On October 27, Principal Dave Beinetti, AIA, was presented with the Medal of Distinction Award by AIA Rochester. The award recognizes a lifetime of achievement in architecture including service to the profession, the chapter, and the community. This award is the highest honor that AIA Rochester can confer on one of its members.
Dave has been at SWBR since 1979 and is a longtime AIA Member. His contribution to New York State’s architectural landscape extends beyond his design portfolio of high-profile projects for higher education, corporate, and industrial clients. Outside the firm, he is a community leader driving for significant and positive improvement to the built environment in the City of Rochester and throughout the State of New York.
“His leadership is inclusive, contagious, and genuine. Leaders in our community hold Dave in the highest regard and value his ongoing contribution to improve our community and lives through use of sustainable practices in design.” said Jennifer Takatch, AIA, 2021 Medal of Distinction recipient.
Dave has lent his professional skills as a member of the Board for Rochester Downtown Development Corporation, NAIOP Upstate New York, Design Build Institute of America Liberty Region – Upstate NY Chapter, Monroe Community College Fund, and Rochester Sustainability Collaborative to name a few. Beinetti has won many awards and accolades; most recently he received AIA New York State’s 2020 Schwartz Community Development Award.
Robert Duffy, President and CEO of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, noted that, “For over 40 years, Dave has committed himself and his work to enhancing the community around him. Not interested in making a quick buck or applying for self-congratulatory prizes, but instead to teaching the next generation of architects how to be the best at what they do.”
The award was presented at AIA Rochester’s annual meeting at the Little Theatre in Rochester.