The Fort Bend Church is inviting members to step into a vision where the power of community transforms dreams into reality. Their current capital campaign, “Love God, Love The Church,” is underway with a $2.5 million goal. As the church embarks on this transformative campaign, PRISM worked with architect Mirador Group to produce marketing visuals to share with the congregation, including an animation and interior renderings of the sanctuary. Campaign funds will cover improvements in the sanctuary, an upgraded A/V system, and new flooring in The Legacy Center. Construction is expected to start in Q1 2024.
You diligently recycle all your plastic grocery bags and the annoying shrink wrap around all your kid’s new toys. Ever wonder what happens to it? In a perfect circular solution, all that plastic film would be cleaned, shredded, melted, squeezed through an extruder, and transformed into tiny pellets that go on to another life as a new product. And the largest producer of those tiny beads, called post-consumer resin (PCR) pellets, is here in Waller, Texas. NaturaPCR hired Goree Architects to lead the design of a massive new processing facility that will allow NaturaPCR to continue scaling its business. Goree worked with PRISM to produce aerial drone superimposed renderings of the new configuration of the site with the building included.
恭喜发财! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Jing marked the occasion with an exceptional family trip to China, celebrating the Year of the Dragon, joined by her husband and their two sons. Adding to the festivities, her brother and his family united with their parents for an awe-inspiring journey through the majestic Hengduan Snow Mountain Range, close to Tibet. This adventure was even more special as it celebrated Jing's father's 91st birthday – a milestone of vitality and joy!
Happy birthday to our VP of project management, Vivian Peng. She minds every detail and keeps our projects on track. And she does it all with her easy-going personality and positive attitude. Our devoted yogi, Vivian models mindfulness and astute self-awareness. We are all better because of her. Cheers to you Vivian!
For the Woodlands 2024 Economic Outlook Conference, speakers treated attendees to a glimpse of what the next 10 months might look like. Deborah attended with our friends from WC Construction. Headliner Patrick Jankowski of Greater Houston Partnership reminded everyone to find a business development pace that’s attainable for the long run.
Interacting with communities is how we learn about their uniqueness. Deborah attended a stellar program from the Commercial Real Estate Association of Montgomery County (CREAM). County Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack presented an overview of pressing county issues and his take on each.
The annual CREMM Galentines event is a fun evening of speed net-worthing! Deborah always attends the event to make new connections and deepen others with her female peers in commercial real estate. CREMM provides educational and professional growth resources for women at all career levels.
Two Black female architects are currently notching their mark on the Black history timeline. For some reference, of the roughly 120,000 architects licensed in the U.S., only 2,492 are Black. Of those, 566 are women. In other words, less than 1%. And for the first time in its history, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elected a Black woman as President of the organization. Kimberly Dowdell is the 100th AIA president and the first of the millennial generation. Dowdell is a Principal with HOK. Closer to home, Houstonian Melvalean McLemore is the first Black female to be elected President of the AIA Houston Board of Directors. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed November 28, 2023 as Melvalean McLemore Day to recognize her community contributions. McLemore is the Texas Studio Design Leader at Moody Nolan.
Welcoming 2024, I'm excited to highlight our energetic start at PRISM, with January bringing us 13 new projects across the thriving Sunbelt states.
Founded in 1906, The Kinkaid School, Houston’s oldest independent coeducational school, is two years into a major fundraising campaign that will radically transform every aspect of the educational experience. Houston firm Studio RED Architects has been shepherding Kinkaid administrators and the Board of Trustees through the design and construction process.
