From the 2025 Architectural Portfolio: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Education Center

The jury awarded the project a Citation in the Specialized Buildings category for its exemplary design.

Key Highlights

  • The facility promotes community engagement, education, and cultural preservation within the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe.
  • The Tribal Library offers quiet reading areas, storytelling spaces, and study zones for elders and youth alike.

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Education Center in Livingston, Texas, is a metal-framed building that contains four functions: Head Start School, Education Department, Youth Services Department, and the Tribal Library. The Tribal Library is designed to be a social hub for the Tribal community by providing quiet reading and storytelling spaces for elders as well as individual and group study spaces for the youth. In addition to housing the services provided by these four entities, the Education Center also provides a gym/auditorium as a community activity space for meetings, presentations, banquets and other social activities.

Read more about the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Education Center and view a photo gallery at SchoolDesigns.com.

Sign up for our eNewsletters
Get the latest news and updates