David Dixon FAIA Honored with AIA Thomas Jefferson Award
David Dixon FAIA, principal-in-charge of planning and urban design for Goody Clancy, has been selected by the American Institute of Architects to receive the 2007 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. The Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture recognizes achievements in the following three categories: private-sector architects who have established a portfolio of accomplishment in the design of architecturally distinguished public facilities, public-service architects who manage or produce quality design within their agencies, and public officials or other individuals who by their role of advocacy have furthered the public’s awareness and/or appreciation of design excellence.
“No urban designer of our time has had so great or so positive an impact on my city of Boston,” writes Boston Globe critic Robert Campbell, FAIA, supporting Dixon’s nomination. “David’s projects have been major in scale—the Turnpike Air Rights Vision, the Eastern Cambridge plan, the recent work for Harvard’s campus extension into Allston—but what I find even more remarkable about them, in the heated political climate of this city, is David’s ability to bring players and stakeholders of all points of view together to achieve the kind of consensus that allows for action.” (from the AIA press release, January 19)
See the full AIA press release here:
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January 12, 2007
Goody Clancy wins 2007 AIA Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design
The American Institute of Architects has awarded Boston’s Newest Smart Growth Corridor: A Collaborative Vision for the Fairmount/Indigo Line its top honor award for Regional and Urban Design. The study, prepared by Goody Clancy with the Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative (including the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Mattapan Community Development Corporation, and Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation) establishes a vision for mixed-income and mixed-use urban villages around new commuter rail stations in a transportation corridor stretching from downtown Boston through the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park.
The full press release for the 2007 awards and additional information about this project will be posted on www.aia.org.