Awards

The jury awards a Design Citation of Merit for the restoration of the Marjorie M. Greene Residence, designed by Gregory Ain in collaboration with architects Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day in 1952, with an accompanying landscape by Garrett Eckbo, Robert Royston and Edward Williams from 1953. Prior to the May 2021 discovery of the lost Ain MoMA house in New York State, the Greene Residence was the only known surviving building associated with the Exhibition House. After a devastating fire in 2018, the Greene Residence has now been fully restored. Highlights include recreation of the original blueprints which were lost in the fire, salvaging of original frame elements, careful reconstruction of built-ins, and the development of new glazing to closely follow the appearance of the window walls of the 1952 post-and-beam structure, while providing better thermal performance than the original single glazing. 

“Despite the opportunity to rebuild entirely new in line with market conditions, the owner and architects undertook a significant preservation effort.”

- Michael K Chen, AIA, 2021 Jury member

“The project shows exemplary diligence from a research point of view.”

- Theo Prudon, Docomomo US President & 2021 Jury member

Client

Joyce Poulson

Restoration Team

Escher GuneWardena Architecture, Inc./Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena, Principals (Restoration Architects); Tessa Watson (Construction Phase Project Manager); Sasha Plotnikova (Project Researcher); Delia Hitz (Landscape Designer); Bonomo Development/Anthony Bonomo (General Contractor); Francheschi Engineering, Inc./Paul Francheschi (Structural Engineer)