Washington D.C.—The AIA has selected the 20 recipients of the 2009 Small Project Awards (SPA). Winners are categorized into three groups: small project objects, such as furniture, fixtures, or fragments with an up to $50,000 construction budget; small project structures with an up to $500,000 construction budget; accessible residential designs.

The SPA program recognizes small-project practitioners and their work, raising public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the size and scope.

The awards jury included moderator Louis Smith, AIA, Microtecture and Kenneth Workman, AIA, RWA Architects; Sanford Steinberg, AIA, Steinberg Design Collaborative; Eric McRoberts, AIA, RLPS; Katherine Austin, AIA; and Sherry Ahrentzen, Assoc. AIA, Arizona State University.

The winners in the small project objects category are:

• Atlas Performing Arts Center—Shadow Signage, Washington, D.C., by CORE architecture + design

• Blatz Bottle Apertures, Milwaukee, Wisc., by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

• Counterbalanced Steel Stair, Bozeman, Montana by Intrinsik Architecture

• Dominey Pavilion, Decatur, Ga., by Lightroom Studio

• Mobile Chaplet, Fargo, N.D., by Moorhead & Moorhead with Richard Moorhead (shown above)

• Cup City, Austin, Texas, by Legge Lewis Legge

• The Founders' Circle Wall at CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, Rehoboth Beach, Del., by RMJM MERJE

The winners in the small project structures category are:

• Chapin Studio, Austin, Texas, by Clayton Levy & Little Architects

• Dar Luz, GLOW 2008, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, by Laboratory for Environments, Architecture & Design Inc.

• Ferrous House, Spring Prairie, Wisc., by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

• Hanna Fenichel Center for Child Development, Solana Beach, Calif., by Stephen Dalton Architects

• Media Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, by Robert Maschke Architects

• Accessory Building, North Vancouver, B.C., by mcfarlane green biggar Architecture + Design Inc.

• Emel Residence, Palo Alto, Calif., by EASA Architecture

• Public Bus Shelters, New Haven, Conn., by david thompson Architects

• Swamp Hut, Newton, Mass., by Moskow Linn Architects

• Trail Restroom, Austin, Texas, by Miró Rivera Architects