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.”
Built in 1990 by Lake|Flato Architects, the Carraro house near Kyle is a primary source of what is now recognized as the Texas architectural vernacular. The architects had long admired the aesthetics of the 1920s Alamo Cement Plant in San Antonio, and a client on a tight budget gave them the opportunity to salvage part of the complex. They dismantled and relocated an eight-bay steel-frame shed and cut it into three pavilions, overlaying them with industrial elements and local materials. The Z-shaped plan included a central building, clad in a galvanized skin, with a bedroom and study; a screened volume enclosing a stone kitchen and living area; and a covered parking for cars and tractors that now houses a pool. The current owners use the home as a retreat for friends and family and make it available to the public for vacation and event rentals.
2020
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates with Pratt, Box & Henderson and Thomas & Booziotis
2019
Lucile Halsell Conservatory, San Antonio
Emilio Ambasz with Jones & Kell
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