AIA San Joaquin hosts three major competitions: Student Design Competition (annually in the spring), Sand Competition (annually in the summer/fall), and the Design Awards (every other year in winter).  These competitions bring out the best and brightest and allow local AIA firms to show off their talent.
And the winners are:

AIA SJ 2007 Design Awards

• Award of Honor Winner
• New Harvest Church; Anthony C. Pings and Associates
• Award of Merit Winners
• Child Development Center; Darden Architects, Inc.
• Radiation Oncology Center; Anthony C. Pings and Associates
• Science II Replacement Building; Taylor Teter Partnership
• Award of Citation Winners
• United Japanese Christian Church; DKSJ Architects
• Kern Schools Federal Credit Union, New Administrative Offices; Taylor Teter Partnership
• Honorable Mention
• Stanley Residence; T Squared Architects
• Lived-Well Award
• U.S. Employees Federal Credit Union; Darden Architects, Inc.

• View slides of ALL Submissions
• View slides of WINNERS

AIA SJ 2007 Sand Competition Awards

• Judges Awards:
• 1st Place: Triad Architecture
• 2nd Place: Fresno City College AIA Club
• 3rd Place: Taylor Teter Partnership
• People’s Choice Awards:
• 1st Place: Darden Architects
• 2nd Place: Taylor Teter Partnership
• 3rd Place: Triad Architecture

• View slides of Competition and WINNERS

AIA SJ 2007 Student Design Competition Awards

• 1st Place: Jessica Tarter – California State University, Fresno
• 2nd Place: Mark Schweitzer – Fresno City College
• 3rd Place: Susana Burgin – College of the Sequoias
• Honorable Mention: Arnoldo Espindola – College of the Sequoias
• Honorable Mention: Marbin Quezada - College of the Sequoias
• Honorable Mention: Nancy Bacigalupi - California State University, Fresno

• View slides of Competition WINNERS    

AIA SJ 2006 Sand Competition Awards

• Judges Awards:
• 1st Place: Darden Architects
• 2nd Place: Associated Design & Engineering, Inc.
• 3rd Place: Triad Architecture
• People’s Choice Awards:
• 1st Place: Associated Design & Engineering, Inc.
• 2nd Place: Darden Architects
• 3rd Place: Triad Architecture

• View slides of Competition and WINNERS

2006 Student Design Competition Awards

• Fresno State University Winners:
  Objective: Design a fire station for Kingsburg
  First Place: Ashley Jung
  Second Place: Yasuhiro Tabata
  Third Place: Haley Wagner
  Honorable Mention: Sarah Priddy
  Honorable Mention: Ramandeep Kaur
  Honorable Mention: Maria Lemus
• Fresno City College Winners:
  Objective: Design a fire station for Clovis
  First Place: Aref Hammouda
  Second Place: Jackie Cha
  Third Place: Roy Martin
  Honorable Mention: Anthony Solorio
  Honorable Mention: Brad Barker
• College of the Sequoias Winners:
  Objective: Model a place for both Republican and Democratic parties to meet
  First Place: Steve Copley
  Second Place: Heather Dunn
  Third Place: Matthew Gonzales
  

  AIASJ 2005 Design Competition Awards

• Award of Excellence Winners:
  Project 03: Sante Fe Depot; Johnson Architecture
  Project 07: Kelly Residence; Arthur Dyson, AIA
• Award of Honor Winners:
  Project 01: William Jessup University ; The Taylor Group Architects
  Project 22: Woodward Park Rgnl Library; Dyson, Karby, Siegrist, Janzen Arch., Inc.
• Award of Merit Winners:
  Project 23: Tracy Center at Mountain House; Darden Architects, Inc.
  Project 17: James C. Enochs High School; Darden Architects, Inc.
  Project 12: Runyon Residence; Arthur Dyson, AIA
  Project 21: Lorena Falasco Elementary School; Darden Architects, Inc.
  Project 06: Quail Lake Elementary School; Dyson, Karby, Siegrist, Janzen Arch., Inc.
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AIASJ 2005 Sand Competition Winners

• First Place: S.I.M. Architects
• Second Place: Fresno City College
• Third Place: Darden Architects
• Peoples Choice Award: S.I.M. Architects
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