In addition to announcing the Texas-based duo as the recipients of its highest annual honor, the AIA has bestowed Quinn Evans with the Firm of the Year award.

Wrapped in brick and metal, the new mass-timber academic building serves students focused on STEM and business. 

Among several other components, the Design Vanguard firm will convert the museum’s main retail space into a special exhibition gallery. 

Curated by Floating Museum, ‘This is a Rehearsal’ spans four anchor sites, including the biennial’s longtime home at the Chicago Cultural Center, and a number of partner sites spread across the city. 

As an alternative to a large apartment block, local firm Stance Architecture revives a dilapidated 1930s house, now joined by nine modern counterparts on the same compact lot.