Based on this year's award-winning projects, top design and construction teams around the region certainly deserve to sing their own praises.
At the top of the bill is the $48.5-million Lenfest Hall for the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The team deftly balanced design, engineering and construction demands to create a facility worthy of a world-class music conservatory. Uncompromising demand for proper acoustics helped drive nearly every aspect of the project, providing students with greatly expanded and enhanced rehearsal spaces.