AIA El Paso 2021 Architecture Gala, Annual Design Awards Celebration (JURY CHAIR & LECTURE)

AIA El Paso Chapter's Design Awards recognizes outstanding architectural and urban design by architects, emerging professionals, and students practicing in El Paso, to promote public interest in architectural design excellence.

This year's Jury Chair is Carlos Jimenez. Born in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1959, Jimenez moved to the United States in 1974. Following his training as an architect at the University of Houston College of Architecture in 1981 Jimenez established Carlos Jimenez Studio in 1983. He has previously taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Texas A&M University, University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and at Berkeley, University of Navarra in Pamplona Spain, Williams College, Tulane University, University of Houston, Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, University of Texas at Arlington and at Austin, University of Oregon and Washington University in Saint Louis. Jimenez is a tenured Professor at Rice University School of Architecture and is a frequent guest lecturer, critic and jury member at national and international architecture events. He served on the Jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 2001 to 2011. 

Built works include among others: the Central Administration and Junior School for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Spencer Studio Art Building at Williams College, Irwin Mortgage Corporate Headquarters, the Cummins Child Development Center, Peeler Art Center at DePauw University, Crowley House in Marfa, Rice University Library Service Center and Data Center, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, the Centre Urbain in Evry France, Hotel Saint George in Marfa Texas, and Won Buddhism of Houston. Jimenez has received numerous awards for excellence in design and teaching from Architectural Record, the American Institute of Architects, Rice University, Design Intelligence, the Chicago Athenaeum, Architecture, Progressive Architecture and the Architectural League of New York among others. 

Once again this year, the event has been approved by the AIA for a LU CEU credit. Winning entries and presentations from the design awards will be shared via PechaKucha.com and the AIA El Paso chapter's website  www.aiaelpaso.org