Awards, honors and nominations

The opening of Oklahoma Contemporary's new facilities generated great buzz and a ton of awards for our architectural firm, Rand Elliott Associates, and for our organization as a whole. Awards from 2020 and beyond listed alphabetically below, including being named one of USA Today's Best New Museums, nominated for an LCD New Cultural Destination and Architecture Masterprize, hitting a ton of "best of" lists for 2020-21 and winning a Creative Placemaking Award from Paseo Arts Association.

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AIA Central Oklahoma Design Awards | 2022 Honor Award, Excellence in Craft

AIA Central Oklahoma Design Awards | 2020 Honor Award, Large Commercial Architecture

AIA Central States Region Excellence in Design Awards | 2021 Merit Award

AIA Oklahoma Design Awards | 2021 Merit Award

American Architecture Award | 2021 Best New Museum and Cultural Building

American Council of Engineering Companies | 2020 Nebraska Honor Award

Architect’s Newspaper | 2020 Best of Design Editor’s Pick

Architecture Masterprize 2020 | Cultural Architecture

Architizer | 2021 A+Awards Finalist Architecture+Facades

Blueprint Awards Shortlist 2020 | Best Public-Use Project (Privately Funded)

Dezeen | Top 10 U.S. Architecture Projects of 2020