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OUR PROJECTS

GLOBAL DESIGN PRESENCE - 13 COUNTRIES

MULTIFAMILY FOR RENT- MIXED-USE

CONDO - MIXED-USE

MASTER PLANNING

HOSPITALITY - MIXED-USE

OUR APPROACH

MUNOZ ALBIN ARCHITECTS

In charge of the design of the project and will generate all the basic and detailed ideas to creatively formulate an architectural solution to the program, site realities, budget, city, client, and manager expectations.

Assist in the understanding, interpretation, and forecast of all applicable code regulations and will contribute with experience of construction methodology used locally.

ARCHITECT OF RECORD

NATIONAL PRESENCE CONTINUOUS KNOWLEDGE STANDARDS STREAMLINED BETTER RESULTS

ARCHITECTURE PLANNING

MULTIFAMILY FOR RENT - HIGH-RISE TYPOLOGY

MID-RISE AND LOW-RISE TYPOLOGIES

UNIT DESIGN - 1 BR

UNIT DESIGN - 2 BR

PROJECTS

DIAGONAL MAR

Multiple Residential Buildings, Retail, Hotels, and Condominiums

Barcelona, Spain

ILLA

Client Hines Size

84 Acre Site

Completion 2008

In an 84-acre industrial zone on the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Hines developed a large-scale, mixed-use project consisting of 1,400 condominium units with retail, a regional shopping mall, three Class A office buildings, three hotels, and a limited rental property. At the center of the development is a 42-acre park with three lakes. This project promoted the development of the entire neighborhood.

Projects Competed by Munoz+Albin at Diagonal Mar:

ILLA DEL LLAC, 2002

Double Tower & Podium

321 Condominium Units

430,000 GSF

ILLA DEL BOSC, 2004

Double Tower & Podium, Retail, Mixed-Use

233 Units

333,300 GSF

HOTEL PRINCESS, 2004

Double Tower & Podium, Retail, Mixed-Use

366 Rooms

202,300 GSF

ILLA DEL MAR, 2007

Double Tower & Podium

262 Condominium Units

650,000 GSF

EDIFICIO BILBAO, 2008

Double Tower & Podium

42 Condominium Units

64,217 GSF

ILLA DEL LLAC

DEL BOSC

ILLA DEL MAR

Condominium

Barcelona, Spain

Client ESPAIS Hines

Architect of Record Martinez y Sisternas

Size

Condominium Units: 262

Two Towers With a Connector

650,000 SF

Completion 2007

Illa del Mar, Island of the Sea, is the last phase of a mixed-use, 24-building master plan in Barcelona known as Diagonal Mar. The building is set in a 42-acre park with beach access to the Mediterranean Sea. The master plan is a ‘tower in the park’ vertical living typology that has the same population density as central Barcelona per acre. The park space is called Diagonal Mar and is a city-owned park for public use. The park is a unifying element that is natural and ecologically sustainable for the entire development and balances and restores some of the original natural resources and wetlands to the area. The park is surrounded by five residential condo buildings, primarily composed of two vertical buildings connected by podiums. Each of these buildings provides a mixed-use amenity package for the residents with the ground levels dedicated to retail use. The project offers two levels of underground parking, as well as amenities that include a heated swimming pool, paddle tennis court, playground, fitness area, and community rooms. The taller tower has been designed with six residential units per typical floor, which the smaller tower has four units per floor. Both offer larger two-story penthouse units with hot tubs and terrace gardens with enlarged living rooms.

The original master plan was modified to maximize and enhance the sea views and green vistas. In the planning stage of this building, it became clear that concentrating the density of three buildings in Illa del Mar would produce the best results. Therefore, the master plan was adapted and morphed into a larger program for the Illa del Mar building. As the master plan developed over a six-year interval, the five phases of residential building design experienced an evolution in their architectural expression, from marginally conservative to contemporary. The client wanted the final phase, Illa del Mar, to depart from its predecessors and be the contemporary

masthead of the entire development.

Located at the premium edge of the master plan with unobstructed sea views, the presence of the ocean and the beach provided unlimited inspiration. The shapes of the towers were inspired by the geometric abstractions of the wind being caught by a sail. Sharp at the edges contrasting with curves, a frozen moment in motion, captured movement. The sculpted shapes are achieved with manipulation of the balcony depths, and the balconies wrap around the entire tower on all sides. They are ‘livable’, which means they are intended for nearly year-round use and can be an extension of the living areas or used as exterior living spaces. They are protected from the wind by hanging brise soleil. The balconies are spatially defined by glass railings that are mounted vertically in front of the cantilevered slab. This design allows the balcony railing to drop below the slab level, which provides wind and sun protection to the terraces below. The exterior perception of the building volume is continuous rather than a series of horizontal bands. The tilted effect of the massing is accomplished with the undulating cantilevered balconies, the deepest at 11-feet. The depth of the balconies varies to create the large gestures and movement on the façade.

The two towers work together through their large-scale, multi-faceted folding shapes. As one tower’s volume recedes as it climbs upward, the second tower does this in reverse, expanding at its middle point and then receding toward the bottom. The towers are conjoined through the podium base, which is also wrapped and sculpted, and the intended overall result is a continuous shape that is unfolding. The connector building between the two towers floats, lifted off the ground, with openings and see-through views. The plasticity and playful environment of Diagonal Mar Park, designed by Enric Miralles, dialogues with Illa del Mar with similar sensations of movement and airiness.

The building has a double skin. There is an internal envelope of glass and structure where the building places its structural support in line with the outer walls of the units. The longer dimension of the columns is placed parallel to this façade using the width of the column as part of the building enclosure, reducing the quantity of façade material. This internal envelope has a decorative pattern of two-toned frit dots on the laminated glass that reflect light and represent the behavior of light reflecting and passing through water. A photograph of a wave was pixelated and abstracted to

TYPICAL TOWER LEVEL PLAN

1 ELEVATOR LOBBY

2 UNITS

3 CORRIDOR

4 SELLABLE BALCONIES

create a grid of color applied to the internal volume. The project has an integrated sustainability approach for energy efficiency, both passive and active. Passive measures include the use of natural ventilation, and the building’s orientation takes advantage of local prevailing winds. The deep terraces provide shade to the dwelling units and greatly reduce air conditioning loads. Additionally, the fritted glass in the brise soleil contributes to reduction of solar gain within the units. Active systems such as PV panels on the roof support

residential hot water needs, heating the pool, and provide electricity for common area lighting. Rainwater is collected on the roofs and then filtered and stored in tanks for use in irrigation and the emergency fire repression system.

ILLA DEL LLAC

Double Tower & Low-Rise Condominium

Barcelona, Spain

Client Habitat Hines

Architect of Record

BST

KM+P (Designed while employed by KM+P)

Size

Condominium Units: 321

Two Towers, a Mid-Rise & a Lowrise

432,000 SF (40,000 m2)

Completion 2002

Illa Del Llac is a mixed-use retail and residential complex consisting of two towers, one mid-rise and a loft low-rise building. It is the first phase of the Diagonal Mar Master Plan, located next to the Mediterranean Sea and at the end of Avenida Diagonal, one of the main thoroughfares in Barcelona. Diagonal Mar occupies a former industrial site and comprises several “residential islands” as well as a large commercial mall, hotels and convention facilities among other uses. The project is anchored by a large 40 acre public central park designed by Enric Miralles.

Illa del Llac is comprised of four buildings: two 22 stories twin towers, a 10 story mid-rise building and a 3 story loft building. The two towers and the loft building are aligned on its south façade, creating a clear edge definition for the central park and lake. The alignment of the towers allow for units with ocean views as well as city and mountain views.

The buildings define an interior courtyard where the buildings’ amenities are located: pool, decks and gardens, picket ball courts, etc. At the time when Illa del llac was designed, high-rise ametinized residential buildings were a rarity in Barcelona, so these buildings were highly innovative in this particular market.

The architecture of the towers set the tone for the mid-rise and the low-rise components. A series of curved balcony railing components create a frame that is detached from the main core tower with four corner balconies with views of the sea and city. The core tower is expressed on a rhythmically punched window façade to the north and south facades of the building. The attitude of the massing and architecture, as well as its roof structure, is an attempt to respond directly to the presence and direction of the city of Barcelona that sites perpendicular to its facade.

ILLA DEL BOSC

Double Tower & Podium Condominium

Barcelona, Spain

Client ESPAIS Hines

Architect of Record

TD&A

Size

Condominium Units: 233

Two Towers

Two Midrise

333,300 SF (30,975 m2)

Completion

2004

Illa Del Bosc is a mixed-use retail and residential complex consisting of two 18 story towers and two low-rise buildings built on top of two levels of underground parking. It is part of Diagonal Mar and the group of buildings is on the south and middle of the Diagonal Mar Park.

The project had a limited construction budget compared to the other phases of Diagonal Mar. As a result, the envelope of the building is comprised of an economically punched window scheme with precast wing walls flanking each side of the towers. The rear of the towers, furthest from the sea, are pushed out volumetrically giving the units on the back of the towers a primary sea view.

The tower responds to market conditions by offering smaller units on the lower five levels. The units increase in size in ascending order, culminating in two large double story penthouses at the top of the building. Two low-rise buildings connect the two towers on a diagonal creating a central courtyard with pool and other amenities. The building’s amenities enjoy a direct view and immediate relationship of the Diagonal Mar Park.

EDIFICIO BILBAO

Condominium Tower

Barcelona, Spain

Client ESPAIS

Local Architect

MSA+A

Size

Condominium Units: 42 64,217 SF (5,966 m2)

Completion 2008

Edificio Bilbao is a mixed-use project with retail, residential units, and underground parking. The building is prominently situated on Barcelona’s seaside park, Parc del Poblenou. It has unhindered views of the Mediterranean Sea and occupies the corner of its block and is fronted at ground level with a palm tree lined pedestrian corridor. The architecture responds to the strong corner condition with a fenestrated rectangular box that protrudes from the tower. The box is contrasted by its adjacent texture of framed balconies and horizontal banding of colored glass balcony rails.

A wafer thin horizontal blade like shading device crowns the tower creating an a visual separation between the building and the roof. This architectural feature provides a sense of scale and monumentality by completing the tower and reducing the heft and bulk of the tower with lightness.

BRAVA

Residential Tower and Retail Mixed-Use

Houston, Texas

Client Hines

Architect of Record Kirksey (House + Partners)

Interior Architecture Munoz Albin (A project of Erick Ragni’s while owner and principal at MaRS)

Size

782,152 SF Total Area

6,804 SF Retail Area

46 Floors

Residential Units: 373

Completion

2022

Brava is a 46-story luxury apartment tower that is the tallest multifamily high-rise in downtown Houston. It features panoramic views of the Central Business District, Market Square Park, Sesquicentennial Park, and Buffalo Bayou.

Rotating the building diagonally to Houston’s grid provides wider, uninterrupted views from all residential units. The massing and geometry of the tower are a response to the building’s immediate context, maximizing long-distance views, natural light, and direct views of Market Square Park.

The tower has a slender outline on both sides. One of the thin sides is defined by undulating balconies, creating a dynamic twisting shape that rises up the building.

This unique architectural feature and distinctive massing is a deliberate departure from the standard expectation of the high-rise residential building.

Vehicular access is from Preston Avenue and a generous motor court was designed in direct relationship with the lobby, creating a strong and dignified entry sequence. The parking garage contains eight levels with capacity for 517 cars. Level 10, on top of the parking podium, is dedicated to residential amenities.

This site is in near proximity to the recognized birthplace of the city of Houston at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou known as Allen’s Landing. The site appears to have been part of a small marketplace in the early days and, at a later time, it became part of the Houston Chronicle facilities.

Modern day downtown Houston is a checkerboard of towers and parks. We conducted a figure ground analysis to determine where the best long distance view corridors existed within the skyline.

FIGURE GROUND AT GROUND FLOOR

FIGURE GROUND AT 100 FT - LEVEL 10

FIGURE GROUND AT 340 FT - LEVEL 30

Every idea or design notion starts with a sketch. The design process is a quest to discover the best answer to what best deserves to be on the site.

Working though the viable options involved an exhaustive back and forth between the layout out of the typical tower plan and its massing expression.

L-SHAPE

SLICE FOR VIEWS

DIAGONAL FACE

TOP TERRACE

SF1,126A5

SF2,045B4

SF749A2 SF576A1 SF324

SF1,360B1

SF2,362COMMON

SF1,018A4

SF843A3

SF1,776B3

SF1,619B2

SF1,017A4

THE VICTOR

Residential Tower and Retail Mixed-Use

Dallas, Texas

Client Hines

Architect of Record Kirksey (House + Partners)

Interior Architecture Munoz Albin

(A project of Erick Ragni’s while owner and principal at MaRS)

Size

864,075 SF

Residential Units: 347

Retail: 9,500 SF

Completion 2021

The Victor is a 39-story, luxury, high-rise residential tower in the Victory District of Dallas. The project consists of retail space, lobby, leasing offices, structured parking, amenity deck, and 362 units. Its units range from 743 square feet to penthouse apartments at 2,498 square feet with views to downtown Dallas.

The ground level perimeter that faces outward is pedestrian-focused, thoughtfully landscaped, and welcoming. Retail opportunities on the east side of the podium provide continuity and a direct connection to Victory Park, and slightly elevated patios make for a protected area perfect for restaurant or café opportunities. A pocket park greets the public on the west side and is in direct sight of the tower’s lobby. The motor court and main entrance are centered in the width of the block, making for a prominent entrance statement that is visually stimulating and active.

LA COLOMBE D’OR

Residential Tower and Hotel Mixed-Use

Houston, Texas

Client Hines

Architect of Record Kirksey (House + Partners)

Size

683,865 SF

Residential Units: 263

Hotel Keys: 18

Completion 2021

Designed in the center of Montrose, a cultural district in Houston, this 35-level tower includes 283 residential units and 18 boutique hotel rooms on a 1.2-acre site.

The massing resolution of the architecture incorporates a podium parking component which is hidden behind a portion of the vertical tower that is visible all the way down to street level. The architectural expression is a mixture of more traditional and ordered proportions at the base, with a contemporary language on the tower, maintaining an elegant and timeless identity in both.

The Residences at La Colombe d’Or is a unique apartment project in Houston, as it is part of a boutique hotel that will bring a high level of service to its residents. The new high-rise building is part of a larger development that includes the current La Colombe d’Or historical mansion, as well as a pocket park at the northwest corner of the site. The base of the building responds to the existing mansion using a traditional architectural expression including fenestration, limestone, and highly articulated detailing, all tied together with a conscientious landscape design. Contrasting with this traditional approach, the apartment portion of the project emerges as a vertical statement of modern architecture, composed of a vertical box volume with a series of floating planes encompassing it. The swimming pool and outdoor amenity deck on the 10th floor and on the east side have views of downtown, while the tower offers unique and large livable balconies with panoramic downtown views.

One of the design challenges on

was to create a transition solution between the

and the

The tower base responds to the presence of the historic hotel adjacent to it by breaking the scale of the podium very intentionally.

La Colombe d’Or tower

current hotel mansion

tower.

Master Planning

LEVY PARK MASTER PLAN

Master Plan - Levy Park (Completed)

Residential - Avenue Grove (Completed)

Office and Retail - Kirby Grove (Completed)

Office and Retail - Kirby Grove 2 (2025)

Houston, Texas

Client Levy Park Conservancy

Midway

Master Plan

OJB

Munoz Albin Architecture

Park Design OJB

Completion 2016

Levy Park was once hidden away in Houston’s Upper Kirby neighborhood in need of renovation. As the neighborhood’s only public green space, it was important that Levy Park become accessible and densely programmed with a focus on multi-use spaces. Munoz Albin and OJB Landscape Architecture transformed the 5.9 acres into an urban park that leverages environmental and social sustainability practices and serves as a premiere destination for the region.

The project involved master planning the site for an urban park, an office building, and a multifamily project. Existing land parcels were swapped and re-platted to achieve the overall program, conciliating sometimes conflicting public and private interests. The Levy Park project responds very closely to the immediate context and program and includes unique planning solutions that are tied to the site, program, and the new buildings.

The project’s components – park, office building, and multifamily – completely transformed the area into a world-class urban public space. Levy Park has become a center of community activity for the area, achieved through the careful positioning of the buildings and their massing to promote sunlight, as well as the intense programming of the park and the integration of an extensive children’s area, two activity lawns, a performance pavilion, dog park, community garden (urban harvest), and promenade. A renovated streetscape provides an inviting environment and strengthens pedestrian and vehicular connectivity to the park, while the promenade, lined with trees, food trucks, game carts, and moveable furniture, circles the park and creates synergy and connections among the various spaces.

Class A office space with extensive retail use, residential space, and dining

amenities were integrated on two of the park’s corners to provide complementary amenities for park patrons. The buildings’ pedestrian access were carefully placed to enhance park activation, and both the office and multifamily buildings maintain a continuous high level of occupancy. The lower levels of the office building contain double height collaborative loft office spaces and a trading floor, with tree canopy views and a strong visual relationship to the park. The multifamily building, with interior public spaces designed by team member MaRS, has an articulated massing towards the park, affording park views to a large percentage of units. Amenity spaces were located on top of the garage podium looking at the park.

Levy Park was a close collaboration between the City of Houston, Upper Kirby Management District, and Midway Companies. The project was highly complex, and our team played a key role from project inception through delivery. The team engaged in extensive programming studies and community workshops to ensure that the community was heard and their needs were accommodated.

The park design was planned around the centrally located children’s garden, which has an ADA

accessible tree house platform that spans across legacy live oaks, which were preserved and relocated on site and create a canopy that reduces the site’s temperatures by an estimated ten degrees. Additional sustainable features include 3.3 acres of permeable surface, locally sourced materials, and a rain garden and community garden, both of which have capabilities to harvest and reuse storm water. The office building was awarded LEED Gold status.

Project quality was an ongoing process that began with a clear project definition. Our team maintained strict control of budget and quality through all phases of the project, starting at Conceptual Design through to construction.

CITYCENTRE EXPANSION

Office Towers, Multifamily, and Retail Mixed-Use

Houston, Texas

Client Midway

Architect of Record

Kirksey Architects

Size

325,600 SF

Completion

Partially completed 2022

Midway, owners of the CityCentre Development, acquired the last block of the old Town and Country office and mall in 2016. The development, located north of central CityCentre, attracts top-tier corporations to its revitalized mixed-use development. We have several completed projects in the area with Midway, so when Marathon Oil approached us to recommend an amenity-rich spot to relocate their headquarters, CityCentre was one of our top suggestions. The neighborhood is an urban oasis that is sophisticated and well planned, as well as a very attractive place to work. Marathon Oil was very concerned with workforce retention and work life balance, and for this reason they selected to relocate there.

The master plan divided up the block into four parcels. One parcel was dedicated to a communal park space that could be shared between Marathon Oil’s office building and the CityCentre Six office building. Both buildings would position their lobbies off the park. This park would join the larger master plan of CityCentre northward. Almost the entire ground floor under the CityCentre Six tower is dedicated to retail.

The retail fronts and patios spill out onto the landscaped plaza under cover of a protected colonnade. The main entrance is at the center point of the building and its entrance sequence flows through two sets of colossal V-shaped columns. Two office level terraces also open toward the plaza.

The remaining parcel is slated for another podium style office building or multifamily building in the coming years.

PODIUM EROSION & DIVISION OF TOWER MASSES FOLDING OF TOWER SURFACE AND MASSING

MEET PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & SEPARATION

VERTICALITY OF TOWER

interiors

REMY ON THE TRAILS

Low Rise Residential

Houston, Texas

Client McNair Interests

Architect of Record

Preston Partnership

Size

400,000 GSF

Residential Units: 330

Completion 2023

Remy on the Trails is a suburban apartment and mixed-use development situated on a 24-acre site along the west side of Beltway 8. It consists of three 4-story woodframed buildings, encompassing 330 units featuring one- and two-bedroom floor plans, spanning a total area of 400,000 square feet with tuck-under garages. The master plan for the property includes additional mixed-use components, such as onsite food and beverage retail options. The development emphasizes outdoor livability, catering to individuals seeking a connection with nature and easy access to Houston’s parks and trails.

Amenities at Remy on the Trails include a spacious clubhouse, resident lounges, an infinity pool with views of a private lake, an indoor gym with an adjoining outdoor fitness area, bike storage centers, multiple courtyards, outdoor entertainment spaces, a dog-washing facility, and dedicated outdoor spaces for pets.

Behind the clubhouse is an expansive resort-style pool with multiple sitting areas and covered party area that overlooks a three-acre lake with a private walking trail and a dock for recreational activities like paddle boarding, kayaking and fishuing. The lake provides water frontage, views, a fishing dock and kayak docks for each building dweller to enjoy. The lake was masterly designed by Kimley-Horn for detention and flood mitigation. Convenient access to the Terry Hershey Park Hike and Bike Trail further enhances the appeal of the development for those seeking an active lifestyle.

REMY ON THE TRAILS II

Residential

Houston, Texas

Client McNair Interests

Architect of Record

Preston Partnership

Size

268,066 GSF

Residential Units: 221

Completion 2025 Anticipated

This 276,221-square-foot multifamily project is the second phase of McNair Interests’ development located just west of Sam Houston Parkway in Houston’s Briarforest neighborhood. There are 221 luxury apartments units, a fitness space, club space, co-working space and cafe available to residents. Outdoor amenities include a pool, dog park, outdoor fitness lawn and two courtyards overlooking the three-acre lake constructed by Arch-Con in the first phase. Adjacent to this sixacre site, Arch-Con-built Remy on the Trails Phase I which includes three, four-story multifamily buildings with tuck-under garages and a luxury amenity package.

THE PARKER Multifamily

Houston, Texas

Client

Farb Homes

Architect of Record

W Partnership

Interior Architecture

Munoz + Albin

(A project of Eric Ragni’s while owner and principal at MARS)

Size

222,100 GSF

Residential Units: 284

Completion

2019

The Parker, a luxury multifamily residence steps from Memorial Park, caters to the socially active, youthful jetsetter. The ground floor divides into a business center and leasing lounge on one side, and resident amenities on the other. Seven distinct amenity zones are aligned along the building’s street frontage, punctuated by stone and backlit glass columns. The catwalk-like promenade of spaces include a café, gaming lounge with a remote-controlled fireplace, pool, poker and foosball tables, and a sunken TV lounge. A language of walnut slatted screening walls provides privacy at key moments of dissimilar programmatic adjacencies.

The consistent palette of wood, stone, and backlit glass ties all areas together, with chandeliers serving as focal points along the way. The contiguous lounge areas foster a lively, urban bar-like atmosphere.

ST. ANDRIE

Mid-Rise Residential and Mixed Use

Houston, Texas

Client Midway

Architect of Record

Zeigler Cooper Architects

Size

2,000,000 GSF Residential Units: 2330

Completion 2017

Located in the growing Memorial Heights area of Houston, at the intersection of Waugh Drive and Washington Street, this 28-acre site is just minutes away from Houston’s Central Business District and the newly redeveloped Buffalo Bayou, with its hike and bike trails and dog park. This mixed-use development consists of 2,000,000 square feet, surrounded by activated events and community green spaces. A 96,000-square-foot grocery store, HEB, anchors Phase One, at the Waugh and Washington corner. With a mix of building types including nearly 37,000 square feet of creative office space and 230+ apartment units, this seven-story mixed-use development facilitates a live, work, and play lifestyle.

FARB RESIDENCE

Single Family

Houston, Texas

Thoughtfully designed and impeccably detailed, this private residence is a modern retreat nestled in the heart of Houston. Designed for developer and builder Jonathan Farb, this elevated “bachelor house” sits on a wooded corner lot in Montrose surrounded by majestic live oaks. Deeply integrated with its surroundings, the home blurs the boundary between interior and exterior spaces. The exterior walls of the main living area slide open, seamlessly transitioning from the living room to the pool and grass, creating a grand unified space that harmoniously merges indoor and outdoor living.

The second-level primary bedroom extends over the pool, providing shade below while stunning with sweeping views of the expansive treetops beyond. Every vantage point within the dwelling provides a focal point, whether it be the landscape, water features, or artwork.

A devoted collector, the house also functions as a gallery, proudly exhibiting Farb’s extensive and diverse art collection. While the residence primarily serves as a sanctuary, it is equally designed for entertainment, featuring generous dining and entertaining spaces.

The meticulous attention to detail cultivates a tranquil ambiance within the space, creating a true urban oasis.

POST OAK BOULEVARD

Mixed-Use High Rise Residential

Houston, Texas

Client McNair Interests

Architect of Record

House Robertson

Architects

Size

Residential Units: 266

Completion

Designed 2020

Planned as a dynamic mixed-use campus including a five-star hotel, best-in-class multifamily residences, and luxurious condominiums, along with curated retail organized around a public plaza, Post Oak Boulevard is boldly conceived as a lasting legacy for the Houston community.

Multifamily interior scope included planning for a variety of bespoke amenity areas and the planning of all residential units, finishes, and furnishings. Our team worked directly with the design architect KPF and numerous other project consultants.

THE MOND

Mid-Rise Residential Condominium

Houston, Texas

Client Oxberry Development

Architect of Record EDI

Size

Residential Units: 20

Completion 2019

Building design scope included design the public areas and define the units’ plans and interiors for the luxury condominium the Mond at the Museums. A sculpture of articulating volumes, The Mond is nestled in a revitalizing neighborhood full of history, culture, and ingenuity. The eightstory mid-rise is a collection of 20 stylish residences featuring open layouts, gracious indoor and alfresco living areas. Close collaboration with the finest manufacturers and purveyors adorns each home with the same high level of craft and attention to detail as its design and construction.

A unique tower where certain sections almost appear to be floating thanks to the interlocking design of the units, all of which have at least one double height section in them. Think of it like a game of Tetris come to life. The building has only 20 condos spread over eight floors.

The Mondrian is not designed to cram as many units as possible into the land. The idea of the tower is to create individual showcase retreats — with prices starting at $1.55 million and racing up to $3 million-plus for the penthouses. Each two or three bedroom condo is supposed to be its own mini palace.

With that in mind, all the Mondrian’s condos boast large balcony patios with fireplaces. It’s about bringing the amenities inside the units themselves, making each home in the sky a world of its own.

Unit sizes come at 2,600 to 5,000 square feet.

PENTHOUSE RETREAT

Residential Condominium

Houston, Texas

Client Private Size 5,100 SF Completion 2019

This luxurious abode serves as a tranquil escape for a power couple who split their time between New York and Houston. Their growing art collection takes center stage in their Houston home, where the architecture and refined materials form an exquisite canvas with an abundance of natural light, and dynamic city backdrop for their artworks to shine.

The home’s main space features a soaring 22-foot-high volume capped by a clerestory running the length of the great room. A custom floor-to-ceiling dichroic art installation takes advantage of this incredible height, casting colorful “shadows” that dance throughout the day in the light.

The great room itself is a feast for the senses, with a Lepere parchment paper chandelier gracing the dining table, richly textured concrete columns, and a see-through fireplace uniting the inside and outside living spaces. A long hallway with one Venetian plaster wall separates the public and private areas, creating an exclusive and intimate space for the couple to unwind in.

The design seamlessly integrates the couple’s existing furniture pieces, with strategically procured new pieces. The art collection is a delightful blend of old and new, featuring the owner’s burgeoning artist’s work.