Studio Luz Architects

Wallenberg Competition and Awards

Symposium .........................................................

Raoul Wallenberg Studio Travel Competition and Awards Symposium, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Puerto Rico AIA Honor Awards

Jury .........................................................

American Institute of Architects, Anthony J. Piermarini, Juror

Energy Plus Green Building Program

Competition .........................................................

A pilot initiative to promote the next generation of high performance 1 to 4 unit residential green building prototypes in Boston, MA. Organized by the City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, Office of Environment & Energy Services, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority – Participant

AIA College of Fellows Young

Architects Ideas Program Competition Jury .........................................................

American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

ACSA ARCHIVE Competition Jury .........................................................

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Competition: I am a Second Responder, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

The Big Hammock in the

Boston Common .........................................................

First recipient winner out of 315 online submissions to win a micro-grant that funds extraordinary projects, The Awesome Foundation for Arts and Sciences, http://awesomefoundation.org/

Flip A Strip Finalist .........................................................

National invited idea-generating competition to rethink the small-scale strip shopping plazas within the suburban landscape.  Organized by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona – Finalist

World Expo Finalist .........................................................

World Expo 2010 competition for the Pakistani Pavilion with Najmi Bilgrami Collaborative Ltd. Shanghai, China – Finalist

Union Square Performance Area .........................................................

“Seating Curbed,” Artsunion Initiative, Mayor’s Office and Arts Council, competition proposal, City of Somerville, MA – Finalist

Design-Build Challenge Competition .........................................................

A three-day design and construction community design building competition, Sponsored by Project Locus and Common Boston, Boston, MA, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Atlantic Wharf Design Competition

Jury .........................................................

Designer Selection Jury for a 1.9M renovation project to relocate the Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

NOMA Student Design Competition Jury

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National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Student Design Competition, Boston, MA,  Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Cleveland Ohio AIA Design Awards

Jury .........................................................

American Institute of Architects, Anthony J. Piermarini, Juror

Cleveland Ohio AIID Design Awards

Jury .........................................................

American Institute of Interior Designers, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

North Carolina AIA Triangle Chapter

Design Awards Jury .........................................................

American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

In the Pursuit of Housing

Design Awards Program Jury .........................................................

co-sponsored by Boston Society of Architects / AIA and Architectural Record, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Birmingham AIA Design Awards Jury

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American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Rhode Island Monthly Design Awards

Jury .........................................................

Rhode Island Monthly Magazine Annual Design Awards, Anthony Piermarini, Juror

BSA AIA Unbuilt Architecture Design

Awards Jury .........................................................

Boston Society of Architects / American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Richmond AIA Design Awards Jury

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American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

BSA AIA Small Firms Small

Projects Biennial Design Awards Jury .........................................................

Boston Society of Architects / American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Iowa AIA Design Awards Jury

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American Institute of Architects, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

Rhode Island Monthly Design Awards

Jury .........................................................

Rhode Island Monthly Magazine Annual Design Awards, Hansy L. Better Barraza, Juror

LANDed: Garden Structures .........................................................

A Synthetic Waterspout, entry for Philbrook Gardens, National invited competition to design a pavilion in the Historic Philbrook Museum Gardens, Tulsa, OK

MIT Council for the Arts

Grant .........................................................

Awarded for “Terrain: Vulnerable Architecture Exhibition”, Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa

Pentagon Memorial Semi-Finalist .........................................................

“A Field of Silence”, Jury Selection: Semi-Finalist, among more than 1,100 submitted for the International design competition organized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, exhibition at the National Building Museum, Washington D.C.

Harvard University Design Build

Competition .........................................................

First Place for the design of student mailboxes.Harvard University, Graduate School of Architecture, Cambridge, MA