archimania

The design collective has garnered more than 160 AIA awards, dominating recent local and statewide architecture awards' programs.{{Cite news|url=https://archinect.com/news/bustler/5907/aia-tennessee-celebrates-excellence-in-design-with-2017-awards|title=AIA Tennessee celebrates excellence in design with 2017 awards|work=Archinect|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://archive.commercialappeal.com/business/Highest-awards-go-to-Memphis-architecture-firms-380864371.html|title=Highest awards go to Memphis architecture firms|access-date=2016-12-05}}{{Cite news |title=Memphis firm dominates statewide architecture awards |url=http://archive.commercialappeal.com/business/Memphis-firm-dominates-statewide-architecture-awards-391880371.html |access-date=2016-12-05}} They won the architectural design competition{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/firstlady/newreleases/news_view_45.html|title=Architect Chosen for Conservation Hall Project|date=22 September 2006|publisher=Tennessee.gov|accessdate=7 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421163639/http://tn.gov/firstlady/newreleases/news_view_45.html|archive-date=21 April 2009|url-status=dead}} for Conservation Hall at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion,{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/21/revivals-and-resurrections/|title=American Institute of Architects Memphis honors renovation, innovation|last=Bailey, Jr.|first=Tom|date=21 March 2010|work=The Commercial Appeal|accessdate=7 May 2010}} and Architectural Digest recognized this project as one of "10 Amazing Examples of Subterranean Architecture."{{Cite news|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/subterranean-architecture-slideshow/all|title=10 Amazing Examples of Subterranean Architecture {{!}} Architectural Digest|last=Wisniewski|first=Katherine|newspaper=Architectural Digest|access-date=2016-12-05}}

Archimania's design for Memphis Teacher Residency has received a Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2018-awards/?page=4|title=The Chicago Athenaeum|website=chi-athenaeum.org|access-date=2019-01-08}} an AIA/CAE Education Facility Design Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/the-10-winners-of-the-2018-aias-education-facility-design-awards_o|title=The 10 Winners of the 2018 AIA Education Facility Design Awards |website=architectmagazine.com|access-date=2019-01-08}} an Architizer A+ Special Mention,{{Cite web|url=https://awards.architizer.com/finalists/|title=2018 Finalists – Architizer A+ Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-08}} and an Architect's Newspaper, 2017 Best of Interior - Workplace Design Award.{{Cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2017/12/winners-2017-an-best-design-awards/#gallery-0-slide-24|title=Here are the winners of Architect's Newspaper's 2017 Best of Design Awards - Archpaper.com|website=Archpaper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-06}} Other Archimania projects receiving Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards include Woodard Residence and Redeemer Presbyterian Church.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2018-awards/?page=10|title=The Chicago Athenaeum|website=chi-athenaeum.org|access-date=2019-01-08}} Archimania's design for Ballet Memphis also received an AIA/CAE Education Facility Design Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/the-10-winners-of-the-2018-aias-education-facility-design-awards_o|title=The 10 Winners of the 2018 AIA Education Facility Design Awards |website=architectmagazine.com|access-date=2019-01-08}} as well as a Metal Architecture Design Award for Natural Metals,{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalarchitecture.com/articles/2018-design-award-winners|title=2018 Design Award Winners|last=Architecture|first=Metal|date=2019-01-01|website=Metal Architecture|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}} and was an Architizer A+ Awards Finalist.{{Cite web|url=https://awards.architizer.com/finalists/|title=2018 Finalists – Architizer A+ Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-08}}

Two of Archimania's projects, Garden Chapel Pavilion and Redeemer Presbyterian Church, won International AIA Religious Art and Architecture Design Awards/IFRAA, with one being an Honor Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aia.org/awards/7396-religious-art--architecture-design-awards|title=Religious Art & Architecture Design Awards|website=Aia.org|access-date=2017-12-06}} Garden Chapel Pavilion was recognized as a 2018 World Architecture News (WAN) award finalist; Hattiloo Theatre and Memphis Botanic Garden - Live at the Garden were recognized as 2016 World Architecture News award finalists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wanawards.com/|title=WAN Awards|website=Wanawards.com|access-date=2016-12-04}}

Archimania was ranked 8th in design in the United States, according to Architect Magazine's annual Top 50 ranking in 2017.{{Cite news |date=2017-12-06 |title=2018 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Design |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/2018-architect-50-top-50-firms-in-design_o |access-date=2017-12-06 |newspaper=Architect}}

Archimania designed the state of Tennessee's first Net-Zero building, a $3.2 Million welcome centre that opened in July 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2015/10/05/state-begins-construction-on-futuristic-new.html|title=State Begins Construction on Futuristic New...|website=Bizjournals.com|access-date=2017-03-28}} The collective is designing a net-zero office by retrofitting two mid-century office buildings. Construction has also begun on a net-zero case study house called civitas, which has been instrumental in allowing the Archimania team to demonstrate to clients their knowledge about net-zero, and its viability in Memphis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/what-it-takes-to-go-net-zero_o|title=What It Takes to Go Net-Zero |website=architectmagazine.com|access-date=2019-01-08}}

Archimania designed the first LEED for Homes residence in Tennessee designed and owned by an architect.{{Cite news|url=http://www.archdaily.com/30517/skycottage-archimania|title=SkyCottage / archimania|date=2009-07-30|access-date=2016-12-05|language=en-US|newspaper=ArchDaily}} They have also designed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver and Gold certified buildings per USGBC's criteria. One of the primary goals of Archimania's LEED Gold certified Conservation Hall project, at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion (spearheaded by First Lady Andrea Conte), was to encourage energy-efficient operation and minimize its environmental impact.

"Civitas was selected for defining the New Domestic Landscape through innovation." as part of Future House Awards by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and as announced in the inaugural group of 2022 new, groundbreaking, and cutting-edge private houses... The jury was led by Flavio Manzoni, Chief Design Officer | Senior Vice President of Ferrari Design, Ferrari SpA.

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