INSTITUTIONAL + CIVIC
John Gaines Park + Swim Center
Austin, Tx
Awards
2020 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2019 International Design Award Bronze
2018 Austin AIA Design Award
Publications
Texas Architect, July/August 2019, "USGBC Report Outlines Green Building's PR Problem," by Jessie Temple
Texas Architect, March/April 2017, "The Pool Upstream," by Aaron Seward
This pocket park with swim center designed by Stanley Studio provides a range of amenities for the surrounding neighborhoods at Austin’s Mueller Airport redevelopment. Intended to be a demonstration project of sustainable building practices, the project takes inspiration from the city’s older bath houses and pools with courtyards and crafted details. The design extends beyond the immediate swim center and incorporates features of the community garden including a shade structure and gathering pavilion which incorporates salvaged steel elements from the old airport bus shelters.
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Lake Austin Spa
Austin, Tx
Awards
2001 Lake Austin SPA and Resprt, Best Spa, Austin Chronicle Award
Publications
Conde Naste Traveler Magazine Top Ten Spa
2001 Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Awards Best Spa
Tapping into the historical tradition of spa and bath architecture, this renovation and adaptive reuse project on 10 acres of lakefront shore integrates a rich landscape with an equally compelling architecture, inspired by Hill Country vernacular, to foster an atmosphere conducive to rejuvenation and recuperation.
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John Gaines Park + Swim Center
Lake Austin Spa
Milwood Library Renovation
Austin, Tx
The renovation addressed user circulation, spatial organization and noise control by adding a dedicated Children’s Area, expanding staff areas, updating finishes and furnishings, and bringing restrooms up to current accessibility codes. After simplifying the Entry ceiling and opening the space to the Reading Room, the design team added light splays at the north wall of the Reading Room to bounce natural light into and activate a previously static space. The faceted aesthetic reappears above the circulation desk and at the new partition and entries to the Children’s Area.
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Daniel E Ruiz Library
Austin, Tx
Awards
2004 Ruiz Library, Best New Public Building, Austin Chronicle Award
Publications
Austin American Statesman, January 31, 2004, "One for the Books," by Jeane Claire van Ryzin
Texas Architect, March/April 2004, "Daniel E. Ruiz Branch Library," by Brian Fee
Twice the size of previous branch facilities, the 16,000 S.F. Daniel E. Ruiz Branch Library incorporates sustainable features and advanced network technologies into dynamic, community-friendly spaces. The main collections and reading area are under a canopy of generous diffused daylight brought in by a tall perimeter clerestory. Tapered, faceted concrete columns, a children's reading bay, folded metal awnings, custom exterior sconces, warm Lueder's limestone coursing, and metal screen fencing give the library its unique and crafted character. With Duffy Stanley, FAIA and Liz Salaiz, AIA.
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Milwood Library Renovation
Daniel E. Ruiz Library
Austin Waldorf School
Austin, Tx
Publications
Texas Architect, Jan./Feb. 2005, "1+1=3 - Austin Waldorf School Performing Arts Center and Athletic Building," by Larry Connelly
Comprised of three structures added to an existing campus, the project responds to the educational principles of Rudolph Steiner and the Waldorf School, which emphasize theater, body movement, geometry and craft as educational tools and life-sustaining endeavors. The relationship of buildings on the site draws on the golden section and gnomic spirals, expressed on the ground plane by landscape features and plantings and reflected in the curves of the walkway awning and in the wall panel and trim patterns. In response to a very limited budget, the design of the 300-seat Performing Arts Center (PAC) and multiple-use Athletic Building incorporates a steel structure and gypsum board interiors with selected use of local limestone and wood detailing.
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University of Texas Winedale Wagner Dormitory Renovation
Round Top, Tx
A modest-scale residential facility for long-standing UT Winedale educational programs was renovated and upgraded to bring private and public spaces up to current code while maintaining its cozy character. Simplified circulation, a full-height stair screen, and an eclectic color palette that echoes the on-site historical quilt collection, preserve and update a structure endeared by the community.
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Austin Waldorf School
UT Winedale Wagner Dorm Renovation
Easton Park Union Park West Amenities
Austin, Tx
The design for the three amenities focused on the firms experience with metal work and the geometry created using origami folds. The pavillion's and main restroom's pallet consist of steel and concrete. Their roof folds where implemented in such a way too direct the flow of rainwater into a collection system or rain gardens. The unique coyote ear restrooms offer a whimsical take on the origami motif. These ADA compliant restrooms are set amongst the children's playscapes and hearken to the wild spirit of Texas.
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Easton Park Amenities
Austin Discovery School
Austin, Tx
New home to a K-8 charter school with a progressive philosophy, this prior site of dorms for the Travis State School for boys with disabilities was transformed 40 years later into a rural "School on a Hill". With sweeping views of the Colorado River basin, pasture land, and the Austin skyline, eight original brick buildings were gutted, re-roofed, and renovated into six "tree house" classroom buildings and two central school buildings. On an extremely spare budget and time line, the design-construction team collaborated to re-purpose as much as possible and galvanize the creative talents of the school community for such things as art tile mosaics, furnishings built from salvaged doors, and a food forest to breathe new life into the campus.
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Austin Discovery School
Franklin High School
El Paso, Tx
Awards
1996 Caudill Award, Texas Society of Architects
1995 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects
1994 Merit Award, American Institute of Architects
Franklin High School, a 300,000 S.F. facility with a 45-acre campus, was awarded the Caudill Award from the Texas Society of Architects for its innovative design and has been presented as a case study for successful sustainable design in large scale institutional projects at national and state conferences.
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Franklin High School
