GSA Bestows Design Awards for 2006

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) honored the winners of its 2006 Design Awards at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., today. The agency bestows these awards to recognize public projects that exhibit innovative design in range of categories from modernization and preservation, to sustainability and engineering. From a field of 121 entries, the GSA chose 18 projects; a list of the winners follows below. For full coverage of today’s ceremony and more about the award winners, look for the May issue of RECORD.

GSA Design Award Winners for 2006

Category	Project and Location	Architect
Architecture	United States Courthouse Fresno, California	Gruen Associates/Moore Ruble Yudell
Architecture	Oklahoma City Federal Building Oklahoma City	Ross Barney Architects
Architecture	Carl B. Stokes United States Court House Cleveland	Kallman Mckinnell and Wood Architects, with Karlsberger Architecture (architect of record)
Architecture	United States Border Patrol Station Murrieta, California	Garrison Architects
Architecture / On the Boards	Peace Arch Port of Entry Blaine, Washington	Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Architecture / On the Boards	Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Entry Pavilion New York City	Lehman Smith Mcleish
Modernization	Des Moines Federal Building Facade Replacement Des Moines	Smithgroup with Designbuild Solutions (architect of record)
Preservation	Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse Cleveland	Westlake Reed Leskosky
Conservation	United States Custom House Chicago	Kellermeyer Godfryt Hart with Berglund Construction (design/build)
Lease Construction	Internal Revenue Service Center Kansas City, Missouri	BNIM \| 360
Sustainability / Adaptive Reuse	Social Security Administration Teleservice Center Auburn, Washington	TVA Architects
Sustainability / Workplace Environment	Census Bureau Headquarters Suitland, Maryland	Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Interior Design / Workplace Environment	Bannister Federal Complex Atrium Kansas City, Missouri	BNIM Architects
Engineering and Technology	Patent And Trademark Headquarters Alexandria, Virginia	Syska Hennessy Group
Engineering and Technology	Fritz Lanham Federal Building Modernization Fort Worth	Huitt-Zollars
Graphic Design	GSA’s Stewardship of Historic Buildings: Two Volumes Washington, D.C.	Cox & Associates
Graphic Design	Workplace Matters Washington, D.C.	Stuart Mckee Design
Construction Excellence	Food And Drug Administration Center For Drug Evaluations And Research White Oak, Maryland	Heery/Tishman joint venture with Centex Construction (contractor)