up+dn Houses Completed in Houston

Behold, up+dn house becomes a reality. All images courtesy of Brett Zamore Design.

More beautiful, practical goodness from Brett Zamore Design is on the ground here in Houston, with more in the works. One of our most prolific studios, BZD has been busy building and developing new plans and products, in addition to opening a storefront in a dynamic pedestrian neighborhood in central Houston. We love that. 

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In Which I Get Way Too Excited About Adaptive Reuse

Diane von Furstenburg Headquarters. Via work.ac.

In addition to hanging with the Hometta folk, I'm an arts & architecture reporter for our local alt weekly, the Houston Press. And sometimes the folks I've followed in one world pop up in another, and it's like finding out two of your unconnected friends know each other. We at Hometta have admired the architecture of WORKac for awhile, and so I was thrilled to learn that their first Texas commission will be in Houston, at the excellent Blaffer Art Museum on the University of Houston campus.

Perhaps my writeup for the Press was a little over-enthusiastic, overly serious, or maybe my editor just thought I (and my post) needed a little tweaking.  Witness this earnest paragraph:

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A Healing Machine for Mary

Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, a film about a very special house, is showing at DiverseWorks in Houston through this Saturday:

Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then from Brent Green on Vimeo.

Gravity is  about a Leonard Wood, a man who tries to save his wife, who's dying of cancer, by building his home into a vehicle for her healing. In this trailer for the film, filmmaker Brent Green says after Wood was moved into a nursing home, the house was demolished because "it was the only house on the block that didn't look like every other house on the block."

Which immediately put me in mind of this book:

"My house is me and I am it. My house is where I want to be, and it looks like all my dreams." If you're gift buying for kids this season, go pick up a copy.