Sustainable Architecture & Design Austin, TX
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Here is a video clip of the AIA jurors – Marlon Blackwell, Merrill Elam and Michael Imber – discussing our E 12th St studio project. Marlon’s comment about wanting to go to church there is right at the end! Whenever you’d like Marlon…..
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AIA Austin held their annual awards ceremony in April which ’showcases excellence in design’ by local members. We were thrilled to be given a Citation of Honor for our 12th St Studios. The jury this year included Marlon Blackwell, Merrill Elam and Michael Imber. Our favourite juror comment was by Marlon, who commented that he’d like to go to church at our project! 15 awards were given in all, from an initial submission of 97. Congratulations to all the winners for their beautiful work – you can link to photos of the projects through the AIA Austin website.
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We’re excited to be on Open Architecture East, the first annual Austin architecture studio tour on December 12, 2009.
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Our winning proposal for an ideas competition for a West Austin park recreates the shape of the land where a tennis court once was, creating a new gathering area continuous with the flow of the larger topography. A shade structure provides space for events, casual meetings and a place to relax and enjoy the view. [more...]
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On April 5, 2009 Pollen hosted Part II of a discussion of the Pecan Street Project with Brewster McCracken, Michael Webber of UT and Dan Holladay of Sematech.
This event was again part of Austin’s ECO SERIES, a grass-roots effort grounded in a “passion for enhanced understanding and the search for solutions to some of mankind’s [...]
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On January 25, 2009 Pollen hosted Part I of a talk with Brewster McCracken and others about the Pecan Street Project, an effort that could revolutionize our energy generation and distribution systems.
This event was part of Austin’s ECO SERIES, a grass-roots effort grounded in a “passion for enhanced understanding and the search for solutions to [...]
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E 12th St Studios was published in the July 2007 issue of Architectural Record as part of a feature entitled “Made to Measure”, designed to highlight “outstanding – and small” projects which might otherwise pass under the mainstream radar. We were honored to be profiled alongside a beautiful barn in Sonoma County by Aidan Darling Design and a chapel in Osaka, Japan by Jun Aoki.
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