Texas Tech University

Alumni Design Award

The Design Award is sponsored by the Design Leadership Alliance and is competitive in nature. This program is intended to promote public interest in architecture, recognize excellence in design, promote the work of Texas Tech University Huckabee College of Architecture alumni, and to provide a sustainable source of funds for scholarships for students of the college.

Call for Entries

Submission Guidelines

Online Submission Form

2024 Entries and Winners

2024 Honor Award

Christ Church Anglican

Midland, TX

Rhotenberry Wellen Architects

An Anglican congregation required new worship facilities as a continued development of a comprehensive campus master plan. 10 years prior, the new congregation purchased 16 acres of land and built a building that would serve as temporary worship space until a permanent space was constructed. This project was programmed to be an addition to the existing building, and includes a new worship sanctuary serving 280 people, auxiliary spaces for the sanctuary, as well as site improvements including a new bell tower, shade structures, and a plaza to the west of the sanctuary.

2024 Honor Award

Cosmic Saltillo

Austin, TX

Clayton Korte

Located in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood, two industrial buildings were constructed in the early 1900s and used by Texas Company, or Texaco, to hold petroleum products delivered by railcars and dispensed in trucks throughout Austin. Today, the buildings transform into a second location for a city favorite, Cosmic Coffee & Beer, all while maintaining the history, grit, and added graffiti over the course of the last century.

2024 Honor Award

Sunset

San Antonio, TX

Card and Company Architects

Following a legacy of hospitality, community engagement, and architectural excellence in rural camps along the Frio River, the H. E. Butt Foundation needed an urban headquarters for hosting their neighbors in San Antonio. Here they would convene people from disparate demographics and zip codes in order to redefine their constituency’s understanding of the word neighbor.

Past Recipients

2024

Honor Award: Rhotenberry Wellen Architects · Christ Church Anglican

Honor Award: Clayton Korte · Cosmic Saltillo

Honor Award: Card and Company Architects · Sunset

2023

Honor Award: Clayton Korte · Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park

Honor Award: Nick Deaver Architect · Spelunk

Merit Award: Nick Deaver Architect · Shibui

2022

Honor Award: Steinberg Hart · McGregor Computer Science Building

Merit Award: DUST Architects · Marfa Suite

Merit Award: Rhotenberry Wellen Architects · El Granero

Merit Award: Steinberg Hart · Miro Towers

Citation Award: Scott Hall, AIA while at Omniplan · Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

2021

Honor Award: SODA (Thailand) Ltd. · Hilton Yala

Merit Award: Rhotenberry Wellen Architects · Corporate Office

Citation Award: Rhotenberry Wellen Architects · Bynum School

Citation Award: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini · TTU Weeks Hall

Citation Award: Rhotenberry Wellen Architects · Sitt’n & Shower’n

Citation Award: Welch Hall Architects · Twist

2020

Honor Award: Nick Deaver Architects · LeanToo · Austin, Texas

Merit Award: SHM Architects · A Quiet Entry · Dallas Arboretum

Citation Award: Craig McMahon Architects · New Shoes · Big Spring, Texas

2019

Merit Award: Rhode : Partners (Architects) · University House · Austin, Texas

Merit Award: Parallel Company (Developers) · University House · Austin, Texas

Honorable Mention: First Lamp Architects (Architect) · Herron Island Cabin · Lake Bay, WA