Architects and designers employed by architectural, design-build or landscaping design firms licensed in the U.S. or Canada were invited to enter the competition by submitting a description, floor plan and photography of a breakthrough project.

Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were given in seven categories: Commercial; Educational/Schools; Health Care Facilities; Municipal/Government; House of Worship; Other Institutional; and Paving & Landscape Architecture.

The seven Best in Class winners include: (Educational) Oak Park Elementary School, Corpus Christi, TX, Richter Architects; (Health Care) Concord Hospital, Concord, NH, TRO/The Ritchie Organization; (Other Institutional) Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Diamond and Schmitt Architects, Inc; (House of Worship) Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection, Brookville, NY, Bentel & Bentel Ltd.; (Commercial) Farm Credit Services of America Corporate Headquarters, Omaha, NE, The Clark Enersen Partners; (Municipal/Government) Copernicus Center, Chicago, IL, Harding Partners; (Paving & Landscape Architecture) McKinley Avenue at Ball State University, Muncie, IN, Rundell Erstberger Associates, LLC.

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