Sun Valley Visitor Center Building Wins Major International Architectural Award­­­­­ _______________ Architect Susan Desko's Design Featured in Traveling Exhibition   Ketchum, ID, September 21, 2012 — The Sun Valley Marketing Alliance (SVMA) announced today that the Sun Valley Visitor Center, which was transformed last fall by Ketchum architect Susan Desko from a decaying, vacant bank building into a community gathering place, is a recipient of the highly prestigious American Architecture Awards for 2012.  The Awards are international in scope, and honor new and cutting-edge design.  They are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.   A record number of projects for new buildings, landscape architecture, and urban planning, including ones from the most well-known firms around the world, were submitted for consideration.  Desko’s design was deemed one of the best by the jury, and will be featured in a traveling exhibition that opens in October at the Istanbul Biennial in Turkey.  The Visitor Center will be in the company of highly regarded designs for skyscrapers, major museums, university buildings, corporate headquarters, and even the High Line in Manhattan.   “We never dreamed that with such a small budget, …

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