Architects, Spring Hill ISD receive design award

A Longview architectural firm and Spring Hill ISD will be recognized in Austin this weekend for the outstanding design of the districts new high school. Thacker-Davis Architects designed the $24.7 million school that opened in 2011 about $1.8 million under budget.

The firm submitted photos of the school to the Exhibit of School Architecture Awards competition this summer and was notified this past month of the award.

Weve won about 15 awards over the last 20 years, but this may be the first design award weve won, said Phillip Thacker, architect with Thacker-Davis Architects.

The Spring Hill High School submission was one of about 80 in the competition, according to Thacker, which includes any newly constructed or renovated school in the state.

Awards are given in the areas of value, process of planning, design, educational appropriateness, innovation and sustainability. Each school is eligible to receive multiple awards.

The design of Spring Hill High School was created in order to build a bridge between the old and new, Thacker said.

We wanted to complement the existing architecture on the site, but add something modern and new, Thacker said.

All submissions will be included in the Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards and Texas Society of Architects Exhibit of School Architecture in the annual TASA/TASB convention this weekend in Austin.

Thacker-Davis is also responsible for the designs of new sites and renovations in Hallsville, Gilmer and Pine Tree school districts. The architects are working on a $29.9 million bond project for Tatum ISD.

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Architects, Spring Hill ISD receive design award