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25-Year Award: Wilson R. Palmer House, Harlingen
Built 1950
John York of Cocke, Bowman & York
100-Year Award: Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School, Pharr
Built 1915
Original Architect, M. L. Waller & Co.; Renovation Architect: ERO International
Merit Award: Bailey H. Dunlap Memorial Public Library, La Feria
Megamorphosis
Citation Award: Cavazos Sports Center, McAllen
Sam Garcia Architect and NOMA Studio
01/09
Recognition
Volume 66, Issue 2 - Import/Export
Mar / Apr 2016
LRGV-AIA 2015 Design Awards
The Lower Rio Grande Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects honored its best and brightest at the 2015 Design Awards Gala and End-of-Year Celebration on December 16 at the Nuevo Santander Gallery in McAllen.
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