It’s a very sophisticated balance of inventiveness and restraint. — Dan Kaplan, FAIA

This really had a combination of understanding and honoring the building itself. — Kirsten R. Murray, FAIA

What it seems to do, I think, is it executes on the intention it had, which is to create a…

One of the most successful aspects of the project is the placement of the building with the permeated access towards…

The Texas Society of Architects 2019 Design Award jury met on May 9 and 10 in Austin to review 247…

Two words can be used to summarize this building — joyous and delightful. The use, location, and scale of a…

We’re dealing with a basic layer of glass, but this was an example of how to get a glass facade…

This is a sensitive addition that retains the spirit of the original architect and the original building without being subservient…

A play between solid and void, in combination with the playfully disguised parking structure, animates and breaks the building’s scale.…

There’s a tenuous but beautifully well-balanced relationship between a rule of vernacular language and a certain kind of modern minimalism.…

I think there was a certain joy expressed by the architects in their singularity. — Eui-Sung Yi

Such exuberance in the way it ties back to the landscape. The beauty you get of the petal structure, and…

Public space has to make individuals feel comfortable, and this project does that extraordinarily well. It’s exuberant and surprising in…

The firm is really masterful about the proportions of the structure, so that what is thin is thin and what…

This is clean; it’s simple; it occupies its site very well. It’s a type of monument that people deserve in…

Every little detail was carefully done. I think it’s the single best piece of architecture that’s dedicated to just a…

In an era where bleachers are ubiquitous, this one looks really purposeful. — Julie Eizenberg

To me, this is an architectural version of a well-tailored suit in the sense that it’s purposeful, I understand the…

It’s crazy. In a good way! — Chris-Annmarie Spencer

We saw many masterful examples of rustic houses. This one had a particularly evocative clarity and minimalism that highlighted the…

It’s got a gentle spirit and it looks like a place you can make a mess. It’s got beautiful proportions,…

It’s almost like the building is going to pick itself up and move off or levitate, in the way that…

These don’t feel like kid spaces. They’re architecturally pleasing. — Chris-Annmarie Spencer

This is classic, rustic, Texas rural. — Carol Ross Barney

The performing and visual arts live so well with each other here, it’s impressive. It’s also a great combination of…

Their budget restrictions gave them the opportunity to do things that might not have been conventional for a homeowner to…

It’s really clean and tight; it makes you feel the way you feel when you’ve just cleaned your house. Decluttering…

I love how light the entire structure is, especially contrasted with these heavy, heavy tractors, so the architecture is floating…

I feel like it’s talking to you. It’s a highly communicative little building. — Julie Eizenberg

It’s just to say that design adds something to everything, and that somebody cared enough to do this and it…

It’s creating new spaces. You don’t create something like this for its sellability. ­— Chris-Annmarie Spencer

The farm-to-table is actually being celebrated in a type of space that patrons will come to without thinking about the…

“Lamar Union was an extraordinary example of how to re-create public space. Every city in Texas, and every city in…

“It looked like it could be a very functional commercial office building, and we were convinced it would be a…

“The Highland Campus is incredible because it takes a typology that all cities have — especially North American cities, which…

“The architects were very skillful in inserting an entirely new and modern facility within the structure of the historic. That…

“This particular project is part of a new wave of how we think about our existing towers and existing cities.…

“This project opened the curtain a little bit and showed the messy interaction — the vibrancy of the project —…

“We felt that it was really important to recognize this project for the accomplishments it was able to achieve, which…

“The Tumbleweed Residence, I think, we all feel like we all just want to move in. In the span of…

“The roof, which is what connects parts of the building, opens up and allows the tree to be embraced by…

“The Joy House is one of my favorites. I thought it really played up the dialectic between inside/outside; public/private; light…

“The Sombreada Hasta was just so elegant. There’s an economy of means — it’s a shipping container; it’s some raw…

“The West Lynn Studio is effectively a minimalist white cube. It took an existing building and sheathed it and did…

“The Community First! Micro House attracted the attention of the jury as one of the few projects that really took…

“I was really, really impressed by the ‘Tracing the Line’ execution for educating the public about Waller Creek with very,…

“The estuary is a very delicate ecosystem, and the delicate nature of the wood detailing and the filigree of the…

“The Cistern project is as much about what the architect didn’t do as what they did do.” — Andy Tinucci,…

“The way that the interior design of the space and the architecture of the space merge seamlessly into one is…

The MATCH is a great project. It has a wonderful breezeway/outdoor civic space that functions as a lobby to the…