Sep 04, 2024
Roberto de Leon, FAIAde Leon & Primmer Architecture WorkshopLouisville, Kentucky Roberto de Leon, FAIA, is partner and cofounder of DPAW,…
Sep 04, 2024
On the 2024 jury selection and submissions
Sep 01, 2023
Where does design really begin?
Sep 01, 2023
In conjunction with last year’s Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference & Design Expo, the Texas Tech Design Leadership Alliance…
Sep 01, 2023
Douglass Alligood, AIA, NOMAPartner, Bjarke Ingels GroupNew York City Alligood has more than 40 years’ experience working across a wide…
Sep 01, 2023
A peek behind the curtain of TxA's Design Award jury deliberations.
Sep 01, 2023
“Sometimes it’s about the furniture; sometimes it’s about the furnishings; and sometimes it’s about the decorative ceiling — but they…
Sep 01, 2023
I really appreciate that, at least from the street, it’s not overly scaled. It feels residential, but it’s also, in…
Sep 01, 2023
“It’s respectful of its environment and respectful of the materials, because they let them develop over the years. … It…
Sep 01, 2023
“This is a new typology about how you can organize around a porch. Instead of it being in front of…
Sep 01, 2023
“The way it’s situated in the site is the most successful thing about this project — how the views are…
Sep 01, 2023
“I always appreciate when an architect speaks the language of the product that it’s trying to sell, and when they…
Sep 01, 2023
“You might expect the appetite for architecture to stop at the porch, and then once you get inside, it’s all…
Sep 01, 2023
Even in their presentation, the design team uses the term ‘respect,’ and that’s exactly what I see in this project.…
Sep 01, 2023
“What I love about this project is that it’s a minimal intervention into the landscape. … It’s almost a surprise…
Sep 01, 2023
“The most exciting element of this project for me is the space between the edge of the canopy and the…
Sep 01, 2023
“One of the great challenges post-COVID is that we can all do our work remotely, but what does it mean…
Sep 01, 2023
“Texas has these big landscapes, and this building is its own landscape. How do you intervene in a landscape of…
Sep 01, 2023
“As a civic building, it wants to be open and express its accessibility. Transparency should be figurative and literal. The…
Sep 01, 2023
“This is another beautiful example of a simple concept executed in a very sophisticated way. They’re able to maintain the…
Sep 01, 2023
“If I were the young me, I would probably have said, ‘Oh, I want to be an architect,’ because of…
Sep 01, 2023
“Within the context of a very limited footprint, there’s a direct connection to social structures, architecture, and design that are…
Sep 01, 2023
“It’s incredibly elegant and disciplined, with a single form, with the refinement of the detailing. And the plan is quite…
Sep 01, 2023
“It’s good for the city; it’s good for the landscape. It dignifies the way people live in community and makes…
Sep 01, 2023
“They achieved a very simple feeling — very effortless — like it’s meant to be this way. You can flow…
Sep 01, 2023
“It creates an open and inviting ground plane — an important part of towers, which otherwise could be alienating in…
Sep 01, 2023
“The floor plan separates the volumes in such a clean and modernistic manner that in all of its interior and…
Sep 01, 2023
“It’s definitely worth studying for how an idea gets translated into architecture and moves beyond just a diagram, becoming something…
Sep 08, 2022
In 448 B.C., what is widely believed by historians to be the first professional design competition in recorded history was…
Sep 08, 2022
The Texas Society of Architects Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architectural and urban design projects by architects practicing in Texas…
Sep 08, 2022
“Through its clear and clever design that is highlighted by the artful use of color, the architects have made the…
Sep 08, 2022
“Through inventive site planning strategy, this is an exemplary project that fosters a collaborative, healthy workplace while transforming a ‘leftover’…
Sep 08, 2022
“Small in scale, each home contributes to a mid-block stepped public space — a true urban fabric project that achieves…
Sep 08, 2022
“A great street building that shapes a portal to the courtyard garden world behind. In terms of the adaptive reuse…
Sep 08, 2022
“Thoughtful planning and design at multiple scales add to the extreme gestures and proportions of the architecture to create a…
Sep 08, 2022
“This finely executed expansion is an exemplary expression of the vernacular-inspired spirit of West Texas.”— Paul Danna, FAIA Location El…
Sep 08, 2022
“Visionary in its emphasis on the microclimate and creation of public space and public presence inside and outside the facility.…
Sep 08, 2022
“An exciting and innovative approach to preservation. The careful restoration preserves the structure, contributing to the scale of the neighborhood.…
Sep 08, 2022
“Dignity and sense of place marked this project as distinctive. This project’s reading of vernacular ‘truck stop’ typology coupled with…
Sep 08, 2022
“This rigorous and artful composition of an architectural ‘kit of parts’ achieves a sense of substance, individuality, and community in…
Sep 08, 2022
“Carefully designed buildings and a sensitive site plan set up a structural timber building supporting a low embodied energy approach…
Sep 08, 2022
“The combination of traditional and advanced technologies creates a contrast that is clear yet balanced in this innovative home that…
Sep 08, 2022
“The jury finds this project — one done within a tight budget and with robust durability requirements — to express…
Sep 08, 2022
“This project is a bold and exemplary model of adaptive reuse, reimagining an abandoned office building into an engaging civic…
Sep 08, 2022
“The exquisitely detailed and executed rammed earth walls artfully express the natural and the man-made in this ephemeral architectural composition.”—…
Sep 08, 2022
“The jury commends this design for respecting the scale and rhythm of the historic neighborhood, its restrained use of materials…
Sep 08, 2022
“This project was both debated and enjoyed by the jury. Choosing not to change or impact the existing building nor…
Sep 08, 2022
“This combination of new and old successfully demonstrates a new approach to addition/restoration projects. The new brick addition delivers something…
Sep 08, 2022
“This project stood out in its consideration of scale as well as in its temporary nature. In community spaces, the…
Sep 08, 2022
“Through a combination of restrained alteration and thoughtful editing, this project models an exemplary transformation of an existing building into…