ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, March 15, 1996 TAG: 9603150042
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: JOEL TURNER
Motley + Associates, a Roanoke architectural, interior design and planning firm, has won the Virginia Department of Education's annual award for new elementary school design.
The firm was cited for the Kipps Elementary School in Blacksburg in the Montgomery County school system. The school was recognized for its functional plan, design aesthetics, community use and response to the technology environment in Blacksburg.
Motley + Associates earlier won three statewide awards for the Kipps Elementary design from the Virginia Municipal League and Virginia School Boards Association and last year a first place in the religious and institutional category from the Virginia Masonry Council.
"What we are most proud of is that the schools have been constructed within statewide cost averages for school construction," said Ben Motley, president of the architecture firm.
"Good design doesn't have to cost more," Motley said. "We use durable, cost-effective materials in a creative way to create a pleasant learning environment for students, teachers and the community at large."
Motley + Associates are the architects for the Stonewall Jackson Middle renovation in Roanoke and the Northside auditorium, classroom and gymnasium project in Roanoke County. |-JOEL TURNER
The firm has won an award from the Virginia School Boards Association for architectural creativity for the Jackson renovation.
Sherertz Franklin Crawford Shaffner Inc., another Roanoke architectural, engineering, planning and interior design firm, won the Department of Education's award this year in the combined category for middle and high schools. The firm was cited for its design of the Forest Middle School in Bedford County. A year ago, SFCS won the Education Department's design award in the renovated school category for its work on Virginia Heights Elementary School in Roanoke.
LENGTH: Short : 46 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: This cheerful entrance greets students at Kippsby CNBElementary School in Blacksburg. color.