Torti Gallas + Partners to Receive ICAA’s 2026 Gindroz Award

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) has announced that Torti Gallas + Partners, a Washington D.C.-based architecture firm specializing in urban design, sustainability, and community engagement, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Gindroz Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing.

Torti Gallas + Partners will be honored on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at the 2026 Gindroz Symposium on Affordable Housing, hosted by the ICAA at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

The Gindroz Award celebrates excellence in the design and implementation of affordable housing in the classical tradition. The 2025 Gindroz Award winner was Nansledan, a beautiful, affordable, walkable community in Cornwall.

The Gindroz Award Committee includes Eric Osth (chair), Melissa Delvecchio, Rebecca Lefkowitz, Michael Mesko, Whitney McKnight, Lyn Muse, Delma Palma, Donald Powers, and David Rinehart. In selecting the recipient, the award panel considers facotrs like meaningful community engagement, social impact, and a commitment to creating neighborhoods for all.

Founded in 1953, Torti Gallas + Partners has worked on affordable housing for more than 50 years, receiving their first AIA Award for Sibley Plaza affordable housing in D.C. in 1968. In 1994, the firm undertook its first HOPE VI project, Lafayette Courts in Baltimore, establishing a lasting reputation for affordable housing rooted in urbanist principles and responsive to regional architectural vernacular.

A leader in the classical affordable housing field, Torti Gallas + Partners has designed and built more than 40,000 units of affordable and workforce housing across the US, earning numerous awards for affordable housing work.

“Torti Gallas + Partners is honored to receive the ICAA’s 2026 Gindroz Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing," said Lawrence “Murphy” Antoine, president and board chair of Torti Gallas + Partners, in a statement. "We thank the ICAA and the award jury for this distinguished recognition, made especially meaningful by its association with Ray Gindroz. For more than 35 years, Ray’s pioneering work at the intersection of affordable housing policy, neighborhood design, and the home has inspired our firm and me personally."

"The importance of the Gindroz Award reflects the growing urgency of a housing affordability crisis," he continued. "Everyone deserves a beautiful, walkable neighborhood, and we remain committed to advancing affordable housing and urbanism through enduring, high-impact solutions that foster pride of place and pride of home.”

“In so many ways, Torti Gallas + Partners demonstrates the core principles of the Gindroz Award," said Eric Osth, ICAA board member and chair of the Gindroz Award panel, in a statement. "Starting with HOPE VI projects decades ago, the firm has demonstrated a commitment to thoughtful design, creating communities with strong character where residents take pride in their homes and their connection to the city around them. Torti Gallas has set a high standard for making beautiful, dignified, walkable, and contextual affordable housing a reality.”

The Muse Family Foundation has helped make the Gindroz Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing possible.