honors & awards

The following honors and awards have been given to McKinney York Architects and the individuals in the firm.

Firm Awards

AIA Chapter Awards

• 2011, AIA Austin Citation of Honor Award, McGarrah Jessee Building
• 2007, AIA Austin Firm Achievement Award, McKinney York Architects
• 2007, AIA Austin Citation of Honor Award, Leander Park and Ride
• 2007, AIA Austin Citation of Honor Award, City Loft Residence
• 2007, AIA Austin Citation of Honor Award, Waco Residence
• 2007, AIA Austin Citation of Honor, Constant Springs Residence
• 2006, AIA Austin Merit Award, Robbs Run Residence
• 2002, AIA Lubbock Citation Award, Buddy Holly Center
• 2001, AIA Austin Citation of Honor, Tarrytown Residence
• 1997, AIA Austin Merit Award, Redbud Trail Guest House Addition
• 1996, AIA Austin Citation of Honor, Chow Ciao!
• 1992, AIA Austin Merit Award, Canadian Cottage
• 1990, AIA Austin Merit Award, Circle C Swim Center
• 1990, AIA Austin Merit Award, Jester Estates Clubhouse
• 1988, AIA Austin Citation of Honor, Forgie Residence
• 1987, AIA Austin Honor Award, Canyon House

Other Awards

• 2011, Preservation Merit Award for Properties, Heritage Society of Austin, McGarrah Jessee Building
• 2011, Hottest Commercial Design, Austin Monthly Home, McGarrah Jessee Building
• 2010, Honor Award, Texas ASLA, University of Texas Student Union
• 2010, House of the Month, Architectural Record, Shavano Park House
• 2008, Grand Award, Remodeling Magazine Design Awards, Constant Springs Residence
• 2007, Texas Construction Best, UT Dell Pediatric Research Institute
• 2005, Premier Party Selection, AIA Austin, City Loft
• 2001, Certificate of Excellence, Associated General Contractors of Austin, Smith Family Chapel
• 2001, Tucker Award, Stone Building Institute, San Antonio River House
• 1991, Council Grove Competition Winner
• 1990, Honor Award, Austin Design Commission, Jester Estates Clubhouse
• 1988, National Merit Award, Metal Construction Association, Johnstone Residence, 1988

Tours

• 2011, AIA Austin Homes Tour, Cuernavaca House
• 2011, Revival of the Starr Building: Design Within Reach Tour, McGarrah Jessee Building
• 2007, AIA National Convention Tour, Robbs Run, City Loft
• 2007, Texas Society of Architects Convention Tour, City Loft
• 2007, New Urban Architecture Tour, San Antonio River House
• 2005, AIA Austin Homes Tour, Robbs Run Residence
• 2004, AIA Austin Homes Tour, Hartford Road Residence
• 2001, AIA Austin Homes Tour, Shoal Creek Residence
• 2001, AIA Austin Tour, Smith Family Chapel
• 2000, AIA Austin Tour, Riverbend Main Sanctuary
• 1998, AIA Austin Homes Tour, 1806 Eva Street
• 1997, AIA Austin Homes Tour, McKinney Residence
• 1992, AIA Austin Homes Tour, Sherman Residence
• 1998, University of Texas at Austin Tour, McKinney Architects Offices
• 1987, AIA Austin Homes Tour, Cromwell Hill Residence

Individual Honors

Heather McKinney, FAIA, LEED AP

• 2008, Fellowship, AIA College of Fellows
• 2007, Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal, Texas Tech University
• 2005, President’s Award, AIA Austin
• 2001, 7th Annual Profiles in Power Finalist, Austin Business Journal
• 1992, William W. Caudill Award For Young Professional Achievement, Texas Society of Architects

Al York, AIA

• 2007, Executive Director’s Award, AIA Austin
• 1997, El Portal International Design Competition, Third Prize
• 1995, “Good Architect” Award for Influence on Graduate Education, Texas Tech University
• 1994, New Faculty Award, Texas Tech University Ex-Students Association
• 1993, Tau Sigma Delta Teaching Excellence Award, Texas Tech University
• 1989, Winning Design, Baltimore AIA – Residential Design Competition
• 1987, Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal, Auburn University

Michelle  Rossomando, AIA

• 2003, Young Architectural Professional Award, AIA Austin
• 1997, Lorine W. and Chester E. Nagel FAIA Scholarship for Excellence

Selected Recent Lectures and Panels

Heather McKinney, FAIA, LEED AP

• 2011, Speaker & Panelist, “Striking Career, Family and Life Balance,” Texas Society of Architects Convention
• 2011, Speaker, “Renovation with Soul,” AIA Austin Summer Conference
• 2009, Guest Lecturer, A Career Synopsis, Texas Tech University
• 2008, Speaker & Panelist, “Can Green and Affordable Coexist?”, Reinvention Symposium, Austin, Texas
• 2008, Guest Lecturer, Design Environment & Society, Texas Tech University
• 2007, Speaker & Panelist “Strategies in Sustainable Design,” and “Considering Context: The Altered House,” Reinvention Symposium, Charleston, South Carolina
• 2007, Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medalist & Lecturer, Texas Tech University
• 2007, Umlauf Gardens Architecture Series “Recent Works”
• 2002, Texas Society of Architects Convention “A Marketing Primer for the Emerging Practice”
• 2002, Texas Society of Architects Convention Student Charette
• 2001, Denison Heritage Inc Talk with Frank Welch on Modernist Legacy of Donald Mayes
• 2001, Texas Book Festival Moderator: Frank Welch “Philip Johnson in Texas,” Barry Scardino “Clayton’s Galveston”

Selected Juries

Heather McKinney, FAIA, LEED AP

• 2011, Juror, AIA Louisiana Design Awards
• 2010, Juror, Topping Out Dallas-Fort Worth Design Awards
• 2005, Juror, AIA Washington, D. C. Residential Design Awards
• 2003, Juror, Residential Architect Magazine Design Awards
• 2001, Juror, American Institute of Architects, West Texas Chapter Design Awards

Al York, AIA

• 2006, Juror, Santa Fe Homebuilders Association Design Awards
• 2005, Juror, Lubbock AIA Design Awards
• 2004, Juror, Texas Masonry Council Golden Trowel Awards

Brian Carlson, AIA

• 2009, Juror, Golden Trowel Awards for the San Antonio Masonry Contractors Association (SAMCA)

Publications

The following publications feature the work of McKinney York Architects.

Books

• 2010, Practical Green Remodeling: Down to Earth Solutions for Everyday Homes, Barry Katz
• 2009, City by Design: An Architectural Perspective of Texas, Panache Partners
• 2007, Best of Signature Baths, Creative Homeowner Press
• 2006, New Sustainable Homes, Designs for Healthy Living, James Grayson Trulove

Magazines

• 2011, Austin Monthly Home, "The Hot List," Devin Dickey, Alexis Mosier and Mitchell Alan Parker, Fall Issue
• 2011, Western Art & Architecture, "Sparkle and Light in San Antonio," Amy E. Lemen, Spring/Summer Issue
• 2011, Residential Architect, "On the Web and In the Loop," Cheryl Weber LEED AP, March/April issue
• 2011, Texas Architect, "Mid-century Update," Stephen Sharpe, March/April issue (COVER FEATURE)
• 2010, Signature Kitchens & Baths, "A Touch of Glass," Winter issue
• 2010, Signature Kitchens & Baths, "Glassy Getaway," Winter issue
• 2010, Residential Architect, "ra50: The Shortlist," Nigel F. Maynard & Cheryl Weber LEED AP, November/December issue
• 2010, San Antonio Magazine, "People in Glass Houses," Nancy Cook-Monroe, June issue
• 2010, Luxury Home Quarterly, "Acclaim: Custom Home Projects of Note", May/June issue
• 2010, Austin Woman Magazine, "Refresh Your Nest," Katy McIntosh, March issue
• 2010, Signature Kitchens & Baths, "Efficient Culinary Space," Spring issue
• 2010, Signature Kitchens & Baths, "Lofty Expectations," Spring issue
• 2009, Residential Architect, "Reaching Out," October issue
• 2009, Texas Architect, "Efficient Infill," Winter issue
• 2009, Residential Architect, "Workspace," July/August issue
• 2009, Austin Monthly Home, "The Perfect Room," Fall issue
• 2009, Austin Monthly Home, "I Can See Clearly Now," Fall issue
• 2009, Metal Architecture, "Award Winning Commuter and Bus Transfer Station," April issue
• 2009, San Antonio Magazine, "A Place for Everything," Nancy Cook-Monroe, February issue
• 2009, Builder Magazine, "Little Gems," Jenny Sullivan, February issue
• 2009, Qualified Remodeler, "Double Exposure," Jon Minnick, February issue
• 2008, American Dream Homes, "A Step Above," Fran Thomas, January/February issue
• 2008, Stone World, "Blending Existing and New Stone Architecture," Alexis Fisher, February issue (COVER FEATURE)
• 2008, Residential Architect, "K+B Studio," Shelly D. Hutchins, March issue
• 2008, Remodeling, "Kitchen Details," Nina Patel, April issue
• 2008, Austin Monthly Home, "Spicing Things Up" (Kitchen-of-the-Year Runner Up), Katherine Richardson, Spring issue
• 2008, Texas Architect, "Portfolio: Service Buildings," Megan Braley, May/June issue
• 2008, Innovative Home, "Seeing the Forest for the Trees," Heather Hill, Summer issue (COVER FEATURE)
• 2008, Texas Architect, "AIA Austin Awards Seven Projects," Brian Carlson, AIA, July/August issue
• 2008, Texas Home & Living, "Outside In," Laura Mohammad, July/August issue (COVER FEATURE)
• 2008, Western Interiors, "Shelf Life," August/September issue
• 2008,  Texas Architect, "House Proud," Heather McKinney, FAIA, September/October issue
• 2008, Austin Woman, "Heather McKinney: Architect," Stacy Stroud, October issue
• 2008, Remodeling, "Designed for Living," October issue
• 2008, The Good Life, "Downsizing in the Sky," Amy E. Lemen, December issue
• 2007, Texas Homes & Living, "On the Lighter Side," Jennifer Krichels, September/October Issue
• 2007, Brilliant, "Same Place Fresh Start," Phillip Hudson, June/July Issue
• 2007, Western Interiors, "Family Jewel," Helen Thompson, June/July Issue
• 2007, Austin Monthly Home, "Made for Entertaining," Becca Hensley, Summer Issue
• 2007, Austin Monthly Home, "A Piece of Work," Katherine Richardson, Spring Issue
• 2007, Kitchen Trends, "Social Outlook," Spring Issue
• 2007, Austin Wide Open Entertainment, "The Urban Office," Spring Issue
• 2007, Residential Architect, "End Quotes," March Issue
• 2007, Wired, "Big Chill," Rebecca Harper, January Issue
• 2007, Viewpoint, "Innovative Applications," Rich Binsacca, September Issue
• 2006, Innovative Home, "Texas Treasure," Alison Crouch, Winter Issue
• 2006, Architectural Record, "Not Only Zaha," Suzanne Stephens, December Issue
• 2006, Metalmag, "Setting the Tone," Brian Carlson, November/December Issue
• 2006, Signature Kitchens & Baths, "Arts and Crafts," Heather H. McKinney, Fall Issue
• 2006, Texas Coop Power, "Green by Design: Style + Substance," Jody Horton, June Issue
• 2005, Tribeza, "The Loft Life," Ingrid Spencer, August Issue
• 2005, The Good Life, "Children's Spaces," Heather H. McKinney, June Issue
• 2004, Residential Architect, "Revisions of Home: Ranch," Meghan Drueding, November/December Issue
• 2004, Custom Home, "Pipe Dream," November/October Issue
• 2003 The Good Life, "Home Additions: Expensive, Problematic, and Popular," Michelle Moon Reinhardt, June Issue
• 2003, Residential Architect, "Architects' Choice," Shelly D. Hutchins, April Issue
• 2002, Golfer's Guide, "Teravista Golf Club," December Issue (COVER FEATURE)
• 2002, People Magazine, "Texas Two-Step," November Issue
• 2002, Texas Architect, "Neighborhood Lost and Found," Heather H. McKinney, March Issue
• 2002, Texas Architect, "Denison Salutes Mayes Legacy," Heather H. McKinney, January Issue
• 2001, Residential Architect, "San Antonio Gem," December Issue
• 2001, Building Stone Magazine, "San Antonio Riverhouse," Dorothy Kender, June Issue
• 2000, Texas Architect, "Lubbock Opens the Buddy Holly Center," Gary W. Smith/Sally Abbe, January Issue
• 1998, House Beautiful, "Echo Chambers," Lisa Germany, April Issue
• 1997, Texas Architect, "Six for the Record Books," December Issue
• 1997, Southern Living, "Recipe for a Better View," May Issue
• 1995, Southern Living, "Open and Shut Studies," October Issue
• 1995, Interiors and Sources Magazine, "School Orientation," Diane Wintroub Calmenson, October Issue
• 1995, Builder Magazine, "Kid Stuff," Linde Altman, March Issue
• 1993, Metropolitan Home, "Lake Idyll," David Staskowski, August Issue
• 1991, Architecture, "Women in Architecture," Ray Don Tilley, October Issue
• 1990, Domain, "Women in Architecture," Joel Warren Barna, February Issue
• 1989, Texas Architect, "Texas Houses: Context Versus Subtext," Joel Warren Barna, June Issue
• 1987, House Beautiful Building Manual, "Taming Problem Sites: Placed to Capture the View," Fall Issue
• 1987, Texas Homes, "Graceful Balance," Lisa Kestler, May Issue
• 1987, Texas Homes, "Texas Talent," Rebecca O'Dell, April Issue
• 1983, Texas Architect, "Hill Country House," June Issue

Newspapers

• 2010, Austin Business Journal, "Renovated Starr gets ad agency as Namesake Tenant", Sandra Zaragosa, November
• 2009, Austin American-Statesman, "Austin's Starr Building to Be Reborn," Shonda Novak, June
• 2007, West Austin News, "Beautifying Private Residences and Public Spaces," Yvonne Lim Wilson, June
• 2007, Austin American-Statesman, "Design Award Winners," Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, May
• 2007, Austin American-Statesman, "Mastering the Art of Living, Giving," Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, May
• 2005, Austin American-Statesman Glossy, "Big Ideas Thrive Within Small Spaces," Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, September
• 2003, Austin American-Statesman, "Teravista Course Garners Praise" September
• 2003, Austin American-Statesman, "Welcome to Mega-House Backlash: Saner, More Soulful Dwellings that Don't Waste a Square Foot," Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, April
• 2001, Austin American-Statesman, "Modest Changes Give Plain ‘60s Home Pizazz," Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, October
• 2001, Austin American-Statesman, "Raise the Roof," Tim Green, October
• 2001, The Dallas Morning News, "Grayson County Tribute Honors Regional Architect," Kathryn Straach, October
• 2001, Herald Democrat, "Noted Architects Will Discuss Donald Mayes," Dave Bellows, October
• 2001, The Dallas Morning News, "Comfortable, Mannerly, and Unpretentious Homes," David Dillion, October
• 2000, Austin American-Statesman, "On the Job," Charlotte Moore, October
• 2000, Austin American-Statesman, "LBJ Holding Enters Luxury Condos," R. Michelle Breyer, June
• 2000, Austin Business Journal, "LBJ to Build Condos," Matt Hudgins, June
• 1999, Austin American-Statesman, "The Best of Both Worlds," Michael Barnes, August
• 1999, Austin American-Statesman, "Back to the Future," Sheryll Poe, December
• 1998, Austin American-Statesman, "Artisan Touches Are Distinctly Austin," Michael Barnes, October
• 1997, Austin American-Statesman, "Six Design Projects Honored Thursday," Lisa Germany, November
• 1996, Austin American-Statesman, "Honoring Austin's Best Designs," John Ferguson, September
• 1993, Austin American-Statesman, "Caring Community," Janet Wilson, December
• 1992, Denison Herald, "Heather McKinney Top ‘92 Texas Architect," August
• 1992, Austin Business Journal, "Razing Barriers, Building Careers," Allan C. Kimball, April
• 1991, The Dallas Morning News, "Young Guns," David Dillon, June
• 1990, Austin American Statesman, "Tops in Austin, By Design," August
• 1988, Sherman Democrat, "Johnstone Home Wins Award," March
• 1988, Austin American-Statesman, "Design Awards Jury See the Future in Austin," Michael McCullar, July
• 1987, Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph, "Winning Design," May
• 1985, Austin American-Statesman, "Architectural Artistic Accent," Mel McCombie, October

Web

• 2011, KXAN, "Shack becomes History Center: African American Center coming to East Austin," Kate Weidaw, January
• 2010, Architectural Record, "House of the Month: May 2010, Shavano Park House," Ingrid Spencer, May
• 2009, AIArchitect This Week, "McKinney York Transit Facility Asks Texans to Park and Ride Off into the Sunset," Zach Mortice, May
• 2009, Austin American-Statesman, "Austin's Starr Building to Be Reborn," Shonda Novak, June
• 2008, Austin Business Journal, "McKinney Architects Heads to East Austin," July

Television / Radio

• 2011, KXAN "Austin News"
• 2006, KLRU "Austin Now"
• 2003, MTV "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" Episode 1
• 2003, InStyle "Celebrity Weddings"
• 2001, HGTV "Curb Appeal"
• 2001, Public Radio Program "The Shape of Texas"Magazine