Members from AIA New York State, AIA New Jersey and AIA Pennsylvania gathered in Hershey Pennsylvania on November 18 – 20, 2024 to attend the Tri State Fusion Conference. What a fantastic conference and experience for all who attended. The conference had a packed line up of educational sessions, unique tours, and multiple networking fellowship opportunities.
Tri-State Awards Program
The Tri-State awards program provided the opportunity for firms to compete regionally. The Jury awarded 24 projects out of 165 submissions. The following projects/firms received awards.
Merit Awards
Bulletin Building Renovation | Architecture | KieranTimberlake | AIA Pennsylvania
Foreign Affairs Security Training Center | Architecture | KieranTimberlake | AIA Pennsylvania
John A. Paulson Center at NYU | Architecture | Davis Brody Bond, A Page Company and KieranTimberlake| AIA New York State & AIA Pennsylvania
Cobbs Creek Nature Playground | Impact Design | PORT | AIA Pennsylvania
Symphony Orthodontics | Interior Architecture | OLI Architecture | AIA New York State
Frances M. Maguire Art Museum at Saint Joseph’s University | Preservation Architecture | DIGSAU | AIA Pennsylvania
New York Academy of Art Restored Façade and New Storefront | Preservation Architecture | TRA studio architecture pllc | AIA New York State
Russel Wright Design Center, Manitoga | Small Project under $500,000 | Studio Joseph | AIA New York State
Kaat Cliffs | Small Project under 1.5 million | Studio MM Architect | AIA New York State
Lilla Lane | Small Project under 3,000 Square Feet | Oza Sabbeth Architects | AIA New York State
Twenty Ways Home | Un-built | MABU Architecture PA | AIA New York State
Honor Awards
North Campus Housing | Architecture | Kieran Timberlake | AIA Pennsylvania
Mecox | Architecture | Bates Masi + Architects | AIA New York State
Bergen Hudson ENT | Interior Architecture | Behin Ha Design Studio | AIA New Jersey
Powerhouse Arts | Preservation Architecture | PBDW Architects | AIA New York State
Signal Hill | Single Family Residential | Bates Masi + Architects | AIA New York State
Napoles House | Single Family Residential | PJCArchitecture | AIA New York State
Brooklyn Mass Timber House | Single Family Residential | Schiller Projects | AIA New York State
Together Apart | Small Project under $500,000 | Behin Ha Design Studio | AIA New Jersey
Excellence Awards
Student Innovation Center | Architecture | KieranTimberlake | AIA Pennsylvania
OSU Energy Advancement and Innovation Center | Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects | AIA New York State
The Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus at the University of Toronto | Architecture | WEISS/MANFREDI | AIA New York State
Battery Maritime Building – Casa Cipriani | Preservation Architecture | Marvel | AIA New York State
416 Memorial Park | Un-built | UNITEDLAB Associates | AIA New York State
SEE ALL SUBMISSIONS | FINALISTS | AWARD WINNERS
Education Sessions
The Tri-State Fusion conference ran three concurrent tracks of education sessions offering up to 18 credits of AIA LU and AIA LU/HSW accredited education opportunities with over 27 diverse sessions and three keynote presentations. The Tri-States will produce a virtual series with sessions that were unable to be included in this year’s conference.
Tours
The Tri-state Fusion conference offered 6 unique tours that highlight historic, preservation, and innovation architecture. The tours included:
- Founders Hall at Milton Hershey School
- The Hershey Theater
- The State Police Academy Expansion Project
- Hershey Medical Center Vertical Expansion
- Pennsylvania State Capital Tour
- JST Corporation Commercial Facility a Timber Frame Manufacturing/Headquarters Building.
Exhibitors and Sponsors
The conference was supported by 42 different exhibitors who made lasting connections with over 150 design professionals throughout the conference.
See more about the conference here.
