The Oak Forest Neighborhood Library in Houston, Texas was among six libraries to receive an AIA/ALA design award on July 2, 2013. The renovation and addition was designed by a collaboration of three small firms including UH CoA Associate Professor Donna Kacmar, FAIA, and her firm, Architect Works, Inc., along with Natalye Appel + Associates Architects and James Ray Architects. This is the 50th year of the joint program of the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association. The design program, offered every two years, encourages excellence in the architectural design and planning of libraries, the AIA and the ALA created this award to distinguish accomplishments in library architecture. It is open to all library building projects designed by architects licensed in the United States and built anywhere in the world.