City of Tolleson Administration and Fire Station receives LEED Gold Certification from the USGBC!

Lawrence Enyart, FAIA was honored and awarded the prestigious AIA WMR Silver Medal at the 2011 AIA design conference and Awards Gala in Las Vegas, NV. The Silver Medal is the highest AIA honor presented by the Region (AZ, CO, NM, NV, UT, and WY) and recognizes an individual Architect who has made significant contributions to the institute, the profession, the citizens of the Western Mountain Region, and their community. Larry has transcended local boundaries in making these contributions.

American Institute of Architects, Arizona (AIA AZ), awards LEA Architects, LLC, the AIA AZ “Kemper Goodwin Award of Excellence” for the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Operations, Police and Fire Facility Design Excellence Merit Award for Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Operations, Police and Fire Facility – F.I.E.R.O. and the International Association Fire Chiefs Design Symposium, Charlotte, NC

Valley Forward Awards Gala – LEA Architects, contractor, and owner, win the 2011 Environmental Excellence Merit Award for the Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center (GRPSTC) 77 acre campus.

LEA wins Arizona Masonry Guild Design Excellence Award for Paradise Valley Fire Station No. 1. Paradise Valley Fire Station No. 1 has won numerous awards including a Valley Forward Design Excellence Award and was a featured presentation tour with the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts.

LEA wins Valley Forward Design Award for Environmental Excellence – Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center (GRPSTC) 77 acre campus. GRPSTC and the team will receive recognition at the annual VF Awards Gala 17 September.

LEA wins The Gold Design Excellence Award in the “2011 Brick in Architecture Awards” National Design Competition for the new City of Tolleson Fire Station + Administration Building.

Two LEA-Architects projects are feature articles in latest Fire Chief Magazine: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport ARFF and Phoenix Fire Station.

Check out the links below!

Mesa Combines Blue Skies, Green Elements in ARFF Station

Phoenix Rises to New Standards with Fire Station Design

Airport Magazine February/March 2011 (pg 24-25): features the LEED Gold Grand Canyon National Park Operations Building and ARFF. LEA Architects is master planning and designing the new Terminal Building, Railway Station, and Monorail Station which also features many sustainable strategies.

Tolleson Fire Station No. 1 + Administration, a LEED Gold facility was dedicated to the City with hundreds of people attending the Building Dedication Ceremony and luncheon.