2016 Polished Apple Award

Winner

A.G. Bell Elementary School
Lake Washington School District
DLR Group

There is only one Polished Apple Winner each year, given to the Owner/Design Team with the constructed Washington State project that best represents exemplary practice in the following areas of educational facility planning and design:

• Responsiveness to program
• Innovative solutions
• Sustainable design strategies
• Adaptability to changes in educational delivery
• Positive aesthetics and materials use
• Reinforcement of the surrounding community

Merit Award

Olympia Regional Learning Academy
Olympia School District
TCF Architecture PLLC

Shorewood High School
Shoreline School District
Bassetti Architects

Awards of Merit are given for superior quality projects within the same criteria as the Polished Apple Winner. Citations call attention to outstanding features of individual projects. The number of Merit Awards given will be at the sole discretion of the jury, based on the number of projects it deems to represent exemplary practice.

People's Choice Award Winner

John Muir Elementary School
Lake Washington School District
Mahlum Architects

Attendees at the Conference have the opportunity to vote for the People's Choice Award. The winner receives the People's Choice Award, a Merit Award level of recognition.