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2008 Top Ten Award Winners:

1. Yale University Sculpture Building and Gallery (KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP) New Haven, CT
2. Queens Botanical Garden Visitor & Administration Center (BKSK Architects) Flushing, NY (photo above)
   
3. Pocono Environmental Education Center (Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) Dingmans Ferry, PA
4. Nueva School Hillside Learning Complex (Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects) Hillsborough, CA
5. Macallen Building Condominiums (Burt Hill with Office dA) Boston, MA
6. Lavin-Bernick Center (VJAA) New Orleans, LA
7. Garthwaite Center for Science and Arts, Cambridge School of Weston (Architerra, Inc.) Weston, MA
8. Discovery Center at South Lake Union (The Miller|Hull Partnership) Seattle, WA
9. Cesar Chavez Library (Line and Space, LLC) Laveen, AZ
10. Aldo Leopold Legacy Center (The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc.) Baraboo, WI

2008 Top Ten Honorable Mentions:

IRS - Kansas City Campus (BNIM Architects with 360 Architecture), Kansas City, MO

Check out the American Institute of Architects' website for awesome photos of the buildings, and the criteria on how each building was judged.