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HOUSTON PAPERCITY DESIGN AWARDS HISTORICAL RESTORATION/ PRESERVATION Residential RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN FIRM Paul N. Brow, Architect LEAD ARCHITECT Paul N. Brow ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION Matthew Diehl, Asia Nolan, Paul N. Brow, Architect; Heath Thibodeaux, HJT Landscape Architects; Kiley Jackson, Jackson Warren Interiors; Cameron Potts, AP Builders JUDGES' REMARKS "This project demonstrates a thoughtful and highly successful approach to both preservation and livability. The great use of space, combined with the careful restoration of historic details, allows the home to feel authentic, functional, and beautifully cohesive throughout." — Tiffany Skilling "Warm, charming, and thoughtfully detailed. This feels like the kind of house that politely asks you to sit up straight." — Duan Tran FIRM Outdoor Practice LEAD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Jonathan Williams ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION Set Roots JUDGES' REMARKS "A lovely way of responding to and enhancing the architecture." — Daniel Kahan "The rear courtyard garden is well- designed and well-proportioned to provide a beautiful focal backdrop from the covered terrace, while also providing a flexible space for larger gatherings and cocktail parties. The irregularity of the central lawn helps to break down the formality of the space, and the simple planting palette works well with the irregular paved edges to provide refined textural interest to the space. The design restraint is doing the heavy lifting here. It feels curated without being sterile, and the paving palette (gravel and stone) connects the landscape to the architecture seamlessly." — Geoff Valentino "Although I generally don't resonate with an austere modern approach to landscape design, I felt that there was a consistent through line in the designer's eye, which indicated a disciplined approach resulting in a pleasing result." — Anne Fairfax JULIE SOEFER ASHLEY OLMSTEAD 86