TAP Architecture

The school is designed, ground is broken and renovation construction begins!! TAP ARCHITECTURE joined MAPS for Kids and Oklahoma City Public schools as they sent balloons flying on January 27 with high hopes for a bright new learning enviroment at Southern Hills Elementary School in Oklahoma City.

This is one of five MAPS for Kids projects TAP has had the opportunity to develop. TAP designed the first MAPS for Kids project: Martin Luther King Elementary, a creative and durable new learning facility on an inner city lot. Rancho Village Elementary and Eugene Field Elementary renovations have been designed and construction is in progress. TAP has been chosen for the final MAPS for Kids construction project. Site selection and design of brand new school in downtown Oklahoma City will begin next week.

TAP ARCHITECTURE Scholar Program Recognizes OU Student

During the past 21 years, TAP ARCHITECTURE has supported architectural education with student awards and programs valued at over $65,000. This year we are pleased to announce the TAP University of Oklahoma Portfolio Award winner Khoi Nguyen.

Mr. Nguyen, a Junior at University of Oklahoma, produced a creative hand-rendered architectural portfolio that stood out amongst the school’s Second Year portfolio assignments. Khoi, with a GPA of 3.81, has been recognized as an exemplary leader and scholar by the OU Architectural School faculty. Toni L. Rice, OU Student Adviser, describes Khoi as “always positive, always willing to volunteer for any project or cause the school might have.” TAP presented Mr. Nguyen a $500 check. He is the son of Ban and Nyen Nguyen of Edmond, Oklahoma.

The TAP OU Portfolio, a biennial award, goes to the student exhibiting the best Second Year Portfolio, as determined by OU faculty. Students are selected based on criteria established by the Faculty including GPA, design ability and demonstrated leadership.

TAP‘s support for architectural education has evolved as academic needs and programs have grown and changed. Twenty years ago TAP recognized the need to encourage the use of computers in architectural education and initiated a competition to encourage computer generated graphics and design. As technology grew to dominate architectural design, TAP repurposed its educational support to encourage hand drawing. TAP’s program has offered a variety of incentives to students including summer internships and leadership mentoring programs.

In April 2010, TAP’s interior design project at Visual Image Advertising was selected to be included in the AIA Central Oklahoma Architectural Tour as part of their annual Architecture Week event.

Innovation meets innovation in the collaboration of two award winning Oklahoma firms. The body and soul of the agency represents the “one big idea” of service and invention offered to Visual Image advertising clients. A free form core of collaborative design and service space is surrounded by formal functional elements in a physical metaphor reflecting the art and imagination of process within Visual Image’s successful business culture. TAPARCHITECTURE designed the client journey originating at the polished Account Service level, then traveling up to the progressive Creative Level where media-consulting magic happens.

Project design & space planning for new offices in 10,000 square feet on two floors of a historic downtown Oklahoma City building.

Left to right: Zack Woods and Dennis Hairston, TAP; Chef David Henry of Will's Café and Lobby Bar; Kenneth Dennis, TAP

As part of Architecture Week 2010, the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced an exciting new event, Decadent Design. Architecture impacts where we live, work, play and eat. Chefs and architects teamed up to create desserts inspired by Oklahoma’s Architecture. Public was asked to vote for BEST DESIGN, BEST TASTE, and BEST OVERALL.

TAP ARCHITECTURE teamed with Chef David Henry of Will’s Café and Lobby Bar to sweep the awards for BEST TASTE and BEST OVERALL with their delectable rendition of Oklahoma’s “Myriad Gardens Crystal Bridge.” Vanilla and white chocolate panna-cotta with cherry duet was used to construct the “bridge” to span a dark/light cherry sauce “lake”. Three tuile round intersected the panna-cotta, symbolizing the delicate structural ribs and the signature round façade of the Crystal Bridge. The baby mint leaf garnish alludes to the Bridge’s botanical setting.

TAP ARCHITECTURE, dedicated to quality urban design, had a great time participating in this tasty homage to Oklahoma design.

TAP ARCHITECTURE Scholar Program Recognizes OU Student

During the past 20 years, TAP ARCHITECTURE has supported architectural education with student awards and programs valued at over $65,000. This year we are pleased to announce the TAP University of Oklahoma Portfolio Award winner Adelle York.

Ms. York, who will be entering into her third year in the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture in the fall, produced an architectural portfolio that stood out amongst the school’s Second Year portfolio assignments. She had incorporated a spread of six years of her own freelance work as an artist, as well as photographs of hand-crafted models and process sketches. Adelle, with a GPA of 3.88, has been recognized as an exemplary leader and scholar by the OU Architectural School faculty. TAP presented Ms. York a $500 check. She is the daughter of Pat and Catherine York of Denton, Texas.

The TAP OU Portfolio, a biennial award, goes to the student exhibiting the best Second Year Portfolio, as determined by OU faculty. Students are selected based on criteria established by the Faculty including GPA, design ability and demonstrated leadership.

TAP’s support for architectural education has evolved as academic needs and programs have grown and changed. Twenty years ago TAP recognized the need to encourage the use of computers in architectural education and initiated a competition to encourage computer generated graphics and design. As technology grew to dominate architectural design, TAP repurposed its educational support to encourage hand drawing. TAP’s program has offered a variety of incentives to students including summer internships and leadership mentoring programs.

TAP ARCHITECTURE Scholar Program Recognizes OU Student

During the past 19 years, TAP has supported architectural education with student awards and programs valued at over $65,000. This year we are pleased to announce the TAP University of Oklahoma Portfolio Award winner Brandon Coates.

Mr. Coates, a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma, produced a creative architectural portfolio that stood out amongst the school’s Second Year portfolio assignments. His portfolio was set apart from the rest by a clean, simple composition and the exhibition of excellent hand drafting abilities. Brandon, with a GPA of 3.88, has been recognized as an exemplary leader and scholar by the OU Architectural School faculty. At the University, he is involved in Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, Campus Activities Council, and the American Institute of Architectural Students. TAP presented Mr. Coates with a $500 check. He is the son of Harry and Betty Coates of Seminole, Oklahoma.

The TAP OU Portfolio, a biennial award, goes to the student exhibiting the best Second Year Portfolio, as determined by OU faculty. Students are selected based on criteria established by the Faculty including GPA, design ability and demonstrated leadership.

TAP‘s support for architectural education has evolved as academic needs and programs have grown and changed. Twenty years ago TAP recognized the need to encourage the use of computers in architectural education and initiated a competition to encourage computer generated graphics and design. As technology grew to dominate architectural design, TAP repurposed its educational support to encourage hand drawing. TAP’s program has offered a variety of incentives to students including summer internships and leadership mentoring programs.