Kell Muñoz Architects
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Kell Muñoz Architects is a leading architecture firm based in San Antonio, Texas
. Founded in 1927, the firm specializes in the design of major academic, education, and scientific projects. It is the largest minority owned design firm in the state of Texas.
Among their latest works is designing a new $150 million Courthouse for the city of San Antonio.
John Kell's mentor was the famous architect O'Neil Ford
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Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Founded in 1927, the firm specializes in the design of major academic, education, and scientific projects. It is the largest minority owned design firm in the state of Texas.
Among their latest works is designing a new $150 million Courthouse for the city of San Antonio.
John Kell's mentor was the famous architect O'Neil Ford
O'Neil Ford
O'Neil Ford was a major regional architect of the mid-20th century in Texas and a leading architect of the American Southwest. He is considered one of the nation's best unknown architects, and his designs merged the modernism of Europe with the indigenous qualities of early Texas...
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Awards
Kell Muñoz Architects has won over 98 juried design awards at the local, state and national levels for a variety of projects.Some current and recent projects
This list includes projects in which Kell Muñoz Architects collaborated with other architecture firms:- Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
- Dolph Briscoe Jr. LibraryDolph Briscoe Jr. LibraryThe Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library is the central library of the main campus of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.The library was designed by Kell Muñoz Architects...
, UTHSCSA, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... - Northrup Hall, Trinity UniversityTrinity University (Texas)Trinity University is a private, independent, primarily undergraduate, university in San Antonio, Texas. Its campus is located in the Monte Vista Historic District and adjacent to Brackenridge Park....
, Texas (along with Robert Stern) - Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, Texas
- Engineering and Biotechnology Building, UTSAUTSAUTSA may refer to:* The Uniform Trade Secrets Act, a uniform law on trade secret protection in the United States* University of Texas at San Antonio, a public university within the University of Texas System...
- University Health SystemUniversity Health SystemUniversity Health System is the public district hospital for Bexar County, Texas and San Antonio's only health system recognized by U.S. News & World Report, regarded as one of America's Best Hospitals...
Hospital - Alice McDermott Building, CTRCCancer Therapy & Research CenterCancer Therapy & Research Center , founded in 1974, is one of three leading academic research and treatment centers designated by the National Cancer Institute in Texas....
, San Antonio, TX - Perry Castaneda Library, UT Austin
- Our Lady of the Lake UniversityOur Lady of the Lake UniversityOur Lady of the Lake University is an independent Catholic, co-ed university located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence, a religious order originating in Lorraine, France, during the 18th century...
main building, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... - Frost Bank main tower, downtown San Antonio, Texas
- University of Texas at DallasUniversity of Texas at DallasThe University of Texas at Dallas, also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD, is a public research university in the University of Texas System. The main campus is in the heart of the Richardson, Texas, Telecom Corridor, north of downtown Dallas...
, Math, Science and Engineering Teaching-Learning Center, Dallas, Texas - AT&T CenterAT&T CenterAT&T Center is an indoor arena, located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It seats 18,581, for basketball , 13,800, for ice hockey and 19,000, for concerts or religious gatherings and contains 2,018 club seats, 50 luxury suites and 32 bathrooms .It was completed in 2002, as the SBC...
(along with Ellerbe BecketEllerbe BecketEllerbe Becket, an AECOM Company, is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architectural, engineering, interior design and construction firm – ranked as one of the world's largest architectural firms – and with offices in Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC, Dubai,...
) - University of Texas–Pan AmericanUniversity of Texas–Pan AmericanThe University of Texas–Pan American , founded as Edinberg College, is a state university located in Edinburg, Texas. Founded in 1927, it is a component institution of The University of Texas System. The university serves the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas with baccalaureate,...
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