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2010 Darwin D. Martin Estate Restoration & Reconstruction Phase III and IV, AIA New York State Award of Excellence.

Artspace El Barrio @ PS 109: Architects Newspaper, "Arts on the Rise," May 6, 2010.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House Complex Reconstruction & Restoration: Brick 10, pp. 220-225, editors: Göth, Marion and Panzenböck, Gerhard, Callwey Verlag, Munich, 2010.

Private Residence, Design Award 2010 AIA Buffalo/WNY

2009 The Packard Building, Buffalo, New York. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, New York State Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Adaptive Use and Commitment to Community Revitalization.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House Complex Restoration: Architect magazine, "Martin House Visitor's Center and Restoration", April 2009

Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects, LLC Buffalo: A Waterfront Transformed

2007 Darwin D. Martin Estate Restoration & Reconstruction, Buffalo, New York. Western New York Sustainable Energy Association Trust, Award for Outstanding Leadership for incorporation of geothermal technology in the restoration of a national historic landmark building.

Darwin D. Martin Estate Restoration & Reconstruction, Buffalo, New York. City of Buffalo Preservation Board, Award for Reconstructed Martin House Elements.

2006 Rev. J. Edward Nash House Restoration, Buffalo, New York.
Preservation League of New York State, Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.

2005 Buffalo Public School #67 (Discovery School) Renovation, Buffalo, New York. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award for Renovation/Adaptive Reuse.

Quaker Bonnet Eatery, Buffalo, New York. City of Buffalo Preservation Board, Award for Renovation/Adaptive Reuse.

Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects offices, Buffalo, New York. City of Buffalo Preservation Board, Award for Renovation/Adaptive Reuse.

2004 Lancaster Presbyterian Church Renovation, Lancaster, New York. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, Renovation/Adaptive Reuse Honorable Mention.

2003 City Hall Council Chambers Restoration, Buffalo, New York. New York State Preservation League.

Newstead Public Library: American Libraries "Design Showcase," April 2003

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton
Exhibition Designers and Curators
"The Windows of the Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House"

2002 City Hall Council Chambers, Buffalo, New York. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award for Restoration.

Henry's @ Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award for Interior Architecture.

Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects offices, Buffalo, New York. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award for Renovation/Adaptive Reuse.

Newstead Public Library, Akron, New York. Honorable Mention
Design Award for New Construction < 25,000 sf by the American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter.

Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects was awarded Second Place in a design competition by the Bethel Community Development Corporation for new single-family, urban housing for the Cold Springs neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. As one of the top three designs selected, HHL will design new in-fill housing for the first phase of a multi-phased redevelopment.

2001 King Urban Life Center: Educational Facilities: The American Institute of Architects Exemplary Learning Environment Program
AIA and The Images Publishing Group Pty. Ltd.

King Urban Life Center: Building Type Basics For Elementary and Secondary Schools
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2000 Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York. City of Buffalo Preservation Board Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.

King Urban Life Center: "Classroom Designs" American School and University Magazine August 2000

National Building Museum, Washington D.C.
Exhibition Designers and Curators
"The Windows of the Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House"

1999 King Urban Life Center Early Childhood School was selected by the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education for one of five National Honor Awards for the Design of an Exemplary Learning Environment.

King Urban Life Center Early Childhood School. The American Institute of Architects conferred its First Award for Adaptive Reuse citing the use of a National Register historic structure to house a model learning program.

"An Introduction to the Windows of the Darwin D. Martin House", exhibition catalogue.

King Urban Life Center: Preservation March/April 1999

Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo
Exhibition Designers and Curators
"The Windows of the Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House"

1996 Market Arcade, Buffalo, New York, a National Historic Landmark. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award - Restoration.

Roycroft Inn, a National Historic Landmark, East Aurora, New York. GBC Design & Construction Award - Restoration.

The Roycroft Inn Restoration: Contract Design September 1996

Roycroft Inn Restoration and the Arts & Crafts Movement
Resurgence: Preservation September 1996

1995 Roycroft Inn, a National Historic Landmark, East Aurora, New York. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award - Restoration.

Roycroft Inn, a National Historic Landmark, East Aurora, New York. National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award for the restoration.

The new Albright-Knox Gallery Shop, Buffalo, New York. Honorable Mention Design Award by American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter.

The Roycroft Inn Restored: Honor Award of the National Trust for Historic Preservation: Preservation November/December, 1995

Albright-Knox Art Gallery Shop: Profits By Design Museum Store Magazine, Winter 1995

University of Buffalo School of Architecture & Planning
Exhibition of Work: Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects

1994 Erie Community College (Burt Flickinger) Athletic Center, Buffalo, New York. 110,000 square foot athletic center completed for the 1993 World University Games for its swimming venue, and subsequently converted to College Use. American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, First Award.

Certificate of Excellence Award to Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects, PC, for excellence in architectural preservation.
American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter.

1993 Landmark Society of Western New York for Preservation Design.

1986 Theater Place, a conversion of two handsome turn of the century buildings in Buffalo's theater district into a multiple use entertainment/ gallery/office/apartment complex, was selected by the American Institute of Architects, Buffalo/Western New York Chapter, as an outstanding example of adaptive reuse in Western New York.

Erie Community College Athletic Center (Burt Flickinger Athletic Center): Institutional Architecture (pp. 158 - 164)
Silver, Paul and Ziskind, David
PBC International and Rizzoli International Publications 1993.

Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo; Exhibition Curators
"Buffalo City Hall, The Politics of Design"

1982 Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier Exhibition, "Buffalo Architecture - Building a Future for the Past", Erie County Savings Bank Exhibition Center. Projects Exhibited:
Theater Place (Adaptive Reuse)
St. Paul's Cathedral (Restoration)
Williams-Butler Mansion (Adaptive Reuse)

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Exhibition of Buffalo Architecture.

Projects Exhibited:
Theater Place (Adaptive Reuse)
Waterfront Performing Arts Facility (New Fabric Structure)

1981 Buffalo Savings Bank, Hamburg, New York. American Concrete Institute, honorable mention.

Medaille Elementary School: L'Industria Delle Costruzioni February, 1981

Red Cross Regional Blood Center: L'Industria Delle Costruzioni February, 1981

Buffalo Architecture: A Guide
Banham, Reyner; Beveridge, Charles & Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, MIT Press 1981.s
Buildings Cited:
Instructional Communications Center, State University of New York at Buffalo/Amherst Campus
Knox Lecture Halls, State University of New York at Buffalo/Amherst Campus
Red Cross Regional Blood Center

1980 Medaille Elementary School: Progressive Architecture February, 1980

Red Cross Regional Blood Center: Interior Design February, 1980

Red Cross Regional Blood Center: Progressive Architecture February, 1980 "Interior Design" February, 1980

1979 Medaille Elementary School, Buffalo, New York, a new semi-open plan, kindergarten through 6th grade school constructed in 1977, was selected by the AIA as one of four outstanding buildings of the decade in Western New York.

The Red Cross Regional Blood Center, Buffalo, New York, a new 30,000 square foot structure linked to an existing historically significant building, was selected by the AIA as one of the four outstanding buildings of the decade in Western New York.

1974 The Cancer Drug Center, a new 70,000sf cancer research building at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, was selected as "Laboratory Building of the Year" by Industrial Research.

Educational Facilities Laboratories, a division of the Ford Foundation, cited St. Augustines Center, Buffalo, New York, a 12,000 square foot reuse/ rehabilitation of a warehouse for use as a community center/school for its innovative architecture.

Roswell Park Cancer Drug Center: Industrial Research May, 1974

1970 Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects offices at 172 Allen Street, Buffalo, New York was cited by the Landmark Society for significant architectural improvement to the area.