90th CES earns two Air Force design awards Published Sept. 22, 2007 By Rhonda Frederici 90th Civil Engineer Squadron F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. -- The 90th Civil Engineer Squadron led Air Force Space Command with two United States Air Force design awards: merit award for landscape architecture for Circuit Park and an honor award for facility design in the historic stable renovation of Bldg. 321 in August. The area known as Circuit Park was first a part of an expansion effort for Fort D.A Russell around 1906 to 1910. In 1925, the secretary of the Army ordered all permanent posts to establish landscape development plans. S.R. DeBoer, a landscape architect from Denver, created a landscape development for the fort. He developed a planting plan for the area known as Circuit Park. The National Park Service called Mr. DeBoer a pioneer landscape architecture for his Circuit Park plans. His plan saw fruition in 2002. The new bandstand was built using the specifications of the original bandstand built in 1911 at a cost of $939. The 90th CES historic preservation team built the new bandstand. Some of the Air Force judges' remarks on the Circuit Park design included "Outstanding blend of built and natural elements create a welcome environment," "Use of native and low maintenance plant species along with existing plant material are key elements of sustainable development" and "Circuit Park features strike the right balance of functionality and beauty." The honor award for Bldg. 321 shows the adaptive use of a horse stable into an administrative building without losing the historic integrity of the building. The building uses the original timbers proposed in the design plan. The facility is architecturally significant to a historic military base, meeting requirements of AFSPC's excellence program and the secretary of interior's standards for treatment of historic properties.