The 2025 John Russell Pope Awards will be held on May 2nd, 2025 at Sulgrave Club in Washington, DC.
The Call for Entries is open now through January 15th, 2025.
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Washington Mid Atlantic Chapter (ICAA-WMA) celebrates excellence in traditional architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, preservation, urbanism, and artisanship through the biennial John Russell Pope Awards. The awards are named for John Russell Pope, 1874-1937, best known as the architect of the Jefferson Memorial and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Other important works include the National Archives Building, Constitution Hall, the Temple of the Scottish Rite, as well as numerous exemplary private homes.
As noted by architect and historian Stephen M. Bedford, Pope’s domestic and monumental architecture established him as a “leader in the development of highly refined and restrained American classicism.” Founded in 2015, the awards program recognizes the best work of individuals who contribute to the creation of classical and traditional architecture and the allied arts within the Washington Mid Atlantic region.
Image: 2017 Winner, Civic and Institutional Design – “Christopher Newport Hall” – Glavé & Holmes Architecture
Residential New Construction Under 8,000 SF, The Waterfowl Residence by Franck & Lohsen Architects, Inc.
Residential Renovation – Hatton Grange by Fairfax and Sammons Architecture
Landscape Design, Sycamore Point by Arentz Landscape Architects LLC
Commercial Design, Rosewood Le Guanahini by David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc.
Institutional Design, Zeppos College at Vanderbilt University by David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc.
Ecclesiastical Design, Our Mother of Perpetual Help by Harrison Design
Urban Design, Le’Ecole de la Cour, J.E. Schram Architect
Historic Preservation, Cloverfields by Kimmel Studios
Interior Design Commercial & Institutional Hoynak Banquet Hall, by McCrery Architects
Artisanship, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest by Travis McDonald and Poplar Forest
Emerging Classicist – Drawing, Church and Temple, An Analytique Comparison by Michael Bursch
Emerging Classicist – Design, Basilica of Saint Benedict, by Anthony Ferraro
Jones & Boer Architects’ “West River House” New Construction under 5,000 sf
Jones & Boer Architects’ “Chain Bridge House” New Construction over 5,000 sf
Donald Lococo’s “Kalorama Renovation” Addition / Renovation under 5,000 sf
Barnes Vanze Architects’ “Addition to a Pope House” Addition / Renovation over 5,000 sf
Glave and Holmes’ “Christopher Newport Hall” Civic and Institutional design
O’Brien and Keane Architects’ “Mary’s Chapel” Ecclesiastical Design under 3,000 sf
McCrery Architects’ “St. Mary’s Help” Ecclesiastical Design over 3,000 sf
Historical Arts and Casting’s “US Capitol Restoration” Historic Preservation
Patrick Sutton Interiors’ “New Life for a Storied Home” Interior Design – Multiple Rooms
Iron Masters, Inc.’s “Ironwork in the Artisan Tradition” Artisanship – Ironwork
Marmi Natural Stone’s “Monumental Staircase” Artisanship – Stone
Parker Hansen’s “Debate Theater on the National Mall” Horizon Builders Student Award
Michael Rabe’s “Shipbuilding Museum” Horizon Builders Student Award
Anne Decker Architects' "Distilled Tradition" New Residential Design - under 5,000 sf
Hamady Architects, LLC's “A Mountain Home in West Virginia” New Residential Design - over 5,000 sf
Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects' “Badger Hill Farm” Residential Renovation or Addition over 5,000 sf
3north's "Classicism Redux” Winner Residential Addition or Renovation - under 5,000 sf
Jones & Boer Architects' “Queen Anne Revival” Honorable Mention Renovation or Addition under 5,000 sf
Donald Lococo Architects, LLC's “Linnean House” Honorable Mention New Residential Design over 5,000 sf
Barnes Vanze Architects' “Flemish Revival Townhouse” 2015 Honorable Mention Historic Preservation
Hartman Cox Architects' “Francis L. Caradozo High School” Winner Historic Preservation
Hartman Cox Architects' “American Pharmacists Association Headquarters” Winner Commercial, Institutional, or Ecclesiastical Design
Glavé & Holmes Architecture - “Carole Weinstein International Center” Honorable Mention - Commercial / Educational
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects' “Seven Ponds Farm” Winner Landscape Design
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects' “The Cedars” Honorable Mention Landscape Design
Michael Watkins Architecture, LLC's “Union Village” Winner Urban Planning
Sroka Design's “Norton Manor” Honorable Mention Interior Design
Gaston & Wyatt's “Monticello Blinds” Winner Artisanship