LEA Architects just received very good news about three of their recent sustainable projects receiving Architectural Design Awards in the upcoming state wide 22nd Annual Arizona Masonry Guild Architectural Awards Gala.

• Architectural Design Excellence Award, AZ Masonry Guild – El Mirage Fire Station + Administration, 2013

• Architectural Design Excellence Award, AZ Masonry Guild – Grand Canyon National Park Airport Operations + ARFF, LEED Gold, 2013

• Architectural Design Excellence Award, AZ Masonry Guild – Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport ARFF, Fire & Police Operations, 2013

An Architectural Exhibit at the AIA Arizona Office/Gallery in downtown Phoenix is on display for the months of April and May 2013; the exhibit is called GENERATIONS and looks at the work of 5 legendary family architectural firms in Arizona. Among the 5 family firms is the design work and significant projects of Lawrence Enyart, FAIA, LEED AP and son, Lance Enyart, AIA, LEED AP who are architects in the Phoenix based firm LEA Architects in business from 1975 to the present. LEA Principal Architects Larry and Lance Enyart have created a timeline from 1966 through 2012 covering 3 generations and numerous award winning projects with a significant timeline of mile marker events in their professional work and in their lives. Viet Nam and Desert Storm Veteran Lawrence Enyart, FAIA is a retired Brigadier General USAF; among other military duties in his distinguished career, he worked with Senator Trent Lott during Hurricane Georges in the aftermath and recovery operations and has built large buildings in Japan in early days during the Viet Nam conflict. A time line is a part of the exhibit.

Lawrence Enyart Architects started in 1975 in Phoenix and continues on into the new century as LEA Architects, LLC operating in the present day as a very successful family professional firm with over 100 environmental and design awards. Larry and Lance Enyart’s sustainable architectural works features several building types: a library, work at the Phoenix Theatre and Phoenix Art Museum, a large 77 acre campus, two USGBC LEED Platinum and two USGBC LEED Gold projects and other interesting work from their large body of public and private architecture. The LEA Architects GENERATIONS exhibit features interesting airport and public safety / life safety projects, design processes examples of models and sketches, and other Enyart family member involvements over a 50 year period. The Enyart family is very active in the AIA today: Larry Enyart, FAIA, LEED AP, AIA WMR Silver Medal Winner, is the AIA WMR Regional Representative to The College of Fellows and Lance Enyart, AIA, LEED AP is the ENR Award Winner for the top 20 under 40, is a Director on the AIA Phoenix Metro Board. LEA Architects is the AIA AZ Sustainable Firm of the Year 2012.

LEA Architects Larry Enyart, FAIA, and Lance Enyart, AIA present FIERO and IAFC Design Excellence National Honor Awards to the City of El Mirage, AZ Mayor and City Council 5 Feb 13.

Phoenix Fire Station No. 59 receives LEED Platinum Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Station No. 59 represents the first fire station to receive LEED Platinum certification for the Phoenix Fire Department. This news tails LEA receiving the 2012 Sustainable Firm of the Year from the AIA Arizona at the beginning of the month. LEA also has the distinction of obtaining the first LEED Platinum certified Fire Station in the US in 2009.

LEA Architects win the 2012 AIA Arizona Sustainable Firm of the Year! The engraved Silver Nambe’ presented to LEA recognizes a firm that has created Sustainable Architecture for over 10 years. LEA Architects and all members of the firm are very proud to have received this major award.

In addition, at the AIA Arizona Awards Gala at the Heard Museum, Lawrence Enyart, FAIA, LEED AP, LEA Design Principal, was awarded the prestigious AIA Arizona 2012 Presidential Commendation Award. Larry was recognized for his significant work restructuring the Arizona College of Fellows leadership & awards programs and creating the AIA Arizona Disaster Assistance Program for the State with numerous trained safety assessment professionals developed under his leadership.

Lance Enyart, AIA, LEED AP and Larry Enyart, FAIA, LEED AP receive the Valley Forward Crescordia for Design Excellence in the Buildings and Structures Residential Category for The Wolff Residence.

Design School alum, Larry Enyart wins architecture’s coveted Silver Medal

See ASU Alumni article, May 7, 2012

ENR Southwest’s Top 20 Under 40

Lance Enyart

Designed the nation’s first LEED- Platinum certified fire station

34, Design Architect

LEA-Architects LLC, Phoenix

As a native to the Phoenix area, Enyart has an appreciation for the unique character of the desert Southwest and aims to create architecture that is not only contextually and environmentally appropriate, but that also fits the client. “In order for a project to be truly successful, it is critical that the architect have a deep understanding of who the client is and what it is they do,” Enyart says. “In this way I feel fortunate, as with each new client comes a new learning opportunity for me both personally and professionally.” Focusing on sustainable urban infill and adaptive reuse, he has served as the design architect and project manager for numerous government buildings, including the first LEED-Platinum fire station in the U.S., Scottsdale Fire Station No. 2. He currently serves as a director on the AIA Phoenix Metro Board.

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.