The Alamodome is synonymous with the San Antonio skyline, and as the building celebrates 30 years this May, the story behind its planning and design is an architectural feat.
“There was a great deal of competition to get the project. Several teams that included ourselves and national consultants were part of the project. And the competition went on for a couple of months, and we had to present to city council several times,” said Greg Houston, partner at The San Antonio-based firm designed the plans for the Alamodome more than 30 years ago when the project was called the San Antonio Multipurpose Stadium Facility.
Houston was a junior architect working on the project at the time and remembers the firm had to get creative with the space. Houston said the cable-supported truss system that transferred into the primary mass system had not been done in the United States before. The firm not only had to think outside the box with the design but go outside the country.
The design and planning for the Alamodome took under two years, and 30 years later, Marmon Mok is still behind all of the building’s renovations. At the time, it was the biggest project the firm had.
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