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Recognition
O’Neil Ford Medal for Design Achievement
Cornerstone Award
Sinclair Black, FAIA
George B. Hernández Jr.
Austin
San Antonio
Visionary architect, urban designer, planner, educator, and author Sinclair Black,
FAIA, is principal of Black + Motal, formerly Black + Vernooy, and professor
emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. For more than
50 years, Black has contributed signiocantly to the breadth of the built environment
in Central Texas through a body of work that collectively blurs the boundaries
between architecture and urban design. Among his many notable projects are:
the Great Streets Master Plan, Cedar Street Courtyard, State Theatre renovation, Texas Commission for the Blind, and Nature Center in Austin; work on San
Antonio9s River North Master Plan; and his founding and leadership of Reconnect
Austin. Black has been a relentless advocate for the public good throughout his
career, always working to educate residents, developers, and city councils about the
bigger picture. As a collaborator with other architects on the urban scale, he has
promoted the
