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Ultimate Fort Bend

Himalaya Herbal Healthcare, a longtime resident of Houston’s Westchase Business District, broke ground in April on its new LEED Gold Certified, eco-friendly business office, warehouse and training center in Sugar Land...partnered with internationally known, Houston-based architectural firm Kirksey to design and build the new facility.

 

Houston Business Journal

Houston-area commercial construction costs have held steady over the past year, according to an annual report by the Kirksey architecture firm. Some materials and transportation costs are starting to rise, but competition for jobs among general contractors and subcontractors has kept prices in check, said Scott Wilkinson, commercial team leader at Houston-based Kirksey.
 

Real Estate BISNOW (HOU)

Houston Metro Urology celebrated the construction of its new 28k SF facility at 4219 Richmond. We found GC O’Donnell Snider’s Randy O’Donnell and Trey Snider bracketing Kirksey’s Debbie Phillips, Transwestern’s Bobbie Bozarth, and Kirksey’s Avian Caruso and David McLemore. Debbie tells us the site was particularly tight, and her firm designed down to the last square inches. Another challenge was anticipating all options for future growth. It’s no surprise that’s a consideration: This building is itself an expansion from HMU’s adjacent facility.

Ultimate Woodlands

...Norrell and Palermo have been working with Kirksey Architecture to develop the plan that will transform the 69,000-square-foot building into a town hall with public meeting space, conference rooms and offices for staff members. ... "We've been impressed with Kirksey's interior design and our recommendation is to move forward," Norell said. ...

Houston Business Journal

... Menninger tapped Houston firms Kirksey Architecture to design the complex and Tellepsen Builders as its general contractor. The campus’ first phase will include an inpatient specialty psychiatric hospital, a research center, administrative buildings, educational facilities, a wellness center, a nondenominational chapel and a dining center.
 

Houston Chronicle

New facilities at Traditions Club give Aggies' spirit a luxurious home.  Houston-based architect Kirksey Architects worked with environmental specialists Redding Linden Burr on geothermal exchange to create a "green" clubhouse.

Building Design + Construction

by Kirksey's Julie Hendricks and Kapil Upadhyaya

There’s lots of talk about zero energy as the next big milestone in green building. Realistically, how close are we to this ambitious goal? At this point, the strategies required to get to zero energy are relatively expensive. Only a few buildings, most of them 6,000 sf or less, mostly located in California and similar moderate climates, have hit the mark. What about larger buildings, commercial buildings, more problematic climates? Given the constraints of current technology and the comfort demands of building users, is zero energy a worthwhile investment for buildings in, for example, a warm, humid climate?

Houston Business Journal

The office building at 717 Texas in downtown Houston has become the first Texas skyscraper to achieve LEED Platinum certification for existing buildings. Hines was successful in earning the designation with the help of Houston architecture firm Kirksey.

 

Houston Business Journal

The only Houston home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is up for sale. The Kirksey-Meyers architecture firm [now Kirksey] designed the addition to compliment Wright's original bluepirnts.

Houston Chronicle

Houston House getting makeover: 31-story apartment tower to get $10 million renovation...The renovations, designed by the Kirksey architecture firm, will modernize each of the 396 apartments, the resident-amenity floor, the lobby and building exterior.

CYVIZ Newsletter

Kirksey Architecture Enhances Project Collaboration: In 2008, Kirksey, a Houston architecture firm, purchased a 2-Channel Cyviz Bizwall. Since then, the Bizwall has revolutionized how meetings are conducted at the firm allowing for more efficient and productive work.

Houston Business Journal

Julie Gauthier, an interior designer with Kirksey Architecture, discusses how office space can up the 'cool' factor at work.

Houston Business Journal

The 715,500-square-foot Life Science Plaza is the largest LEED Gold-CS certified building in the Texas Medical Center. Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. provided project and building management services and coordinated with Kirksey Architects to gain the LEED Gold-CS certification.

Texas Construction

Enrollment keeps university jobs on books...Kirksey Architecture wove interior and exterior spaces at A&M’s Agricultural Headquarters Building to best portray the agricultural experience.

Texas Architect

Brian Malarkey, AIA, of Kirksey in Houston is among nine honorees in this year’s list of AIA “Young Architects.” The Young Architects Award is given to individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession in an early stage of their architectural career.

Parking Today

by Jennifer Walker, Jeff Chapman, and Julie Hendricks

If Houston is perceived as ugly by many, acres and acres of parking certainly play a key role in that perception. Beauty is important, but in this case it’s only one small aspect of Houston’s parking lot problem.

Houston Chronicle

Law firm moves to a new home...Kirksey Architects designed Dobrowski's interior space with contemporary lines, incorporating dark wood and textured stone features.

Texas Real Estate Business

“When the USGBC started out, their mission was to transform the marketplace — the accreditation program being one of the pieces...If you think about it, that’s what they did in the most amazing, effective way by getting everyone involved,” Malarkey says.

Southwest Contractor

Golden Nugget addition injects economic stimulus into downtown. The 25-story Rush Tower is the first new hotel tower in years for downtown Las Vegas.

Texas Construction

Galveston Island’s Palisade Palms high-rise project recently celebrated a topping out.