Member Survey On Line
By now you have received by email or the US Postal Service a one page, ten question survey of your reasons for being a member of AIA Houston. If you have not already done so, and many have, please complete and send yours back ASAP. We will be shipping the responses off to Allegiance for Associations for compilation on July 15 and need to be as complete as possible.
The results of this survey will give the Board, committees, and staff a better handle on what you want from the organization and how you are prepared to contribute to its activities. We are not as interested in what percentage of the membership looks to AIA Houston for relevant information that can't be found, or found as easily, elsewhere as we are in who looks to us for that information. That's the reason that your name is important. After the responses have been analyzed, we will code your member record so that we can send you the mail you want, the invitations you are likely to say yes to, the opportunities for service that you would like to respond to and not bother you with the rest. When an issue arises before the legislature that affects architects and we want to encourage communication with the state legislators, we'll know who is most likely to write that letter or make that phone call. As we develop our Continuing Education to accommodate varying levels of responsibility and experience, we will know better how to plan and where to send the detailed description of the seminar.
Please help make this as close to 100% response as is possible to get. If you have mislaid your survey, call Martha at the Chapter office (713/520-0155) or email martha and another will be on its way to you.
Members in the News
P&W Architects is pleased to announce the addition of John R. Smart, AIA, as Director of Design, Steven C. Schultz, AIA, Karen Killingsworth, AIA, Charles Hamel, ASIA and Frank Marquez.
Worrell Design Group recently completed foodservice planning and design with
Bricker + Cannady Architects on the University of Houston's Recreation and Wellness Center. The firm also recently completed foodservice design to remodel West Houston Medical Center's dining facility, as well as planning, design and construction phase service for the newly completed DePelchin Center, designed by Gensler.
3D/International Inc. of Houston has recently acquired EFT Architects and Construction Supervisors of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc. have moved to a new office at 2925 Briar Park Drive, Houston, 77042.
Browne Penland McGregor Stephens Architects, Inc. is happy to announce completion of the renovation and expansion of Digital Gene Technologies' 40,000 square-foot offices and laboratories in La Jolla, California.
Gensler is pleased to announce that Jerry Gehm, AIA, has joined Gensler-Houston bringing more than 20 years of experience.
Merriman Holt Architects announces the completion and dedication of the Rights of Passage Building for Covenant House Texas. The 22,000 sf building will provide living and learning facilities for young people. MHA also recognizes the following firm leaders named Associate: Michelle Carter, Jose Fernandez, Aaron Jones, and Jim Powell.
Fernando L. Brave, AIA, announces the opening of Brave/Architecture, an A/E firm dedicated to commercial, institutional and high-end residential design. B/A, a multidisciplinary design firm, also provides interior design, planning, visual communications, graphic and industrial design services. 4500 Montrose, Suite D, Houston, 77006; 713/524-5858 voice; 713/524-5868 fax; www.bravearchitecture.com.
Strategis-CRESA, Real Estate Advisors, is pleased to announce the creation of its Project Management Group. Leading this group, as Senior Director, is our newest team member H. Davis Mayfield III, AIA.
John M. Haskew, AIA, has joined FKP Architects as Project Manager and Senior Associate. Gin Kappler has joined as Interior Design Manager in the firm's Interiors group. FKP Architects, Inc. has also recently been awarded the Children's Medical Center of Dallas contract to develop the next phase of expansion at the hospital's main campus. Heading the team are Paul Gloriod, AIA, Ed Huckaby, AIA, and Benjamin Larance, AIA.
Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects, Inc. will be featured in the May/June issue of Texas Architect Magazine for their renovation of the 1937 residence at 2337 Blue Bonnet, Houston.
EDI Architecture, Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of the office of the Consulate of Angola. The 5,550 sf suite is located in the Galleria area.
Morris Architects has acquired the interior design practice of Irvine Associates, a well known corporate interior architectural and project management firm. This allows Irvine to concentrate its practice solely on Project Management.
m ARCHITECTS is pleased to announce the addition of Tim Murray, Associate AIA. Tim will manage production and will have a significant role in new business development.
Hunter Moody Architects has completed architectural design and construction is underway on 80,000 sf for Allstate Insurance at 1500 Citywest.
PDG Architects was awarded $27 million in renovations for seven HISD elementary schools and one middle school. Additionally, PDG Architects recently completed documentation for improvements to J.M. Gross Elementary School. This project involved renovations and a 32,000 sf addition including 17 classrooms, cafeteria, and kitchen increasing the student population to 850.
PBK Architects, Inc. is the recipient of two awards for "Outstanding Architecture and Design in Education" from School Planning & Management Magazine's Education Design Showcase. The two projects selected for awards were the Branch Crossing Junior High School in the Conroe ISD, and Barbers Hill High School in the Barbers Hill ISD.
SHW Group, Inc. welcomes Danny Nowak, AIA, to the team as well as Barbara van der Heydt, AIA, as senior Educational Facility Programmer.
In Memoriam
Lavone Dickensheets Andrews, a long-time resident of Houston, died in her home on June 4, 2002. A graduate of Beverly Hills High School in 1929, she then moved to Houston to enroll in the architectural program at Rice Institute where she received her Bachelor's degree in 1933. Although a hundred students had begun the program with her, she was one of five to receive their graduate degrees in Architecture in 1935. She was the only woman to earn that degree. After serving as an apprentice in the office of John Staub, Mrs. Andrews opened her own office in 1938. At first, her interest was in residential architecture, but she expanded her practice to design schools, health facilities and office buildings. As an indication of her pioneering accomplishments, when she was licensed by the State of Texas in 1938, she was issued a pre-printed certificate which still read that "he" had the qualifications to practice architecture. She became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1943, and was made a Fellow in the AIA in 1977. In the 1960s, she restored Knappogue Castle, a medieval castle in Ireland, which she and her husband owned. Based on the excellence of her work, she was made a member of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland, which was an unusual honor for an American or a woman at that time. That restoration won the An Taisce Award for architectural excellence in Ireland and the Europa Nostra Award for important restoration of a European monument. In 1994, she was made a Fellow in the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland. In addition to her practice, Mrs. Andrews was an active lecturer on architecture and design. In the 1950s, she gave her first series of lectures at Pratt Institute and the Parson's School of Design in New York. Her last lecture was to the Architectural Department of Texas A&M in 1994.
Affiliates in the News
Brookstone has been selected as the general contractor for Cy-Fair Christian Academy's new campus on Telge Road in Cyress, Texas. The 24,000 sf facilities will include classrooms, administrative offices, computer and science labs, a library, kitchen, recreational pavilion and multi-purpose room.
D.E. Harvey Builders, Inc. has been chosen by Congregation Beth Israel of Houston to complete the renovation of its 100,000 sf facility and 30,000 sf new addition. The firm also just completed the construction of the 125,000 M-I, LLC Worldwide Headquarters building in the Westchase district. In addition, D.E. Harvey is pleased to welcome Paul Waller as Project Manager of the Interiors Group and Dennis Kikolla has been named Director of Interior Operations.
Klotz Associates, Inc. announces the addition of Michael A. Feeney, PE, as Project Manager, and David L. Justice, PE, as Manager of the Transportation Division in the consulting engineering firm's Houston office.
Haltner & Associates, Inc., HAI Construction, and Workspaces, Inc. announce the purchase and restoration of Fire Station No. Four, built in 1941 at the corner of South Shepherd and Banks Street.
Walter P. Moore is pleased to announce some new corporate titles: Matt Feagins, Wes French, Tom Merkle, and Kurtis Young to Senior Associate; Brenda Aschliman, Fadi Dally, Tim Ewing, David Finklea, Scott Gauthier, Jacob Gonzalez, Michael Grossman, Daron Hester, Lynell Linton, Bassem Nassif, Kris Tarman, David Tennies, Matt Thiel, Troy Tindal, Blanca Velazquerz, Ted Vuong, Don Wathke, Calvin White, and Karim Zulligar to Associate. Robert C. Field, PE, of Walter P. Moore & Associates, has received the
LEED™ Professional Accreditation from the US Green Building
Council.
Turner Collie & Braden Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Daron K. Butler to executive vice president of land development. In his new assignment, Butler will oversee all land development activities.
Richard A. Morris has been named Executive Vice President and elected to the Board of Directors for Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. Morris has been with the firm since 1990 and is responsible for managing Smith Seckman Reid's Southwestern Division, including offices in Houston and Phoenix.
