Eskew+Dumez+Ripple | 2014 AIA Architecture Firm Award

14/12/2013. AIA, Architecture Firm Award.
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA

The AIA (American Institute of Architects) gives the award every year to a firm that has consistently created distinguished architecture for at least 10 years.

Reinventing the Crescent Master Plan in New Orleans. Image courtesy of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple.

Reinventing the Crescent Master Plan in New Orleans. Image courtesy of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple.

Louisiana State History Museum in Baton Rouge, La. Image courtesy of Timothy Hursley.

Prospect.1 Welcome Center in New Orleans. Image courtesy of Will Crocker.

930 Poydras Tower in New Orleans. Image courtesy of Timothy Hursley.

EDR founded less than 25 years by Allen Eskew, FAIA, Steven Dumez, FAIA, and Mark Ripple, AIA, the New Orleans-based firm has become recognized for their deep involvement in rebuilding the Hurricane Katrina-stricken city as well as their commitment to mentorship -- for which they received two AIA National Intern Development Program (IDP) Firm Awards.

"A few of their most notable projects include:

Reinventing the Crescent: New Orleans Riverfront Development Plan, a 2012 AIA Honor Award recipient that adds a series of public spaces and residences to a 6-mile stretch of the Mississippi River, re-urbanizing it, and re-connecting it to the city.

The Louisiana State History Museum in Baton Rouge, a faintly distorted cube that welcomes visitors with a large covered porch entry pavilion, framing exquisite views of Louisiana’s Art Deco state capitol.

930 Poydras Residential Tower in New Orleans, which groups public programs and amenities for this sleek, Modernist monolith together midway through the building in a “sky lobby” that slyly cantilevers out over the French Quarter.

The Make It Right L9 Prototype House in New Orleans, a breezy Modernist house that recalls vernacular shotgun bungalows, updated with solar water heaters, solar power collectors, a rain water cistern, and more sustainability and energy efficiency systems that can reduce operating costs, increasing affordability for low-income residents.

Eskew + Dumez + Ripple is the 51th AIA Architecture Firm Award recipient. Previous recipients of the AIA Firm Award include, VJAA (2012), BNIM (2011), Pugh + Scarpa (2010), Kieran Timberlake (2008), Muphy/Jahn (2005), Polshek Partnership (1992), Venturi, Raunch, and Scott Brown (1985), I.M. Pei and Partners (1968), and SOM (1962)."