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pieces were acquired especially for the new open spaces of this house. The Cullinans have a formidable modern art collection that makes the interiors zing. Zuzette, who is CubanAmerican, grew up among Latin American artists, and her parents were early investors in Houston's Sicardi Gallery, which is nationally known for representing modern art of the Spanish-speaking Americas. She recalls that when she was a child, these artists often visited and stayed at her family home. With these memories as an impetus, the couple has for some time seriously collected the work of Latin American artists, including pieces by Pablo Soria, Julio Grinblatt, Pablo Siquier, Leon Ferrari and Ricardo Lanzarini. All in all, the house is a happy mixture of high and low style, precious and egalitarian, Eastern and Western, Anglo and Latin, old and new. Just as Houston's white-hot dining scene is best characterized as new Creole, so is the design of this house and many of the other significant recent buildings in Houston. We can only hope to see more of these mixes in the future. They truly seem to represent the complex vitality that characterizes this city. CLOCKWISE: Exterior siding emulates shou sugi ban, a Japanese technique for preserving wood by charring it. The hyper-graphic concrete board fencing and pivot gate delineate private and public garden spaces. Spanish Colonial doors leading to the master bedroom from Balinskas Architectural Imports. Mixed-media collage by Kelly O'Connor, from David Shelton Gallery. Floors are whitewashed pine decking. In the dining room, pendant light from Chandelier, Los Angeles. Antique Chinese Ming scholar's table, bench and armchairs, all from Balinskas Antiques. Vintage 1970s lamp with tie-dye shade from Anthropologie. The Lucite bar cart was originally in Zuzette's parents' vacation house in Miami. Painting on right wall is by Franco-Mondini Ruiz. The painting at left is by Moico Yaker. Michael Landrum, foreground, and Garrett Hunter in the entrance loggia with its hot-pink Flavin-inspired lighting.