View the highlight reel from the event.
2021 DESIGN AWARD WINNERS
AIA El Paso Chapter's Annual Design Awards recognizes outstanding architectural and urban design by architects, emerging professionals, and students practicing in El Paso, to promote public interest in architectural design excellence. The 2021 Design Award winners were announced and recognized at the Annual AIA El Paso Architecture Gala (Powered by PechaKucha) on October 22nd in Downtown El Paso at the Hotel Paso del Norte - Pershing Ballroom and was attended by over 250 of the Chapter’s members, colleagues, friends and industry professionals. Award recipients presented their projects live in the PechaKucha 20x20 format at the Gala event.
Mayor’s Award
Valle Bajo Community Center and Library - New Construction / Institutional
Exigo Architecture + Marmon Mok
Honor Awards (3)
St. Rogers Depot - Historic / Adaptive / Rehab
Root Architects
Broadmoor House - New Construction / Residential
Martina Lorey Architects
Taconeta - Interiors / Tenant Improvements
Root Architects
Merit Awards (1)
Burges High School - New Construction / Institutional
MNK Architects with DLR Group
Citations (2)
Rio Grande Community - Historic / Adaptive / Rehab
Wright Dalbin Architects
No Vacancy - Small Projects under 2,000 SF
Root Architects
Winning entries and presentations from the design awards are also being shared via PechaKucha.com
2021 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Each year at the Chapter conducts a competitive process to solicit, review and award a series of scholarships to support local Emerging Professionals and Students enrolled in the local architecture programs in El Paso. By supporting the up and coming talent within our community the AIA El Paso Chapter hopes to help retain and grow the pool of architectural professionals in our market. The awardees listed below were announced publicly at the 2021 Architecture Gala on October 22nd. Congratulations to all of this year’s awardees!
2021 Emerging Professional Awards | $750 Each
Abril Parra, AAIA
Andre Lopez, AAIA
Christopher Esper, AIA
Patricia Rosales Vera, AAIA
2021 Academic Scholarships | Undergraduate | $2,000 Each
Jaime M. De La Cruz - El Paso Community College
Perla K. Rodriguez Guzman - El Paso Community College
Jiwon Chung - Texas Tech University - Lubbock Campus
Javier De Anda - Texas Tech University - El Paso Campus
Jacob Valverde - Texas Tech University - El Paso Campus
Jessica Marquez - Texas Tech University - El Paso Campus
Jesus Rios - Texas Tech University - El Paso Campus
Marco Rochele-Siller - Texas Tech University - El Paso Campus
Angela Dominguez-Guillen - Texas Tech University - El Paso Campus
2021 Academic Scholarships | Graduate | $2,000 Each
Evelyn Campos - The New School Parsons School of Design
Laura Marlene Chavez - Florida International University
Mario Ruben Ramirez - Florida International University
JURY CHAIR AND GUEST SPEAKER
Carlos Jimenez
Carlos Jimenez Studio
Our Jury Chair for the 2021 Design Awards was Carlos Jimenez. Born in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1959, Jimenez moved to the United States in 1974. Following his training as an architect at the University of Houston College of Architecture in 1981 Jimenez established Carlos Jimenez Studio in 1983. He has previously taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Texas A&M University, University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and at Berkeley, University of Navarra in Pamplona Spain, Williams College, Tulane University, University of Houston, Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, University of Texas at Arlington and at Austin, University of Oregon and Washington University in Saint Louis. Jimenez is a tenured Professor at Rice University School of Architecture and is a frequent guest lecturer, critic and jury member at national and international architecture events. He served on the Jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 2001 to 2011.
Built works by Carlos Jimenez include among others: the Central Administration and Junior School for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Spencer Studio Art Building at Williams College, Irwin Mortgage Corporate Headquarters, the Cummins Child Development Center, Peeler Art Center at DePauw University, Crowley House in Marfa, Rice University Library Service Center and Data Center, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, the Centre Urbain in Evry France, Hotel Saint George in Marfa Texas, and Won Buddhism of Houston.
Jimenez has received numerous awards for excellence in design and teaching from Architectural Record, the American Institute of Architects, Rice University, Design Intelligence, the Chicago Athenaeum, Architecture, Progressive Architecture and the Architectural League of New York among others.
