SmithGroup’s ‘pioneering’ Philip Merrill Environmental Center wins AIA Twenty-five Year Award

The Philip Merrill Environmental Center has been awarded the 2026 AIA Twenty-five Year Award, given each year to a building that has “set an architectural design standard of excellence for 25 to 35 years.” Designed by SmithGroup and completed in 2000, the scheme is described by the AIA as “a pioneering environmental headquarters” in Annapolis, Maryland.