A dozen structures designed by architects practicing in the Houston metropolitan area stand out as the best works this year — with most of the projects right here in the Bayou City -—in a prestigious design competition.

AIA Houston recently made the announcement during its annual Design Awards ceremony, held at the Petroleum Club of Houston this year.

Photographs of the winning projects will be featured in an exhibition opening July 31 in collaboration with the 2014 Student Biennial at Architecture Center Houston, 315 Capitol St., Suite 120.

Jurors Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA (Cooper Joseph Studio, New York City); Matt Kreilich, AIA (Snow Kreilich Architects, Minneapolis); and Jing Liu (SO - IL, Brooklyn) deliberated the more than 100 submittals to declare this year's winners.

Click through the slide show to see the best in residential and interior creations, restoration, renovation and urban design as described in the proposals.

Morris Architects

Lone Star College EMI - University Park

Architecture greater than 50,000 square feet

Architectural design team: Dean Barnes, AIA; Andy MacPhillimy, AIA; William Truitt, AIA; Qeturah Williams, AIA; and Marsha Bowden, AIA

The loosely wooded site of Lone Star College, an existing late '70s corporate campus organized formally but without spatial relationships, now operates as a community college. The new 70,000-square-foot Engineering and Manufacturing Institute is designed to take typical suburban office park construction into an integrated classroom and lab space.