SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The Department of Defense has announced the winners of the Secretary of
Defense Design Excellence Awards for 1994. The awards are given every two
years to the team responsible for planning, engineering, and designing
outstanding DoD facilities. The winners are picked by an independent jury of
prominent professional designers representing various professional societies
and civilian agencies.
Awards are given for a variety of facility types and design specialties.
Candidates are first screened through a competition within their respective
military department before becoming eligible for a Secretary of Defense Design
Excellence Award. Projects must demonstrate leadership in the design field, be
sensible and appropriate in form and style, and demonstrate high levels of
technical, functional, and cost-effective service for the using activity.
The following eight award winners were selected from a field of 80 candidate
projects:
Administrative Facilities
Project - Headquarters Marine Corps
Henderson Hall, Arlington, VA
Using Agency - United States Marine Corps
Design Manager - Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake,
Washington, DC
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Designer - Kerns Group Architects, P.C.
Arlington, VA
Project - National Maritime Intelligence Center
Washington, DC
Using Agency - Office of Naval Intelligence
Design Manager - Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake,
Washington, DC
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Designer - A Joint Venture of:
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, P.C.;
RTKL Associates, Inc.; and
Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall
Washington, DC
Community Support Facilities
Project - Non Commissioned Officers Club
Kelly Air Force Base, TX
Using Agency - 76th Services Squadron
Design Manager - Air Force Materiel Command
Designer - Coffee, Crier & Schenck, Architects
Austin, TX
* Engineering, Maintenance, and Industrial Facilities
Project - Consolidated Maintenance Facility
Tooele Army Depot, UT
Using Agency - Tooele Army Depot
Design Manager - US Army Engineer District, Sacramento, CA
Designer - Gillies, Stransky, Brems, Smith Architects
Salt Lake City, UT
Medical Facilities
Project - Branch Hospital/Clinic
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
Twentynine Palms, CA
Using Agency - Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Department of the Navy
Design Manager - Engineering Field Activity West,
San Bruno, CA
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Designer - Anderson DeBartolo Pan
Tucson, AZ
Operational and Training Facilities
Project - Urban Training Facility and Close Quarters
Battle Range, Camp Pendleton, CA
Using Agency - United States Marine Corps Base,
Camp Pendleton, CA
Design Manager - Southwest Division
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Designer - Architects/Larson/Carpenter
San Diego, CA
Interior Design
Project - Restaurant and Recreation Center, Bachelor
Enlisted Quarters
Using Agency - Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Keyport, WA
Design Manager - Facilities Engineering Department
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Keyport, WA
Designer - Facilities Engineering Department
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Keyport, WA
Landscape Design
Project - Breezeway Entry Renovation & Pedestrian Mall
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
Using Agency - Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command
Design Manager - Directorate of Command Civil Engineer
Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command
Designer - KZF Incorporated
Cincinnati, OH - Project Architects
- Vivian Llambi & Associates
Ft. Mitchell, KY - Landscape Architects
* The Consolidated Maintenance Facility at Tooele Army Depot was awarded the
Secretary's Blue Seal--the capstone award given to the most outstanding project
among all the categories.
Special appreciation and acknowledgement go to the National Institute of
Building Sciences for coordinating the awards program and to the following jury
panel:
American Consulting Engineers Council
Richard B. Ulp, PE
American Institue of Architects
Ralph Bennett, AIA
American Society of Interior Designers
Penny Bonda, ASID
American Society of Landscape Architects
Roger Courtenay, ASLA
Construction Specifications Institute
Paul W. Simonse, FCSI, CCS, AIA
Department of Veterans Affairs
Lloyd Siegel, FAIA
General Services Administration
Edward A. Feiner, AIA
National Endowment for the Arts
Thomas Grooms
National Society of Professional Engineers
J. Raymond Carroll, PE
Society of American Value Engineers
Larry W. Zimmerman, PE, CVS
