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THURSDAY | November 19th | 2020
“Powered by PechaKucha”
Group shot of our panelists from the event.
2020 DESIGN AWARD WINNERS
CLICK THROUGH ANY IMAGE ABOVE TO WATCH THE PECHAKUCHA PRESENTATION FOR THE PROJECT
We had an amazing night at the AIA El Paso Chapter 2020 Annual Design Awards on Thursday November 19th — Powered by PechaKucha! We honored ten fantastic projects from around the Borderland with awards. Eight of our member firms and students submitted fourteen projects that were reviewed by our esteemed jurors Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture in Tokyo and creators of PechaKucha. Big thanks out to Astrid and Mark for their thoughtful consideration of the work submitted by our AIA El Paso Chapter.
It is interesting how the events of 2020 have challenged us to rethink how we do things and forge new ground. The result was a truly interactive design awards where the design award winners were able to share their work in the 20x20 PechaKucha format. We had 180+ people live from El Paso and around the globe participating and watching what became quite the International Design Awards here in El Paso. Congratulations to all the project teams who were honored!
Jury Prize
Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park, Cooper Carry + In*Situ Architecture, Interiors - Forrest Perkins (Category: Historic/Reuse)
Honor Awards (3)
Wright Pottery House Restoration, In*Situ Architecture (Category: Residential)
Abdou Building Historic Renovation, Root Architects (Category: Historic/Reuse)
Bel Air High School Athletic Complex, Alvidrez Architecture (Category: New Institutional)
Merit Awards (3)
Working Capital, Root Architects (Category: Historic/Reuse)
EPCC Transmountain Campus, MNK Architects (Category: New Institutional)
UTEP Interdisciplinary Research Building, Perkins&Will + In*Situ Architecture (Category: New Institutional)
Citations (3)
Famous Dave’s Franchise Concept, MNK Architects (Category: New Commercial)
Ysleta High School Fine Arts Building, PSRBB Architecture (Category: New Institutional)
Eastwood High School, MNK Architects (Category: New Institutional)
If you missed the event or just want to re-live the fabulous evening of presentations you can watch the entire awards ceremony here on YouTube at the link above and the presentations of all fourteen of our submissions can be seen on the PechaKucha.com
WATCH ENTIRE AWARDS PROGRAM
“We feel that any completed project always deserves a trophy, simply for the sheer effort, the passion and commitment of all the people involved. It is not easy to judge a competition when there are so many deserving projects. I truly believe that everybody very much contributed in making El Paso a nicer place! ”
“We were really impressed with the level of design and commitment all the entries made to architecture in El Paso. It was very encouraging to be able to recognize so many excellent new schools and education facilities in the awards. They were all wonderful, positive and colorful new beacons for the city. Your love of the city’s heritage also shone through in many of the other projects, which were happy to celebrate! Congratulations to everyone that entered!”
Klein Dytham architecture (KDa) is a multi-disciplinary design practice known for architecture, interiors, public spaces and installations. Established by Royal College of Art graduates Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham in Tokyo in 1991, today KDa is a multi-lingual office with an international reputation and a high-profile client list. In 1996, Yukinari Hisama joined to KDa as a key member. Representative works are Daikanyama T-SITE／Tsutaya Books (2011), GINZA PLACE (2016) and Open House (Bangkok, 2017) and some of the winning awards include American Retail Environment Awards, D&AD Awards, World Architecture Festival Awards, Wallpaper* Design Awards and Design for Asia.
In 2003 Mark and Astrid devised PechaKucha Night as an event for Tokyo designers to meet and share their work – it has now grown into an international network with events running in over 1,200 cities around the globe, inspiring creatives worldwide.
