ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2022

Design Award - The Chicago Anthenaeum, The American Architecture Award: Tree House at Pease Park

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Tree House at Pease Park

Design Award - AIA Austin: Tree House at Pease Park

2021

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Jewell Box

Design Award - AIA Austin: Jewell Box

2020

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Balcones House

Design Award - AIA Austin: Balcones House

Honor Award - Texas Society of Architects O’Neil Ford Medal for Design Achievement: Mell Lawrence, FAIA

2017

Design Award - AIA Austin: St. Edward's Alumni Gym

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Lady Bird Loo

Design Award - AIA National Small Project Design Awards: Lady Bird Loo 

2016

Selected - Annual AIA Austin Homes Tour: Balcones House 

Design Award - AIA Austin: Lady Bird Loo 

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Hollowcat Wild

Tribeza - A Conversation with Mell Lawrence

2014

Selected - Annual AIA Austin Homes Tour: Hollowcat Wild 

Design Award - AIA Austin: Hollowcat Wild 

Texas Architect - 2014 Studio Award Winner: Seaholm Intake Facility, with Danze Blood Architects

Texas Lifestyle Magazine - 'Mell Lawrence Architects'

Modern Luxury Interiors Texas - 'Mellower Than Ever'

2013

Design Award - American Institute of Architects: Cotillion Pavilion

Design Award - AIA Austin: Cotillion Pavilion 

Arquitectura Y Diseno - 'Me Basto Y Me Sobro' (Numero 152)

2011

Selected - 25th Annual AIA Austin Homes Tour: Baylor Street House 

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Sisters Retreat 

Texas Architect - 'Sisters' Retreat' (May/ June 2011)

Dwell - '100 Kitchens We Love' (Summer 2011)

Austin Monthly Home - 'Backyard Revival' (Summer 2011)

Exhibit - 'Underneath,' with Vincent Snyder, UT School of Architecture, Mebane Gallery

Lecture - 'Seeking the Extraordinary within the Ordinary,' UT School of Architecture

2010

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Mod Cott

Grand Design Award  - Residential Architect Magazine: Mod Cott

Merit Award - AIA Austin: Mod Cott

Merit Award - AIA Austin: Sisters Retreat 

Design Bureau - 'Living in Nature,' (November/December)

Texas Architect - 'Mod Cott: Guest House,' (September/December, Cover Story)

Texas Architect - 'Paperwork: Cotillion Pavilion,' (July/August)

Residential Architect - 'Design Awards 2010,' (May/June)

Global Trendy House Collection - Book

Featured - Remodelista (April 26, 2010)

Featured - Archidose (February 8, 2010)

Featured - Contemporist (February 1, 2010) 

Member - Futures Committee, Texas Society of Architects 

Member - Homes Tour Committee, AIA Austin

Visiting design jury critic - University of Texas School of Architecture, Ongoing

2009

Selected - AIA Austin Homes Tour: Sisters Retreat 

Austin Monthly Home - 'It Works for Me!,' (Spring)

Mad & Bolig - 'Under en braendende sol Verdens Fusion,' (August) 

Exhibit - 'Elsewhere, TX,' Houston, TX, (September) 

Lecture - Austin Pecha Kucha Night #5 (April)

Juror - Residential Architect Design Awards (January)

Member - Home Tour Committee, Austin AIA

2008

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Concrete Studio

Honor Award - AIA Austin: Concrete Studio

Merit Award - AIA Austin: Watersmark 35 House 

Austin Monthly Home - 'Ultimate Bedrooms & Baths,' (Fall)

Texas Architect - 'Concrete Studio,' (September/October)

Austin Monthly Home - 'A Natural Fit' (Fall)

Western Interiors & Design - '10 Great Western Kitchens,' (December/January)

Tribeza - 'Perspective.' By Mell Lawrence (October)

Lecture - 'Anybody Seen My Pencil?", Architecture at the Umlauf (November) 

2007

Citation of Honor Award - AIA Austin: Breakwater Residence 

Western Interiors & Design - 'Texas Recipe,' (October/November)

metropolitan home - 'Ranch Life Rocks,' (July/ august)

Tribeza - 'Victor, Victorian,' (April)

2006

Mell Lawrence Elevated to The College of Fellows - American Institute of Architects

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: Rocking F Ranch

Citation of Honor Award - AIA Austin: Graves Residence

Texas Architect - 'Rocking F Ranch,' (September/October)

Southern Accents - 'Texas Tapestry,' (September/October)

Southern Living - 'Same Space Big New Bath,' (May) 

Southern Living - 'White Hot Ideas for the Kitchen,' (July) 

Tribeza - 'Schematic,' (October)

2005

Honor Award - AIA Austin: Wild Haire Ranch

Honor Award - AIA Austin: Rocking F Ranch 

Western Interiors & Design - 'Austin Evolution,' (March/April Cover Story)

Austin American Statesman  - 'Local Architects Build Trophy Collections' (3-3-05), (March)

The Good Life - 'Good Design Aims for Sweet Spot Between Life and Art.' By Mell Lawrence (April)

New American Farmhouse - By Neill Heath, book published by Random House

Great Houses on a Budget - By James Grayson Trulove, book published by Random House 

Interview, in Context - 'Architect: Mell Lawrence,' KLRU TV(PBS), produced by Dutch Ral

2004

Selected - AIA Austin Homes Tour: Watermark 35 House

Renovate! - Book by Fred A. Bernstein, published by Filipacchi Publishing

The House to Ourselves - Book by Todd Larson & Tom Connor, published by Random House

Austin American Statesman - 'History Retouched' (1-17-04)

Austin American Statesman - 'Built to Fit You' (9-23-04)

2003

Selected - AIA Austin Homes Tour: Raleigh Street Addition

Metropolitan Home - 'Good Save!' (March/April)

Western Interiors & Design - 'The Great Outdoors,' (May/June)  

Tribeza - "Schematic: Red Barn,' (February)

Tribeza - 'Discussing Clarity/Schematic: The Creation of New Eyes,' Co-written with James David (June)

Lone Star Living: Texas Homes and Ranches - Book by Tyler Beard, published by Bulfinch Press 

Austin American Statesman - 'Dining by Design' (11-6-03 XL-ENT Supplement)

Austin American Statesman - 'Posh Austin Homes' (11-6-03), Allison Hall-Beach

Interview, Homes Across America - 'Rustic Design, Contemporary Labor of Love, 'HGTV, produced by Drew Hallman

Interview, Austin Now - 'Edifice Tex: The Familiar & Unusual Work of Mell Lawrence,' KLRU TV (PBS), produced by Tom Spencer (April

2002

Metropolitan Home - 'Austin Power,' Helen Thompson (September/October) 

2001

2001 Firm of the Year Award - AIA Austin

Merit Award - AIA Austin: Gardens Retail Addition & Remodel

Honor Award - Texas Society of Architects: David/ Peese House

Honor Award - AIA Austin: David/Peese House

Honor Award - AIA Austin: Peace Pipe Path House

Merit Award - AIA Austin: Lazy Eye Ranch

Texas Architect - 'David/Peese House' (September/October)

Austin American Statesman - 'Taking a Shine to Metal' (8-25-01)

Austin American Statesman - 'Inside Out' (7-5-01)

Austin American Statesman - 'Award Affirms Area Architects' (5-10-01)

2000

Metropolitan Home - 'Gardens Retail' (January/February)

1999

Garden Design - 'Design: Shopping the Shops,' (November)

American Style - Book by Dylan Landis, published by Clarkson Potter Publishers

Texas Architect - 'Ranch Retreat,' (March/April)

1995

Metropolitan Home - 'Hill Country Villa,' (November/December)

Metropolitan Home - 'A Family Affair' Fred A. Bernstein (May/June)

1991

Mell Lawrence Architects Founded - Austin, TX

Design Award - Texas Society of Architects: West Lynn Cafe

Design Excellence Award - City of Austin: West Lynn Cafe

Texas Architect - 'Neighborhood Service,' (February Cover Story)