AGC NM 2024 Best building award

We are excited to announce that the UNM Olympic Training Center, also known as the UNM Champions Training Center or the New Mexico Mutual Champions Training Center, has won the 2024 AGC NM Best Buildings Award for $2.5 million - $5 million.

“Designed to inspire UNM student-athletes, the facility serves as a space for training, maintaining physical health, and achieving competitive excellence. On game days, the Lobos can be seen entering the playing field via a ceremonial pathway integrated into the Champions Training Center. The facility was developed in partnership with McCLAIN + YU Architecture and Design and AGC General Contractor Franken Construction Company, who nominated the facility for the award.”

-UNM Newsroom

https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-new-mexico-mutual-champions-training-center-wins-agc-new-mexico-award-for-best-buildings

NACDA 2024 award

We are honored to be recognized by NACDA NM for the UNM Olympic Training Center…

AGC NM 2024 Best building award

We are excited to announce that the NMT Brown Hall Renovation has also won the 2024 AGC NM Best Buildings Award for $5 million - $10 million.

We are thrilled to be recognized for these awards.

aia 2023 firm of the year

We are delighted to be recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as the New Mexico firm of the year for 2023! The American Institute of Architects recognizes one firm each year with categories pertaining to best practice, exemplary projects, and overall support of the state’s development. We are honored to receive such a distinguished award.

university of new mexico, sCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING - Prof. YU

We would like to congratulate one of our firm’s principals, Kristina Yu for achieving the position of full professor at the University of New Mexico. She has been with the UNM since January 2007. She has mentored and supervised over 45+ architects into the NCARB: licensure, experience, education, testing processes. She is excited to make transparent a rather complex road to professional life. One of the hallmarks of her educational outreach and development efforts with the University, is to provide multiple opportunities for architectural growth, perspective in materials, constructability, accountability through intense architecture tours of excellent building examples, globally. She is chair of the Study Abroad Allocation Committee, which sets the intentions and tenor of student travel on the campus of UNM. Throughout her years at UNM, she has helped students succeed and has prepared them for their future endeavors. Her determination both at UNM and at the firm help the architectural community of New Mexico flourish. CONGRATULATIONS PROF. YU!

ARCH DAILY RECOGNITION

We are honored to be recognized by Arch Daily for the SkyRoom Rio Rancho project. It was given a project spotlight and was recognized on their website, which included narratives, plans, concept ideas, and images of the project. We hope the design inspires future creations.

Architizer A+Awards SPECIAL MENTION Architecture +Light category

We are excited to announce that the SkyROOM Rio Rancho project has again garnered a prestigious award: Special mention in the category of Architecture and Light. This project is one of the very few architizer awarded projects in the state of New Mexico, designed and constructed by New Mexicans. We are thrilled to be recognized for this award.

The SkyRoom by McCLAIN + YU Architecture & Design - Architizer

Architizer values and honors “Architecture touches everyone at multiple scales. At the largest scale, The Plus Awards celebrate how architecture is capable of responding to global issues, shifts in technology and our evolving society — these are the Concept Categories. At the smallest scale, architecture is tactile; nearly everyone in the world touches architecture every day. The A+Awards celebrates the extraordinary work of the world's best firms, highlighting the work of pioneering architects and designers as they strive to create architecture that will stand the test of time — for this decade and the next.” -Architizer