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AIA Announces the Best Architecture, Interior, and Urban Design Projects with 2018 Honor Awards

17 projects took home top honors, including L.A.'s The Broad, Chicago's Riverwalk, and a girls school in Afghanistan
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The American Institute for Architecture has just announced its picks for this year's Honor Awards, recognizing projects in Architecture, Interior Design, and Urban Design. 17 winners were chosen from the 500-plus submitted for consideration by architects and designers licensed in the United States, though some of the winning projects are located around the world. The Honor Awards, now in their 69th year, were selected by a jury consisting of architects and academics who judged based on outstanding excellence and innovation. Ahead, we look at the projects that took home top awards.

2018 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture

Audain Art Museum; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Patkau Architects Inc.

Photo by James Dow/Patkau Architects. Courtesy of AIA.

The Broad; Los Angeles

Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Associate Firm: Gensler

Photo by Iwan Baan. Courtesy of AIA.

Chicago Riverwalk; Chicago

Ross Barney Architects

Photo by Kate Joyce Studio. Courtesy of AIA.

Gohar Khatoon Girls' School; Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Robert Hull, FAIA, and the University of Washington, Department of Architecture

Photo by Nic Lehoux. Courtesy of AIA.

Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 & Spring Street Salt Shed; New York City

Dattner Architects in association with WXY architecture + urban design

Photo by Albert Vecerka. Courtesy of AIA.

Mercer Island Fire Station 92; Mercer Island, Washington

Miller Hull Partnership

Photo by Lara Swimmer. Courtesy of AIA.

New United States Courthouse; Los Angeles

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Photo by Bruce Damonte. Courtesy of AIA.

Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L. Anderson Design Center; Fayetteville, Arkansas

Marlon Blackwell Architects

Photo by Timothy Hursley. Courtesy of AIA.

Washington Fruit & Produce Company Headquarters; Yakima, Washington

Graham Baba Architects

Photo by Kevin Scott. Courtesy of AIA.

2018 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture

Chicago Public Library, Chinatown Branch; Chicago

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Photo by Jon Miller. Courtesy of AIA.

Photographer's Loft; New York City

Desai Chia Architecture

Photo by Paul Warchol. Courtesy of AIA.

Reeds Spring Middle School; Reeds Spring, Missouri

Dake Wells Architecture

Photo by Gayle Babcock. Courtesy of AIA.

Sound Transit University of Washington Station; Seattle

LMN Architects

Courtesy of AIA.

Square, Inc. Headquarters; San Francisco

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Photo by Matthew Millman. Courtesy of AIA.

2018 Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design

Chicago Riverwalk; Chicago

Ross Barney Architects

Photo by Kate Joyce Studios. Courtesy of AIA.

Salty Urbanism: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies for Urban Areas; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Brooks + Scarpa, Florida Atlantic University and University of Southern California

By Brooks Scarpa. Courtesy of AIA.

Urban Watershed Framework Plan: A Reconciliation Landscape for Conway, Arkansas

University of Arkansas Community Design Center

Courtesy of AIA.