Our Awards

Puget Sound NKBA Secondary Bath Design 2024

The NKBA Professional Design Competition is widely considered the most competitive design program in the kitchen and bath industry. The Puget Sound chapter's 2024 Design Awards recognize the region's top kitchen and bath designers for their latest projects. Winning at the chapter level means the work was judged against other local professionals by a panel familiar with what this market actually demands — Pacific Northwest sites, local codes, regional sensibilities. For clients, it confirms that Andrew Mikhael’s design thinking applied to a bath project is measurably above what's typical in this area.

National Kitchen and Bath Association Design Award Winner 2022

The NKBA Design Competition is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious in the kitchen and bath industry, drawing competitors from across North America and receiving coverage in major trade publications. Winning at the national level means the project was evaluated against the best work submitted across the country — not just regionally. Judges score on aesthetics, functionality, attention to detail, originality, and how unusual challenges were handled. For clients, it's confirmation that the kitchen and bath work produced here has been vetted by the people who set the standard for the industry.

Expertise.com Best Architect in Tacoma 2021

Expertise.com independently researches and scores professionals in hundreds of cities across the country. They don't accept submissions or nominations — they evaluate licensing, experience, reputation, and verified reviews, then publish a ranked list. Being named Best Architect in Tacoma means passing an objective screening that most firms don't. For clients doing early research on who to trust in this region, it's an independent confirmation before they ever have a conversation.

NYCXDESIGN Best Kitchen and Bath Winner 2021

The NYCxDESIGN Awards celebrate outstanding talent across major areas of design, including architecture, interiors, and product design, hosted by Interior Design magazine — the leading publication for the architecture and design industry. The awards are announced during ceremonies hosted by Interior Design and draw submissions from firms across the country competing across more than 60 categories. Winning the Kitchen + Bath category means the project held up against work submitted by architects and designers based in one of the most design-concentrated markets in the world. For clients in the South Sound, it's a data point: the quality of work available here is measured against a national standard, not just a local one.

Fantini Design Award Winner 2019

The Fantini Design Awards recognize excellence in kitchen and bath design across North America, with entries evaluated by a panel of judges from Interior Design magazine, Dwell, and SPACES. Fantini is one of the most respected Italian fixture manufacturers in the industry — their products appear in high-end residential and hospitality projects worldwide. Being selected by their panel means a project demonstrated both design rigor and a level of material sophistication that their judges specifically look for. It's the kind of recognition that comes from peer review at a high level, not from a popular vote.

LIT Lighting Design Awards, Honorable Mention 2017

The LIT Lighting Design Awards is an annual international competition organized by the Farmani Group, which also runs the Prix de la Photographie Paris and The Lucie Awards. Entries are judged by a panel of architects, lighting designers, academics, and industry media from around the world. The 2017 Honorable Mention recognized the "Art and Light" project — a hallway redesign in which a non-functional frosted glass block window was rebuilt as a programmable color light installation, fundamentally changing how the space was perceived and used. For clients, a lighting-specific jury recognition confirms that design decisions extend beyond form and materials — the quality of light in a space is designed, not assumed.

Das Design Award Honorable Mention 2016

The Das Design Competition was run by Hansgrohe USA — a kitchen and bath manufacturer operating since 1901 — to recognize outstanding built projects incorporating Hansgrohe and Axor products. Entries were evaluated by a jury of architects, designers, leading media, and Hansgrohe representatives on criteria including overall design quality, integration of fixtures into the scheme, sustainability, and quality of installation. The 2016 edition drew a record number of entries from U.S. architects and designers.

Winners attended an awards ceremony in New York hosted by the head of the Axor brand, Philippe Grohe, and designer Antonio Citterio. Axor's collaborators have included Philippe Starck, Patricia Urquiola, and Jean-Marie Massaud — the company operates at the high end of the fixture market, and the firms it recognizes through this award reflect that.

For clients, recognition by Hansgrohe signals something specific: the fixture choices in a project weren't just practical — they were integrated into the design with enough intentionality that the manufacturer's own jury noticed.

Best of Houzz Design 2016

Best of Houzz Service 2016

These two awards mean different things, and both matter.

Best of Houzz Design is determined by how often project photos are saved to ideabooks by Houzz users — it measures genuine public interest in the work, not a panel's opinion. Best of Houzz Service is based on overall ratings and client reviews submitted in the award year. Only about 2% of the more than 3 million home building and design professionals on the platform receive either award in a given year.

Winning both in the same year is uncommon. Design awards confirm the work resonates with people actually planning homes. Service awards confirm the process holds up from a client's perspective. For someone evaluating whether to hire an architect, that combination answers two of the questions that matter most.