Vote for People’s Choice Orchid and Onion

September 8, 2014

SDSU Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union - Orchid nominee for architecture

Get out the vote for People’s Choice Orchid and Onion for the 2014 AIA Orchid and Onion Awards. This year the SDSU Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, for which we provided FF&E services, is up for a people’s choice award and anyone can vote for this category! Vote now to have your vote heard! [voting now closed] http://fluidsurveys.com/s/OO2014/ and check out this cute promo video:

About the project:
SDSU Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union - Orchid nominee for architecture
SDSU Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union – Orchid nominee for architecture

ID Studios provided full FF&E services for the new SDSU Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union. It provides SDSU students, faculty, staff and visitors with a state-of-the-art environment to study, socialize dine and relax. As part of the project, the university is pursuing a LEED Platinum certification, which will make it the first facility in the California State University system with this distinction. The new building, twice the size of the old facility, houses government affairs, business services, financial services, administration, recreation facilities, meeting spaces, study lounges, three new cafés, a convenience store, retail banking services, and a pub/grill. The project was designed utilizing the California “Mission-style Revival” vernacular of the SDSU campus.

About Orchids and Onions:

Orchids & Onions is an educational and fundraising program of the San Diego Architectural Foundation, a 501(c)3, nonprofit organization dedicated to education and the promotion of outstanding architecture, planning and urban design throughout the San Diego region.

Orchids & Onions is the only interactive, community-based program geared towards raising awareness and encouraging practical discourse in response to San Diego’s built environment. The success of the program relies heavily upon the citizens of San Diego; public nominations and feedback about the nominations published on the O&O website are integral to planning, growth and future development of our city.