Vivian Loftness Appointed to AIA 2020 COTE Top Ten Awards Jury

Amherst College New Science Center (Image: AIA) | Payette | 2019 AIA COTE® Top Ten Winner

Amherst College New Science Center (Image: AIA) | Payette | 2019 AIA COTE® Top Ten Winner

Professor Vivian Loftness, FAIA was selected as one of six jury members for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2020 COTE® Top Ten Awards. The winners of the annual award, now in its 25th year, will be announced on Earth Day on 22 April 2020. 

The COTE® Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known award program for sustainable design excellence. Each year, ten innovative projects are recognized for their integration of design excellence with environmental performance.

This year’s awards program was open to any US-licensed architect whose project for new construction, renovation, restoration, interior architecture, or urban/regional plan was completed by the fall of 2019.

The 2020 jury includes the following members:

  • Bob Berkebile, FAIA BNIM

  • Roy Decker, FAIA Duval Decker

  • William Horgan, Intl. Assoc. AIA Grimshaw

  • Andrea Love, AIA Payette

  • Vivian Loftness, FAIA Carnegie Mellon University