Torre Wins National Award of Excellence in Construction
March 29, 2022
Rhode Partners is excited to announce that Torre has won a national Award of Excellence Pyramid Award in Construction from ABC, Associate Builders and Contractors. These awards honor the year’s most outstanding construction projects and contractors for their remarkable accomplishments in leadership, safety, innovation and diversity. We were in good company for the project with Rogers O’Brien Construction and Parallel.
Torre is a unique 18-story student housing project located at the southwest corner of 21st Street and Nueces Street in the heart of the West Campus neighborhood of UT Austin. The tower’s dynamic, tiered composition arose in response to the specific zoning constraints and program requirements. A 62-degree setback on the north side of the building as well as an even distribution of townhomes and flats informs this layered approach, with each strata representing a shift in program while directly responding to the zoning setback plane.
Key to this project are the skip corridor interior configurations. By removing the corridor at alternating levels at the townhome tiers in the upper floors, double-height living rooms with large windows capture the would-be circulation space, creating a spacious and unique living area while maximizing rentable square footage. Oversized terraces are included at these levels, making up the tower’s tiered composition and providing more leisure space for residents.
The building is crowned with an angular screen that reflects the playfulness of the various indoor/outdoor amenity spaces that inhabit it, which feature stunning downtown views.
