Archinect - News2024-05-20T09:43:46-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149982043/2017-aia-architecture-firm-award-goes-to-sf-based-leddy-maytum-stacy-architects
2017 AIA Architecture Firm Award goes to SF-based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2016-12-08T17:44:00-05:00>2016-12-12T20:17:56-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vl/vlfkqzmiseiymc1u.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The AIA Architecture Firm Award is the top honor a firm can receive from the AIA, in recognition of "a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years." Prior winners have included LMN Architects (2016), Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (2013), Gensler (2000), Perkins & Will (1999), and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (1962).</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/f8/f8d6fdzvf6p31hur.jpg"></p><p>↑ <em>Rene Cazenave Apartments</em></p><p>In particular, the AIA highlighted work done by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA) that addresses underserved populations and embraces universal design, including LMSA's Plaza Apartments in San Francisco (the city's first permanent housing for the formerly homeless, designed with Paulett Taggart Architects) and their Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, a community center in honor of the Independent Living / Disabled Rights Movement.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/wv/wv5jz3d54vqlvbkz.jpg"></p><p>↑ <em>Ed Roberts Campus</em></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/um/umwytyazpftbkbxx.jpg"></p><p>↑ <em>Plaza Apartments</em></p><p>Since formed by principals William Leddy, FAIA, Marsha Maytum, FAIA, and Richard Stacy, FAIA, in 1983, LMSA has produced a rich variet...</p>