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CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM
Houston, Texas

Client: William F. Stern & Associates
Construction Cost: $1.2M
Project Size: 18,000 square feet

Additions to the existing museum which include a new 680 square foot Education Resource Center, a low retaining wall, a new pond, new concrete seating, new sign/message poles, reworking sidewalk and stairs and replacement/repair of existing sidewalk. Project was featured on the cover of the May 4, 1997 edition of Zest Magazine and in the 9/10 1998 issue of Texas Architect.

photo by Christof Spieler, P.E.



SICARDI GALLERY
Houston, Texas

Client: Brave/Architecture
Construction Cost: $0.75M
Project Size: 5,000 square feet

Two-story gallery with a wood frame and structural slab.



DeSANTOS GALLERY
Houston, Texas

Client: Brave/Architecture
Construction Cost: $0.6M
Project Size: 4,000 square feet

Award-winning, three-story artist's loft and gallery.


R. B. TULLIS LIBRARY
New Caney, Texas

Client: Gingrich Associates Architects, Inc.
Construction Cost: $3.6M
Project Size: 32,000 square feet

New two-story, steel-framed library replacing original library.


LAPORTE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
LaPorte, Texas

Client: Hall Barnum Lucchesi Architects
Construction Cost: $2.0M
Project Size: 26,700 square feet

One-story Library facility with a Meeting Room, Conference Room, 4 Study Rooms, Reading Room, and a Children's Activity Room. The facility is a 23,100 square foot building with a 900 square foot porte-cochere, 900 square foot covered walkway, and 1800 square foot shade structures.


HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON-MEMORIAL ROOM
Houston, Texas

Client: Murphy Mears Architects
Awards: AIA Houston, Interior Architecture, Honor Award
Publications: AIA PERSPECTIVE, March 1997, Design Awards Program

"Wall of Tears" Memorial tastefully created within the Holocaust Museum to provide a quiet area for reflection.

photo courtesy of Murphy Mears Architects