February 22, 2008
FIRM EARNS TOP AWARDS IN STATEWIDE DESIGN SHOWCASE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ORLANDO, Fla. (February 22, 2008) – C.T. Hsu + Associates earned top honors in two categories at the statewide Florida Educational Facilities Planners’ Association’s 2008 Architectural Showcase on January 24.
The firm took first place in the high school category for the Boone High School Comprehensive Needs project, a $28 million master plan to revitalize and re-energize Orlando’s historic Boone High School, originally built in 1952. The plan used 25 acres of land acquired by the school board to expand the high school’s cramped campus and blend it with a new K-8 elementary school onto one 70 acre site.
The firm also took first place in the college/university category for its design of Valencia Community College’s 77,000-square-foot state-certified Criminal Justice Institute. It is the first building completed for the college’s 58-acre Public Safety campus for which CTH+A also provided master planning.
The FEFPA entries were judged on a wide range of criteria including: innovation, aesthetics and use of materials, flexibility for community use, technology provisions, the relationship of spaces and expandability, and site development.
C.T. Hsu + Associates is an Orlando-based architectural planning and design firm named 2006 “Firm of the Year” by the American Institute of Architects - Florida Association. Established in 1984, the firm focuses on a mix of mid to large scale projects in the education, government, transportation and mixed use development sectors. Its multidisciplinary approach ranges from urban planning and design to architecture and interiors.
