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Kirksey News

08 NOV 2024 Shriners Children’s Texas Hospital Housing Facility & Garage opens in Galveston

07 OCT 2024 Kirksey Appoints First COO, Martin Gollwitzer

24 SEP 2024 Spotlight: Angela Crum, RID, IIDA, EDAC, and LEED AP

18 SEP 2024 Kirksey at the TxA 85th Annual Conference & Design Expo

17 JUL 2024 Spotlight: Brady Jobe, AIA

25 JUN 2024 Lumberjack Pride: SFA's New Dining Hall Blends Tradition with Innovation in Mass Timber Construction

18 JUN 2024 2024 Anniversary Celebration and Promotions

07 JUN 2024 Legacy Community Health to Break Ground at New Pasadena Southmore Clinic as Part of $50 Million Gift from Houston Methodist

11 APR 2024 Kirksey receives two HBJ Landmark Awards

08 APR 2024 John Kirksey receives HBJ Lifetime Achievment Award

02 APR 2024 Kirksey adds strategic leadership in Austin office

19 FEB 2024 Tenaris facility is the 1st LEED pipe manufacturing plant in U.S.

03 JAN 2024 Depth of Kirksey Dallas Leadership enhanced with Healthcare and Project Management Experts

20 DEC 2023 John Kirksey Receives AIA Houston Award for Career Distinction

18 DEC 2023 Kirksey Tree Planting Tradition and Holiday Message Gives Thanks

08 DEC 2023 Family Gateway Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for North Texas Family Support Center

04 DEC 2023 Houston Food Bank and Kirksey Architecture Host Tree Planting at New Expansion Site

14 NOV 2023 Kirksey Architecture awarded IIDA 2023 Pinnacle Award

10 NOV 2023 Michelle Old Named BD+C 40 Under 40

12 OCT 2023 Linda Camacho awarded HHAE Architect of the Year

In the Media

16 FEB 2015 Transwestern starts development at formal Arnold Oil site
Austin American Statesman

Transwestern Development Co. said today that it has broken ground on a project that will bring 446,000 square feet of mixed-use development to the former Arnold Oil Co. site in East Austin.
Transwestern starts development at formal Arnold Oil site
13 FEB 2015 Galleria-area luxury condo tower to break ground in May
Houston Business Journal

Houston-based Pelican Builders Inc. plans to break ground on its 17-story luxury condominium tower near the Galleria in May despite economic uncertainty stemming from the energy industry.
Galleria-area luxury condo tower to break ground in May
06 FEB 2015 Here's the scoop on long-awaited Kirby mixed-use (Video)
Houston Business Journal

About seven years after buying prime Inner Loop land for a more than million-square-foot project, a New York developer is finally ready to break ground.
Here's the scoop on long-awaited Kirby mixed-use (Video)
06 JAN 2015 Two Bay Area buildings are examples of excellence
Houston Chronicle

The Sylvan Beach Pavilion and San Jacinto College's Lee Davis Library are among the finalists for Urban Land Institute Houston's 2015 Development of Distinction Awards in the heritage category.
Two Bay Area buildings are examples of excellence
30 NOV 2014 New office building to rise near Buffalo Bayou
Houston Business Journal

An 18-story office building recently broke ground near Buffalo Bayou.
New office building to rise near Buffalo Bayou
10 OCT 2014 Memorial Park makeover gets a boost with sparkling new $2.4 million running center
CultureMap Houston

While elected officials and community leaders gathered in their professional best, it was the joggers and cyclists who added color to the ribbon cutting at the Memorial Park Running Trails Center.
Memorial Park makeover gets a boost with sparkling new $2.4 million running center
03 OCT 2014 HBJ Names 2014 Who's Who in Energy
Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal has revealed its 2014 Who's Who in Energy recognizing Houston-based key players in the energy industry. Brian Richard, AIA, was named Who's Who in Architecture.
HBJ Names 2014 Who's Who in Energy
22 SEP 2014 How One School Construction Project Is Keeping Old With New
NPR News 88.7

In East Houston, demolition crews are tearing down Milby High School to make way for a brand new campus. Except one part of this school will be saved: the historic building on Broadway. Nicola Springer is an architect with Kirksey the firm working on the job.
18 SEP 2014 Petroleum Club prepares for new digs after more than 50 years
Houston Chronicle

The Petroleum Club hoped to stay put, but the building's new owner is planning a lengthy renovation that would leave the club without a home for several years, board president Tommy Edwards said Thursday during a reception for the new club at its existing space.
05 SEP 2014 HBJ announces the 2014 Best Places to Work Finalists
Houston Business Journal

For more than a decade, the Houston Business Journal has hosted the longest-running Best Places to Work awards program in the city, honoring top employers for their unique cultures, amenities, benefits and worker-retention and attraction strategies.
12 AUG 2014 Meet the Fast 100: Home-grown architecture firm takes on big clients, hiring for a 'litany' of positions
Houston Business Journal

A leader in sustainable design, Houston-based architecture firm Kirksey has designed glittering high-rise office towers, small community theaters and everything in between. But the fact that its project base is so diverse came as no accident.
11 AUG 2014 Veteran theater to get new digs
Houston Business Journal

A veteran theater company has lowered the curtain on its former name and building with plans to open a new facility next spring. The Queensbury Theatre, formerly the Country Playhouse, has begun construction on its new 21,000-square-foot theater on Queensberry Lane near Town and Country Boulevard.
05 AUG 2014 New LEED certification requires more, but can pay off big
Houston Business Journal

LEED certification is quickly becoming more common in Houston’s new office buildings, whereby developers can charge higher sale prices and rents. But a new category within the certification process may make it a bit more challenging to attain.
04 AUG 2014 Construction begins, more details revealed for Energy Center Five
Houston Business Journal

Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors have begun construction on Energy Center Five, marking the final phase of the companies' Energy Corridor campus. The Class A 18-story office tower is slated to be complete in the second quarter of 2016.
29 JUL 2014 Construction costs soar amid high demand for space
Houston Chronicle

Commercial construction costs are up sharply this year and further increases are predicted for the second half, as high demand, labor and material shortages push up prices for building projects.
24 JUL 2014 Video highlights 21st century design concepts for Milby High School
Houston Independent School District Blog

The school's community worked together to create a design that will incorporate the historical campus facade portion of the 1926 building to connect to a new building.
07 JUL 2014 Hines' high rise digs
Houston Chronicle

The Houston office of Hines space in Williams Tower, has received Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Commercial Interiors Rating System.
30 JUN 2014 Exclusive: Academy Sports + Outdoors expands headquarters
Houston Business Journal

Although construction is well underway and visible from Interstate 10, Academy Sports + Outdoors has been every quiet about the expansion of its headquarters in Katy. Until now.
19 MAY 2014 Energy Center Five set to break ground, new details emerge on other two towers
Houston Business Journal

As new details emerge on its other two Energy Corridor towers, Houston-based Trammell Crow is set to break ground on Energy Center Five in July, which will be designed to accommodate either one large tenant or multiple tenants. Houston-based ConocoPhillips inked the largest prelease of 2013 — 1.2 million square feet in Energy Centers Three and Four developed by Houston-based Trammell Crow Co. with partner PrinREI and designed by Kirksey Architecture.
06 MAY 2014 A Coastal Bend Reinvention
Texas Architect

The recent rehabilitation of the Sylvan Beach Pavilion, a 1950s contemporary dance hall overlooking Galveston Bay in La Porte, stand out as a noteworthy example of responsible stewardship of the modern architectural heritage in the Houston metropolitan area. Inaugurated in May 1956, the building was designed by the progressive but short-lived Houston architectural firm of Greacen & Brogniez.