mention: Materials Characterization and Processing Facility at Johns Hopkins University
Submitting firm: Page Southerland Page, Inc.

Excellence in Sustainability Category

Winner: Promega Corporation Kornberg Center
Submitting firm: SmithGroup

2022 Winners

Excellence in Innovation Category

Winner: California Institute of Technology Chen Neuroscience Research Building
Submitting firm: SmithGroup

Honorable Mention: Ball Horticultural Company Helix Central Research and Development Center
Submitting firm: Christner Architects

Excellence in Sustainability Category

Winner: California Air Resources Board, Southern California Headquarters, Mary D. Nichols Campus
Submitting firm: ZGF

Honorable Mention: Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at University of Oregon
Submitting firm: Ennead Architects

Safety Category - Honorable Mention

Winner: Argonne National Laboratory Materials Design Laboratory
Submitting firm: IMEG Corp.

2021 Winners

Excellence in Innovation Category

Winner: University of Michigan Biological Sciences Building & Museum of Natural History
Submitting firms: SmithGroup; Ennead Architects LLP

Excellence in Safety Category

Winner: Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex
Submitting firm: Perkins&Will

Sustainability Category - Special Mention for Adaptive Reuse

Winner: University of South Carolina Science & Technology Building
Submitting firm: EYP

2020 Winners 

Excellence in Innovation Category

Winner: Eli Lilly and Company Innovation Development Center
Submitting firm: Flad Architects

Honorable Mention: Engineering Research Center, Brown University
Submitting firm: KieranTimberlake

Excellence in Sustainability Category

Winner: Arizona State University, Biodesign Institute C
Submitting firm: ZGF

Honorable Mention: Aerospace & Engineering Sciences Building, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Submitting firm: Anderson Mason Dale Architects

Excellence in Safety Category

Winner: Butte College Welding & Manufacturing Building
Submitting firm: JK Architecture Engineering

2024 Award for Excellence in Whole Building/Holistic Design: Rice University Ralph S. O’Connor Engineering, Houston, TX. Submitted by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in collaboration with Scientia Architects.

2024 Award for Excellence in Interior Design: State of New Mexico Forensic Laboratory, Santa Fe, NM. Submitted by Dekker.

2024 Award for Excellence in Small Project Design: NASA Asteroid Sample Curation Lab, Houston, TX. Submitted by RS&H.