Awards

TMS Architects has received numerous awards for excellence of design since the firm was founded in 1984.  The projects singled out for recognition have ranged from a National Trust for Historic Preservation Award for the firm’s work on the restoration of The Wentworth By The Sea Hotel to American Institute of Architects New Hampshire Chapter’s Award of Excellence for a 900 square foot Pastoral Retreat.

These awards represent a wide body of work over the last 28 years and fulfill the judging criteria established by the AIA:  overall design excellence including clarity, creativity, appropriate functionality, sustainability, building performance and appropriateness with regard to the client’s program.

  • 2012    AIA NH Merit Award (In association with a Massachusetts architect)The Music Hall Loft
  •  2012 Plan NH Merit Award Regeneration Park
  •  2011 US Green Building Council New Hampshire Chapter LEED Gold Recognition Phillips Exeter Faculty Housing
  • 2011 Building New Hampshire 2011 Awards Regeneration Park
  • 2010 Clinton Sheerr Award for Excellence in NH Presented to John Merkle, AIA
  • 2010 AIA New Hampshire Special Mention Phillips Exeter Faculty Housing
  • 2009 AIA New England Peoples’ Choice Award “The Home I’d Most Like to Live In”
  • 2008 NH Preservation Alliance Portsmouth Music Hall
  • 2008 NH Preservation Alliance Louis C. De Rochemont House
  • 2008 NH Preservation Alliance Am. Independence Museum
  • 2008 AIA NH Excellence in Architecture Green Living
  • 2008 AIA NH Excellence in Architecture Cottage Revival
  • 2008 US Green Building Council LEED for Homes
  • 2007 National Trust for Historic Preservation Award Wentworth By The Sea Hotel
  • 2007 AIA NH People’s Choice Lakeside Manor
  • 2005 AIA NH People’s Choice Kiwi Grille
  • 2004 AIA NH Excellence in Architecture Me & Ollie’s Café
  • 2004 AIA NH People’s Choice Wentworth By The Sea Hotel
  • 2004 AIA NH Excellence in Architecture Wentworth By The Sea Hotel