TAPARCHITECTURE Wins Firm of the Year

4/23/07

TAPARCHITECTURE was named Firm of the Year and awarded the prestigious Solomon Andrew Layton Award by the American Institute of Architects, Central Oklahoma Chapter. The Honor Awards ceremony was held Friday, April 13 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. The award was given to TAParchitecture based on their history of legacy design projects including City Rescue Mission, Oklahoma Judicial Center, and MLK Elementary School;  community involvement of which the team is involved in over 27 community organizations; and a vision to the future for Core to Shore and Lincoln Renaissance. Principals Anthony McDermid, John Ward, Rick Lueb and Hans Butzer accepted.  "The Solomon Andrew Layton Award is more meaningful than an individual award because it recognizes architecture is a team sport", said Anthony McDermid, RIBA, AIA. "Great design services are the baseline for TAP and this award recognizes community involvement and leadership above and beyond."

The custom award was designed and fabricated by Stan Carroll, AIA of Beyond Metal, Inc.

Solomon Andrew Layton (1864-1943) the most noted architect of early-day Oklahoma City created designs for many of the States’ most notable structures including buildings that still remain today; the Braniff Building, the Medical Arts Building, the Skirvin Hotel and the Oklahoma State Capitol Building, one of his outstanding works. His efforts in creating lasting Architecture for the community best exemplify the qualities of his award.