The American Institute of Architects (AIA) have selected the 20 recipients of the 2009 Small Project Awards. The program recognizes small-project practitioners and their work, raising public awareness  of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the size and scope. Recipients are categorized into three groups: small project objects, such as furniture, fixtures or fragments with an up to $50,000 construction budget; small project structures with an up to $500,000 construction budget; accessible residential designs.

The awards jury included jury moderator Louis Smith, AIA, Microtecture; Kenneth Workman, AIA, RWA Architects; Sanford Steinberg, AIA, Steinberg Design Collaborative; Eric McRoberts, AIA, RLPS; Katherine Austin, AIA; Sherry Ahrentzen, Assoc. AIA, Arizona State University.

The winners in the small project objects category are:

Atlas Performing Arts Center - Shadow Signage, Washington, DC, by CORE architecture + design

Blatz Bottle Apertures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Counterbalanced Steel Stair, Bozeman, Montana by Intrinsik Architecture

Dominey Pavilion, Decatur, Georgia by Lightroom Studio, LLC

Mobile Chaplet, Fargo, North Dakota by Moorhead & Moorhead

Cup City, Austin, Texas by Legge Lewis Legge

The Founders' Circle Wall at CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware by RMJM MERJE

The winners in the small project structures category are:

Chapin Studio, Austin, Texas by Clayton Levy & Little Architects

Dar Luz, GLOW 2008, Eindhoven, Netherlands by Laboratory for Environments, Architecture & Design Inc.

Ferrous House, Spring Prairie, Wisconsin by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Hanna Fenichel Center for Child Development, Solana Beach, California by Stephen Dalton Architects

Media Arts, Cleveland, Ohio by Robert Maschke Architects

Accessory Building, North Vancouver, British Columbia by mcfarlane green biggar Architecture + Design Inc.

Emel Residence, Palo Alton, California by EASA Architecture

Public Bus Shelters, New Haven, Connecticut by david thompson Architects

Swamp Hut, Newton, Massachusetts by Moskow Linn Architects

Trail Restroom, Austin, Texas by Miró Rivera Architects