Silver Award
Glasshouse
Hord Coplan Macht
Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA
Silver Award — Large
Case Study · November 2025
2025 Design Pittsburgh Awards: celebrating the region's best architecture
AIA Pittsburgh announced the winners of its 2025 Design Pittsburgh Awards on November 6 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. Twenty-three projects earned recognition, with Hord Coplan Macht's Glasshouse at Station Square taking the Silver Medal — the chapter's highest honor. We're proud to work alongside many of the firms behind these projects.
A banner year for Pittsburgh design
The annual Design Pittsburgh Awards recognize outstanding work from AIA Pittsburgh members across every scale of practice — from single-family residences to large institutional and mixed-use buildings. The 2025 ceremony delivered 23 awards including 1 Silver Medal, 5 Honor Awards, 14 Certificates of Merit, plus special recognitions for masonry, schools, and emerging architects.
Several winners stand out for their ambition: the Glasshouse brings a high-performance glass curtain wall to Station Square; AE7's Northside Medic Station 4 is the first net-zero-ready paramedic station in the United States; and GBBN's transformation of the historic Auction House at the Produce Terminal into the LEED Gold Richard King Mellon Foundation Headquarters reuses a 100-year-old structure without losing its character.
Lighting is where good architecture becomes great — so we're especially glad to see so many firms on this list that we've partnered with on past work. Congratulations to everyone recognized.
2025 Design Pittsburgh Award Winners
Photos courtesy of AIA Pittsburgh
Honor Award
Christ the Teacher Academic Hall
MCF Architecture
Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH
Honor Award — Large
Honor Award
Allegheny Branch House Lofts
PWWG Architects
North Side, Pittsburgh, PA
Honor Award — Medium
Honor Award
Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton, New House
GBBN
Dayton, OH
Honor Award — Medium
Honor Award
Liten Hytte
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Northern Michigan
Honor Award — Small
Honor Award
Squirrel Hill Mid-Century Modern Renovation & Addition
Wildman Chalmers Design
Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA
Honor Award — Small
Merit
Carnegie Mellon University, Highmark Center for Health, Wellness and Athletics
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate of Merit — Large
Merit
Form Factory 1
Stantec
Weirton, WV
Certificate of Merit — Large
Merit
The Eatery at Litchfield Towers
PWWG Architects
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate of Merit — Large
Merit
Slippery Rock University Performing Arts Center
R3A Architecture + DLR Group
Slippery Rock, PA
Certificate of Merit — Large
Merit
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote Pittsburgh HQ
Perkins Eastman
Four Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate of Merit — Large
Merit
City of Pittsburgh Northside Medic Station 4
AE7
North Side, Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
Richard King Mellon Foundation Headquarters
GBBN
Pittsburgh Produce Terminal, PA
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
Premier Custom Paint & Collision
NEXT architecture
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
Digital Foundry at New Kensington
R3A Architecture
New Kensington, PA
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
Arnold Palmer Learning Center, First Tee — Pittsburgh
R3A Architecture
Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
Victor A. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building
Stantec
Butler County Community College, PA
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
State College Family Service Center
Strada Architecture LLC
State College, PA
Certificate of Merit — Medium
Merit
Hillside Residence
Peter Margittai, AIA
South Side Slopes, Pittsburgh, PA
Certificate of Merit — Small
Merit
Martini, Nashville International Airport
LGA Partners
Nashville, TN
Certificate of Merit — Small
Masonry
The Park at Southside
Desmone
South Side, Pittsburgh, PA
Excellence in Masonry Award
People's Choice
New Trinity Intermediate School
DRAW Collective
Trinity Area School District, PA
People's Choice Award
Young Architects
The Connection
Alyssa Penrod, RM Creative
Young Architects Studio Competition
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From schematic specification through punch-list, BLS partners with architects and engineers to turn the lighting design into reality — on schedule, on budget, and with the quality that carries a project into ceremonies like this one.