Here We Go Again

Abstract

The f i f th annual Nat ional Design Awards , presented at a gala ce remony at CooperHewit t , Nat ional Design M u s e u m on October 19, held its share of surprises this year. In an unprecedented t ie. Rick Joy and Polshek Partnership both w o n the award in the archi tecture category, prevai l ing over the other t w o f inal ists, Joseph E. Spear and Rafael Viholy. "The architecture category presented a hard cho ice, " said juror and Polshek Partnership's William J . Clinton Presidential Center, in Little Rock, Arkansas, 2004 (left) and Rick Joy's Tubac House, Tubac, Arizona, 2001 (above).