One winner of the 2012 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture is the University of Washington West Campus Student Housing Phase I by Mahlum...

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Why?
[For] its artful use of materials and intricate balance of public and private spaces. Further, as a series of buildings, the project was applauded for its successful creation of public space at the urban, as well as the building scale, that helped foster a sense of community and interaction that spanned between the buildings and to the neighborhood as a whole.
The other winners: The Pierre by Olson Kundig Architects and Lakeland Elementary School by DLR Group.