Williams Blackstock Architects

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2023 AIA Alabama Awards

Our team had the honor of accepting three design awards this weekend at the 2023 AIA Alabama Conference on Architecture. The design for the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Pavilion won an Honor Award, Bailey Harris Construction won an Honorable Mention, and our Firm Front Lobby & Table won a Devine Detail Award. A huge congratulations to the entire team who worked on these projects! We are thrilled to receive such a significant recognition.

Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Pavilion

Honor Award

We are proud to announce that the design for The Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Pavilion has won an AIA Alabama Honor Award. The pavilion was designed as a welcome center for the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which are part of EJI’s work to advance truth and justice in America and to more honestly confront the legacy of slavery, lynching, and segregation.

Bailey-Harris Construction

HONORABLE MENTION

The new headquarters for Bailey-Harris Construction reflects their growth over the past four decades. Overall, the new headquarters embodies the company's values of excellence, innovation, and superior quality in all aspects of their work.

Williams Blackstock Architects Front Lobby and Table

Merit Award - Design Detail

The reception lobby features a sleek and minimalistic table, with a skillful interplay of charcoal soapstone and a single piece of folded blackened steel. The cantilevered effect of the heavy material is intentionally created to provoke a sense of wonder and challenge the limits of what is possible. Dynamic veining in the natural stone creates a beautiful accent to the wood and steel backdrop.