Houston’s Top Five
December 07, 2013
Houstonia Magazine profiles their top five residential architects; Curtis & Windham’s Del Monte Residence & Gardens is featured.
A Case Against Gutting: From Sign of the Times
October 15, 2013
In the article “When Renovating Means Erasing the Past,” that appeared in Sign of the Times, author Harry Mount makes a poignant case against the gutting of historical properties throughout the world in the quest for “white box space.”
2013 John Staub Award Winner
September 07, 2013
The landscape design and restored Pat Fleming garden of the South Boulevard Residence & Gardens have received a John Staub Award this year from the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.
Starting with a porte cochere and kitchen addition in 1998 and followed by renovations to the main house and separate family living and entertaining wing addition completed in 2006, this house successfully couples pragmatic requirements of the clients with their love and respect for the scale and character of the original house. Devising a plan to enlarge the “life ” of the house by fully utilizing the site, the new program adds a separate L-shaped building containing an office, conservatory, guest suite, family room, and billiards room and a free-standing “summer house.” The resultant garden space gave the opportunity to fully integrate the old and new portions of the house without negatively affect the existing house, and in effect, the garden becomes the central room of the house.
A restored vintage parterre garden contemporary to the original house and originally designed by C.C. Pat Fleming, preserves the character and intent of this space while informing the design of the new landscape portions throughout the site.
South Boulevard Residence gardens
South Boulevard Residence summer house
South Boulevard Residence gardens
South Boulevard Residence patio
South Boulevard Residence grounds
South Boulevard Residence facade and gardens
Top Mountain Architect
July 07, 2013
Curtis & Windham Architects has been selected as one of Mountain Living’s 2013 Top Mountain Architects. The list appears in the September/October issue. The July issue of the magazine featured Table Rock Ranch, in “At Home on the River,” a Colorado fly-fishing property for which we completed a lodge, fishing cabins, and equipment barns along with comprehensive landscape design.
Table Rock Ranch grounds
Table Rock Ranch
Table Rock Ranch mud room
Table Rock Ranch family room
Table Rock Ranch guest houses
The Art of Classical Details to be Released
February 27, 2013
We are
looking forward to the release of Phillip James Dodd’s new book, The Art of Classical Details: Theory, Design, and Craftsmanship, due on March 16. The Inwood Pool Pavilion is featured. The book takes a look at the world of contemporary classical architecture through an exploration of theory, methods, detail, and craftsmanship. With critical essays by leading architects and scholars and high-quality photographs, Dodd presents some of the best contemporary classical work being done today.