Roberto de Leon, FAIAde Leon & Primmer Architecture WorkshopLouisville, Kentucky Roberto de Leon, FAIA, is partner and cofounder of DPAW,…

On the 2024 jury selection and submissions

Where does design really begin?

In conjunction with last year’s Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference & Design Expo, the Texas Tech Design Leadership Alliance…

Douglass Alligood, AIA, NOMAPartner, Bjarke Ingels GroupNew York City Alligood has more than 40 years’ experience working across a wide…

A peek behind the curtain of TxA's Design Award jury deliberations.

“Sometimes it’s about the furniture; sometimes it’s about the furnishings; and sometimes it’s about the decorative ceiling — but they…

I really appreciate that, at least from the street, it’s not overly scaled. It feels residential, but it’s also, in…

“It’s respectful of its environment and respectful of the materials, because they let them develop over the years. … It…

“This is a new typology about how you can organize around a porch. Instead of it being in front of…

“The way it’s situated in the site is the most successful thing about this project — how the views are…

“I always appreciate when an architect speaks the language of the product that it’s trying to sell, and when they…

“You might expect the appetite for architecture to stop at the porch, and then once you get inside, it’s all…

Even in their presentation, the design team uses the term ‘respect,’ and that’s exactly what I see in this project.…

“What I love about this project is that it’s a minimal intervention into the landscape. … It’s almost a surprise…

“The most exciting element of this project for me is the space between the edge of the canopy and the…

“One of the great challenges post-COVID is that we can all do our work remotely, but what does it mean…

“Texas has these big landscapes, and this building is its own landscape. How do you intervene in a landscape of…

“As a civic building, it wants to be open and express its accessibility. Transparency should be figurative and literal. The…

“This is another beautiful example of a simple concept executed in a very sophisticated way. They’re able to maintain the…

“If I were the young me, I would probably have said, ‘Oh, I want to be an architect,’ because of…

“Within the context of a very limited footprint, there’s a direct connection to social structures, architecture, and design that are…

“It’s incredibly elegant and disciplined, with a single form, with the refinement of the detailing. And the plan is quite…

“It’s good for the city; it’s good for the landscape. It dignifies the way people live in community and makes…

“They achieved a very simple feeling — very effortless — like it’s meant to be this way. You can flow…

“It creates an open and inviting ground plane — an important part of towers, which otherwise could be alienating in…

“The floor plan separates the volumes in such a clean and modernistic manner that in all of its interior and…

“It’s definitely worth studying for how an idea gets translated into architecture and moves beyond just a diagram, becoming something…

In 448 B.C., what is widely believed by historians to be the first professional design competition in recorded history was…

The Texas Society of Architects Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architectural and urban design projects by architects practicing in Texas…

“Through its clear and clever design that is highlighted by the artful use of color, the architects have made the…

“Through inventive site planning strategy, this is an exemplary project that fosters a collaborative, healthy workplace while transforming a ‘leftover’…

“Small in scale, each home contributes to a mid-block stepped public space — a true urban fabric project that achieves…

“A great street building that shapes a portal to the courtyard garden world behind. In terms of the adaptive reuse…

“Thoughtful planning and design at multiple scales add to the extreme gestures and proportions of the architecture to create a…

“This finely executed expansion is an exemplary expression of the vernacular-inspired spirit of West Texas.”— Paul Danna, FAIA Location El…

“Visionary in its emphasis on the microclimate and creation of public space and public presence inside and outside the facility.…

“An exciting and innovative approach to preservation. The careful restoration preserves the structure, contributing to the scale of the neighborhood.…

“Dignity and sense of place marked this project as distinctive. This project’s reading of vernacular ‘truck stop’ typology coupled with…

“This rigorous and artful composition of an architectural ‘kit of parts’ achieves a sense of substance, individuality, and community in…

“Carefully designed buildings and a sensitive site plan set up a structural timber building supporting a low embodied energy approach…

“The combination of traditional and advanced technologies creates a contrast that is clear yet balanced in this innovative home that…

“The jury finds this project — one done within a tight budget and with robust durability requirements — to express…

“This project is a bold and exemplary model of adaptive reuse, reimagining an abandoned office building into an engaging civic…

“The exquisitely detailed and executed rammed earth walls artfully express the natural and the man-made in this ephemeral architectural composition.”—…

“The jury commends this design for respecting the scale and rhythm of the historic neighborhood, its restrained use of materials…

“This project was both debated and enjoyed by the jury. Choosing not to change or impact the existing building nor…

“This combination of new and old successfully demonstrates a new approach to addition/restoration projects. The new brick addition delivers something…

“This project stood out in its consideration of scale as well as in its temporary nature. In community spaces, the…

“Through a combination of restrained alteration and thoughtful editing, this project models an exemplary transformation of an existing building into…