Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Four Projects Selected for TSA Studio Awards

Color Clock House by Max Levy, FAIA
edgeHouse by C. Graham Beach, J. Brantley Hightower, and Jennifer Young

by Bengie Daniels, AIA, Derek Keck, Jon Gately, and Michael Day

Warren Ranch Visitor's Center by students of Architecture Design VI Studio at Prairie View A&M School of Architecture (including student Gary Fondel, faculty advisor Heidi Dellafera Eagleton, and teaching assistant Adam Boutte)

A jury of three Arizona architects has selected four unbuilt projects to receive 2010 TSA Studio Awards. The announcement followed the jury's meeting on July 16 in Phoenix.

The following projects were awarded:
• Color Clock House by Max Levy, FAIA, of Max Levy Architect
• edgeHouse by C. Graham Beach, J. Brantley Hightower, and Jennifer Young
• Pegboard designed by Bengie Daniels, AIA, and Derek Keck, both of Latitude Architects; and Jon Gately and Michael Day, both of Object 31
• Warren Ranch Visitor's Center by students of Architecture Design VI Studio at Prairie View A&M School of Architecture (including student Gary Fondel, faculty advisor Heidi Dellafera Eagleton, and teaching assistant Adam Boutte)

Color Clock House is a plan for a 2,400-sf speculative house in Dallas. According to the architect, the project is a "small house [that] connects with something big: sky and sunlight."

edgeHouse is a concept for a house located on a standard residential lot on the northwest side of Marfa that creates spatial conditions to accommodate both solitary retreats and social gatherings.

Pegboard envisions a house in Ghana assembled with a kit of light-weight concrete components poured on site. Other elements are handcrafted by local artisans with bamboo and wood.

Warren Ranch Visitor's Center is designed for the Katy Prairie Conservancy for a site in Hockley on the largest cattle ranch in Harris County. The 20,000-sf compound includes the adaptive re-use of a 90-year-old barn.

This year's Studio Awards jury was composed of Wendell Burnette, AIA, principal of Wendell Burnette Architects in Phoenix; John Kane, FAIA, a founding principal of Architekton in Tempe: and Philip Weddle, AIA, of Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio in Scottsdale.

TSA Studio Awards recognize innovation and excellence in the design of unbuilt work. The competition was established in 2004 to encourage real or theoretical projects that go beyond the boundaries of architecture by addressing current critical issues. This year’s winning entries will be profiled in an upcoming edition of Texas Architect.

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