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ICAA Washington Chapter Announces 2025 Pope Awards
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) Washington Mid-Atlantic chapter recently announced the winners of their annual John Russell Pope Awards. Exemplifying excellence in traditional and classical architecture, interior design, historical preservation, artisanship, and landscape architecture, the Pope Awards are celebrated biennially.
The awards are named after John Russell Pope, the architect of such significant DC building as the Jefferson Memorial and the National Gallery of Art, making him a leader in American classical architecture. This year's Pope Awards were celebrated with a ceremony on May 2 at the Sulgrave Club in Washington, DC. Read on to see the winning projects of the 2025 Pope Awards.
Arentz Landscape Architects — Landscape Architecture
Kimmel Studio Architects — Landscape Architecture
Michael Watkins Architect — Urban Design
Christian Zapatka Architect, PLLC — Urban Design
3North — Historic Preservation
Steven W. Spandle Architect LLC — Follies
David M. Schwarz Architects — Commercial
Erica Burns Interiors — Interior Design, Residential
Thomas Pheasant Interiors — Interior Design, Commercial & Residential
Wouter Boer — Residential New Construction Over 5,000 Sq. Ft.
Wiedmann Architects LLC — Residential New Construction Under 5,000 Sq. Ft.
John Canning & Co. — Design & Craftsmanship
Perkins Eastman Architects — Institutional
Pellettieri Stone Carving — Artisanship
McCrery Architects — Artisanship
Charles Paul Goebel, Architect — Residential Renovation
Richard Williams Architects — Ecclesiastical
Jon Patrick Boulanger — Student Award
Ana Schluth — Student Award
Sam Merklein, Andrea Hopkins, Casey Rutledge Nardo, Juan Soto, Michael Njo, Sebastian Vanderbeck — Student Award
Arentz Landscape Architects
"Woodside"
Landscape Architecture
Kimmel Studio Architects
"Cloverfields"
Landscape Architecture
Michael Watkins Architect
"West Weber"
Urban Design
Christian Zapatka Architect, PLLC
"Georgetown Urban Design Project"
Urban Design
3North
"Warm Springs Pools"
Historic Preservation
Steven W. Spandle Architect LLC
"The White House Tennis Pavilion"
Follies
David M. Schwarz Architects
"Orion Amphitheater"
Commercial
Erica Burns Interiors
"Bull Run"
Interior Design, Residential
Thomas Pheasant Interiors
"The Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room Redecoration"
Interior Design, Commercial & Residential
Wouter Boer
"St. Michael's Retreat"
Residential New Construction Over 5,000 Sq. Ft.
Wiedmann Architects LLC
"Gatekeeper's Cottage at Skipton Heritage"
Residential New Construction Under 5,000 Sq. Ft.
John Canning & Co.
"Mellon Auditorium Restoration"
Design & Craftsmanship
Perkins Eastman Architects
"Garvey Hall"
Institutional
Pellettieri Stone Carving
"Decorative Stone Carvings on the Façade of St. Rita's Catholic Church"
Artisanship
McCrery Architects
"Baptismal Font at the Church of the Holy Spirit"
Artisanship
Charles Paul Goebel, Architect
"Avondale"
Residential Renovation
Richard Williams Architects
"All Souls Memorial Garden at Washington National Cathedral"
Ecclesiastical
Jon Patrick Boulanger
"St. Alcuin Center for Classical Studies"
Student Award
Ana Schluth
"An Entry Pavilion to Prospect Park"
Student Award
Sam Merklein, Andrea Hopkins, Casey Rutledge Nardo, Juan Soto, Michael Njo, Sebastian Vanderbeck
"Cultural Expansion"
Student Award
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