Courtyard Residence on Del Monte view from northeast
Bonney Brier Residence Lily Pond
South Boulevard Residence gardens
Among the Curtis & Windham gardens included are Bonney Brier Gardens, West Lane Gardens, South Boulevard Gardens, and Del Monte Courtyard Gardens. South Boulevard and West Lane both create new garden spaces with respect to their historic pasts while Del Monte and Bonney Brier offer contrast in scale, context, language, and formality. The exhibit runs through July 18.
In their new book, Alireza Sagharchi and Lucien Steil consider the contemporary practice of traditional architecture through a collection of more than 130 projects from master architects from around the world. In clouded in the book, called Traditional Architecture Curtis & Windham’s Immaculate Conception Church and the River Oaks Boulevard Garden Pavilion are included.
Dering Hall takes us through Longwood Farm, a residence and country estate that draws upon English roots for an elegant yet comfortable country home in Texas.
Two gardens and houses by Curtis & Windham will be featured on the tour along with others representing the great variety of garden design happening in Houston today. 18 West Lane is a contemporary garden whose design showcases a wonderful modern sculpture collection and a renovated 1950s era Bolton and Barnstone house. The house and gardens at 3965 Del Monte are representative of a more formal French influence with fanciful menagerie of animal sculptures and garden rooms.
Woodland Menagerie at Del Monte
Entry Court at West Lane
Parterre Garden at Del Monte
Raised Lawn and Sculpture at West Lane Gardens
Entry Court and Bosque at West Lane
The Garden Conservancy’s mission is to preserve America’s exceptional gardens for public enjoyment and education. The money raised by the 2014 Houston Open Day goes to benefit Peckerwood Gardens in Hempstead. Peckerwood is one of a select few gardens to be a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy and is known as “a living laboratory of plants in the heart of Texas”.
Bill Curtis is this year’s featured lecturer at the Gregg County Historical Museum’s architecture lecture series in Longview, Texas. “Building on Tradition” will illustrate and discuss the principals of traditional architecture that are at the core of Curtis & Windham’s work. The first lecture will take place on Thursday, February 20th at 2:00 pm with a second lecture following at 7:00pm. Both will be held at the Gregg County Historical Museum, 218 N. Fredonia Street, Longview. Admission is free although seating is limited. The architecture lecture series is sponsored by the Gregg County Historical Museum along with the AIA Northeastern Chapter and the City of Longview Cultural Activities Advisory Commission.
