The Arizona architecture community gathered at the Heard Museum on Saturday, November 15, 2025, to celebrate the impressive winners of the 2025 AIA Arizona Design Awards! Teresa Rosano, AIA, was honored with the Arizona Architects Medal, and Kathy Hancox, AIA, was recognized with the Chairman’s Award. To see all the winners from the 2025 AIA Arizona Design Awards click here!
2025 AIA Arizona Medal honoree Teresa Rosano, AIA (left) with the 2025 Chairman’s Award honoree Kathy Hancox, AIA.AIA Arizona President Rachel Rasmussen, AIA, welcomes the audience.AIA Arizona Executive Director John Czarnecki thanks attendees for their continued support of AIA Arizona and congratulates all the winners of the 2025 Design Awards.Patrick Panetta, FAIA, presents the 2025 AIA Arizona Medal.2025 Chairman’s Award honoree Kathy Hancox, AIA, and Fellows Chairman Dino Sakellar, FAIA.2025 Design Chair Darren Petrucci, AIA, of A-I-R in Scottsdale and Jury Chair Julie Snow, FAIA, founding principal of Snow Kreilich Architects in Minneapolis.2025 Arizona Medal honoree Teresa Rosano, AIA.2025 Design Awards Chair Darren Petrucci, AIA, 2025 Associates Award Winner Sara Ghaemi, Associate AIA, and Jury Chair Julie Snow, FAIA.2025 Design Awards Chair Darren Petrucci, AIA, 2025 AIA10 Award Winner Kevin Kolden, AIA, and Jury Chair Julie Snow, FAIA.2025 Design Awards Chair Darren Petrucci, AIA, 2025 AIA10 Award Winner Jordan Kravitz, AIA, and Jury Chair Julie Snow, FAIA.2025 Allied Award Winner Mandie Benavidez with Stuckey Insurance.2025 Allied Choice Award Winner Sue Gray, AIA, (right) with AIA Phoenix Metro Allied Director Gabby Weiss.AIA Arizona COTE Chair Whitney Warman, AIA (left) and AIA Phoenix Metro President-elect Andrea Hardy, AIA.From Left: Jen Knorr, AIA, AIA Phoenix Metro President Sue Gray, AIA, and Chris Knorr, AIA.From left: Kurt Kindermann, Lindsey Schultz, Angela Watson, FAIA, and Patrick Panetta, FAIA.From left: AIA Arizona Executive Director John Czarnecki, Michelle Acosta, AIA, and Tara Brown, AIA.2025 Consultant Award Winner Meyer Borgman Johnson (MBJ).2025 Twenty-Five Year Award Winner Johnson-Jones Residence by Jones Studio.2025 Contractor Award Winner Kitchell.Johnny Birkinbine, AIA, and his wife Lynne.From left: Dino Sakellar, FAIA, 2025 Arizona Medal Honoree Teresa Rosano, AIA, and Ed Marley, FAIA.From Left: Levi Sweat, Erik Peterson, AIA, and Michael Desplaines.2025 Goodwin Collaboration Award Winner Mayo Clinic East Expansion in Phoenix, by Shepley Bulfinch, Mayo Clinic, and McCarthy Building Companies Inc.
THANK YOU to the many sponsors of the 2025 AIA Arizona Design Awards Gala!
Title Sponsor Arcadia
Bar Sponsor DPR Construction
Premier Sponsors Bulthaup Scottsdale / Elevate and SWBR / Salt River Project / Shepley Bulfinch
Achievement Sponsors Arizona Architecture Foundation / CORE Construction / HDR / McCarthy
Supporting Sponsors 180 Degrees Design + Build / Adolfson & Peterson Construction / A-I-R, Inc. / Airpark Signs / Architekton / Arizona Residential Architects / Available Light / Ayers Saint Gross / AZ Architecture / BWS Architects / Convergent Technologies Design Group / Corporate Interior Systems / Dave Bang Associates / DeBartolo Architects / DLR Group / EPS Group / Grace Design Studios / JFK Electrical Contracting / Jones Studio / Kitchell / Leicht Scottsdale / Meyer Borgman Johnson / Optima / The PENTA Building Group / Primak Construction Group / RC Lurie / SmithGroup / Sundt Construction / Treanor / Walter P Moore / Wendell Burnette Architects / YKK AP
Thank You Level Sponsors 1GPA / Infinium Wall Systems / Landscape Forms / Line and Space, LLC / Norris Design / PIVIUM / Professional Underwriters of Arizona / Richärd Kennedy Architects / Sazan Group / suoLL Architects / The Construction Zone / Weddle Gilmore / Wespac
Friend Level Sponsors Arizona Masonry Council / Associated Mechanical Engineers, PLLC / Corgan / Jason Roehner Photography / Mancini / Raymond James Financial Inc. / The Leverett Clark Project / Timmerman Photography
