8 AACC Students Take Regional Honors in Architecture, Interior Design

The following are two press releases commemorating the success of four Anne Arundel Community College students in both architecture and interior design: 

Four Anne Arundel Community College architecture students will be recognized at the Chesapeake Bay Region Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Design Awards Banquet for their work in the chapter’s student award category.

Bernard Jeffers of Severna Park will receive the Honor Award for “Rebounding Lands.” Jeffers also won a Jurors Citation in Design from the Maryland State American Institute of Architects for the same project earlier this fall.

Other winners are: 

• Bret Woods of Glen Burnie, Merit Award for “Mitakuye Oyasin Refuge;” 
• Ryan Blomeley of Annapolis, Merit Award for “Tracing Teton Tectonics;” 
• Richard McCallum of Pasadena, Citation Award for “Anomalous Nature.”

“Congratulations to all four students. This is a tremendous honor that recognizes your hard work, talent and determination,” said Michael D. Ryan, chair of AACC’s Architecture and Interior Design program. “This is recognition from our local professionals in the industry, so this award is a very high honor.”

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Four Anne Arundel Community College interior design students won awards recently in the national MADE: in America Lighting Design Competition sponsored by Maryland’s award-winning furniture and lighting company, Niermann Weeks.

Katherine Houchins-Holsclaw of Denton won first place for her Crystalaria Lantern. Inspired by ocean forms, the fixture is a graceful pirouette of crystals suspended from a metal lattice work evoking a seashell.

Receiving honorable mention awards were:

• Devon C. Dickens of Temple Hills for Sans De’Faunt Chandelier, a cascade of metal and glass leaves from which tiers of glass beads are suspended
• Kim Sullivan of Annapolis for Laurel Leaf Chandelier, an elegant and timeless pendant
• Cathy Terranova of Annapolis for Regency Trellis Sconce, inspired by a Neoclassical garden bench.  All four were enrolled in AACC’s “Construction Detailing” (ACH 204) course, taught by Dimitra Tangires, AACC instructor of architecture and interior design.

The design story boards of all the students participating in the competition were displayed in an invitational exhibition of select student work at Chicago NeoCon 2013 this past June at the Merchandise Mart. 

Also included in the exhibition were award-winning designs by AACC students participating in earlier MADE: In America design competitions and in other competitions sponsored by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), American Institute of Architecture Students and National Kitchen and Bath Association. More than 40,000 design professionals and industry executives attended the event.

Following Chicago NeoCon, Niermann-Weeks sponsored the AACC exhibition in conjunction with the inaugural All American House created by MADE: In America in cooperation with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Students were invited to a special event at Woodlawn that will be featured in Home and Design Magazine. The show house took place at Woodlawn, a historic home in Fairfax, Va., operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.