Housing and Community Design Awards - 2004 Winners

Alan J. Rothman Housing Accessibility Award:

The purpose of this award is to show exemplary projects that demonstrate excellence in improving housing accessibility for people with disabilities.

The jury decided that only one entry expressed outstanding creativity in addressing the design problems associated with making facilities accessible to people with disabilities. This project did not clear the Department's vetting process. Therefore, no winner was selected for this year.

Community Building by Design Award:

Community building is a people-based approach to fighting poverty that builds on the assets of the community. It supports people on the poor neighborhoods as they rebuild social structures and relationships that may have been weakened by out-migration, disinvestment, and the isolation of inner-city areas.

The Carver Academy and Cultural Civic Center has become the new heart of a part of San Antonio, Texas. Consisting of a marriage between a new academy, a newly renovated civic center, and a venerable culture arts center undergoing renovation, this project serves as an inspirational focus for a multi-ethnic community that will transform an impoverished neighborhood into an academic, cultural, and artistic center of national prominence.

Mixed-Use/Mixed-Income Development Award:

This award recognizes projects that embrace and demonstrate the revitalizing potential of mixed-use and mixed-income housing developments. "Mixed-use housing" refers to developments that combine residential land use with nonresidential uses(s), such as retail centers, community centers, public facilities, and the like, "Mixed- income housing" refers to residential developments designed and financed to include market-rate as well as below-market-rate (affordable) housing.