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Portland-based DOWA-IBI Group Architects has earned international recognition for careful consideration of student and community input while designing Trillium Creek Primary School in West Linn.

The firm received the James D. MacConnell Award from the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Council of Educational Facilities Planners International for contributions to the $15.9 million West Linn-Wilsonville School District project. DOWA-IBI Group accepted the award earlier this month during the organization’s annual conference, in Portland at the Oregon Convention Center.

A jury of planners, architects and other design and construction industry professionals unanimously selected the project for the award, said Barbara Worth, CEFPI director of strategic and private development. The honor emphasizes school planning that improves the places where children learn, and the Trillium Creek fit the bill perfectly, she said.

鈥淭his was a testament to what we believe in, which is collaborative planning,鈥� she said.

Jury members were particularly impressed with DOWA-IBI Group staffers’ efforts to find out what students would like to see in the school, which was completed in 2012. Students’ feedback that made it into the final design included a slide in the school library.

鈥淚t’s just a truly incredible school and they very much engaged the community in the school,鈥� Worth said.

DOWA-IBI Group Architects was one of four finalists for the MacConnell Award. Mahlum Architects, which has offices in Portland and Seattle, also was a finalist for its work on Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary School in Bainbridge Island, Wash.