DIXON WATER FOUNDATION JOSEY PAVILION

FIRM OVERVIEW

DECATUR, TEXAS

The Betty & Clint Josey Pavilion is the first certified Living Building Challenge™ project in the State of Texas. The Living Building Challenge™ is a rigorous certification program that advocates for a fully restorative building. The 5,400-square-foot open air pavilion is a meeting and education center that serves as a demonstration site for the Dixon Water Foundation, whose mission is to promote healthy watersheds through sustainable land management to ensure the preservation of our water resources. The beauty in the design for the Josey Pavilion lies in how the simple, low-lying forms speak to the surrounding native prairie land. This simple building is dedicated to the challenge of being a fully restorative Living Building—a mission that ties directly to the Dixon Foundation’s message of resource conservation and watershed protection. In association with Biohabitats recognition

2020 Chicago Anthenaeum American Architecture Award

2018 Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award

2016 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projec t

2016 U.S. Woodworks Wood Design Award

2016 Chicago Athenaeum american Architecture Award

2015 Texas Society of Architects Design Award

2015 Architzer A+ Award for Architecture + Sustainability

2014 AIA San Antonio Honor Award sustainability

Living Building Challenge Certified

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA HILLTOP ARBORETUM

Affiliated with Louisiana State University, the Hilltop Arboretum is located at the convergence of three indigenous ecosystems— boggy wetlands, scrubby highlands and a meadow. The program components—exhibit areas, meeting space, gift shop, administration offices and storage—are housed in discrete volumes captured under one long roof that protects the open walkways. The materials and forms echo the simple vernacular architecture of the Louisiana low country, such as the fishing shacks that dot the area’s bayou.