COLUMBUS U.S. LAND PORT OF ENTRY

Location: Columbus, New Mexico

Owner: U.S. General Services Administration

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A port of entry from Mexico to a small New Mexican village made famous by Pancho Villa's incursion more than a century ago, this entirely new facility echoes traditional colors of New Mexico and the Chihuahuan desert. Interiors are flooded with diffused north light from clerestories, and landscaping creates a park-like atmosphere.

2022 Honor Award for Architecture, U.S. General Services Administration || 2022 Honor Award for Landscape Architecture, U.S. General Services Administration || 2022 AIA Corpus Christi Award of Excellence || 2020 Brick in Architecture Award || 2020 AIA COTE Top Ten Award || 2020 Texas Society of Architects’ Design Award || 2020 AIA New Mexico Honor Award