AIA Utah & other Utah State Design Awards

2007, AIA Utah Honor Award – Emigration Canyon Residence

2007, AIA Utah Merit Award – Escalante Science Center

2007, AIA San Francisco Merit Award – Utah State University Merrill Library Excellence in Interior Architecture

2007, IIDA Honorable Mention – Utah State University Merrill Library Award given by the Northern California Chapter of the IIDA

2006, AIA Utah Firm of the Year – GSBS recognized for outstanding and consistent designs

2005, AIA Utah 25-Year Award - Emigration Passive Solar Twin Homes – This 1980 project is standing the test of time. This is the ultimate criterion of sustainability.

2005, AIA Utah Merit Award - Big D Construction Corporate Office Building – A design, which placed the building on the National Historic Register and is LEED™ registered striving for Gold designation. The project features a stunning light well which was cut through four floors and provides a place for circulation on a glass stairway.

2005, Associated Builders of Utah Award - Big D Construction Corporate Office Building

2004, Utah Heritage Foundation Award - GSA Twin Rivers Complex / Boyle Furniture Warehouse – A historic renovation and high performance office building addition designed according to LEED™ principles.

2004, Utah Masonry Council, Award of Excellence, Best of Show - Utah Valley State College Wasatch Campus First Building

2004, American Concrete Institute - Boyer Business Depot Ogden Freezer – Concrete tilt-up warehouse facilities, this one designed to house an extraordinarily large freezer building for a cookie making company.

2003, Utah Heritage Foundation Award - Alta Club Interiors – A sensitive interior design for the historic Salt Lake City private club constructed in 1883.

2003, AIA Utah Merit Award - St. Anthony of the Desert Catholic Church – A humble, passive solar church for a rural Utah community

2003, AIA Utah Merit Award - Emigration Township Passive Solar House – This house was designed according to LEED™ principles. It has gained national recognition for its sustainable design approach.

2003, AIA Utah Honor Award - AlphaGraphics International Headquarters at the Brooks Arcade – An Historic Renovation and Multiuse addition including underground parking, at grade commercial, above grade office and roof top residential. The project included careful preservation of a beautiful historic building that was at risk of demolition for over 30 years.

2002, AIA Utah Merit Award - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements – A seismic retrofit of a dilapidated and dangerous 1960s era federal office building that turned it into a beautiful, environmentally responsible, and GSA Design Excellence, addition to urban Salt Lake City.

2002, Utah Rivers Council, Best Landscaping - Utah Department of Natural Resources

2001, AIA Utah Honor Award - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval – The Oval was a LEED 1.0 pilot project, one of the first LEED Certified Buildings in the world and helped define the LEED building rating system we use today.

2001, Utah Masonry Council, Merit Award - Emigration Township Passive Solar Home

1999, AIA Utah Merit Award - Henderson Building Interiors – GSBS acquired this downtown building in an area of Salt Lake City transitioning from run down warehouse district to popular urban neighborhood. We turned a restaurant/brewery into an architectural office that takes full advantage of the large windows that front the entire building and the existing skylights. Employees enjoy natural daylight, high ceilings and a wonderful sense of history.

1995, IES Outstanding Project Design Award - St. Thomas More Catholic Church

1995, Division of Facilities Construction Management, Design For Life Award - St Thomas More Catholic Church

1995, Division of Facilities Construction Management, Design For Life Award - Consolidated Maintenance Facility at the Tooele Army Depot – This facility set a new standard for design in maintenance facilities.

1995, AIA Utah Merit Award - Spanish Fork Water Park – The AIA jury described the massing of the building with its saw tooth edge to the sky, as "lively and spirited" and felt it added to the vitality of the site.

1995, AIA Utah Merit Award - St. Thomas More Catholic Church – "If all architects would take the time to study their buildings for controlling light and taking advantage of light, the world would be a better place," noted Bill Valentine, of HOK, juror.

Regional Awards

2003, AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements – An AIA Utah Merit Award winner

2002, Intermountain Contactor Magazine, Design/Build Project of the Year - AlphaGraphics International Headquarters at the Brooks Arcade

2002, Intermountain Contractor Magazine, Project of the Year - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements

2001, AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval – An AIA Utah Honor Award winner

2001, Intermountain Contractor Magazine Project of the Year - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval - An AIA Utah Honor award winner

1995, AIA Western Mountain Region Honorable Mention - St. Thomas More Catholic Church - An AIA Utah Honor Award winner

National Awards

2007, IIDA/Corenet Global Sustainable Leadership Award for Design & Development, Sustainable Design Collaboration - Big-D Corporate Headquarters

2003, National Concrete Masonry Association, Award of Excellence - Emigration Township Passive Solar Home

2003, Engineering Excellence Grand Conceptor Award - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements

2003, GSA National Construction Excellence Award - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements

2003, GSA Honor Award in Construction Excellence - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements

2003, National Engineer Design Excellence Award - Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements

2002, American Concrete Institute Award, Excellence in Concrete - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval

2002, Energy User News, Efficient Building Award for New Construction - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval

2002, American Institute of Steel Construction, Award of Excellence - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval

2002, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Achievement Award - David Brems – A personal award for providing environmental leadership for the 2002 Winter Olympic games.

2001, The Sarnafil Design Competition Award - Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval

1998, Presentations Magazine, Grand Prize for systems design - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah Executive Board Room

1996, InterFaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture, National AIA Religious Architecture Award - St. Thomas More, Catholic Church

International Awards

2004, Ceramic Tiles of Italy, International Tile Award - Clearwater Centre – A design solution that pioneered the use of a silicone adhered ceramic tile skin.