NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL
2023 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
The Locust Grove Event Pavilion: Selected by the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM & THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE ART DESIGN AND URBAN STUDIES, honoring the best in new and cutting-edge design in the United States.
2023 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD [Jury Winner - Pavilions]
Locust Grove Event Pavilion
2023 U.S. WOODWORKS WOOD DESIGN AWARDS [Institutional Design]
Locust Grove Event Pavilion
2023 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD IN ARCHITECTURE
Roberto de Leon and M. Ross Primmer selected for the Award In Architecture.
2022 AMERICA BY DESIGN
The Owsley Brown II History Center selected for the Top 10 projects in the CBS television series America By Design: Architecture.
2022 AIA INSTITUTE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
The Owsley Brown II History Center
2021 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
The Rowan Pump Station Building Facade: Selected by the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM & THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE ART DESIGN AND URBAN STUDIES, honoring the best in new and cutting-edge design in the United States.
2021 VENICE BIENNALE
DPAW at the 2021 Venice Biennale as part of the installation ‘A South Forty: Contemporary Architecture and Design in the American South’ in the Great Hall at the Palazzo Mora, curated by the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design and Modus Studio, in partnership with the Oxford American Journal. [Venice, Italy: May 22 - November 21, 2021] www.asouthforty.org
2021 ARCHITIZER A+FIRM AWARD [Best Small Firm - Special Mention]
The Architizer A+Firm Awards is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architectural practices. The A+Firm Awards is designed to honor firms of every size, across every region of the world.
2019 ARCHITECT 50: TOP 50 FIRMS IN DESIGN [Design Category]
Ranked #22 nationwide in the Design category by Architect Magazine in their 11th Annual Architect 50 list.
2019 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
The Mary F. Rounsavall Pavilion: Selected by the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM & THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE ART DESIGN AND URBAN STUDIES, honoring the best in new and cutting-edge design in the United States.
2018 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD [Jury Winner]
The Owsley Brown II History Center at the Filson Historical Society
2018 WOOD DESIGN AWARDS Interiors Category [Merit]
The Owsley Brown II History Center
2017/2018 MIES CROWN HALL AMERICAS PRIZE [MCHAP] [Nomination]
The Owsley Brown II History Center at the Filson Historical Society was nominated for the prestigious prize which recognizes 'the most distinguished architectural works built on the North and South American continents'.
2017 MARCUS PRIZE [Nomination]
DPAW was nominated for the Marcus Prize, an architectural prize offered worldwide to recognize architects ‘on a trajectory to greatness', supported by the Marcus Corporation Foundation.
2017 BLUEPRINT AWARDS [Shortlist]
The Owsley Brown II History Center
2016 WOOD DESIGN AWARDS [Honor]
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
2016 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE PRIZE [Bronze]
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
2016 BLUEPRINT AWARDS [Finalist]
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum Visitor Pavilion
2016 WORLD ARCHITECTURE NEWS (WAN) Adaptive Reuse Awards [Longlist]
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum Visitor Pavilion
2016 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum Visitor Pavilion: Selected by the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM & THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE ART DESIGN AND URBAN STUDIES, honoring the best in new and cutting-edge design in the United States.
2016 ARCHDAILY TOP 100
Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility selected by ArchDaily as one of the top 100 most important projects in the United States.
2015 MARCUS PRIZE [Nomination]
DPAW was nominated for the Marcus Prize, an architectural prize offered worldwide to recognize architects ‘on a trajectory to greatness', supported by the Marcus Corporation Foundation.
2014/2015 MIES CROWN HALL AMERICAS PRIZE [MCHAP] [Nomination]
The Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center was nominated for the prestigious prize which recognizes 'the most distinguished architectural works built on the North and South American continents'.
2015 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD [Jury Winner]
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
2015 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD [Popular Choice Winner]
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
2015 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARD [Jury Winner]
Guthrie Transportation Museum & Welcome Center
2015 NADO INNOVATION AWARD
Guthrie Transportation Museum & Welcome Center
2015 AIA INSTITUTE HONOR AWARD
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
2014 ANNUAL DESIGN REVIEW
The Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center selected for projects representing the ‘best in American architecture’ by ARCHITECT magazine.
2014 ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL / Istanbul, Turkey
‘The City And The World’
D&PAW featured in exhibit, including traveling exhibition throughout Europe through 2015.
2014 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center: Selected by the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM & THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE ART DESIGN AND URBAN STUDIES, honoring the best in new and cutting-edge design in the United States.
2014 HOSPITALITY DESIGN AWARD
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
2013 AIA INSTITUTE HONOR AWARD
Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility
2013 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARDS
Special Mention / Parks
Riverview Park Visitor Service Building
2012 ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL / Istanbul, Turkey
‘The City And The World’
D&PAW featured in exhibit, including traveling exhibition throughout Europe through 2013.
2012 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility: Selected by the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM & THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE ART DESIGN AND URBAN STUDIES, honoring the best in new and cutting-edge design in the United States.
2011 BEIJING INTERNATIONAL DESIGN TRIENNIAL / Beijing, China
D&PAW showcased in feature exhibit.
2011 EMERGING VOICES
Selected by THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK as one of five North American design firms with a distinct design ‘voice’ that has the potential to influence the discipline of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.
2011 ANNUAL DESIGN REVIEW
The Riverview Park Visitor Service Building selected for projects representing the ‘best in American architecture’ by ARCHITECT magazine.
2010 DESIGN VANGUARD
Selected by ARCHITECTURAL RECORD Magazine as one of ten international emerging design firms defining a voice in architecture.
WOOD2010 / Smaland, Sweden
D&PAW showcased in international touring exhibit, beginning at the Virserum Kunsthall and touring through Scandinavia and northern Europe through 2012.
LOCAL / REGIONAL
AIA KENTUCKY CITATION AWARD 2023
Locust Grove Event Pavilion
AIA ASPIRE AWARD 2022 [South Atlantic Region]
Rowan Pump Station
AIA ASPIRE AWARD 2022 [South Atlantic Region]
Locust Grove Event Pavilion
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2019
The Rogers Historical Museum: The Hailey Building
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2018
The Mary F. Rounsavall Pavilion
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2018
The Living Arts & Science Center Renovation & Expansion
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2017
The Owsley Brown II History Center at the Filson Historical Society Campus
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2016
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum Visitor Center
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2015
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens Horticulture Center
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2015
Green Residence
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2014
Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2014
Guthrie Transportation Museum & Welcome Center
AIA KENTUCKY DISTINGUISHED FIRM AWARD 2013
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2013
Rickhouse Speakeasy
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2013
Red Room
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2012
Cherokee Road Residence
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2011
Stout Little House
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2011
Riverview Park Visitor Service Building
AIA KENTUCKY CITATION AWARD 2011
A Project For Great Meadows
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2010
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens Visitor Center
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2010
ART/HOUSE
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2009
Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2009
Everett House
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2008
United Mail Corporate Headquarters
AIA KENTUCKY CITATION AWARD 2008
Upland Residence
AIA KENTUCKY MERIT AWARD 2008
Urban Barn
AIA KENTUCKY HONOR AWARD 2007
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens Gheens Barn & Peyton Samuel Head Trust Pavilion