Recognizing buildings in Texas that exemplify the enduring value of good design.
Each year, the Texas Society of Architects 25-Year Award recognizes one building completed 25 to 50 years earlier that has stood the test of time by retaining its central form, character, and overall architectural integrity. This award is an important public outreach program that focuses much-deserved attention on distinguished Texas architecture of enduring significance and exemplifies the Society’s intrinsic message that “Good Design Matters.”
The 25-Year Award is awarded through TxA’s Honor Awards program. The 2020 recipients were announced on July 30. See the list of honorees.
The Lucile Halsell Conservatory at the San Antonio Botanical Garden was designed by Argentine architect Emilio Ambasz in partnership with Jones & Kell, now Muñoz & Company. It opened with great fanfare in 1988, its futuristic glass structures garnering several prestigious awards. With five separate conservatories linked with a central courtyard and buildings integrated into the landscape, the project revolutionized greenhouse design and continues to celebrate human connection to the plant world. The 25-Year Award was presented at TxA’s 2019 Conference in Galveston.
2018
Pennzoil Place, Houston
Philip Johnson & John Burgee with S. I. Morris Associates
2017
Moore/Andersson Compound, Austin
Charles Moore, FAIA, and Arthur Andersson, FAIA
2016
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin
Skidmore Owings & Merrill with Brooks, Barr, Graeber & White
2015
Dallas City Hall, Dallas
I.M. Pei & Partners with Harper & Kemp
2014
The Alley Theatre, Houston
Ulrich Franzen & Associates with Mackie & Kamrath
2013
The Menil Collection, Houston
Renzo Piano, Hon. FAIA, with Richard Fitzgerald & Associates
2012
Temple Emanu-El, Dallas
Howard Meyer and Max Sandfield
2011
Fountain Place Dallas
I.M. Pei & Partners
2010
Tower of the Americas, San Antonio
Ford, Powell & Carson
2009
Margarite B. Parker Chapel at Trinity University, San Antonio
Ford, Powell & Carson
2008
Fort Worth Water Gardens, Fort Worth
Philip Johnson & John Burgee
2007
NorthPark Center, Dallas
Harrell and Hamilton Architects (now Omniplan)
1997
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Louis I. Kahn
The Birthday, Sterling County
Frank Welch & Associates