Shaw Contract Group honors Design Is… Award Winners Across Industry Segments
Design can change the world. As a
member of the architecture and design community, you are the visionary—the
creative problem solver who is constantly redefining the way we work, play, and
organize our lives. Shaw Contract Group's Design Is…Award recognizes your
amazing work, and it celebrates the design story behind each and every
project.
Submitted by the
Senger Design Group, LLC, The Colorado Army
National Guard Readiness Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, posed a unique design challenge. The
project was a unique collaboration between US Air Force Academy (UASFA) and
Colorado Army Readiness National Guard (COARNG) on USAFA property. The 23-acre
site supports one Infantry Headquarters company and one Infantry company with a
combined manning strength of 344. The interior design objective was to
emphasize the international design aesthetic featuring light and taught plane
surfaces, no ornamentation, open interior spaces, and visual weightlessness
with cantilever construction utilizing glass, steel and concrete.
Not only did the
project become LEED Platinum certified by the USGBC, it also garnered a 2015
Design Award in the Government sector. Shaw Contract Group products are
utilized throughout the installation and contributed to the LEED
Certification.
The Shaw Contract Group Design Is... Award program is open to all
professional interior design firms, architecture firms, and end users within an
industry segment across geographic regions. In 2015, 477 entries in 30
countries were submitted. Winners
enjoy the opportunity to be featured in Shaw Contract Group marketing
materials, media outreach, as well as an advertising campaign in leading
Architect & Design (A&D) publications. Each winning firm will receive a
Design Is…Award to commend the achievement. Winners enjoy the opportunity leave a design legacy by allocating a
donation to the charity of their choice.
To learn more about this project and how you can enter your own projects
in the 2016 Design Is Award, visit shawcontractgroup.com
Allison Mair
2015-16 Government Forum Rep
IIDA Georgia
government@iidageorgia.org
