Emma Willard School, Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts

Our renovation and expansion for the Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts at Emma Willard School has received several notable honors.

Architectural Record Award in the Performance Spaces category. Our team was on hand for a lively ceremony in New York City, where the editors of RECORD announced their selection of best recent projects—built and unbuilt—across 14 categories in their inaugural awards program. Our team was thrilled to receive such recognition in the Performance Spaces category. You can read more about our project in Architectural Record.

New England Architecture Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture. This award program through the New England AIA Components celebrates projects that demonstrate design excellence over a wide range of building and project types, sizes, and budgets. Our team celebrated at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, New Hampshire alongside our industry peers.

2025 AIA New York State Design Awards, Honor Award in the Adaptive Reuse | Historic Preservation Category. Since 1968, AIANYS has celebrated through their awards the best in architectural achievement across the state demonstrating design excellence, technical skill, innovation, and a profound commitment to enhancing the built environment.

“Best Project” award in the K-12 Education sector from ENR East. Projects were evaluated on the ability of the project team to overcome challenges, safety, construction/design quality, and contribution to the industry and the community. Winners were celebrated at the ENR New York Best Projects event and featured in the November issue of ENR East.

The Wallace Center places dance, theater, music, and community at the heart of the Emma Willard School campus, repurposing a 1910 chapel as a multipurpose theater and adding a new arts wing, set into the landscape, with dance, studio, and orchestra rehearsal spaces. Founded in 1814, Emma Willard School in Troy, New York is a national leader in education for young women. Emma Willard has a long commitment to the arts as common ground. This center offers every student and faculty member a chance to participate, to assemble, and to connect.

Congratulations to our entire project team!

Ann Beha FAIA | Consigli Construction | TyLin | Kohler Ronan | Nextstage Design | IQ Landscape Architects | C.T. Male Associates | Acentech | Available Light | Acoustic Distinctions | Chuck Choi Architectural Photography

Annum was proud to participate in Harvard University’s Global Day of Service. For our assignment, we assisted Breaktime in setting up its new Resource Hub in Downtown Crossing. Breaktime aims to break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security. We are excited to continue to support their important work in our community.

Construction is well underway for Annum’s renovation of the DM Smith Building at Georgia Institute of Technology. Annum hosted Professor Leslie Sharp’s Historic Preservation class as well as the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents for tours of the building. As one of the most historic buildings on GT’s campus, these tours are an exciting opportunity to share progress and for students to learn first-hand about applying historic preservation principles, and Annum’s unique approach to preserving but modernizing the building for the future.

Annum has been selected to lead the highly anticipated renovation of the University Library at the University at Albany. Designed by the legendary Edward Durell Stone in 1966, this iconic 290,000 GSF mid-century gem sits at the heart of The State University of New York flagship campus. Annum will work in collaboration with JMZ Architects and Planners and our expert consultant team to reimagine and revitalize this architectural masterpiece in multiple phases. We are thrilled to be part of this meaningful transformation on the University at Albany campus!

A special thank you to our consultant team, including: Kohler Ronan, TYLin, The LA Group, NV5, Acentech, Available Light, Encorus Group, and Trophy Point, LLC.