harries graham design portfolio
2016-present
Born and raised in Austin, TX, I fell in love with design and art at a young age. Since 2010, I have worked on theories of sustainable city design and projects surrounding public engagement.
In 2015, I was listed in Wired’s “World’s Top Changing Innovator’s: 50 People Who Will Change The World” for my design theory work on sustainable communities, primarily focusing on addressing the issues of sustainability for the general public.
Over the past 8 years, I have worked on design projects such as hotels, restaurants, museums, boutiques, public parks, and high-end private residences. Additionally, developing systems for the future of sustainable cities, remaining involved in community engagement and advising on art installations.
In 2020, I was hired to be an installation and art director for public art development by various Austin-based groups as well as engaged in garden design for both the private and public. I now serve as a project manager at Campbell Landscape Architecture in Austin, TX.
1. el cosmico hospitality project manager
2. blor house pizza
3. corazon ranch
4. finn ranch
9. commodifying the steeple theoretical lead designer
education:
•University of Texas at Austin
-2020-2023 masters of landscape architecture.
•University of Texas at Austin
-2016-2020 ba in plan II honors program with a focus on philosophy of sustainable city design.
•Northwestern University-center of gifted studies - 2009-2015
•Stanford early college math studies - 2009-2015
•Harvard University early college program - 2009-2016
achievements:
•listed in Wired Magazine’s “world’s top changing innovator’s:
50 people who will change the world” in a list that included Ben Rattray of change.org, James Turrell, Satoshi Nakamoto of Bitcoin, Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York, and Won- Soon Park the Mayor of Seoul.
•City of Austin Drawing Lines Project - board member.
•member of the Texas Playboys Baseball Team
•Pecha Kucha Austin - board member
programs:
revit, autocad, civil3d, photoshop, indesign illustrator, rhino, sketchup, vray, lumion, enscape
work:
•project manager
2023-present, Campbell Landscape Architecture.
•designer 2022-2023, Lambert McGuire Design. working in landscape, architectural, and interior design
•architectural intern 2022, Lambert McGuire Design. working in landscape, architectural, and interior design
•teaching assistant: 2021-2023, working for Dr. Larry Speck as a TA for his Architecture in Society course.
•freelance
2020-2023, design build and art installation
•freelance 2012-2020, graphic designer and design consultant
•austin chronicle 2012-2018, journalist
•mentee under Designer Jack Sanders 2010-2016, rural design and architectural theory
•mentee under Dr. Rachel Armstrong, Sr. TED Fellow 2011-2014, doing sustainability research and implementation.
project: el cosmico
location: marfa, tx
role: project manager
status: in-construction
type: hospitality size: 64 acres
description: the project is the first 3d printed hotel in the world, featuring lodging and amenty spaces spread out over a sprawling 64 acre site located close to downtown marfa. the aim of project was to create an oasis in the middle of the rich west texas landscape and allow the new site to seeamlessly melt into the surrounding landscape.
team: Campbell Landscape Architecture, BIG, and ICON
project: blor house pizza
location: manor, tx
role: project manager
status: in-progress
type: hospitality
description: a new pizza restaurant on the main strip in manor, tx. making use of a hisorical mansion from the 1800s, we paired parterre gardens with allee’s of trees to compliment the history of the site and give guests a varied visual experience.
project: corazon ranch
location: san antonio, tx
role: project manager
status: in-progress
type: residential
description: located outside of san antonio, the corazon ranch project centers around a man-made, spring fed lake that has been owned by the family for generations. the project features groves of bald cypress trees, a pecan allee and limestone accents that places the architecture in conversation with the landscape.
team: Campbell Landscape Architecture and Tobin Smith Architects
project: finn ranch
location: dripping springs, tx
role: project manager SD-CD
status: in-progress type: residential
description: located in a remote rural texas landscape, the project aimed to restore native texas grasslands to a desolate site, destroyed by resent contruction and erosion.
Steep grade off of the main house is managed through a series of retaining walls that are obstructed by a native prairie, resulting in a landscape that feels carved out of the earth.
project: elles miami
location: miami, fl
role: designer
status: built work
type: retail
description: second flagship retail location for an austin-based lingerie designer. the goal was to adapt the established texas aesthetics of the retailer to the up-scale design language of the miami design district.
team: LMD
project: momentary
location: bentonville, ar
role: designer
status: built work
type: muesum, bar, retail
description: the redesign of an adaptive resuse sister-museum to crystal bridges in arkansas. the original museum was falling into disrepair and our design was tasked with a full renovation of the musuem and its amenity spaces.
team: LMD
project: little swedish
location: austin, tx
role: designer
status: built work
type: hospitality
description: the project is envisioned to take the scandenavian aesthetic that swedish hill is historically know for and apply it to a smaller scale. preserving existing materiality and hardware, the project aims to adapt and reuse the historical building and sense of place.
team: LMD
project: the jefferson reshuffle location: austin, tx
role: lead designer status: theoretical
founded in the 1840s as an industrial shipping town, jefferson, Texas as a transport hub. over the next century, jefferson shifted to tourism, capitalizing on its historic downtown. the jefferson grid reshuffle plan later sought to address historical land use issues, decoupling land values from historic buildings and confronting the town’s divisions, with aims like converting historic hotels into affordable housing.
project: the commodifying the steeple
location: new sweden, tx
role: lead designer status: theoretical
new sweden, texas, is home to the historic new sweden evangelical lutheran church, reflecting the area’s swedish heritage. as church attendance declines, some rural churches are commodified, turning into tourist sites or venues. this trend raises concerns about preserving cultural history while changing the spiritual purpose of these spaces.
team: WITH
