NCARB & You: IDP, ARE & Certification
Monday, February 20, 2012
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The event will be held at
TAP ARCHITECTURE
415 N. Broadway Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

TAP‘s support of this event stands as evidence of committment to the firm’s core values: VISION, ETHICS, AND KNOWLEDGE as it encourages professionalism in the Oklahoma architectural community.

TAP ARCHITECTURE, an award winning firm founded in downtown Oklahoma City in 1988, provides architectural, interior, master planning and urban design and historic preservation services to a wide variety of corporate, education, residential, healthcare, faith-based and public sector clients.The practice has successfully completed hundreds of projects in fifteen states and on three continents.

Edmond Route 66 Park Concession Design

Mid Century Tramway Gas Station, Palm Springs, CA

Drawing inspiration from iconic mid-century gas stations, this park concession on the old Route 66 in Edmond, Oklahoma pays homage to the rest and refreshment offered travelers in the heyday of the Mother Road. Teamed with Jacobs Engineering, TAP ARCHITECTURE’s graphics & design wizard Daniel Douthit has had a grand time morphing the typical box-shaped park concession into a design that speaks of decades of American fun and adventure.

You think TAP designers only create fabulous buildings? Dennis Hairston, Architect, Interior Designer, Historic Preservation expert and winner of 2011 AIA Central Oklahoma H. A. Prassad Award does much more! A gifted chef, Dennis’ pastries may just rival his wonderful architectural designs. Each year Dennis blesses TAP at it’s annual casual Christmas luncheon with a Yule Log that would surely be an award winner in any Yule Log Design Competition!

Thanks, Dennis…and Merry Christmas to everyone from TAP ARCHITECTURE’s studio in downtown Oklahoma City!

If you are interested, send resume to lmcdermid@taparchitecture.com.

TAP ARCHITECTURE Admin Asst Job Posting 12.19.11

Coolgreens, a popular healthy dining establishment asked TAP ARCHITECTURE’s interior designers to make their restaurants even cooler. So…TAP set about selecting bright contemporary colors, finishes and designs to create a signature urban look for Coolgreen’s new restaurant in downtown Oklahoma City. Now the prototype is shining in a new Norman, Oklahoma location with another about to open in Edmond, Oklahoma. How cool is that?!?!?

Recycle a drawing…save a tree!!!

TAP ARCHITECTURE does more than just talk the “green” talk. We walk the green walk! Our commitment to sustainability goes far beyond our dedication to sustainable architectural design and educational. The firm has two Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professionals (LEED AP).

During the operation of our own business architects and interior designers recycle cans, glass and paper. The firm uses energy efficient systems and "pieces and parts."

66.6% of TAP ARCHITECTURE’s principals drive alternative fuel vehicles. (Anthony…not so much…but he walks to work!)

We happened to snap a pic of greenstar Recycling behind our building just last week and then today were proud to receive feedback from them regarding our paper recycling efforts in November 2011. One ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees. We saved 10.6350 trees. That should offset the equal number of trees our Marketing Department sacrificed in its successful pursuit of new business during 2011.

TAP ARCHITECTURE is honored to have received American Institute of Architects highest design award: Honor Award of Excellence for Homeless Alliance WestTown Campus.

The project miraculously transfomed two metal light industrial buildings into a sparkling, colorful, and respectful campus of care for homeless and near homeless in Oklahoma City.

Our thanks to AIA Oklahoma for the award and to Homeless Alliance for entrusting TAP with this very special project.

Over ten years ago SignTec installed TAP ARCHITECTURE’S iconic, brilliantly colored LED sign on the facade of our circa 1930′s building in downtown Oklahoma City. The sign’s innovative design and lighting established a tradition for all of Automobile Alley as neon signage and spectacular Christmas lights have become an urban tradition on historic Broadway Avenue.

After flawlessly lighting our world for all these years, our lovely TAP ARCHITECTURE sign has undergone “nips and tucks” to smooth away the signs of age and was rehung today. The TAP sign is even more spectacular thanks to new lighting and controls courtesy of our friends at Smith Lighting.

TAP has done it! We gave coolgreens‘ owners exactly what they asked for: a NEW AND EVEN COOLER prototype. The new design is sparkling in its first location in the City Place Tower at 204 N Robinson in downtown Oklahoma City.

Two new locations , Edmond, OK and Norman, OK, are under construction. The “new look” offers sparkling bright colors and sophisticated finishes for downtowners seeking a healthy lunch or dinner alternative.

TAP ARCHITECTURE designs hospitality projects you are sure to know. TAP here to see our Hospitality Portfolio.