Archive for the Design Award Winners Archive Category

Architect: Perkins+Will (visit website) Location:Durham, NC 100 Word Description: The two-story, 10,300 sf building serves 4.5 million of Durham Area Transit’s 5 million annual passengers. Durham Station provides bus bays, taxicab spaces, short-term and accessible parking, bicycle racks, and a “kiss-and-ride†location. Incorporating materials used elsewhere in Durham,

Architect: Perkins+Will (visit website) Location: Boone, NC 100 Word Description: The Director’s vision was to combine all student services that were currently scattered about the campus into one building. The design challenge was to accommodate the desired program into the limited site available. The design solution collected all the

Architect: Szostak Design, Inc. (visit website) Location: Durham, North Carolina   100 Word Description:The Produce Shed at the Funny Girl Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a 4,300 square foot barn to be used for the processing and packaging of produce grown on the farm. The shed’s

Architect: Andre Johnson Architect (visit website) Location: Raleigh, North Carolina 100 Word Description: The Grace S.T.E.M. Academy and Community Center is a 39,000 square foot building that serves the community surrounding St. Augustine’s University. The design of the project is a response to the character of the neighborhood

Firm: Vines Architecture (visit website) Location: Greensboro, NC 100 Word Description: This new 180,000 sf Student Center, situated at the heart of the University Campus,  will provide a new student life complex with a comprehensive array of campus life services that will greatly enhance the dynamic and diverse

Firm: Vines Architecture (visit website) Location: Fayetteville, NC 100 Word Description: The NC Civil War History Center is designed to respect the historical arsenal site as well as highlight the stories being told inside. With a conceptual focus on the multiple roles of North Carolina in the Civil

Architect: Clark Nexsen Location: Wanchese, NC 100 Word Description: Located on the banks of Roanoke Island, the Coastal Studies Institute Research Building is surrounded by vast expanses of wetlands and sweeping views of the Croatan Sound. As the main building on this new coastal campus, the facility’s mission

Architect:Cannon Architects Location: Penland, NC 100 Word Description: Phase 1 of a new 2-D Studio Building planned in 2 phases. In Phase 1 the program included studio spaces for printmaking and letterpress, display walls, support spaces and outdoor workspaces. The project was placed in the center of campus

Architects: O’Brien/Atkins Associates, PA Location: RTP NC 100 Word Description: Using the latest virtualization solutions, NetApp’s Global Dynamic Laboratory-2 delivers a private cloud environment providing virtual access for NetApp labs around the world. The building’s three essential functions: data processing, equipment cooling, and facility support, are articulated through

Architect: Szostak Design Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina 100 Word Description: SECCA is a 35,000 square foot museum that suffered from inherent technical deficiencies including significant moisture and groundwater penetration, improper roof flashing and inadequate environmental control. The design team reshaped the grounds surrounding the facility and redesigned flashing