2024-05-18T23:23:37-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150335298/kevin-daly-architects-completes-new-houston-endowment-hq-project Josh Niland 2023-01-11T18:02:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3c/3cc643291f3561f0946ee2772bfb0ad4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/129874652/kevin-daly-architects" target="_blank">Kevin Daly Architects (kdA)</a> recently celebrated the completion of&nbsp;their new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/7704/first-look-kevin-daly-architects-productora-s-winning-houston-endowment-hq-proposal-three-runner-up-designs-also-unveiled" target="_blank">Houston Endowment headquarters</a> project, designed in collaboration with Mexico City-based studio <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/19656917/productora-df" target="_blank">PRODUCTORA</a>.</p> <p>The 32,000-square-foot building stands beside the city&rsquo;s Spotts Park and offers the 96-year-old Endowment a new and more sustainable location that is better suited to its organizational aims and the needs of its public representation overall.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8e/8e7dbaaf182a07508121fb2be13a8e75.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8e/8e7dbaaf182a07508121fb2be13a8e75.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Iwan Baan, courtesy Kevin Daly Architects.</figcaption></figure><p>Challenged with creating a building they say is simultaneously a &ldquo;front door and a back porch&rdquo; to the Endowment, the design team came up with a two-story hybrid steel and CLT solution that sits underneath a column-supported lattice canopy covering recessed volumes which are then lined in a dynamic facade of optic white aluminum rain-screen panels.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cf/cf61052c664465e582ef0b7b8396a382.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cf/cf61052c664465e582ef0b7b8396a382.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Iwan Baan, courtesy Kevin Daly Architects.</figcaption></figure><p>While noticeably similar to the 36-year-old Menil Collection just outside the city, the headquarters building also offer...</p>