AIA Chicago "Designight 2011"

Couture Surfaces enjoyed attending the AIA Chicago "Designight 2011" at Navy Pier.
Couture Surfaces would like to extend our congratulations to all of the category winners of the 56th Annual Design Excellence Awards. Awards were in the categories of Distinguished Building, Interior Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, and Unbuilt Design. There were 285 projects entered in the annual competition.

Couture Surfaces values the visions of the architects; pushing design elements to the next level and beyond. It challenges us as a company in all aspects of architectural finishes from distribution to fabrication to installation.

Couture Surfaces would like to recognize the achievements of the following Chicago land Architect firm winners for local structures:

300 East Randolph Vertical Completion - DBA - Goettsch Partners - Chicago, Illinois
A Vision for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region Recognizing a Global Resource - URB - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP - Chicago, Illinois
College of DuPage Technology Education Center - DBA - DeStefano Partners - Glen Ellyn, Illinois
CompTIA The Computing Technology Industry Association Inc - IAA - Perkins + Will - Downers Grove, Illinois
Confidential Law Firm Headquarters - IAA - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP - Chicago, Illinois
Farming the Chicago Stock Yards - URB - UrbanLab - Chicago, IL
Fullerton and Belmont Stations Reconstruction - DBA - Ross Barney Architects - Chicago, IL
Gary Comer College Prep - DBA - John Ronan Architects - Chicago, IL
House for a Fashion Pattern Maker & Fiber Artist - UDA - orambra - Northfield, Illinois
Jenner & Block - IAA - Goettsch Partners - Chicago, Illinois
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library - DBA - Murphy/Jahn - Chicago, Illinois
Moraine Valley Community College Entrance Gateway + Quadrangle - URB - Teng + Associates - Palos Hills, Illinois
Mumford Hall Conversion - IAA - Harding Partners - Chicago, Illinois
Nature Boardwalk, Education Pavilion and South Pond Transformation at Lincoln Park Zoo - DBA - Shaw Sustainable Design Solutions of Illinois, LLC - Chicago, Illinois
New Trading Firm - IAA - Cannon Design - Chicago, Illinois
Peace Corner Youth Center - DBA - DeStefano Partners - Chicago, IL
Rosa Parks Apartments - DBA - Landon Bone Baker Architects - Chicago, Illinois
Serta International - IAA - Epstein | Metter Studio - Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Sprinkles Cupcakes - IAA - Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture - Chicago, IL
UNO Veterans Memorial School Complex - DBA - UrbanWorks Ltd. - Chicago, Illinois
West Combined Utility Plant, University of Chicago - DBA - Murphy/Jahn - Chicago, Illinois
World of Whirlpool - IAA - Valerio Dewalt Train Associates - Chicago, Illinois

Congratulations and Thank You!