Southwest Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/region/southwest/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Thu, 23 May 2024 21:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Greg Esparza pushes the ecological envelope with Cross Cabin in Austin https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/greg-esparza-ecological-envelope-cross-cabin-austin/ Wed, 22 May 2024 20:30:43 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376561 Designed by Moontower founding co-partner Greg Esparza for his young family, Cross Cabin in Austin prioritizes plant-based products, from its cork-clad, cross-laminated timber enclosure and interior walls to the use

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Janusz Design doubles a Houston home with sensitivity and saturation https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/janusz-design-houston-home-sensitivity-saturation/ Wed, 15 May 2024 13:26:14 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376138 Considered the first suburb of Houston, the Houston Heights neighborhood is where homeowners Michelle White and Haden Garrett purchased their starter home in 2011: a 1,000-square-foot Sears kit bungalow with plenty of historic

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The Commons at Hermann Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Marlon Blackwell Architects opens in Houston https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/the-commons-hermann-park-michael-van-valkenburgh-marlon-blackwell/ Tue, 07 May 2024 19:54:50 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375607 In Houston, tucked up against the eastern edge of Rice University is Hermann Park, a 445-acre greenspace that annually attracts six million visitors. The bucolic milieu designed by George E.

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Lake|Flato and HR&A release master plan for Panther Island in Fort Worth, Texas https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/lakeflato-hra-release-master-plan-panther-island/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:32:03 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375264 In Texas, just beyond Fort Worth’s city center lies a 450-acre site called Panther Island. The landmass is surrounded by Panther Lake and Trinity River. It’s home to a few

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In Arizona, Johnston Marklee unveils Ray Phoenix—Dasha Zhukova’s third “arts-inspired” housing venture https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/johnston-marklee-unveils-ray-phoenix/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:04:25 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374507 In Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row Arts District, Johnston Marklee is designing multifamily housing with Ray, a real estate company founded by Dasha Zhukova. Ray Phoenix is the third major real estate project

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Phase two of the Rothko Chapel’s campus expansion plan by ARO and Nelson Byrd Woltz breaks ground in Houston https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/phase-two-rothko-chapel-campus-breaks-ground-houston/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:16:22 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374610 Rothko lovers: Take note. Shovels broke ground in Houston this week on phase two of the Opening Spaces campus plan, a $42-million, multi-year restoration and expansion of the world famous

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CCY Architects and Post Company contextualize Aspen modernism for new hotel https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/ccy-architects-post-company-aspen-modernism-hotel/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:05:01 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374598 In 1945, Walter Paepcke began buying up property in Aspen, Colorado, with a goal—inspired by the ideology of Walter Gropius—to both preserve the mountain site’s natural beauty and to modernize.

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Side Angle Side delivers an interior for Tiny Grocer and Bureau de Poste in Austin’s Hyde Park https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/side-angle-side-tiny-grocer-bureau-de-poste-austin/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:23:55 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374365 In Austin, local architects Side Angle Side and Thoughtbarn collaborated on a new location for Tiny Grocer, a boutique grocery store, and a small French bistro called Bureau de Poste.

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Demolition request for Al Beadle’s White Gates residence in Phoenix is withdrawn https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/demolition-al-beadle-white-gates-residence-withdrawn/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:01:53 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374148 At 4918 East White Gates Drive in Phoenix, Arizona, architect Al Beadle’s influence on midcentury modern architecture remains on full view, at least for now. The 1957 residence rang in

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In Houston, BIG and Skanska promote sustainability with new tower 1550 on the Green https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/houston-big-skanska-1550-on-the-green/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:56:05 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374089 One of Houston’s newest office buildings is also supposed to be its most sustainable. The project uses the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3)—a database that allows designers to track

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