Sandcastle Contest '09: Awards List

The Sandcastle Contest is a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, and elementary school students to craft the most impressive creations of the imagination. Leap's major fundraising event of the year, it is the largest sandcastle building contest in Northern California.

Here are this year's winners. Congratulations to them all!

Best of Show: Site # 3: Swinerton Builders, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Rooftop Elementary School

Best Participation of Leap Kids Gold: Site #7: Ryan Associates, Sutro Architects and Miraloma Elementary School

Best Participation of Leap Kids Silver: Site #9: FME Architecture + Design, GCI General Contractors, Young Office Solutions and Spruce Elementary School

Best Participation of Leap Kids Bronze: Site #13: Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, Cahill Contractors, Inc and George Peabody School

Best Sand Craft Gold: Site #19: SmithGroup Inc., HererroBoldt, Degenkolb and Baywood Elementary School

Best Sand Craft Silver: Site #6: Kim Sykes Architects, Johanna Street Architects, Centric Construction and Jefferson Elementary School

Best Sand Craft Bronze: Site #18: Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, NBBJ Architects, Anning Johnson Company and Alamo Elementary School

Most Original: Site #15: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc., Hensel Phelps Construction Company, PARADIGM Structural Engineers, Pivot Interiors and Claire Lillienthal Elementary School

Most Imaginative: Site #8: Architectural Resources Group, Skanska USA Building, HKS Architects Inc. and John Yehall Elementary

Best “Feel Good” Sandcastle: Site #16: BCCI Construction Company, Interior Architects, Coordinated Resources, Inc. and Spring Valley Elementary School

Best Nursery Rhyme: Site #5: SMCCV IPD Team and McKinley Elementary School

Best Integration of the Theme: Site #2: Blach Construction, BAR Architects and Sacred Heart Nativity School

Most Massive: Site #11: Butler Armsden Architects, Dijeau Poage Construction, Inc., GFDS Engineers and George Peabody Elementary School

Best Message: Site #4: Perkins + Will, XL Construction and Sutro Elementary School

Best Water Engineering: Site #20: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Rudolph & Sletten Inc., WSP Flack & Kurtz and Ocean Shore Elementary School

Best Integration of Nature and Structure: Site #22: NicholsBooth Architects, R.N. Field Construction and Sunnyside Elementary School

Best Expression: Site #21: Anshen+Allen, Webcor Builders and Central Elementary School

Best Character Interpretation: Site #14: DPR, Gensler and Ulloa Elementary School

Best Diversity of Children’s Classics: Site #17: EHDD Architecture, Nibbi Brothers General Contractors and Bret Harte Elementary School

Most Imaginative Engineering: Site #10: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., HDR Architects and Lakeshore Elementary School

Most Terrific: Site #1: Turner Construction, Pollack Architecture, SideMark Corporation, Union Bank and Francis Scott Key Elementary School

Best Team Work: Site #12: Dome Construction, RMW Architecture & Interiors, Forell, Elsesser Engineers Inc. and Edison Charter Academy

(Download a PDF Awards List)

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