We are excited to announce that our Eastlake at Tillery project is nominated in two categories for the annual ULI Impact Awards! Though Eastlake did not end up being a finalist in either category, we are honored to be recognized among such exceptional projects.
More info: https://austin.uli.org/events/uli-austin-awards/2021-impact-awards-projects/
901 East 6th St has won the 2020 US WoodWorks Wood Design Award for Regional Deisgn Excellence. See the project description below!
“A design goal for this five-story office building was to make it seem at home in the creative, light industrial neighborhood of East Side Austin. The structure is a hybrid of exposed cross-laminated timber floor and ceiling systems, and exposed steel—and is the first of its kind in Texas. It is clad in Corten steel, which forms a stable, rust-like appearance over time. A double-height lobby with a 25-foot bi-fold door allows the space to be opened to the street during special events; it also serves as a showcase for the exposed wood ceiling and full-height feature wall made from CLT off-cuts. 901 East Sixth achieved LEED Gold certification and was fully leased before construction was complete—at rates significantly exceeding the original pro forma. The project has been a celebrated financial success for its developers while receiving an enthusiastic reception from the public. 128,000 square feet / Type III-A construction”
See project profile here : https://www.woodworks.org/project/901-east-sixth
Delineate Studio & Thoughtbarn collaborated on two projects that were up for 2019 AN Best of Design Awards and both were awarded honorable mention out of over 800 entries!!
We are honored to have our Avenue C Fourplex project win a 2019 Preservation Austin Merit Award. Another great project collaboration with our friends at Thoughtbarn!
Avenue C Fourplexes has won a 2020 AIA Austin Design Merit Award! See below for the video for the award presentation.
‘Why it won: Complex, impressive buildings are rising all over Austin’s urban core — it can be hard to stand out. And risky.
With 901 E 6th, developer Endeavor Real Estate Group decided to go for something completely new to the city, using cross laminated timber in the above-grade structural design.
“City of Austin staff had not permitted a large commercial building in Austin with CLT in the past so this presented many challenges and delays,” according to the nomination. “In addition to design and permitting challenges created by CLT there were no local contractors with CLT experience. We weighed those risks against what we determined the added value of utilizing CLT would be and made the decision to incorporate it.”
That required extra money and time, and Endeavor hired a timber construction industry consultant to help educate city staff on the design approval process. Using CLT as a structural element resuted in an estimated extra six months of approval time.
Ultimately, the challenges were surmounted and resulted in a unique look and feel for the building. And the decision paid off, as Clarion Partners last fall purchased the 129,000-square-foot office building, which is leased by companies such as Resideo, Opcity and Sysco.
While a price wasn’t disclosed, Austin Business Journal reported at the time it could have been for a per-square-foot record.’
We are proud to announce that 901 E 6th St won the Best Project Innovation award at the 2019 ULI Impact Awards. See the below video for information on 901 and the award!
Suerte has been announced as a finalist for the 2019 AIA|LA Restaurant Design Awards! We are excited to celebrate the success of the design and project team and will travel to LA for the award presentation.
To see Suerte and the other finalists click here
Towers.net describes the project as 'taking advantage of the existing structures that gave the area its character in the first place. The warehouse’s rehab preserves a large amount of the existing building, but also adds greenery, an expanded front roof overhang, and a deck for multi-tenant access and storefront space. It’s planned to include substantial rainwater collection via the tanks on either side of the structure, along with solar panels and other potential sustainable design features.
The article can be found here
"The project is on track to receive the second-highest rating on Austin energy’s green-building scorecard, and features some of the best construction methodology and materials on the market today.”
More info can be found here!
Delineate Studio is honored to share our LBJ Lake House that is featured among Dwell's most captivating design and architecture projects of the week!
More info on the featured project here
Delineate Studio is part of the Fourth& project team that was included as part of 12 innovative projects across the US!
The full article can be seen here:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/21/us/innovation-us-cities.html?_r=1
Quote from Preservation Austin:
Quonset huts were produced by the Navy during WWII, after which the surplus was sold for civilian uses across the country. Austin's most iconic Quonset hut on East Fifth might well have been demolished for parking or an apartment complex had not a development team led by Richard Kooris and Dennis McDaniel stepped in to transform it into Fair Market, hands down one of the most stunning event spaces in the city. We've honored this project, designed by Delineate Studio and Thoughtbarn, and more as part of our 2015 Preservation Merit Awards.
We've been hard at work with our pals at Thoughtbarn on a building designed with cross laminated timber structural members that got a shout-out for innovation at this week's Biznow event in Austin! Thanks for the specialty help from Woodworks.org and Arup. More news to come!
The Austin Water Utility has reacted well to citizen concerns about residential water meters and tap lines. Recently one has had to provide a 3/4” meter when there were more than 3 bathrooms in a home. This often could necessitate increasing the tap line size. The significance of the tap line, is that recent policy shifted the responsibility of utility upgrades in the public right-of-way to the resident/developer. Residents have been experiencing utility sticker shock when making additions that increased bathroom count. A new water tap can cost up to around $25,000. The fees for utility upgrades can be a significant amount of the total renovation cost.
Even more problematic has been the requirement for garage apartments to install a second water meter and upgrade the tap line under the street. The city has been encouraging garage apartments, or accessory dwelling units as affordable infill that does not negatively impact existing neighborhood character. In my practice as an architect, I have found that a garage apartment project on an un-platted lot (platting not required before 1946 in Austin) triggers not only the tap/meter upgrades, but paying the 2014 increased rate for impact fees. In these cases, water utility upgrade costs can reach $35,000. This obviously makes a garage apartment or accessory dwelling unit financially unfeasible.
Delineate Studio, faced this harsh reality working on the design of an accessory dwelling unit recently. We worked with the water utility to explain the nuances of how a homeowner wishing to add an accessory dwelling unit was impacted.
After a lot of community concern and case studies on a few building projects, the Austin Water Utility has now revised their policy so that water utility upgrades are not disproportionate to the costs of project construction. They have also greatly reduced the disincentive to building an accessory dwelling unit.
Highlights of the new policy include:
The exciting result is that it is now much more financially feasible to build a garage apartment or accessory dwelling unit. Many thanks to other Austin architects and builders that faced this issue and helped in making the case that the policy related to residential water utilities needed to be updated.
Jeremy spent time in early June with the City and team members Eleanor McKinney, Nick Mehl, David Vanhuizen working out design ideas for the Rainey Street Alley. Great solutions to activate the space, increase safety, and manage storm water run-off in innovative ways. For more Information: http://www.austintexas.gov/blogs/imagine-austin/1779/imagine-austin-blog
