Boston Society of Architects and Associated General Contractors of Rhode Island Taylor & Partners received one of only two prestigious Honor Awards conferred by the Boston Society of Architects for its facilities design of Newport Hospital. The awards program is open to any healthcare project in New England designed by any architect in the world as well as any project in the world designed by a New England architect. Newport Hospital was the only New England project recognized in 2002. Boston Society of Architects' Healthcare Facilities Design Awards Jury Comments "This project includes new construction and renovation of the main entrance of a hospital, which wished to transform its "dowdy '70s community hospital into a high-tech community medical center"…Without doubt, the architect has transformed an ugly duckling into a swan; this is an admirable transformation…With a restrained approach, the architect has created a refined and comfortable environment for the hospital and its users…Beginning with a well-designed masonry exterior, the architect's work leads to the central courtyard which is dominated by a two-story limestone façade rescued from the early 20th-century Vanderbilt Building that had occupied this site; the courtyard as a whole is impressive without being overbearing…" Associated General Contractors' Build Rhode Island Awards Newport Hospital also was the focus of The Rhode Island Associated General Contractors Build Rhode Island Awards. The award, presented to Gilbane Building Company for the project team, was given for the 110,000-square-foot East Wing addition, a three-story ambulatory care addition housing new emergency, surgical, diagnostic imaging, and special diagnostic services designed by Taylor & Partners. "The awards recognize the performance excellence these companies exhibited in meeting a design and construction challenge within a specified time and budget," said Eric F. Anderson, executive director of the RIAGC. "The criteria for the awards are based on seven characteristics such as teamwork, innovation in construction techniques, sensitivity to the environment and the attention to detail required within the scope of each project."