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Suite 640 at Energy Tower 4 in Houston, Texas, is a 3,418 SF, move-in-ready office designed for efficiency and functionality. It features a welcoming reception area, six private offices (or five plus a conference room), and a central open workspace for collaboration. The end-of-building location provides abundant natural light and strong views. Additional highlights include a large kitchen/lunchroom, workroom, storage, and high-quality modern finishes—making it an ideal, well-balanced workspace for small teams.

Gensler is excited to announce the launch of “Design for a Radically Changing World,” a book focused on how design, at its core, is about impact. From fighting climate change and shaping the future of cities, to reimagining the ways people live, work, and move through their communities, design can bring people together, elevate the human experience, and provide hope for the future.

Method Architecture is a uniquely ego-free architecture firm, committed to a systematic creative process that focuses on clients and their needs first and foremost. Operating with the flexibility of a small firm, but with a big reach, Method is a full-service architecture firm specializing in tenant finish and ground-up projects encompassing industrial, retail, office, breweries, public and more. Watch our founders, Jake Donaldson, Keith Holley, and Eric Hudson talk about the Method origin story and company philosophy.

Scott Ziegler is head of the Urban Residential Studio and a founder at Ziegler Cooper Architects and the theme of our interview was High Density Development, A Sustainable Growth Strategy. State of Architecture with Scott Ziegler. This had to be one of the most interesting interviews to date. Scott is head of the Urban Residential office at Ziegler Cooper Architects and the theme of our interview was High Density Development, A Sustainable Growth Strategy. Our round table discussion began with the history of our city dating back to the 1920s as well as Houston's challenges with urban sprawl. Scott believes that these issues have lead to increased flooding, clearing of coveted natural resources, and infrastructure and services that require unnecessarily high sustainability costs. At the same time, rising land costs in the loop are creating the need for density. In order for developers to get land costs down in key areas of the city, they must build higher and more sustainable. But great architecture and urban design are more than tall buildings. "We're not just designing physical objects, we're also designing the spaces in-between physical objects. The connective tissue. That's what walkable urban living is all about." - Scott Ziegler