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Scott Ziegler, AIA, of Ziegler Cooper, announces a new project, a 12-story, 340 unit, 840,000 sf condominium and parking garage, Raveneaux Place, at Champion Forest Drive and Cypresswood.

Webb Architects is pleased to announce that Joseph Maytum, Associate AIA, has joined the firm as an Associate. The firm's new suite number at 3701 Kirby is 916.

Current residential projects by Michael John Smith Lighting Consultants include homes in Telluride, CO, and Santa Fe, NM, and the lighting and control systems for five large smart houses, including one in Dallas and four in Houston. Current liturgical projects include St. Vincent's Catholic Church with Ray Bailey Architects, St. Basil's Catholic Church with SDT Architects, and St. Anthony of Padua with Jackson & Ryan Architects.

Browne Penland McGregor Architects announces that Tim Pegel, AIA, has joined the firm as Director of Healthcare Marketing and Jesse Sustaita has joined the firm as Intern. The firm has been awarded a contract with Digital Gene Technologies to assist in the programming, planning and design of expanded office and laboratory facilities in La Jolla, CA.

Peter G. Doyle, FAIA, has joined the Mathis Group, Inc., directing the firm's pre-construction services and business development efforts, and acting as principal-in-charge of selected projects.

Gotsdiner Architects has moved to 5712 Valverde, Suite 300 (77057). Their new phone number is 713/952-2828 and the new fax is 713/952-5335.

Michael A. Shirley, AIA, has joined 3D/International as a Senior Vice President and Director of Design.

Jackson & Ryan Architects is pleased to announce new staff member Meredith McCree. The firm has been selected as the architect for the Arizona Humane Society's Campus for Compassion and for the TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Austin and Birmingham.

M2L Associates has teamed with Hermes and Reed Architects to provide master plan services for a mixed-use, 104 area tract of land at Beltway 8 and Westheimer. M2L Associates is celebrating its fifth year in business providing landscape architecture services.

Gordon Smith, Scott Tucker, and Mike McSwain have joined PageSoutherlandPage Architects as project managers. Other additions are Anthony Wright, programmer, and Brice Wilborn, mechanical engineering designer. Kurt Neubek, AIA, CFM, Director of Strategic Consulting at PageSoutherlandPage spoke at the October OnLine Learning '99 Conference and Expo in Los Angeles.

William F. Stern and Associates announces a new partnership and a new name: Stern and Bucek Architects.

Ken Harry, AIA, has been appointed to the City of Houston's Building and Standards Commission.

Morris Architects has been chosen to create a facility in Orlando that is visually related to the history of the original Walt Disney Feature Animation Studio campus in Burbank, CA.

The Menil Foundation has selected Craig Hughes, AIA, of Hughes Building & Design to provide architectural renovation services for the de Menil residence. The firm is also completing a 5,600 sf residential design/build project at 5622 Buffalo Speedway and will begin construction on two design/build residences on Oberlin and Marquette in West University Place.

SJKB's design of the Bovay Scout Ranch outside Navasota features a rustic Texas theme for the 1,400-acre, master-planned facility.

Llewelyn-Davies Sahni, Inc. is pleased to announce the following new major projects and commissions: Theater District Master Plan, Diagnostic Systems Laboratories renovation and new facility, Nathdwara Temple, Metropolitan Community Church, Buffalo Bayou Trails, and the Savjani Residence, Clear Lake, in coordination with Val Glitsch Architects. Blanca Vidaurri has been promoted to Marketing Assistant and Ross Culbertson has been added to the architecture and planning team.

House Reh Burwell Architects announces the following additions: Artis L. Brodie, Director of Marketing, John F. Knowles, AIA, Principal, and Tracy E. Lee, Director of Interiors. The firm recently completed architectural design services for The Reserve at Westchase, a three-building office park in west Houston. Chandrakant Patel, AIA, is House Reh Burwell's project manager.

The Arch Award (sponsored by CADeShack), recognizing excellence in the use of the ArchiCAD 6.0 Virtual Building Process, was presented to seven local firms: Kirksey and Partners, McCleary/German, Michael Gaertner & Associates, Facilities Design International, Ziegler Cooper, The OwneRep Group, and Collins Architects.

SWH Group Architects won three design awards for architectural excellence in the 1999 TASA/TASB Exhibition of School Architecture for Pflugerville ISD's Copperfield Elementary.

Wallace/Garcia + Associates has promoted Fred T. Wilson, Jr. to Associate Architect and recently received a Merit Award at the 1999 Pacific Coast Builders Conference.

The University of Houston Downtown Academic Student Services Building and the Texas Southern University's Jesse H. Jones School of Business were profiled in the 1999 Educational Interior Showcase issue of American School & University magazine. The entry was submitted by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville for this annual publication honoring education interior design excellence.

Teresa L. Darr, AIA announces that Accessibility Check has received a contract from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to review and inspect publicly funded projects, as well as privately funded projects, for compliance with the Texas Accessibility Standards.




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Worrell Design Group has been retained by Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, to redesign dining facilities at Willard and Sargent Halls. In collaboration with Jackson & Ryan Architects, they are presently engaged in the design of the new banquet and ballroom dining facilities for The Woodlands Conference Center and Resort.

Brookstone Corporation has been selected as the general contractor for the renovation and expansion of Continental Airlines' in-flight training facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The $2.2 million project is designed by Spencer Partnership Interiors.






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