Distinction Awards Videos

To view the videos please select the finalist from the list:   Presenting Sponsor: Sponsors: Table Sponsors: Baker Botts Bracewell & Guiliani LLP Crosspoint Properties The Finger Companies Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects Green Bank Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc. Hines HOK JRA Design Team Kirksey Marvin F. Poer and Company PGAL Walter P Moore Wells Fargo The Woodlands Operating Company LP

Congratulations to 2010 Award Finalists

SYSCO Corporate Headquarters, Developed by Hines

New Living Green Building + Home Store, Developed by Urban Deal

Williams Tower, Developed by Hines

High Fashion Home, Developed by Crosspoint Properties

Lake Plaza, Hermann Park, Developed by Hermann Park Conservancy

One Park Place, developed by Finger Companies

Clayton Library, Developed by Houston Public Library

Award Eligibility Requirements

• The project must be in stabilized operation and must be financially viable.
• The project must achieve a high standard of excellence in all areas — design, construction, economics, marketing and management.
• The project must demonstrate relevance to the contemporary and future needs of the community in which it is located. The project must be worthy of emulation.
• The financial viability of programs and processes, such as growth management strategies and publicly guided development programs, will be based upon the soundness of the investment of public funds and the extent to which the fully-implemented program or process has transformed communities and neighborhoods.
• Developments or programs within the following counties are eligible for nomination: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Wharton.

CRITERIA

• Leadership
• Contribution to the community
• Reflection of the special character of our region or the community in which the project is located
• Innovation Public/private partnership
• Environmental compatibility, sustainability and stewardship
• Responsiveness to societal needs
• Financial success