{"id":14405,"date":"2020-12-14T18:51:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/?p=14405"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:53:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:53:49","slug":"2020-21-caudill-award-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/?p=14405","title":{"rendered":"2020-21 Caudill Award Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

12.14.2020\u2014Allen ISD, Georgetown ISD, Northwest ISD, and Richardson ISD have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual\u00a0Exhibit of School Architecture<\/a>\u00a0(EoSA) competition facilitated by the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify excellence in planning and design of the learning environment. They will be honored during the 2021 TASA Midwinter Conference<\/a>, to be conducted virtually January 25-27.<\/p>\n

The winning projects received at least four stars from six areas of distinction, making them eligible for the Caudill Award, which is named after Texas architect William Wayne Caudill (1914\u20131983), whose progressive concepts continue to influence school design.<\/p>\n

Allen ISD won for the Allen STEAM Center. This innovative facility solved community needs and enrollment growth while looking to the horizon for determining future student interests and skills. A total shift in culture occurred with an explosion of STEAM interest across the district. Inspired by industries and growing career needs, the facility serves high school students and provides studios for K-8th grade experiential learning. The rich site provides trails, a wetland zone, and natural creek, all expected daily learning environments. VLK Architects designed the project. Learn more at https:\/\/bit.ly\/allen-steam-center<\/a><\/p>\n

Georgetown ISD won for the retrofitting of Tippit Middle School. A kinetic and collaborative culture was created by molding a fragmented 1980s space into a dynamic and cohesive learning environment. The character of the split-level design endured, elevated by a new two-story commons that anchors the campus and creates a multipurpose student union. Removal of walls, addition of gathering space, and use of teacher design labs created flexibility. Windows and interior glazing connect the space to nature and filter light through a previously dense space. Huckabee designed the project. Learn more at https:\/\/bit.ly\/georgetown-tippit<\/a><\/p>\n

Northwest ISD won for the reimagining of its elementary prototype, Lance Thompson Elementary School. They began with a question: \u201cWhat does the school of the future mean to you?\u201d Together, nearly 200 students, educators, and district leaders envisioned a school with no boundaries, where learning was always on display. Biophilic design elements, connection to the outdoors, flexible small and large learning spaces, grade-level neighborhoods and an iconic, treehouse-inspired commons create a unique and inspirational academic experience. Huckabee designed the project. Learn more at https:\/\/bit.ly\/northwest-thompson<\/a><\/p>\n

Richardson ISD won for the Berkner High School STEM Exploration Center, an adaptive reuse of an existing space that transformed a closed concept into an open multi-lab space, increasing daylight and support to varying curricula. Hands-on learning, making kits, and interactive technology now serves all students in the high school feeder pattern, enriching 12,000 students each year and providing professional development for teachers, so they develop competency and confidence in STEM teaching. Perkins&Will designed the project. Learn more at https:\/\/bit.ly\/richardson-berkner<\/a><\/p>\n

The EoSA awards are given at the discretion of a 12-member jury, which includes: four school board members, four school administrators, and four members from the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) Southern Region. The Caudill Award winners were chosen from among\u00a025 projects awarded Stars of Distinction<\/a>\u00a0in the areas of community, planning, transformation, design, value and sustainability.<\/p>\n

The 2021 EoSA is an online exhibit, viewable at texasschoolarchitecture.org<\/a>, of\u00a0new and renovated Texas school facilities. Eligible projects are newly constructed or renovated public education facilities completed in the past five years and not previously submitted in this annual exhibit.<\/p>\n

TASA<\/a>\u00a0is the professional association for Texas school superintendents and other administrators. The mission of the organization, which focuses on professional learning, advocacy and member engagement, is to promote, provide and develop leaders who create and sustain student-centered schools and develop future-ready students.<\/p>\n

TASB<\/a>\u00a0is an association established in 1949 to serve local public school boards. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve approximately 5.3 million students. TASB\u2019s mission is to promote educational excellence for Texas schoolchildren through advocacy, visionary leadership, and high-quality services to school districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

12.14.2020\u2014Allen ISD, Georgetown ISD, Northwest ISD, and Richardson ISD have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual\u00a0Exhibit of School Architecture\u00a0(EoSA) competition facilitated by the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify excellence in planning and design of the learning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-texas-school-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasschoolarchitecture.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}