Boston Valley Project Wins A Facade Tectonics Institute 2025 Vitruvian Award
Our team at Boston Valley Terra Cotta is honored to announce that we will be awarded the Facade Tectonics Institute’s 2025 Vitruvian Honors & Awards in the “New Facade – Low Rise” category for the Orange County Museum of Art project.
Designed by Thom Mayne, founding partner of Morphosis, OCMA’s signature gesture is the intricate curves of its exterior. A distinctive façade featuring undulating bands of terra cotta wraps around the building and continues inside, beckoning visitors to enter. Boston Valley worked closely with Morphosis to help rationalize their façade design for the most efficient production, guided by a shared willingness to push the forming capabilities of the material.
The museum represents a successful collaboration between the multiple partners that worked to achieve this unique structure, including architect Morphosis; structural engineer John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.; façade engineer Walter P. Moore; as well as Best Contracting and Clark Construction.
The awards ceremony and reception take place at the Center for Architecture in New York City on September 18, 2025. The keynote speaker will be Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AB BD+C, CDT, FTI Fellow, Professor & Distinguished Chair for Resilient Places at the University of Utah’s School of Architecture.
The Vitruvian Honors & Awards program celebrates excellence and innovation in the design and delivery of building façades. The program recognizes outstanding projects, project teams, and individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the design, engineering, fabrication, installation, and lifecycle performance of building envelopes. These achievements reflect Facade Tectonics Institute’s mission to advance the art, science, and technology of high-performance façades for the benefit of both people and the planet.
