2026 Merit Award Winner: SFACF Illinois Central Depot
This project transformed a declining former neighborhood grocery store into a vibrant neighborhood bistro and commercial kitchen with law offices above.
2026 Honor Award Winner: NSU Business & Health Innovation Center
On the corner its oldest building held for a century, Northern State rebuilt in the historic quad’s own language of datum lines and window rhythm and opened the campus gateway outward as the Business and Health Innovation Center.
Three SD architecture firms take home AIA SD Design Awards, former Sioux Falls official honored with Champion of Architecture
South Dakota architecture firms captured two American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Dakota Honor Awards and three Merit Awards Wednesday evening during the 2026 Celebration of Architecture and Design Awards Ceremony kicking off this week’s AIA South Dakota annual conference.
2026 AIA SD Awards Program now is open
The submittal portals now are open for all divisions and categories in the 2026 AIA South Dakota Awards Program. Honorees will be announced live from the stage during the Celebration of Architecture and Design Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Tickets will be available soon here. Design Awards Deadline:…
AIA SD 2026 Design Awards juror announced
The AIA SD 2026 Design Awards will be juried by Anne Marie Duvall Decker, FAIA. Anne Marie is a cofounding principal of the 2026 AIA Architecture Firm Award recipient, Duvall Decker Architects in Jackson, Mississippi. She will present a juror talk during the Celebration of Architecture on Sept. 30 in Sioux Falls, during which she’ll…
Best New Projects from SD Architects: Valley Queen Cheese New Corporate Office Addition
With this final installment, Blueprint South Dakota closes out its spotlight series on the entries from the 2025 Design Awards competition. AIA South Dakota members again proved their creativity and problem-solving skills with beautifully functional work, on display in communities across South Dakota and beyond. Each post in this series has introduced readers to a…
Best New Projects from SD Architects: Lake Brophy Welcome Center
Later this week, we wrap up Blueprint South Dakota’s spotlight on the entries from the 2025 Design Awards competition. AIA South Dakota members again proved their creativity and problem-solving skills with beautifully functional work, on display in communities across South Dakota and beyond. Each installment in this series introduces readers to a different project, in…
Best New Projects from SD Architects: Illinois Central Depot
This month, we wrap up Blueprint South Dakota’s spotlight on the entries from the 2025 Design Awards competition. AIA South Dakota members again proved their creativity and problem-solving skills with beautifully functional work, on display in communities across South Dakota and beyond. Each installment in this series introduces readers to a different project, in the…
Best New Projects from SD Architects: Jacobson Plaza
This month, we wrap up Blueprint South Dakota’s spotlight on the entries from the 2025 Design Awards competition. AIA South Dakota members again proved their creativity and problem-solving skills with beautifully functional work, on display in communities across South Dakota and beyond. Each installment in this series introduces readers to a different project, in the…
Best New Projects from SD Architects: Human Service Agency Serenity Hills and C.A.R.E. Facility
This month, we wrap up Blueprint South Dakota’s spotlight on the entries from the 2025 Design Awards competition. AIA South Dakota members again proved their creativity and problem-solving skills with beautifully functional work, on display in communities across South Dakota and beyond. Each installment in this series introduces readers to a different project, in the…