Design Awards
IN THIS ISSUE: TxA's 2021 Design Awards, Lubbock Tornado Memorial, Summer Architecture Camps, Austin Energy Green Building Turns 30, Security…

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Sep 01, 2021
In the summer of 1993, “Jurassic Park” was in the theaters and Bill Clinton was in the White House. I…
Sep 01, 2021
When contemplating the subject of this letter, it seemed timely to explore the topic of the Society’s annual conference. I…
Sep 01, 2021
In 2021, Austin Energy Green Building (AEGB) celebrates 30 years of assisting Central Texas architects to design more sustainably. Since…
Sep 01, 2021
In 2010, the Houston-Galveston Area Council completed the Northside Livable Centers Planning Study, identifying the “heart of Northside Houston” as…
Sep 01, 2021
Our roundup includes new products designed to help keep buildings and inhabitants safe and secure without sacrificing accessibility, aesthetics, or…
Sep 01, 2021
“This project creates a domestic environment with architecture that is sympathetic and very thoughtful in terms of daylighting, proportional scale,…
Sep 01, 2021
“There’s a softness that is built into the color palette and the materiality of this building that makes it extremely…
Sep 01, 2021
“It’s a rich building, in a building type that is rarely rich. The standard of professional competency is really, really…
Sep 01, 2021
“I really appreciate the discipline they showed in not doing too much with a small space. The scale, structure, and…
Sep 01, 2021
“The architecture functions like a drawing: It’s a composition of folded planes that create entries, entrances, and courtyards that play…
Sep 01, 2021
“It’s a very inventive approach to a tight lot: minimizing the building footprint in favor of introducing an outdoor space…
Sep 01, 2021
“This project manages to be incredibly rigorous and cohesive in terms of materiality and massing while simultaneously providing a wide…
Sep 01, 2021
“It’s exciting to see a potentially prototypical approach to these abandoned strip malls. It gives me hope that there can…
Sep 01, 2021
“We all loved this project for the romantic and historic typology, but also for how delicate the touch was. They…
Sep 01, 2021
“This project was really well done in terms of adapting a historic building into an extremely functional building for the…
Sep 01, 2021
“This project seamlessly draws a direct relationship to the existing school of architecture and offers an expansion of the communal…
Sep 01, 2021
“The language, the material they employed, and the way they brought complexity to something that was uniform was extremely intelligent…
Sep 01, 2021
“Temporary Tiger addressed an issue that we were all collectively facing in a way that was responsive to the seriousness…
Sep 01, 2021
“This is overall the jury’s favorite residential project. And I say that because there is so much packed into such…
Sep 01, 2021
“I think that they’ve used a richness of materials without it being too chaotic. It’s not a collage — instead…