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Wilson Associates Honored by Hospitality Design Hospitality Design magazine presented design firm Wilson Associates of Dallas with three awards at this year’s annual HD Awards. The competition received 400 entries and the judges created the Judges’ Award for Best Guestroom award specifically for Wilson Associates for the superior design at the Westin Guangzhou in China. The Westin’s design incorporates a recurring theme of bright whites integrated with rich colors, straight lines and geometries, creating a clean yet comfortable space for guests.
Meeks + Partners Receives NAHB Award
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Meeks + Partners received the Pillars of the Industry Award for Best Garden Apartment Community from the National Association of Home Builders. The award recognizes the firm’s Dallas project, The Dakota In The Village, as representing the best of multi-family design, construction, finance, management, and marketing. Building alignment, preservation of existing trees, and attention to the flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic are central to the plan. Special attention was given to convenience, variety of floor plans, and aesthetically engaging architecture. The award was presented to the firm at the NAHB Annual Conference in Colorado Springs.
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Omniplan’s NorthPark Center Recognized by ICSC
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Presidential Citation for THC Courthouse Program
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The Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program received the Preserve America Presidential Award for its exemplary commitment to preserving historic architecture. An initiative of the Texas Historical Commission, the program is designed to preserve and restore Texas historic county courthouses. Since its inception in 1999, the program has awarded $207 million to counties throughout Texas and to date over half of Texas’ 234 surviving historic county courthouses are participating in this state-run program.
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Dallas’ NorthPark Shopping Center once again has been recognized for excellence in design with a merit award from the International Council of Shopping Centers 31st International Design and Development Awards. Designed by Omniplan of Dallas, it was one of the five winners in the category of renovations and expansions over 500,000 square feet. The renovations added over 900,000 square feet of retail space on two levels, with a movie theater on the third level. The original planning concept and materials remain consistent in the new expansion and the palette of stained concrete floors with contrasting bricks still prevails. The original NorthPark was honored last year with the Texas Society of Architects’ 25-Year Award and the expansion received a 2007 TSA Design Award.
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