Building Tradition Episode 4: 2023 Palladio Awards

Interviews with Michael Franck of MM Franck, Jean Caroon of Goody Clancy and Michael Imber of Michael G. Imber Architects

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Design awards recognize the best work by architects, interior designers, landscape architects, builders and their project collaborators. Who wins them and why? How are design competitions juried? In this episode, Peter H Miller Hon AIA interviews both the jurors and the winners of TRADITIONAL BUILDING's Palladio Awards which celebrate the best in traditional and classical design.

Interviews with Michael Franck of MM Franck, Jean Caroon of Goody Clancy and Michael Imber of Michael G. Imber Architects

Building Tradition Episode 4, Part 1: 2023 Palladio Awards, Interview with Winner Michael M. Franck

"The peer recognition we get when we win a Palladio Award means a lot to our staff, our collaborators and our clients." Michael M. Franck Architect, winner of several design awards with projects from Stillwater to Savannah explains how the "rigor" of documenting his projects, with presentation floor plans, elevations and professional photography is a discipline worth the effort.

Building Tradition Episode 4, Part 2: 2023 Palladio Awards, Interview with Juror Jean Carroon, FAIA

Designer, preservationist, sustainability advocate and author Jean Carroon of Goody Clancy Architects advises her professional peers to "submit, submit and re-submit your projects in award programs because every jury is different. The design competition entry should begin and end with a "wow" image. The entrants' images are more important than the words. The entry itself is a design statement," frequent juror Jean Carroon tells us. The synergy between design and craft and recognition for the craftspeople who do the work is important to Palladio jurors.

Building Tradition Episode 4, Part 3: 2023 Palladio Awards, Interview with Michael G. Imber, FAIA

As a design competition juror, Michael Imber, FAIA explains how evaluating the "integrity" of the building is important. "This is when the scale, proportion and detail come together to evoke the "emotion" of a building." As a six-time Palladio winner Michael Imber Architects approach their design work by respecting traditional design precedent, but evolving architecture toward the future.