Archimania

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Archimania is a collective of architects and designers in the South Main Historic Arts District of downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The collective was founded in 1995 and is led by Todd Walker, FAIA,[1] and Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA.[2]

The design collective has garnered more than 160 AIA awards, dominating recent local and statewide architecture awards' programs.[3][4][5] They won the architectural design competition[6] for Conservation Hall at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion,[7] and Architectural Digest recognized this project as one of "10 Amazing Examples of Subterranean Architecture."[8]

Archimania's design for Memphis Teacher Residency has received a Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Award,[9] an AIA/CAE Education Facility Design Award,[10] an Architizer A+ Special Mention,[11] and an Architect's Newspaper, 2017 Best of Interior - Workplace Design Award.[12] Other Archimania projects receiving Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards include Woodard Residence and Redeemer Presbyterian Church.[13] Archimania's design for Ballet Memphis also received an AIA/CAE Education Facility Design Award,[14] as well as a Metal Architecture Design Award for Natural Metals,[15] and was an Architizer A+ Awards Finalist.[16]

Two of Archimania's projects, Garden Chapel Pavilion and Redeemer Presbyterian Church, won International AIA Religious Art and Architecture Design Awards/IFRAA, with one being an Honor Award.[17] Garden Chapel Pavilion was recognized as a 2018 World Architecture News (WAN) award finalist; Hattiloo Theatre and Memphis Botanic Garden - Live at the Garden were recognized as 2016 World Architecture News award finalists.[18]

Archimania was ranked 8th in design in the United States, according to Architect Magazine's annual Top 50 ranking in 2017.[19]

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