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National

AIA National Housing Award (2025)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

Docomomo Modernism in America Awards Citation of Merit (2023)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

Docomomo Modernism in America Awards Citation of Merit (2022)

Clauss Haus II at Little Switzerland

Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award (2021)

Loghaven Artist Residency

AIA National Architecture Award (2021)

Loghaven Artist Residency

AIA National Small Projects Award (2012)

Cape Russel Retreat

Regional

Society of Architectural Historians Southeast Chapter Best of the South Special Commendation (2023)

Clauss Haus II

AIA Gulf States Award of Merit (2021)

Clauss Haus II

AIA Gulf States Citation Award (2021)

Visual and Performing Arts Studios at Loghaven

AIA Gulf States Citation Award (2021)

French Broad House

AIA Gulf States Award of Honor (2020)

Dominion Group

AIA Gulf States Award of Merit (2020)

Loghaven Artist Cabins

AIA Gulf States Honor Citation (2013)

West Jackson Workshops

AIA Gulf States Honor Citation (2013)

Cape Russel Retreat

AIA Gulf States Honor Citation (2012)

Shelton Group

AIA Gulf States Award of Merit (2012)

Barrier Island House

AIA Gulf States Award of Merit (2006)

304 South Gay Street

State

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2024)

Baker Creek Preserve Pavilion at Urban Wilderness Gateway Park

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2024)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2024)

Candoro Marble Building

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2024)

Short Mountain House

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2023)

UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Learning Center

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2022)

Loghaven Artist Residency Artist Cabins

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2022)

Loghaven Artist Residency Visual and Performing Arts Studios

ASLA Tennessee Honor Award (2022)

Loghaven Artist Residency

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2021)

French Broad House

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2020)

Dominion Group

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2019)

Calloway Ridge House

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2018)

UTIA Gardens McIlwaine Friendship Pavilion

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2017)

Balter Beerworks

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2014)

Barrier Island House

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2014)

Holston River House

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2013)

Clean Care

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2013)

The Cohen Loft

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2011)

Southeastern Glass Building

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2011)

West Jackson Workshops

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2011)

Shelton Group

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2010)

Peoples Bank of the South

AIA Tennessee Award of Excellence (2009)

Cape Russell Retreat

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2009)

Nama

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2008)

US Cellular Facade Renovations

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2006)

304 South Gay Street

AIA Tennessee Award of Merit (2002)

The Seedhouse

Local

AIA East Tennessee Gold Medal (2024)

John Sanders and Brandon Pace

Knox Heritage Preservationist of the Year (2024)

Sanders Pace Architecture

City of Knoxville Partnership Award (2024)

Sanders Pace Architecture

AIA East Tennessee Honor Award (2024)

Baker Creek Preserve Pavilion at Urban Wilderness Gateway Park

AIA East Tennessee Citation Award (2024)

Downtown Bentonville Workforce Housing Initiative

AIA East Tennessee Chapter Choice Award (2024)

Downtown Bentonville Workforce Housing Initiative

AIA East Tennessee ADU Competition Winner (2024)

"Shifting Phantom"

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award (2024)

UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Learning Center

AIA East Tennessee Honor Award (2023)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

AIA East Tennessee Honor Award (2023)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

East Tennessee Preservation Awards Knox County Mayor’s Award (2023)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

Keep Knox Beautiful Orchid Award (2023)

Dogan-Gaither Flats

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2022)

Short Mountain House

AIA East Tennessee Citation Award (2022)

Calloway Ridge House

Keep Knox Beautiful Orchid Award (2022)

The Historic Candoro Marble Building

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2021)

Cityhouse

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2021)

French Broad House

AIA East Tennessee Citation Award (2021)

Clauss Haus II

AIA East Tennessee Citation Award (2021)

The Historic Candoro Marble Building

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

Loghaven Artist Residency

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

The Historic Candoro Marble Building

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

509 N Central Street

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

517/519 N Central Street

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

Elst Brewing

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

Little Switzerland

Knox Heritage East Tennessee Preservation Award (2021)

1520 Washington Ave

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2020)

McDonough House at Loghaven

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2020)

Dominion Group

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2020)

Loghaven Visual and Performing Arts Studios

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2020)

Loghaven Artist Cabins

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2020)

Bluhen Botanicals

AIA East Tennessee Citation Award (2020)

Elst Brewing

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award (2020)

Augusta Quarry at Fort Dickerson Park

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award (2020)

The Press Room

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2019)

The Tombras Group Corporate Headquarters

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2019)

UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Learning Center

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2019)

The Press Room

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2019)

Loch & Key Productions

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award (2019)

The Tombras Group Corporate Headquarters

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2018)

The Historic Ely Building

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2018)

Pembroke Downtown Loft

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2018)

The Press Room

City of Knoxville Community Impact Award (2018)

Sanders Pace Architecture

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2017)

1003 Luttrell Street

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2017)

Installation – “Nest”

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2017)

Balter Beerworks

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2017)

Balter Beerworks

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2017)

Wild Love Bakehouse

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2017)

Steamboat Sanwiches

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2017)

McMillan Flats

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2016)

Wild Love Bakehouse

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2015)

Norris Lake House

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2015)

Seymour-Tanner House

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2015)

Kendrick Place Rowhouse

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2015)

St. John’s Anglican Church

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2015)

Seymour-Tanner House

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2015)

Jackson Terminal

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2014)

The Bolling Residence at Park Place

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2014)

Holston River House

AIA East Tennessee Award of Excellence (2013)

Synergy Business Environments

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2013)

The Cohen Building Loft

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2013)

Outhouse

East Tennessee USGBC Green Project Award (2013)

The Residences at Eastport

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2013)

34 Market Square

UT Gardens Treehouse Competition – First Place (2013)

Installation – “Nest”

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2013)

The Tombras Group Corporate Headquarters

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2012)

Barrier Island House

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2012)

TJ Development

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2012)

Thicket

East Tennessee Preservation Alliance Preservation Award (2012)

The Residences at Eastport

Knox Heritage Knox County Mayor’s Award (2012)

The Residences at Eastport

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2012)

The Residences at Eastport

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2011)

Wes Jackson Workshops

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2011)

Harry's Deli

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Butterfly (2011)

The Carson

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2011)

West Jackson Workshops

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2011)

Emory Place – #3-#23

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2010)

Shelton Communications

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2010)

Southeastern Glass Building

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2010)

West Jackson Workshops

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2010)

Emory Place - #3-#23

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2010)

Fourth United Presbyterian Church

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2010)

The Ziegler Building

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2010)

Southeastern Glass Building

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2010)

Renaissance Farragut

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2009)

Cape Russell Retreat

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2009)

Peoples Bank of the South

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2009)

Acute: Retail

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2008)

Nama Bearden

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2008)

Clean Care

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2008)

US Cellular Facade Renovations

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2008)

Marble Slab

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2008)

26 Market Square

Second Place, NOLN Magazine Best Looking Lube (2008)

Clean Care

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid (2008)

Cherokee Plaza

AIA East Tennessee Top 15/150 Yrs, Honorable Mention (2007)

304 S Gay Street

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2007)

609 Kendrick Place

AIA East Tennessee Award of Merit (2007)

Renaissance Farragut

AIA East Tennessee Award of Honor (2006)

304 S Gay Street

AIA East Tennessee Honor Citation (2006)

Nama

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (2006)

414 Clinch - Sandstone Court

2024

Forbes Magazine

“America’s Top 200 Residential Architects”, Richard Olsen, October 30, 2024

The Architect’s Newspaper

“Postcard from Knoxville”, Vernon Mays, July/August 2024

Residential Design Magazine

“The Winners of the 2024 Residential Design Architecture Awards”, Eds, March 14, 2024

2023

Architect Magazine

“A Second Chance for Knoxville’s Dogan-Gaither Flats and its Residents”, Katherine Flynn, August 31, 2023

Wall Street Journal

“A Tennessee Subdivision Became a Model for Modern Living. Now It’s Getting a Second Act”, Anthony Paletta, June 15, 2023

2022

Living in the Forest

Phaidon Press Limited, 2022

Architectural Record

“Finding a Renewed Sense of Place in the American South”, Michael Cockram, September 30, 2022

Archinect

“Rethinking a ‘culture of disposability’: Docomomo US names 2022 Modernism in America Awards Winners”, September 12, 2022

2021

Global Design News

‘Sanders Pace breathed new life into five historic log cabins from the 1930s creating the ‘Loghaven Artist Residency’, December 20, 2021

Landscape Architecture Magazine

‘A Haven for Art’, November 2021

Residential Design Magazine

‘Quiet Time – French Broad House’, Volume 4, 2021

Oxford American

‘A South Forty – Contemporary Architecture & Design in the American South’, Summer 2021

Hellbender Press

‘Loghaven in South Knoxville melds natural and human habitats to serve regional artists’, June 28, 2021

Dezeen

‘Loghaven Artist Residency is tucked away in a Tennessee forest’, June 26, 2021

Inside of Knoxville

‘A Look Inside the Candoro Marble Building’, May 28, 2021

Inside of Knoxville

‘Loghaven Comes Back to Life, Sanders Pace Architecture wins National Award’, May 20, 2021

Retrofit Magazine

‘AIA Bestows 10 2021 Architecture Awards’, May 05, 2021

Knoxville News Sentinel

‘See inside Loghaven, South Knoxville artists’ retreat that won top architectural prize’, Ali James, May 11, 2021

Knoxville News Sentinel

“People and Honors”, May 8, 2021

Architect

“AIA Reveals the 2021 Architecture Award Winners”, April 29, 2021

The Architect’s Newspaper

“Drumroll Please…Beyer Blinder Belle, Marlon Blackwell Architects among firms saluted with AIA-2021 Architecture Awards”, Matt Hickman, April 30, 2021

Dezeen

‘Short Mountain House has views over Tennessee national park’, March 2021

Dezeen

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/03/02/french-broad-house-sanders-pace-tennessee/

2020

Architect Magazine

‘How to Keep Skies Dark at Night’ October 09, 2020

2018

Houzz

‘Houzz Tour: New Design Complements Historic Charm in Tennessee ‘ January 29, 2018

2017

Knox Mercury

‘Hating the Architecture of our Youth’ February 8, 2017

2016

Knox Mercury

‘In South Knoxville, Alfred and Jane West Clauss’ Prewar Vision for Modern Living is Being Restored ‘ October 13, 2016

The New York Times

Real Estate Section, “What You Get” Weekly Series June 01, 2016

Knox Mercury

‘Organically Modern: A Holston River Home’ May 18, 2016

2015

Dwell Magazine

‘Little Cabin in the Woods’ May 2, 2015

Out of Scale – AIA Small Projects Awards 2005-2014

ORO Editions Marc Manack and Linda Reeder, eds. March 2015

2014

Superlight: Rethinking How Our Homes Impact the Earth

Metropolis Books Phyllis Richardson, ed. July 2014

Archdaily

‘Holston River House’ March 2014

2012

Archdaily

‘Barrier Island House’ October 2012

Small Houses in Nature

Links Publications, Spain Charles Broto, ed. June 2012

2011

Archdaily

‘Thicket – Installation’ September 2011

Custom Home Magazine

2011 Design Awards Issue May/June 2011

Arch Daily

‘Southeastern Glass Building’ January 2011

2010

Archdaily

‘Peoples Bank of the South’ August 2010

Archdaily

‘Cape Russell Retreat’ January 2010

2025

A South Forty

National Building Museum

2024

Installation - "S[PARK]LE"

Knoxville Parking Day

2023

Installation - "Razzle Dazzle"

Knoxville Parking Day

2021

A South Forty

Venice Architecture Biennale

2012

AIA National Small Project Award Winners

AIA National Convention and Expo

In Process

Kansas State University Chang Gallery

2011

McCormick Place Redux: 2011 Burnham Prize Winners

Pop-Up Art Loop, Chicago, Illinois

Installation - "Thicket"

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

2010

Exhibition - "In Process"

University of Tennessee School of Architecture

2008

AIA East Tennessee 2008 Award Winners

University of Tennessee

AIA East Tennessee Honor Awards, 2001-2007

Knoxville Museum of Art

2006

AIA Tennessee 2006 Award Winners

University of Tennessee

AIA Tennessee 2006 Award Winners

Nashville Civic Design Center

2002

Installation - "The Seed House"

Cheekwood Art Museum and Botanical Gardens

2025

Past/Present

AIA South Carolina Keynote

2024

Past/Present

University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning

PKN52

Knoxville Pechakucha Night Volume 52

Past/Present

AIA South Carolina Keynote

Seeds of Regionalism

AIA Nebraska Maple St. Construct Lecture Series

Future Forward

AIA Tennessee State Conference

PKN50

Knoxville Pechakucha Night Volume 50

2023

Past/Present

Florida Atlantic University

The Practice of Place

North Carolina State University Guest Lecture

Northwest Arkansas Housing Initiative

Kansas University Guest Lecture

Site Specific

AIA Charlotte

2022

The Practice of Place

A Symposium in Extension of the Exhibition “A South Forty” University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

Site Specific

Columbia Design League

2021

Site Specific

Kansas State University Bowman Design Forum

Site Specific

AIA Wilmington

Site Specific

AIA Central States

Site Specific

AIA Arkansas

2020

In Context

AIA Ohio State Convention

In Context

University of Memphis

2019

In Context

AIA Iowa State Convention

Remaker City

AIAS South Quad Keynote Presentation

2017

Origins

University of Tennessee Dialogues Series

2016

What Makes a Great Place?

2015

Shifting Scales

AIA Kansas State Convention

Shifting Scales

AIA Nebraska State Convention

Shifting Scales

University of Nebraska Hyde Lecture Series

2014

Zones + Objects

Virginia Tech I.D.E.A.S Lecture Series

2013

Emerging Practices: Lessons on Starting a Design Firm

AIA National Convention

Design + Practice

University of Tennessee Professional Practice Seminar

2012

Sanders Pace Architecture

University of Tennessee COAD Open House

Design + Practice

University of Tennessee Professional Practice Seminar

2011

In Process

AIA Asheville

PKN3

Knoxville Pechakucha Night Volume 3

In Process

AIA Greenville

2010

In Process

University of Tennessee COAD

In Process

AIAS South Quad Regional Conference

20x20x3

AIA Tennessee State Convention

Design + Practice

University of Tennessee Design Camp

2009

PKN4

Chattanooga Pechakucha Night Volume 4

2025

AIA South Carolina Design Awards

Design Awards Jury Chair

2024

AIA DC

Washingtonian Residential Design Awards Jury

Kent State University

Integrated Design Studio Awards Jury

AIA West Virginia

Design Awards Jury

2023

AIA North Carolina

Design Awards Jury – Residential and Student Work Jury Chair

2021

Kansas State University

Bowman Design Forum Distinguished Juror

AIA Wilmington

Design Awards Jury Chair

AIA Central States

Design Awards Jury Chair

2020

AIA Ohio

Design Awards Jury Chair

AIA Potomac Valley

Design Awards Jury

AIA New Mexico

Design Awards Jury

2019

AIA Iowa

Design Awards Jury

AIA Louisiana

Design Awards Jury

2018

AIA Charlotte

Design Awards Jury Chair

AIA Greater Columbia

Design Awards Jury

AIA National Small Project Practitioners

Design Awards Jury

2016

AIA Cleveland

Design Awards Jury

AIA Charleston

Design Awards Jury Chair

2015

AIA Kansas

Design Awards Jury Chair

AIA Nebraska

Design Awards Jury Chair

2013

AIA Greenville

Design Awards Jury Chair

AIA North Alabama

Design Awards Jury Chair

AIA Kentucky

Design Awards Jury

2011

AIA Baton Rouge

Rose Awards Jury

University of Tennessee

Church Memorial Thesis Prize

2010

AIA Mississippi

Design Awards Jury

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