After hours of deliberation, the judges were finally able to declare the winning playhouse designs for the 2017 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition!

On Saturday, April 22nd ? 6 highly focused and dedicated judges walked into my home with the task of selecting the winners of the 6th Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition. This is no small task and while it may seem a fairly simple enough process to select awesome winning playhouses ? it?s not. These are surprisingly complicated little buildings and the criteria for evaluation is specific, but yet open for a wide range of interpretation. The judges had to take the 26 entries that were advanced in last week’s finals round and eliminate all but three playhouses which will be built and donated to Dallas CASA (which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates) a nonprofit organization of community volunteers trained and supervised to serve as voices in court for abused and neglected children.For this final round of judging, we were heavy with architects. They included:James Adams – Architect and Senior Associate at CorganAudrey Maxwell – Architect and Principal at Malone Maxwell Borson ArchitectsBarry Buford – Contractor and Owner/Founder of Buford Hawthorne HomebuildingLucinda Buford – Executive Vice President at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Real Estate BrokerageBob Bullis – Architect, Vice Presidentat HKS, Inc. and former Dallas AIA Chapter PresidentPaula Da...