New article out: “After the Flood” examines the rebuilding effort, 1 year after Harvey. Interviews with Arup, Houston First, Houston Public Works, Incentifind, City of Houston, and the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities provide resources and best practices for funding Read on! →
“Resiliency is defined by everyone differently,” Forrest says. “Houston’s definition is still being written, and we are not making knee-jerk reactions. We are considering life-cycle costing, consolidation versus plant size, and proximity to need. In the past five years, we’ve Read on! →
“Urban parks weave together retail and natural features for unique experiential destinations. The design and programming of these interstitial veins lucidly define a city’s values today and their dreams for tomorrow. How can we program, plan and stitch together economic Read on! →
We are moving forward creating a new campus for the English in Mind Institute (EIM) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti! Above: EIM student and teachers hold informal classes and meetings on the land for the new campus. Adult learners study for English Read on! →
Long Live Team Design is Limping! For the first annual Austin Design Week, I was invited to discuss current design events at a presidential election results preview party. Some of us believed that design works to save the world as-is, and Read on! →
Yep! Sustainable design measures can save you money! Although it’s not my first time my work has been published on Arch Daily, it is definitely the first time under my own name! Read the article here. “The upgraded vapor barrier Read on! →
Weaver Buildings is in the news! “The 850-square-foot home, which has two stories and a finished rooftop deck, takes advantage of space restrictions by opening up vertically in a way that makes it look and seem much larger than it Read on! →
Click HHH Design Manifesto for 38 pages of images, diagrams and design narratives about how the Haskell Health House sets a new standard for the urban home in Austin, Texas. The Haskell Health House, modeled after concepts in Richard Neutra’s Lovell Read on! →
Trails have been a part of sustainable community design for close to four decades. Our next step is to locate the holes and connect existing trails, closing the gaps in this critical infrastructure for more walkable cities. With Concordia University Read on! →
Weaver Buildings is humbled and happy to work with such a motivated and inspiring client as the English in Mind Institute. Steph Price, the International Director for the school, shared her work in Haiti and with EIM at TEDx Great Read on! →
“By working with a specific client, creating a site-specific, situation-specific solution, and discussing safe design methods we have acquired from our professional practices, we can change the dialog in approaching the reconstruction process. Bringing momentum through design isn’t about initiating Read on! →