Curtis & Windham Architects

• Announcement
• September 21, 2015

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Texas Chapter has announced the 2015 John Staub Award recipients. We are thrilled to count among the winners our Del Monte Courtyard Residence with an Honor Award for Residential Architecture under 5,000 square feet, and the recently completed St. John's School Campus Center, with an Honor Award for Institutional Architecture. The Del Monte Residence and Las Campanas both received Honorable Mentions for Residence over 5,000 square feet and Residence under 5,000 square feet, respectively. The John Staub Awards promote excellence in the classical and vernacular traditions by recognizing both design and craftsmanship that contribute to these traditions in Texas and, in turn, build upon the legacy of John Staub.

• Announcement
• August 10, 2015

On Friday, August 7, the Texas Masonry Council honored the best in Texas masonry design and construction in the Golden Trowel Awards ceremony in San Antonio. After being recognized by the Associated Masonry Contractors of Houston (AMCH) earlier this year, a recently completed project by Curtis & Windham took top honors in the residential category. The property, located on a Jack Nicklaus golf course nestled among the pines near Lake Livingston, includes a main residence, a lake house, and boat house. At once rustic and sophisticated, the structures blend into their woodland surroundings with natural material and muted colors. A preponderance of stone on the existing golf club structures and a nineteenth century precedent of rural architecture in East Texas suggested to us a design that combines both stone and shingle details in an expression of natural forms. The mason, W. W. Bartlett Inc. of Houston, used contemporary masonry techniques to express traditional tectonics. The limestone - “Del Rio Chop” from Texas, and “Chestnut” from Kansas - was articulated to render it as load bearing and visually anchors the house to the earth. The Texas Masonry Council is a non-profit trade association comprised of masonry contractors and suppliers in the state of Texas working together to promote the expanded use and the benefits of masonry.

• Announcement
• August 2, 2015

The July issue of Clem Labine's Period Homes profiles this year's Palladio Award winning projects, including "Traditional in Texas" written by Kiley Jacques about our own Longwood Farm. The project joins our 2014 Palladio Award winner, Seaside Residence, in this distinction. Summing up the aesthetic principles driving the project, Ms. Jacques writes, "The former horse farm-turned family retreat evokes the spirit of an English manor while giving a solid nod to the vernacular." The Palladio Awards, sponsored by Period Homes and Traditional Building magazines, is the only award to honor excellence in Traditional Design.

• Press Release
• July 25, 2015