Design Recognition Winners
The Dallas Architecture Forum is honored to recognize the Winners in our Design Recognition: Looking Back Looking Forward!
In this E-magazine we feature the winners, along with our Landmark Award honorees. An overview of the Awards Dinner held at the Meyerson on October 11, 2023 is also included – what a memorable evening! Thanks to all of you who work together to make North Texas a better place to live, work, learn and play!
CELEBRATING INSPIRED DESIGN
Looking Back – Looking Forward
The Forum thanks every individual, studio and firm who submitted entries in our 25th Anniversary Design Recognition – Looking Back – Looking Forward.
The Forum received over one hundred sixty submissions covering all ten categories of Looking Back, celebrating some of the most significant design projects of all types and scales completed over the last twenty-five years. We also received entries in almost every Looking Forward category, featuring new projects that will positively impact the urban fabric of North Texas.
Finalists were announced to a sold-out audience at our Announcement Party held May 25th at Fountain Place.
A list of Finalists and project teams are listed below.
Thank you again – we are honored to recognize these outstanding and significant additions to the urban fabric of North Texas!
FINALISTS
The Dallas Architecture Forum educates, enriches, and connects the North Texas community by presenting programs and events, creating experiences, and engaging global and local thought-leaders from all design fields to enhance how we live. This Season, The Forum is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Over the last 25 years, Dallas/Fort Worth has seen great advances in its built environment. The Dallas Arts District has been finished, new museums in both cities have been built, and significant public spaces, parks, and public art have opened, positively engaging the community. The Forum plans to recognize and honor these developments with a 25th Anniversary Design Recognition: Looking Back – Looking Forward.
The Forum will recognize twenty-five projects that have been completed over the last twenty-five years, regardless of whether that was in 1997, 2021, or anytime in between. Also, because many new projects are now in process, we will also recognize up to ten projects that are through design development. We invite a wide variety of submissions, including cultural, education, commercial, residential, landscape interiors, public spaces, retail, infrastructure, adaptive reuse, and public art. Projects will be judged on design excellence, sustainability, resiliency, and inclusiveness.
This Design Recognition is a unique opportunity to recognize the remarkable growth of inspired design in Dallas/Fort Worth over the last twenty-five years AND into the future!
CATEGORIES – Looking Back and Looking Forward
Looking Back
This Design Recognition will recognize twenty-five projects of significance that have improved the social and urban fabric of North Texas, or have the potential to do so, since The Forum was founded twenty-five years ago. Projects that were completed anytime between December 1996 and December 2021 are eligible. Project must be located within the Dallas/ Fort Worth metropolitan area – Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Johnson, Ellis, Rockwall, Kaufman, Wise or Parker counties . At least one member firm of the project team must have a physical location in one of these counties.
Looking Forward
The Design Recognition will also recognize between 5 to 10 projects that have been completed since January 2022, are under construction, or have set a date for groundbreaking (with that date included in this submission) before the entry deadline of February 15, 2023. The project’s planned location or existing physical location must be located within the Dallas/ Fort Worth metropolitan area – Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Johnson, Ellis, Rockwall, Kaufman, Wise or Parker counties. At least one member firm of the project team must have a physical location in one of these counties. These projects should be submitted under the same categories as the Looking Back categories but will be judged separately. Projects will be evaluated on their potential to significantly improve the social and urban fabric of North Texas.
Submission Deadline
The Forum is accepting entries now through Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
Projects may be submitted in multiple categories, but a registration fee must be paid for each entry. Design excellence, sustainability, resiliency, and inclusiveness will be components evaluated for all entries.
1. Commercial
…...Includes office
2. Cultural and Civic
…...Includes municipal, faith-based, museums, performing arts and public arts
3. Education
……Includes all grade levels
4. Health and Wellness
……Includes medical, recreation and athletic stadiums
5. Interior Design
……Includes interiors for residential and office
6. Landscape, Urban Design, Public Space, Master Plan
……Includes public and private projects
7. Residential
……Includes single-family, multi-family, new and renovation
8. Retail, Mixed Use and Hospitality
……Includes architecture and interiors
9. Transportation and Infrastructure
……Includes transit and aviation
10. Adaptive Re-use, Preservation and Non-residential Restoration
JURORS
Deborah Berke, FAIA
Yale University
Deborah Berke Partners
Deborah Berke, FAIA, is the founding partner of Deborah Berke Partners, a New York City based architecture and design firm that has completed projects around the world. Ms. Berke is also the first female Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. The firm’s work ranges in size from master plans for universities, large-scale civic buildings, ground-up boutique hotels and private residences. Regardless of scale, Deborah Berke Partners creates buildings that are elegant, authentic, inventive, and modern. The studio has designed projects in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and around the United States including 21c Hotels in multiple cities, the Bard College Conservatory, SUNY Rockefeller Center, the James Hotel in Chicago, the renovation of the Yale School of Art, the Mannes College New School of Music, the Marlboro College Serkin Center, and the Irwin Union Bank in Columbus, Indiana. The firm’s many awards include numerous AIA Design Awards, Architizer A+ Award, Conde Nast Readers’ Choice, Architectural Digest 100, and the Interior Design Hall of Fame. Berke has been published in Dwell, The New York Times, Architectural Record, Departures, Wallpaper, and Monocle.
Andrea Cochran, FASLA
Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
Andrea Cochran, FASLA, is an internationally recognized and honored landscape architect. In 2014, she received the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture, and she was also recognized by her peers with the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Design Medal. In 2015, Cochran was the Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. Cochran’s firm tackles a wide range of project types and scales, from single-family residences to hotels, wineries, affordable housing, schools, institutions, and public parks. Known for seamlessly interweaving sustainable landscapes, art, and architecture, the studio’s designs highlight the experiential qualities of the built environment. Her recent design for the Windhover Contemplative Center at Stanford University received an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Cochran graduated from the Harvard GSD and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and a wide range of design publications.
Maurice Cox, FAIA, NOMA
City of Chicago Planning Director
Maurice Cox is a nationally acclaimed community designer who incorporates active citizen participation into the urban design and planning process. Cox is Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) for the City of Chicago. Cox is responsible for leading DPD’s economic development, planning and zoning functions. A graduate of the Cooper Union and Harvard GSD and a Loeb Fellow, Maurice has served as mayor of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia and Director of the Tulane City Center. He also served as Design Director of the NEA and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design. In his previous role as Director of Planning for the City of Detroit, Cox created a new, resident-centered planning process and led innovative urban planning and revitalization strategies. His experience in merging architecture and design led to his being named one of “20 Masters of Design” by Fast Company and one of the Most Admired Design Educators in America by Design Intelligence.
Carlos Jimenez
Rice University
Carlos Jimenez Studio
Born in Costa Rica, Carlos moved to the United States in 1974. After graduating from the University of Houston School of Architecture, he established his own office in Houston in 1983. Along with his practice Carlos has been a visiting professor at several universities throughout Texas and the United States. Carlos has been a Juror and Visiting Critic at universities and cultural institutions throughout the US and overseas, including ten years as a Jury member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His built works include the Houston Fine Art Press, Spencer Studio Art Building at Williams College, and the Cummins Engine Child Development Center in Columbus, Indiana. Carlos has received awards including The Architectural League of New York Young Architects Award, Emerging Voices, and Architectural Record’s Record Houses Award four times. His writings have been published in many publications including The Architectural Review, New York Times Design Magazine, Arquitectura Viva, Interiors, A+U, and Architectural Record.
Brigitte Shim, FRAIC, Hon. FAIA
University of Toronto
Shim + Sutcliff
Brigitte Shim is a Canadian architect known for her small house designs in Canada and other works in architecture of different scales. Shim is a founding partner of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects along with her husband, Howard Sutcliffe. Before the establishment of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects in 1994, she was a practicing architect who also taught at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. She continues to guide young designers as a tenured professor at the University of Toronto and as a visiting professor to many other institutions until today. Her works span different scales in architecture, ranging from chairs to public facilities. Her work often shows an interest in the relationship between architecture and nature. Her work has garnered awards such as over a dozen Governor General’s Medals for architecture. Shim is an invested officer of The Order of Canada for her significant contributions to the country.
LOOKING BACK
Project Eligibility
To be considered for The Dallas Architecture Forum’s Design Recognition, projects must be meet these eligibility requirements:
– All “Looking Back” projects must have been completed between December 1, 1996 and December 31, 2021.
– All entries must be located in the North Texas area. For this competition, North Texas is defined as Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Johnson, Ellis, Rockwall, Kaufman, Wise or Parker counties.
– At least one person, firm or organization directly connected to this submission must have a physical location in North Texas. For this competition, this is defined as Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Johnson, Ellis, Rockwall, Kaufman, Wise or Parker counties. If the person or firm submitting this entry is not located in North Texas, then contact information for both a local representative connected to the project and the person or firm submitting the project must be included in the submission.
– Entries may be submitted by any of the design team firms, or by the client, owner or developer. All contributing firms for the project should be listed on the entry form with a description of their respective roles.
– Multiple entries for the same project in the same category will not be accepted. For projects with more than one site or building, the person or firm submitting the project or portion thereof must designate authorship of each portion of the project.
– Projects may be submitted in multiple (different) categories, but a registration fee must be paid for each of those entries.
– In the event a project receives an award, access to the project will need to be available to a representative of The Dallas Architecture Forum for Forum and/or media coverage of the recognition.
LOOKING FORWARD
Project Eligibility
To be considered for The Dallas Architecture Forum’s Design Recognition, projects must be submitted in accordance with the following requirements:
– All “Looking Forward” projects must have been completed since January 1, 2022 or be under construction, or have set a date for groundbreaking (with that date included in this submission) before the entry deadline for this competition.
– Conceptual “unbuilt only” entries will NOT be accepted.
– The planned location or existing physical location for all “Looking Forward” entries must be in the North Texas area. For this competition, North Texas is defined as Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Johnson, Ellis, Rockwall, Kaufman, Wise or Parker counties.
– At least one person, firm or organization directly connected to this submission must have a physical location in North Texas. For this competition, this is defined as Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Johnson, Ellis, Rockwall, Kaufman, Wise or Parker counties. If the person or firm submitting this entry is not located in North Texas, then contact information for both a local representative connected to the project and the person or firm submitting the project must be included in the submission.
– Entries may be submitted by any of the design team firms, or by the client, owner or developer. All contributing firms for the project should be listed on the entry form with a description of their respective roles.
– Multiple entries for the same project in the same category will not be accepted. For projects planned with more than one site or building, the person or firm submitting the project or portion thereof must designate authorship of each portion of the project.– Projects may be submitted in multiple (different) categories, but an entry fee must be paid for each of those entries.