AIA SANTA FE DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS
2006 Jury Comments...
CITATION AWARD
COMMERCIAL OVER $2,000,000
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Santa Fe High School
Science Building
Ellis/Browning
Architects/BPLW Joint Venture
Owner Santa Fe Public Schools
Contractor HB Construction
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Creation
of internal courtyard to west, next to existing academic building, and
using overhangs and the existing building for west shading, was a good
site and orientation strategy, given the site.
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Good
planning to bring natural light into common spaces and teaching/lab
spaces, particularly lab clerestories.
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Interior
finishes and materials were clean and appropriate for an institutional
facility.
MERIT AWARD
RESIDENTIAL OVER $500,000
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The
37 House
Robert
Zachry Architect
Owner/Builder Hurlocker Properties
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Exterior entry sequence well conceived and very simple.
- Major
living spaces capitalize on views offered by the site.
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Generally crisp geometry in forms.
- Siting
and plan takes advantage of site features and solar orientation of site
quite well.
CITATION
AWARD
RESIDENTIAL OVER $500,000
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Quemazon House
Agnew & Mifsud Architects
Owner Stan & Joan Primak
Contractor Primak Builders
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Northern face of house displays arrangement of form that ties well to
nature of the surrounding landscape.
- Main
living space is very simple and well conceived.
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Interesting sectional space connections in main living and circulation
spaces.
CITATION
AWARD
RESIDENTIAL OVER $500,000
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North
Tano Road House
Spears Architects
Owners Andrew & Heather Van Luchene
Contractor Denman & Associates, Inc.
Clean and
elegant interior detailing for a residential project.
Very simple
and spatially legible floor plan.
Interior
spaces composed of simple and minimal well-executed forms and elements.
CITATION AWARD
RESIDENTIAL OVER $500,000
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Lehman
Residence #2
Archaeo Architects
Owner Jon & Christine Lehman
Contractor Prull & Associates, Inc.
- Clean
exterior detailing and connections between disparate materials.
- Well
executed connection between the interior spaces and exterior landscape in
major living spaces.
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Contrast of exterior material, color and texture works well to
differentiate major exterior elements (although the jury would like to
know more on the choice of blue).
- Simple
elegance in many of the outdoor spaces and arrangement of architectural
elements that created them.
MERIT AWARD
RESIDENTIAL UNDER $500,000
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Second
Street House
D. Joseph Andrade Architect
Owner/Contractor D. Joseph Andrade
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Innovative use of infill site for living, parking, guest quarters and
garden/courtyard.
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Sparing but careful use of materials created a simple and modest project
that has dignity in its simplicity.
- House
appears to make the most of the site it occupies and the modest materials
it uses for an outcome that is significant in its design quality.
- As a
general observation of the jury, the nature of the design and interiors of
this house suggested it might be the residence of the architect who
designed it.
MERIT
AWARD
URBAN
DESIGN
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The
Veranda Compound
Calott + Gifford
Architecture/Urban Design
Owner Infill Solutions Innovative Urban Design & Development
Contractor Chris Vigil Construction
- Well
conceived and arranged site plan with simple unit plans to create a
central pedestrian commons apparently uninterrupted by vehicles.
- Nice
arrangement of building, site and landscape forms for a contemporary
interpretation of southwest forms and landscape using simple and
cost-conscious materials.
- The
jury felt in this submittal further illustration of surrounding context
and sites would have further strengthened the submittal.
CITATION AWARD
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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Lamy
Building Improvements
Spears Architects
Owner Property Control Division/State of New Mexico
Contractor ESA Construction, Inc.
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Project appeared to stretch a tight budget to make substantive site,
material, deferred maintenance (that resulted in limited renovation) and
aesthetic improvements to reflect a more historically accurate basis of
this building.
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Building appears to be more true to its original intent and site/landscape
feature improvements highlight the buildings relationship to the site and
presence beyond the site.
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