Six member firms were selected by AIA Baton Rouge to receive its 2004 Rose Awards.

The project presentation and balloting took place at a chapter meeting and the Rose Award recipients were presented with their certificates at the annual summer social at Bocage Racquet Club in Baton Rouge.

The purpose of the Rose Awards program is to recognize members of the AIA Baton Rouge Chapter for outstanding architecture. Projects are judged on their individual merit and are not compared with other projects.

Projects may be residential or commercial and may also include new construction, additions, renovations and other architectural construction projects.

The 2004 Rose Award recipients are as follows:

• Trahan Architects, APAC, Trey Trahan, AIA for Holy Rosary Church Complex, which draws upon a geometric dissolution between the secular and sacred components of the church to explore issues of sacred journey, threshold, arrival and reflection. The chapel design is based on the purity and comfort of the womb, with natural light providing definition and representing the paschal mystery. Located in St. Amant, the church is owned by Holy Rosary Parish Church and was constructed by Quality Design and Construction.
  
• Post Architects & KPS Group, a joint venture with Associate Architects Eskew+, for Galvez Office Building, a new building that is part of the comprehensive master plan for consolidating state government into the downtown Baton Rouge area. The 13-storey, 350,000 sq.-ft. facility houses several state agencies and a Conference Center and provides appropriate architectural reference to the historic State Capital. Located in downtown Baton Rouge and owned by the State of Louisiana, the building was constructed by Broadmoor/Womack, a Joint Venture, of Baton Rouge.
  
• Chenevert Architects LLC for Surgery Center, Imaging and Medical Office Building, a new surgery center and medical office for a group of Baton Rouge doctors. Future phases are to include an imaging center and tenant improvements for additional medical office space. Buquet & Leblanc of Baton Rouge constructed the building.
  
• STBP Architects, Darrin Badon AIA for the Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences (LaSAS), the first of its kind, a rural agricultural high school that is dedicated to alternate hands-on learning for at-risk students. The guiding principles established with educators in early planning were the need to integrate land and building, hierarchal prominence of agriculture classrooms and building forms to be based on agricultural precedents. Located in Bunkie and owned by the Avoyelles Parish School Board, the school was built by M. D. Descant Construction Co. of Bunkie.
  
• Holly & Smith, for a private residence, a house for local artist and wife which responded to the Louisiana regional vernacular, harsh humid climate and immediate farm-house context while simultaneously providing a fresh modern environment. Located in Hammond, the home was constructed by John Wilson Construction of Pontchatoula.
  
• STBP Architects, for Tolliver Hall, which was conceived as the center for student life on the Louisiana Tech University campus. The architects were challenged to renovate a vintage 1930's campus core building into a stimulating, flexible environment for contemporary students. The program stipulated the integration of student organizations, social spaces and retail opportunities within the existing building envelope. It is owned by the Louisiana Tech Foundation and was constructed by BAS Construction Inc. of Rayville.