CAMPFIRE COLLABORATIVE’S RIVETT BUILDING RECEIVES THE 2021 AIA EUGENE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST UNBUILT PROJECT.
The People’s Choice Awards aim to educate and inspire our fellow citizens by showcasing architecture, interiors and landscape architecture projects created within the AIA Eugene Section area by AIA or ASLA members. The program is intended to demonstrate to the public the role of the architectural profession in enhancing the built environment. The award was presented as part of a virtual awards program on October 27, 2021.
Model of The Rivett Building, 448 Main St. Springfield
This past Wednesday evening (October 27, 2021), the American Institute of Architects, Oregon Chapter/Eugene Section (AIA Eugene), in collaboration with the Willamette Valley Section of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the venerable and popular People’s Choice Awards for Architecture program, in which anyone was allowed to vote for their favorite new projects.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the organizing committee conferred this year’s six People’s Choice Awards and one Colleague’s Choice Award (for which voting was limited to AIA and ASLA members only) by means of a well-attended Zoom meeting. Kudos to committee members Colin Dean, AIA, Rex Prater, AIA, and Alexis Griffin for hosting the show and ensuring the proceedings were enjoyable and briskly paced. And big thanks to this year’s program sponsors: Arbor South Architecture, Rubenstein’s, Central Print & Reprographic Services, with a special shout out to this year’s title sponsor PAE.
The Rivett Building (Campfire Collaborative Architecture & Design) won in the Unbuilt projects category. In addition, six other projects won awards. They were recognized in the Colleague’s Choice, Student/Emerging Professionals, Single-Family Residential, Public/Institutional, Commercial, and Multi-Family Residential categories.
The event organizers at AIA Eugene/ASLA have prepared presentation boards for each of the winners. The boards are currently viewable outside of the Octagon at 92 E. Broadway in downtown Eugene, so check them out if you’re in the neighborhood.
With luck, the next edition of the People’s Choice Awards will feature an opportunity to celebrate in-person. Until then, congratulations to this year’s winners, as well as big thanks to the program sponsors and members of the organizing committee for making the 2021 People’s Choice Awards program an unqualified success! - Randy Nishimura, AIA, CSI, CCS
AIA Eugene held a virtual awards program on October 27th, 2021.
Go to www.aiaoregon.org/aia-eugene-pcas to learn more about the award-winning firms and projects.
RIVETT BUILDING @ 448 MAIN STREET
Springfield is undergoing a revitalization and it is critical to protect the historic fabric of the city in manner that is compatible with future growth & development. This project is a demonstration of how urban infill can be achieved by building upward, without losing the architectural context and character that makes downtown special and unique. The 112-year-old Rivett Building will be carefully renovated bring back its historic character, and new structure will be inserted inside the original single-story building to support two additional levels above. The project is the first of its kind in downtown Springfield, combining adaptive reuse AND new construction, and will further the revitalization of Main St. by adding three renovated commercial spaces and twelve new apartments.