UNM School of Architecture + Planning and Thornburg Foundation announced the winners of the 2023 Jeff Harnar Awards, including the debut of a new Social & Environmental Justice Award category.
For the past 16 years, these awards have honored the memory of Jeff Harnar by continuing his groundbreaking work in the area of contemporary design.
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning and the Thornburg Foundation wish to congratulate the winners of the 2023 Jeff Harnar Awards. The ceremony took place at the School of Architecture + Planning's George Pearl Hall on April 14, 2023, which included a lecture by renowned landscape architect, Ted Flato of Lake Flato Architects.
The top prize, Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest, was awarded to FORMATIVE architecture PC, for their project, USFWS Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stephen Teeters of FORMATIVE architecture PC described how "the refuge balances healthy natural habitat management with opportunities for education, visitor engagement, youth employment, community involvement and stewardship."
The Jeff Harnar Awards initiated a new category this year: the Social & Environmental Justice Award. All projects submitted to the 2023 competition were considered for this award, which recognizes an architecture or landscape architecture project that aspires to utilize design as a vehicle for social justice. The jury selected Emerging Objects for their project, Casa Covida, as the first recipient of this award.
The award for Unbuilt Architecture was given to assemblageSTUDIO's design, Parowan.
This year, the First Prize Student Award in Architecture was given to Thomas Bejcek from the University of New Mexico for their project, Silver City Recreation Center. Andrya Mojena Cutié, a student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, was awarded second prize.
Hollis Moore, a student at the University of New Mexico, was selected for the First Prize Student Award in Landscape Architecture for their project, How to Love a Mesquite. Second place was awarded to Lia Griesser of the University of New Mexico.
Congratulations to all of this year's winners of the Jeff Harnar Awards! Applications for the 2024 cycle will open next spring.