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In 1960, MLK Was Here Martin Luther King spoke a

In 1960, MLK Was Here

Martin Luther King spoke at the landmark Calvary Baptist Church in Downtown OKC’s Deep Deuce. It was an early Freedom Rally in a growing civil rights movement. This church was our neighbor, even our client. Today we celebrate MLK’s mighty legacy.

2022 AIA HONOR AWARD: DETAILING “FOLDING LIGHT”

The centerpiece of the Oklahoma Contemporary campus earned one of three AIA Honor Awards -- the top award for architecture-- at AIA Central Oklahoma’s recent awards gala. Merit and Citation awards were also presented.

The Honor Award was for Excellence in Craft.

The building required craft at the highest level, inside and out, starting with a show-stopping façade made of extruded recycled aluminum. Nine geometric variations interlock to wrap the building with 16,800 “fins.”

While draining rainwater, the building skin holds light (“light-bending,” as Architectural Digest put it). It responds to the Oklahoma sky with an ever-changing palette of colors and moods with a burnished glow.

The AIA Awards Jury:

“The façade is articulated with varying levels of porosity which are evident as a spectrum from exterior to interior. The enclosure responds to the environment with a poetic rhythm, enhancing the tactile quality of the building to humanize the scale of the building and activating the building in a masterful way.

The detail of the facade works at multiple scales, creating kaleidoscopic reflections at a distance to glow at the micro-scale.”

This is the 19th award Rand Elliott Architects has earned for Oklahoma Contemporary architecture.

Watch for more on “Detailing Folding Light.” The Black Box Theater, Ceremonial Stair, classrooms, dance studio and other features. All tell a tale of Excellence in Craft.

REA TEAM: Rand Elliott, Bill Yen, Cody Pistulka, Austin McKiel

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Rand Elliott Architects is pleased to announce the

Rand Elliott Architects is pleased to announce the promotion Austin McKiel to Project Manager.

The DFW native’s first experience in an architectural office was as an intern with Elliott while studying Oklahoma State University.

In 2018, after receiving his Bachelor of Architecture, with minors in Architectural History & Geography, he returned to Texas. There he gained valuable experience as a Project Coordinator for a Fort Worth firm.

In February 2021, Austin was pleased to return to Oklahoma and work alongside Rand Elliott once again. His passion about the design process compelled him to make the move. His first work focused on Oklahoma Contemporary and Heartland Payment Systems, both in Downtown Oklahoma City’s Automobile Alley.

Projects in which Austin plays leading role include the Oklahoma School for the Deaf in Sulphur, OK, the Pivot Project, a four-story, 53k SF office building now under construction in OKC Midtown on Hudson, and a multi-structure downtown gateway project now in development in Oklahoma City’s Flatiron District.

He believes even the smallest detail has a huge impact, and REA’s design practice is noted for its emphasis on producing carefully conceived and executed details. In fact, the AIA Central States awards jury presented REA a 2022 Honor Award for Excellence in Craft – “Detailing Folding Light.”

A jewel hidden among the Chesapeake Campus, the ar

A jewel hidden among the Chesapeake Campus, the architecture of Building 12 features a beautiful combination of glass and Blue Hackett stone on the exterior, as the building gently follows the curve of the creek bisecting campus.

Building 12 includes:
An auditorium for 200+
Campus Restaurant
Catering Kitchen
Banquet Room
Boardroom
Private dining/meeting rooms

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Rifling through an old project file today - Marfa

Rifling through an old project file today - Marfa Contemporary may not be with us any longer, but the high desert landscape of west Texas and this 1940s Webb Brothers Gulf Station turned satellite gallery for Oklahoma Contemporary will always have a special place in our hearts.

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