Masonry Magazine August 1992 Page. 16
The winning projects and architectural firms were: Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois, designed by Frederick Phillips and Associates, Chicago:
A PRIVATE RESIDENCE in Chicago is built of ground face concrete block. The brick tower, topped by a cupola and widow's walk, give the prize winning small building a height and presence deserving of a much larger building. Concrete masonry was used to complement the design aesthetic of nearby greystone buildings, as well as for its economy and long life. Concrete masonry was supplied by Trenwyth Industries, South Beloit, Illinois.
Summit Court Condominium, Washington, D.C., designed by Van Dusen Takesuye Architects, Washington, D.C.; Faith Lutheran Church, Clive, Iowa, designed by Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture, Des Moines, Iowa; Fairfield Creative Arts Center, Fairfield, California, designed by Els/Albasani and Logan Architects, Berkeley, California; University of California San Diego Campus Services Complex, designed by Anshen and Allen Architects, Los Angeles; Limon Fire and Rescue Facility, Limon, Colorado, designed by Pouw and Associates, Denver, Colorado: New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, designed by Short and Ford and Partners, Princeton, New Jersey.
More than 160 architectural firms entered submissions into the awards program.
NCMA president John Heslip said "NCMA looks forward to sponsoring this awards program with the American Institute of Architects and is pleased with the high quality of the projects submitted. We look forward to maintaining the excellence of this awards program, building it into the best of its kind worldwide."
During the awards ceremonies in Boston, the seven firms honored for "outstanding examples of design excellence" each received an original concrete masonry sculpture designed by Susan Jacobs Lockhart of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation's Taliesin Associated. Taliesin is a school of architecture that adheres to Wright's philosophies of design.
Appointed by the AIA, the jury met in late March to review the submissions. It was comprised of three noted architects whose projects have been recognized throughout the U.S. and abroad. The jury was chaired by William Rawn III, William Rawn Associates, Boston; and included Barton Myers, Barton Myers Associates, Los Angeles; and George Pappageorge, Pappageorge Haymes Limited, Chicago.
ADDITIONAL VIEWS of the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture facing and following pages (17-18). In addition to the 1992 Concrete Masonry Award of Excellence, the project won an award for Design Excellence from the New Jersey Society of Architects. Construction management for the project was supplied by Design Interface, Princeton, New Jersey. Masonry contractor was Dorie Muskett.
Slight Increase In Building Cost Index
THE AUSTIN Company's Index of Industrial Building Costs rose by .3 percent for the fourth quarter of 1991, closing the year at 1143. At the end of the third quarter of 1991, the index was logged at 1140. In 1990, the fourth quarter index closed at 1127.
Labor and material costs remained stable in most parts of the country according to figures compiled by Austin's regional offices coast to coast. The Austin Index is based on a quarterly pricing of a standard steel framed manufacturing plant and its adjoining office building.
THE FAIRFIELD CENTER for Creative Arts, Fairfield, California, above left, was designed to support the texture and scale of its urban location. Both rough and smooth finished blocks were employed not only for their aesthetic quality but for practical reasons as well.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Campus Services Complex, San Diego, featured the use of concrete masonry to harmonize with the landscape and site-a narrow canyon in the midst of a cinger canyon. The project was recognized for its simple, honest use of materials.
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