Paul Crosby
The Port of Entry meets the complex, high-tech security and administrative needs of Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security while promoting circulation on the site for commercial and recreational traffic. The wood-clad building responds to the physical and aesthetic challenges of a wetland site in a remote northern location.
Jury: “One of the most elegant premeditated pieces of architecture around, it feels civic and that it belongs.”
Client: “The architect is crucial to the integrated design process. They bring an overarching holisitic perspective that permeates the entire project from landscape and site design to finishes and maintenance concerns. Julie Snow Architects was persistent in pushing the envelope during the design process and challenged many assumptions about northern border facilities.” —Robert Theel, AIA, chief architect, great lakes region, U.S. General Services Administration
2011 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
Jury
David Miller, FAIA, (chair) The Miller Hull Partnership
Ashley Clark, Assoc. AIA, LandDesign
Curtis Fentress, FAIA, Fentress Architects
T. Gunny Harboe, FAIA, Harboe Architect
David Neuman, FAIA, University of Virginia
Louis Pounders, FAIA, ANF Architects
Sarah Snodgrass, AIAS Representative, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Allison Williams, FAIA, Perkins+Will
Jennifer Yoos, AIA, VJAA
Ford Assembly Building, Richmond, Calif.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C.
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Mich.
New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
One Jackson Square, New York
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas
Rooftop Garden, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Horizontal Skyscraper Vanke Center, Shenzhen, China
Diana Center, Barnard College, New York
U.S. Land Port of Entry, Warroad, Minn.