ARCHI-TECH and InfoComm Announce 2009 AV Awards Winners

By InfoComm International, June 17, 2009

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, and ORLANDO, Fla. -- June 17, 2009 -- ARCHI-TECH and InfoComm International® announced the winners of the 2009 ARCHI-TECH AV Awards competition during InfoComm 09 in Orlando, Florida. The ARCHI-TECH AV Awards honor exceptional audiovisual architectural projects. Two grand prizes and three other winners were named from among the projects submitted for consideration.

“It is an achievement and speaks to a firm's talents that these firms were chosen from so many outstanding audiovisual projects to receive one of just five ARCHI-TECH AV Awards,” said Tony Dellamaria, Vice President and Group Publisher with Stamats Buildings Media, publisher of ARCHI-TECH.

“These winning entries represent the pinnacle of design, functionality, and technological achievement,” said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director, InfoComm International.

The awards were presented at InfoComm International’s annual AV awards ceremony, held at InfoComm 09 in Orlando. Award-winning projects will be featured on the ARCHI-TECH website and in an e-Lunch & Learn series of free webinars.

	Grand Prize Winner Best Over $1 Million Project: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy AV System Integrators: BBI, San Francisco; Global Immersion, West Sussex, UK; and Sky-Skan, Nashua, New Hampshire Design Consultants: Visual Acuity, Brighton, UK; Thinc Design, New York City
	Grand Prize Winner Best Under $1 Million Project: Eaton Executive Briefing Center, Moon Township, Pennsylvania Architects/Design Consultants: The Benham Companies, Tulsa, Oklahoma AV System Integrators: Dagostino Electronic Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	General Award: The Comcast Experience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architects: Robert Stern Associates, New York City AV Design Consultant and System Integrator: David Niles Creative Group, New York City
	General Award: Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey Architects: Friedmutter Group, Atlantic City, New Jersey AV System Integrator: Production Resource Group, North Bergen, New Jersey Design Consultant: Tim Hunter Design Group, Los Angeles; John Levy Lighting, New York City
	General Award: Law Offices of Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP, Las Colinas, Texas Architects: Leo A. Daly, Architects, Dallas AV System Integrator and Designers: The Whitlock Group, Irving, Texas

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About InfoComm International®

InfoComm International® is the international trade association of the professional audiovisual and information communications industries. Established in 1939, InfoComm has 5,000 members, including manufacturers, systems integrators, dealers and distributors, independent consultants, programmers, rental and staging companies, end-users and multimedia professionals from more than 80 countries. InfoComm International is the leading resource for AV market research and news. Its training and education programs set a standard of excellence for AV professionals. InfoComm International is the founder of InfoComm, the largest annual conference and exhibition for AV buyers and sellers worldwide. InfoComm also produces trade shows in Europe, Asia and China. Additional information is available at www.infocomm.org.