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WoW, National AIA, WoW

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[We (Oooooohhhhhhhhh)Won]

Can you BELIEVE it???

M. J. Neal Architects just won the 2008 Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

It’s a great day, it’s a great, big, fat, new…. year!!!!

This project had already won an Austin AIA Design Award and the Texas Society of Architects (TSA) Honor Design Award, and let’s not forget the International IIDA Award (my favorite, see previous post)

The anecdote? We almost didn’t submit the project! Farley Studio was doing so well at competitions that when we were done submitting it, MJ, who was hungry and tired, said, “ah, let’s blow it off and go to Asti to eat… I was hungry and tired too…but something told me to submit Anthony Nak, so I stayed on and BAM! You never know, do you?:-)

Yey for being dogheaded when I’m hungry and tired and double yey for MJ’s design excellence!!!!

Here’s the video the TSA made for the 2005 State Design Honor Award.

Scott Randall Productions by Scott Randall. emailto:sr@scottrandall.com.
Copyright 2005 by the Texas Society of Architects.

Steel Around Trees

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Steel going up at the Larkey residence. One beam has been cut to go around a beautiful little Live oak. This allows us to save the tree and have some fun with the movement of the car port roof.

Check the Tub

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The Larkey foundation has poured. Check that sunken tub, level with the floor and adjacent courtyard. We’re rocking now!

Flying Screen not to be Confused with Flying Fish

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The super structure for the screens is complete. This shot was taken before the guide plates were removed. Now the edge flies…And here’s a distorted one of the front.

Wolfe Den: Stairwell to the Skylight

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the skylights arrived this week and are installed…along with other progress. check the stair armature out!

Moon Units Tagged

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Local graffiti artists add lib on the white block walls of the Moon Units. (That is the walls that are supposed to be the finished surface) We should be able to raise the price per square foot for this art by, well, who knows the limit. At least this made the contractor smile…But seriously, one of the components of building in the city…what are you gonna do? Try and see this as an opportunity not a problem. Some days it’s harder to than others. The buildings shapping up though.

Video: Judges on Honor Award

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We picked up this Austin AIA award a few weeks ago, here are the comments of the judges. Last Saturday we also picked up an TSA design honor award at the convention. I’ll post those comments as soon as I get the footage. We also have more big news on the awards department, but we are not free to post it yet!!!