The National Building Museum promotes excellence in architecture, engineering, construction, planning, and design. In furtherance of that mission, the Museum instituted an annual Honor Award in 1986 to recognize individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the U.S.'s building heritage. Recipients are selected from a wide variety of backgrounds to call attention to the many factors that determine the form and quality of the built world. Past recipients include ex-First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, who was honored in 1995 for her lifetime leadership in beautification and conservation campaigns. Michael Eisner and The Walt Disney Company were honored in 2001 in recognition of their commitment to architecture, commissioning postmodernist architects such as Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern, Frank Gehry, and Arata Isozaki.Benjamin Forgey, "Make-Believe Architecture: The Real Deal; Exhibit Explores the Reach Of Disney's Design Style," Washington Post, March 18, 2001. In 2010, Perkins and Will became the first architecture firm ever to receive the prize for "designing buildings that promote the health of occupants, conserve resources, and unify communities," in the words of Museum executive director Chase W. Rynd.Nicholas Tamarin, "Perkins + Will Nabs National Building Museum Honor Award," February 9, 2010. http://www.interiordesign.net/article/478838-Perkins_Will_Nabs_National_Building_Museum_Honor_Award.php The National Building Museum also bestows two other major awards: the Vincent Scully Prize to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design and the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology.
List of Honor Award winners Year Recipients 2011 "Celebrating Our Past, Building Our Future: 25 Years of the Honor Award" 2010 "A Salute to Civic Innovators": Perkins + Will, the founders of New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village, The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2009 "A Salute to Visionaries in Sustainability": S. Richard Fedrizzi and the U.S. Green Building Council; Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago; Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx; Louis R. Chênevert and United Technologies Corporation 2008 Associated General Contractors of America 2007 Related 2006 Clark Construction Group, LLC 2005 Forest City Enterprises 2004 General Services Administration 2003 Major League Baseball and the National Football League 2002 DuPont 2001 Michael Eisner and The Walt Disney Company 2000 Gerald D. Hines 1999 Harold McGraw, Jr., Harold McGraw III, and the McGraw-Hill Companies 1998 Stephen Bechtel, Jr., Riley P. Bechtel, and The Bechtel Group 1997 Community Builders of Washington, D.C.: Morris Cafritz, Charles E. Smith, Oliver T. Carr, jr., and Charles A. Horsky 1996 Cindy and Jay Pritzker 1995 Lady Bird Johnson 1994 James A. Johnson and Fannie Mae 1993 J. Carter Brown 1992 Civic Leadership of Greater Pittsburgh 1991 The Rockefeller Family 1990 IBM 1989 Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1988 James Rouse 1986 J. Irwin MillerNational Building Museum, List of past Honor Award winners. http://www.nbm.org/support-us/awards_honors/honor-award/
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External links Honor Awards on nbm.org Chicago Tribune feature on Mayor Daley's award EcoHome article on Rick Fedrizzi's award