CHRON BY MEREDITH NUDO
“In 2022, the building had layers of graffiti, paint, soiling, overgrown vegetation and cracks throughout its four exterior walls. Its once-prominent original showroom windows were sealed with plywood and its once-shiny curved metal awnings were in very poor condition… Our team is proud that the building is being occupied by another talented local small business, Mont Art House.”
“Amid the new townhomes and other recent construction on and near Houston Avenue, a small-scale reminder of the First Ward’s first commercial corridor has been quietly rehabbed to highlight its Art Moderne architectural origins.
Jazzy and streamlined when built in 1940 as a temporary Knapp Chevrolet showroom, the 2,646-square-foot building at 1230 Houston Ave. is a showroom again, this time for art.”
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“To help bring its vision to life, Puma has commissioned Urbano Architects, a Houston-based architecture firm whose partners specialize in restoring underused historic buildings.”
Laura Carrera, Partner at Urbano Architects, joins the AIA Houston Board of Directors, as 2023-2025 Director.
Cashmere Estate to be featured on this year’s 2020 AIA Houston Home Tour. As a special treat this year noted architectural historian Stephen Fox has reviewed the submissions and contributed a video with commentary on Houston Residential Architecture.
Laura Carrera, Partner at Urbano Architects, and long-time ACE Mentor advocate, is elected as Chair of ACE Houston Executive Board of Directors. Laura will serve a two-year term.
PAPER CITY BY SHELBY HODGE
“Fifteen properties and two publications earned Good Brick accolades while former Mayor Annise Parker was presented with the Preservation Houston President’s Award for her outstanding contributions to historic preservation in the city.” Urbano Architects among those receiving the prestigious award.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE BY DIANE COWEN
Urbano Architects is honored to receive a 2020 Good Brick Award.
HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL BY FAUZEYA RAHMAN
“A rendering of a 19-townhome project near Studemont and Washington. Houston-based Nitya Capital plans to break ground on its first development in the first quarter of 2019.”
