Since 1994, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, have organized The American Architecture Awards as a way to honor the best, new significant buildings and landscape and planning projects designed and/or built in the United States and abroad by the most important American architects and planners practicing nationally and international.
The American Architecture Awards give an important overview of the current aesthetic direction of today’s commercial, corporate, institutional, and residential work in the United States to the real estate, banking, business, and corporate community, as well as to the press and general public. Thank you for the opportunity and congratulations to the other winners! We are thankful for the recognition for our Top of the Hill Retreat in Sandford, New York.
The Top of the Hill Retreat is a visionary residential retreat that transcends conventional design by harmonizing the boundaries between indoor and outdoor environments, spa and living spaces, and Japanese aesthetics with the vernacular of upstate New York.
Nestled delicately atop a rocky outcrop overlooking a secluded pond, this home is conceived as an experimental sanctuary that embodies holistic wellness, environmental sensitivity, and a profound connection to nature. We envisioned a home that integrates these values in a fashion that mirrors the client, an avid admirer of Japanese health, wellness, and lifestyle, as well as an entrepreneur and innovator in the world of style and design.
