Stephen Andrews and Shawn Gottschalk, former Texas A&M environmental design students, are principals at studioMET, which earned 2016 Firm of the Year honors from the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
“The firm’s partners are setting a new paradigm for architecture in Houston with the quality and rigor of their residential designs, their collaborative approach to design/build and the diversity of their staff,” said Rusty Bienvenue, AIA Houston executive director.
The firm’s work is about a way of living, not a specific style, said Gottschalk. “We strive to redefine what it means to be modern and strongly believe in an architecture that honestly expresses structure and materials, is environmentally conscious, and is appropriate to time and place.”
In an additional honor for the firm, its design of Pavilion Haus, a 2,500 square-foot Houston residence with an open plan uniting exterior and interior spaces for living, entertaining, exercise and playing, earned an AIA Houston Design Award from a jury that considered quality of design, resolution of the program idea, sustainability, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique.
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