GWWO Recognized with Three International Design Awards

GWWO Recognized with Three International Design Awards

This spring, GWWO was honored with three international awards for the firm’s dedication to the design of engaging, uplifting cultural and educational spaces that embrace diverse audiences, inclusively connect communities, encourage exploration, and promote sustainability.

GWWO was honored with two Architizer A+ Awards, the industry’s largest international awards program that celebrates the work of firms who are rethinking, reinventing, and reimagining architecture’s contribution to society. The firm was named as a Best Public Projects Firm Finalist for our demonstrated excellence in the public realm. Firms in this category were chosen from portfolios reflective of aesthetics that are driven by each project’s relationship to its context, users, and the public; the ability to innovate within a range of project scales, typologies, geographies, social considerations, and/or budgets; and impactful work that prioritizes the health and wellbeing of people and the wider environment. Additionally, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Welcome Center at Niagara Falls State Park received a Special Mention in the Cultural and Expo Centers category.

The new welcome center within Niagara Falls State Park places the awe-inspiring beauty of the Niagara River Gorge and immense power of the falls at the forefront, framing views of the head of the falls and offering several intuitively clear pathways to the falls, whereby each visitor can “choose their own adventure.”
The new welcome center within Niagara Falls State Park places the awe-inspiring beauty of the Niagara River Gorge and immense power of the falls at the forefront, framing views of the head of the falls and offering several intuitively clear pathways to the falls, whereby each visitor can “choose their own adventure.”

GREEN GOOD DESIGN, a collaboration between the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, recognized the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center with a 2025 Green Architecture Award. The program celebrates projects that promote design and a public environment based upon the ideals of energy conservation; the reduction of toxic waste and greenhouse gases; the diminishing dependence on fossil fuels; and a sensitivity for waste, pollution, and the depletion of the world’s energy resources. 

The careful placement and sensitive design of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center at 14,115 feet, the highest facility of its type in the world, places the focus on the stunning landscape, allowing boundless sky and views to take center stage. Understanding the immense challenges of building within this extreme setting, environmental stewardship became a driver of the design and led to the pursuit of both Living Building Challenge and LEED Silver certifications.
The careful placement and sensitive design of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center at 14,115 feet, the highest facility of its type in the world, places the focus on the stunning landscape, allowing boundless sky and views to take center stage. Understanding the immense challenges of building within this extreme setting, environmental stewardship became a driver of the design and led to the pursuit of both Living Building Challenge and LEED Silver certifications.

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