This month Alyanna Subayno, Intern Architect, attended the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) annual conference, October 14-18. Here’s what she shared with us about this year’s virtual conference:

The University of Iowa Voxman School of Music was recognized with a 2020 AIA National Interior Architecture Award. The building was one of only seven projects located across the United States selected for the honor. The Interior Architecture program celebrates the most innovative interior spaces that make their mark on the cities, places, and spaces where we live and work. The five-member jury evaluated entries based on design achievement, including sense of place and purpose, ecology and environmental sustainability and history. Neumann Monson served as associate architect on the project, partnering with design architect LMN.

Congratulations to Neumann Monson architect Matt Krieger on being named a Corridor Business Journal Forty Under 40 honoree. For the 16th year running, the CBJ celebrated 40 of the Corridor’s most successful young professionals who have made a significant impact in their business and community. The 40 recipients were selected by a committee of previous honorees.

The Iowa City Public Works (ICPW) Phase I building has received an Excellence in Energy Efficient Design award through the Commercial New Construction (CNC) program offered by Alliant Energy and MidAmerican Energy Company in collaboration with energy design assistance provider Willdan. Participating building projects received a CNC program final verification report between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. The top projects selected for an award had the highest kBTU savings percentage in Alliant Energy and MidAmerican’s Energy’s service territory.

Neumann Monson Architects was honored with five AIA Central States Region Excellence in Design Awards this September at a virtual awards celebration. The awards program honors projects in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma with notable accomplishment and excellent design qualities.

The Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) honored Neumann Monson Architect’s Nathan Griffith with the 2020 AIA Iowa Young Architect Award during a virtual awards ceremony of the annual AIA Iowa convention.

The Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) honored Neumann Monson President Tim Schroeder, AIA, with the 2020 AIA Iowa Medal of Honor. Tim was formally recognized during a virtual awards ceremony of the annual AIA Iowa convention.

New Sustainable Concrete Technology Will Revolutionize the Construction Industry in Iowa By Nathan Griffith As global pollution continues to rise, reducing the amount emissions through innovations in building materials has been receiving increased attention from the media in the last few years. Earlier this year at one of our monthly staff meetings, one of my colleagues introduced CarbonCure, a new technology that greatly reduces carbon emissions from the production of concrete. We recently learned that a local business, Metro Pavers of Iowa City, will be the first in Iowa to begin offering CarbonCure in August.

St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, Ankeny, has received a 2019 Faith & Form/AIA Interfaith Design (ID) Knowledge Community Award in the religious architecture – new facilities category. The program encourages and supports excellence in the design of worship spaces and their accoutrements. More than 100 projects were submitted with nearly one-third located outside the United States. Jurors noted that some of the best projects were modest in scale and budget and displayed sensitivity to their local cultural, historical, and social context. Awarded projects were published in the Winter 2019 Awards Issue of Faith & Form magazine and can be viewed on the Faith and Form website.

Matt Krieger, AIA, has been appointed to the Iowa City Climate Action Commission, a newly formed 11-member group charged with advising the City Council on climate issues, analyzing climate actions, and engaging the public on climate and sustainability goals. The Climate Action Commission succeeds a public steering committee that created the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation plan, adopted in September 2018.