Texas A&M Early Childhood Development Center
Corpus Christi, TX

This center's design addresses both cognitive and physical learning. This full time school for ages three years through third grade is a powerful active learning environment. It has large window areas offering views of incoming ocean ships from all over the world. Gardens, interactive exhibits, and dance and music, combine with creative playgrounds for a "three dimensional textbook". Architect of Record/Design Architect: ROFDW; Assoc. Architect: Turney Hickey

Motorola Child
Learning Center
Fort Worth, TX

The Motorola Child Learning Center can serve 172 children. Year-round care is provided for infants through kindergarten. Employees with five to ten-year-olds can utilize the summer camp and holiday care programs. Large rooms are divided by half height walls with triangular shapes and windows, and a two-story atrium allows indoor play during hot Texas summers, rainy days and parenting classes. Design Architect: ROFDW; Architect of Record: HOK Architects

USAA Child
Development Center
San Antonio, TX

Adjacent to the USAA main campus, this facility provides full-time care for 252 children, infant through pre-school ages. It has two wings extending from a brightly decorated entry. A large indoor playroom doubles as a large meeting room for staff and parent functions. There are four separate fenced outdoor play areas including a covered patio and outdoor classroom space. Design Architect: ROFDW; Architect of Record: Marmon Mok

Vogel Alcove
Dallas, TX

Vogel Alcove serves 102 children whose families are homeless and has a capacity for 120. Completed in 84 days, this project was an effort to give back to the community. Design elements include painting the understructure of the roof for the interior corridor and hanging twinkling white lights to simulate starlight. Also, the children were invited to decorate 4x4 ceramic wall tiles which became the wainscot adjacent to the multipupose indoor play area. Design Architect: ROFDW

USAA Child Development Center Regional Office
Colorado Springs, CO
Tampa, FL - Norfolk, VA
Sacramento, CA

Using prototypical classroom design, these centers are configured for the site conditions and capacity requirements. Playground designs  offer age - appropriate equipment to enhance explorations of the environment. All of USAA's facilities contain Almost Well Care for children with non -  communicable diseases. Design Architect: ROFDW; Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. - VA and CO, Spillis Candella & Partners - FL, English Harper Reta Architects - CA

Boeing Family Center
Everett, WA

Located beside a dense evergreen forest, this center has the capability of serving 208 children from infancy through pre-school. This building is configured into three wings - infant, transition and pre-school - which are connected by a commons area. Use of the native forest colors throughout and floor - to - ceiling glass enclosures at the end of each wing of the building blend the interior to the external surroundings. Design Architect: ROFDW; Architect of Record: The Austin Company

Dealy Child Development Center - Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, TX

Dealy Child Development Center is located on a gently sloping site near a small pond, among a number of large native trees. The new center houses the child care functions for hospital staff, as well as the KidMed program for mildly ill children, which is open to the public. The expanded center accommodates up to 306 children, in 24 classrooms, and operates two shifts in order to meet hospital staff needs. Design Architect: ROFDW

Galleria Child
Development Center
Dallas, TX

Gerald D. Hines Interests incorporated a facility at their mixed-use development, The Galleria. The Center accommodates 152 children, from infants to kindergarten, in a park-like setting between two office towers. Construction of the center was accomplished in approximately five months through the intensive cooperative effort of the developer, contractor, architect and childcare provider. Design Architect: ROFDW