The Grand Award winner in the 2019 Metal Construction News Building & Roofing Awards is the Clear Lake Recreation & Wellness Center at The University of Houston, Clear Lake, Texas.
Submitted in the New Metal Walls category, the project was noteworthy for its multiple uses of multiple metal panels, dramatic overhangs, natural light and canopies. The other category winners in the MCN Building & Roofing Awards are:
Photos courtesy of Bill Timmerman
Grand Award Winner
Clear Lake Recreation & Wellness Center, The University of Houston
Houston
Metal Buildings
Drivers Club
Redmond, Wash.
Photo: Michael Grimm Photography Inc.
Judges Award
Calgary Central Library
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Photo: Phalanx Studios
New Metal Roofs
Viking Lakes Canopy
Eagan, Minn.
Photo: Jason Lee
Retrofit Metal Roofs
Steeple Square
Dubuque, Iowa
Photo: Brennan Photo Video
Judges Award
Facebook MPK21
Menlo Park, Calif.
Photo: Brennan Photo and Video
New Metal Walls
108 Chambers
New York City
Photo courtesy of Francis Zera
Retrofit Metal Walls
Pier 17
New York City
JUDGES
Alan Reed, FAIA, LEED AP, president and design principal, GWWO Architects, Baltimore
Reed has focused his career on designing progressive architecture that achieves striking presence while remaining responsive to its site and surroundings. He has established a strong design ethic at GWWO, elevating the firm’s reputation for inspirational, evocative and progressive design. Notably, in 2011, Reed was elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows for his work transforming visitor experiences nationwide. His work has been featured by Architectural Record, Landscape Architecture and Buildings magazine, and he has received accolades at the national, regional and local levels.
Douglas V. Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, co-founder, architect and design principal, pod architecture + design, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Pierson attended William & Mary, and the Lettres program at the Université Paul Valéry in France, then earned his Masters in Architecture degree at Virginia Tech. He worked with various firms in Europe and Australia before joining Hodgetts & Fung Design Associates, Culver City, Calif. His next move was to Frank Gehry’s Los Angeles office, Gehry Partners LLP. After Gehry, he was a partner in the Inglewood, Calif.-based firm “form, environment, research” or (fer) studio LLP for 10 years before founding the non-traditional, award-winning firm pod architecture + design with his partner in life and work, experiential designer Youn Choi.
Michael O’Connor, AIA, ACHA, principal/director of healthcare, Nichols, Melburg & Rossetto Architects + Engineers, Redding, Calif.
O’Connor has a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, and is registered in eight states. He has a deep commitment to design and technical excellence, and has over 30 years of experience leading planning, design and delivery of large health care projects. O’Conner works closely with clients to understand their visions, priorities and unique objectives and collaborates with clients through project completion.
