Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Two prominent figures in Houston home design are inviting architecture and contemporary construction fans to a most unusual open house event. Developer Carol Isaak Barden and architect/interior designer Lauren Rottet will open the doors on their neighb…
Read MoreOn the market beginning in 2019 for a cool $29.5 million, the British-style manor house at 120 Carnarvon in the Memorial area has finally sold. It went for several million below that initial asking price. The 26,000 square foot property, which could do…
Read MoreWhat: The Nancy Owens Breast Cancer Foundation (NOBCF) annual luncheon Where: The Hilton Americas-Houston PC Moment: As chair of the all-volunteer Nancy Owens Breast Cancer Foundation since its founding in the early 2000s, Amy Bernstein of Bernstein Re…
Read MoreSeven years after launching his namesake design and architecture firm in 1975, Art Gensler Jr. expanded from the San Francisco home base to Houston where the firm was hired to assist famed architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee in design of Pennzoil…
Read MoreWhat: The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation’s Ladies for Literacy Guild “Power of Literacy Luncheon.” Where: The Post Oak Hotel PC moment: Highlight of the luncheon was the humorous as well as heartfelt discussion between KPRC news a…
Read MoreWhat: The Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Ceremony Where: The Ballroom at Bayou Place PC Moment: Mayor Sylvester Turner honored eight exemplary Houstonians in the Hispanic community, recognized for their outstanding contributions toward improving the …
Read MoreWhat: Operation Smile gala Where: Royal Sonesta Hotel PC Moment: As celebrity guest, Hollywood movie star Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians, Netflix’s Persuasion) wowed the 300-plus attendees not only with his willingness to graciously endure scor…
Read MoreFair warning for upcoming Houston charity fundraisers. Multiple large screen TVs are a must if you want your audience to remain in the house. Forget paying attention to the program as long as the Houston Astros are battling in the World Series. Just as…
Read MoreThe celebrations honoring Reginald DesRoches as Rice University’s new president filled the campus for three days leading up to the final and formal fête that saluted his investiture as only the eighth president in the college’s storied 110 …
Read MoreWhen this 10,050 square foot custom home was completed in the prestigious Hunterwood subdivision at Memorial Villages in 2021, it boasted all the requisite bells and whistles and answered all the needs of a sophisticated homeowner. Now the special Hous…
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