On April 25, 2012, the City of Gainesville handed out the following beautification awards:

Institutional Facilities:

1. A Nan Buddhist Temple -  Bob Taylor, AIA – Scherer Construction

2. Gainesville Fire Station 8 -  Bentley Architects & Engineers, Inc. (Longwood, FL)

3. Reichert House – William Brame, AIA,  Brame Architects

Commercial & Retail Businesses:

1. Fletcher Executive Center – Bob Taylor, AIA – Scherer Construction

2. Las Margaritas Mexican Restaurant – Ricardo Cavallino, AIA – Ricardo Cavallino & Associates

3. O!O Garden Grill – Andrew Kaplan, Architect

4. Shores Animal Hospital – Eugene Russell Davis, Architect

5.  Sunstate Federal Credit Union – John Donahue, AIA, Donahue Architecture

6. Wendy/Willy’s Mexican Grill – DVA Architecture (Gaithersburg, MD)

Apartments & Condominiums:

1.  Archstone – Mac MacLean, AIA, Jim Vignola, AIA – Skinner Vignola McLean Inc.

2. The Continuum – Design Collective (Durham, N.C.)

3. Decor ’39 – Mac MacLean, AIA, Jim Vignola, AIA – Skinner Vignola McLean Inc.

Restoration, Revitalizqtion & Adaptive Use:

1. America Accounting & Tax Co. – Ricardo Cavallino, AIA – Ricardo Cavallino & Associates

2. Almond’s Automotive – Stephen Bender, AIA

3. Porters Gardens Subdivision – Karson & Associates (Northbrook, IL)

Facade Improvement:

1. Blue Water Bay in downtown Gainesville – Eugene Russell Davis, Architect

2. O’Reilly Auto Parts – Craig Schneider, AIA (Springfield, MO)

Uniquely Gainesville:

1. Haile Homestead new Visitor’s Center – Bill Warinner, AIA – Aachen Designers

Outstanding Commercial:

1. CVS on SW 13th Street – Stefano de Luca Architectural Services (Hollywood, FL)

Outstanding Institutional:

1. Fine Arts Hall at Santa Fe College – Zeidler Partnership, Inc. (West Palm Beach, FL)

2. Florida Innovation Hub at UF – Jack Ponikvar, Ponikvar & Associates

3.  GRU Eastside Operations – Bentley Architects & Engineers, Inc. (Longwood, FL)

4. Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Cedric Christian, AIA – Flad & Associates

5.  Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art – Kha Le-Huu (Orlando, FL)