Washington, D.C. -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2018 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture, and urban design. Selected from roughly 500 submissions, 17 recipients located throughout the world will be honored at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018, June 21-23 in New York City.

Recipients of the AIA Honor Award for Architecture include: Audain Art Museum (Whistler, British Columbia, Canada) by Patkau Architects; The Broad (Los Angeles, Calif.) by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Associate Firm; Chicago Riverwalk (Chicago, Ill.) by Ross Barney Architects; Gohar Khatoon Girls' School (Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan) by Robert Hull and the University of Washington, Department of Architecture; Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 & Spring Street Salt Shed (New York City, N.Y.) by Dattner Architects in association with WXY architecture + urban design; Mercer Island Fire Station 92 (Mercer Island, Washington) by Miller Hull Partnership; New United States Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.) by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L. Anderson Design Center (Fayetteville, Ark.) by Marlon Blackwell Architects; and the Washington Fruit and Produce Headquarters (Yakima, Wash.) by Graham Baba Architects.