Eubanks Harris Roberts Craig Architects is pleased to announce that one of its principals, Alan Roberts, was just notified that he won a “Judges’ Special Commendation Award” in the 2010 National Photography Competition sponsored by AIA St. Louis. His winning image was selected from over 1000 entries and will be published in the 2012 Rizzoli Engagement Calendar, an internationally recognized and sold publication. All winning images will be on display at this year’s AIA convention in Miami  and, shortly thereafter, will be published on the AIA St. Louis website.

AIA St. Louis holds a national photographic competition each year open to US registered  architects,  associate  and  student  members.  The  photographs   are required to have an architectural theme or must contain some manmade element, must be named and must be taken by the entrant. The judges note that photographic interpretation of the subject is important. If you enjoy photography you may consider entering next year.

The winning photograph was taken by Alan in Schiedam, the Netherlands last  October when he was vacationing in Europe. It is a fisheye shot of the interior of one of the oldest surviving and tallest windmills in existence. The construction is quite amazing. Alan is an avid amateur photographer and has used Olympus equipment for about 33 years. He took this shot with his E-3 in RAW mode using an 8mm fisheye. The title is “Windmill of Your Mind.”

Eubanks Harris Roberts Craig Architects of Tyler Texas is very happy to announce that the firm won a "Design Award" in the TASA/TASB School Architecture competition in 2009. The firm submitted its Alvarado Intermediate School project, a 120,000 sq ft building, occupied in 2009. (This is an annual competition open to all school architecture in Texas).

As can be seen in the images, the building is quite unique in terms of design. Site conditions, microclimate, grades, orientation and access were taken into account and led to a design that responds well to the site and client requirements. It is based on large radii, sweeping curves, but the structure is very economical and regular with no curved steel. Extensive use was made of natural light and hard-wearing, low-maintenance materials and the project came in well under budget.