2024 AIA El Paso Chapter Design Award Recipients
Celebrate the outstanding achievements of our local architectural community with the 2025 award-winning projects.
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AIA El Paso Chapter's Annual 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. The 2024-2025 Design Award winners were announced and recognized at the Annual AIA El Paso Architecture Gala on January 31st in Downtown El Paso at the Hotel Paso del Norte - Pershing Ballroom and was attended by over 200 of the Chapter’s members, colleagues, friends and industry professionals. Award recipients presented their projects live in the PechaKucha 20x20 format at the Gala event.
Citation Awards
Merit Awards
Sylvia Carreon Community Center | DEKKER
Honor Awards
Mexican American Cultural Center | EXIGO
Winning entries and presentations from the design awards are also being shared via PechaKucha.com
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2025 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Each year at the Chapter conducts a competitive process to solicit, review and award a series of scholarships to support local Emerging Professionals and Students enrolled in the local architecture programs in El Paso. By supporting the up and coming talent within our community the AIA El Paso Chapter hopes to help retain and grow the pool of architectural professionals in our market. The awardees listed below were announced publicly at the 2023 Architecture Gala on January 26th. Congratulations to all of this year’s awardees!
Ivan Lopez, AAIA
Karla Murillo, AAIA
As a Senior Design Principal based in SmithGroup’s Dallas office, Randall leads teams in the design and delivery of responsive and engaging solutions. His two decades of project experience includes award-winning work across multiple building typologies, including cultural, higher education, science & technology, and civic. His work has been recognized by a wide array of awards programs, including the AIA, Chicago Athenaeum, USGBC, and the Texas Society of Architects. Randall is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington where he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees and was honored with the King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Research. He regularly returns to his alma mater to serve as a design juror and guest lecturer.
SmithGroup is a multidisciplinary integrated design practice established in 1853. It has a 170-year history of innovation and award-winning design through a diverse portfolio of projects found across the globe. Their network of 20 offices is committed to excellence in strategy, design, and delivery, helping their clients to solve their greatest challenges.
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