California Architect Howard J. Backen Honored by University of Oregon School of Architecture, Allied Arts.EUGENE, Ore. -- California architect Howard J. Backen will receive the 2006 Ellis F. Lawrence Ellis Fuller Lawrence (November 13 1879–February 27 1946) was an American architect, working primarily in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1914, he helped found and was the first dean of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts, a position he held until Medal, the highest alumni honor awarded by the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. School of Architecture and Allied Arts. The school's dean, Frances Bronet, will present the award during the school's June 17 commencement ceremony. Backen, a 1962 graduate of the university and the founder and principal of Backen Gillam Architects, has influenced design in the West and abroad through his work on housing projects, resorts, wineries, retail showrooms, entertainment studios, and restaurants. From 1966 to 1996, Backen was a principal of Backen, Arrigoni, and Ross, Inc., a firm he also founded in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Backen, Arrigoni, and Ross, Inc., is now known as BAR Architects. Backen & Gillam Architects received the Napa County Landmarks Association award for "Exemplary New Winery in a Historic Setting" for their Spottswoode Winery. The firm has designed more than 30 wineries, six resorts, 16 restaurants, over 30 private residences, a new line of stores for Williams Sonoma, the Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine Reserve, an equestrian center, and a performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . The firm has received citations from Progressive Architecture, Grand Awards from the Pacific Coast Builders Conference and First Honor Awards from AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture San Francisco Chapter and Housing Magazine. The firm has received top rankings for two resort designs -- Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas (popularly known as just Cabo) is a small city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula at , in the municipality of Los Cabos in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. , Mexico, and Cordevalle in San Martin, Calif. -- in Conde Nast TRAVEL and Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report. In 1984, Backen, Arrigoni, and Ross, Inc. received the first Presidential Award for Design Excellence from President Ronald Reagan for The Gardens, a housing project in San Mateo, Calif. Backen also designed the headquarters for the Delancey Street Foundation in San Francisco, an innovative and highly successful rehabilitation institute for former convicts and drug abusers which was awarded the 1992 Award of Excellence by the Urban Land Institute. Backen was project designer for the expansion for the Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colo.; prototype stores for Pottery Barn; Dragon Valley, a ski resort in Korea; the Teacher's Training Institute in Iran; and Stars Restaurant in Singapore. The Lawrence award is given annually to an alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. who has attained personal and professional achievements that exemplify the Oregon spirit and reflect the integrity, educational philosophy and commitment to design and artistic excellence of Ellis F. Lawrence. Lawrence founded the university's School of Architecture and Allied Arts in 1914 and served as dean for more than 30 years. Past award recipients include interior designer Margo Grant Walsh, film director James Ivory, architect Johnpaul Jones, and landscape architect Peter Rothschild. |
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