Masonry Magazine January 1980 Page.32
Masonry Prominent in SARA Design Awards
Eight architectural firms from across the United States captured 16 professional design awards in the national competition sponsored by the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA).
Entries that depicted completed projects were separated into appropriate divisions according to project construction cost and were further subdivided into 11 other subcategories. The cost categories included projects in excess of $5 million, projects over $1 million but less than $5 million, and projects under $1 million.
The awards were presented at the 1979 convention of the Society in Chicago.
A number of the winning entries represented projects featuring extensive use of masonry construction and are depicted here.
Greeley Elementary School
Chicago, Ilinois
2nd Place-Blue Ribbon Award
This building structural system consists of a fireproofed steel frame on caisson foundations, composite metal floor and roof decks, and loadbearing masonry walls. Budgetary limitations were satisfied through the use of a minimal amount of glazing, utility size brick on the exterior and burnished concrete block interior partitions.
Thomas H. Kane. J.W. Sih & Associates, Inc., Chicago, III., was the architect, with Warchol Construction, Chicago, the general contractor, and Ciesel Masonry. Inc., Northbrook, III.. the mason contractor.
Bankers Box Company
Itasca, Ilinois
3rd Place-Red Ribbon Award
A steel frame with a concrete block and face brick exterior wall comprise the building structural system for this corporate headquarters that incorporates 200,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehouse space. The mezzanine is structural steel frame with metal deck and concrete topping.
A. Epstein & Sons, Inc., Chicago, III., was the architect, with CMD Construction Co., Chicago, the general contractor, and George Porter & Co., St. Charles, Ill., the mason contractor.