2026 | AIA-SA Residential Design Award

100 Labor received the Residential Design Award for a Multifamily Structure by The American Institute of Architects, San Antonio Chapter (AIA-SA). This design award is particularly meaningful because the project aligns with our decades of groundwork in local neighborhood restoration. Two buildings form a new gateway between the high-density development at adjacent Hemisfair and the small-scale legacy San Antonio neighborhood of Lavaca. The 100 Labor residential community restores vitality to a keystone parcel of land, adding desirable downtown housing.

Big Tex sidles up to the San Antonio River ecosystem restoration project, one of two major expansions to San Antonio’s famed River Walk. The buildings offset along the bend in the river, affording city skyline views. It energizes almost a half mile of reclaimed industrial acreage, transforming the site into prime riverbank real estate for apartments and restaurants. The Flats at Big Tex are directly adjacent to the Blue Star Arts Complex, a downtown draw.

Reimagining the next chapter for the c. 1929 Tower Life Building is a singular opportunity to leverage our decades of experience in the adaptive reuse of legacy buildings in downtown San Antonio. We are delighted at the prospect of bringing this landmark building into fresh focus: reintroducing the Tower Life as a premier downtown address and residential community.