  It has been 35 years since visionary local developer Gerald D. Hines opened America’s first three-level, mixed-use, indoor shopping center. Although Hines modeled his innovative mall after the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuel in Milan, Italy, the architects, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum and Neuhaus & Taylor, clearly took their inspiration for the 170-foot ice rink from Rockefeller Center. The awards jury specifically cited Neiman Marcus for its impressive Brutalist façade, generous interior spaces and use of natural light, as well as for the quality interior design by Eleanor LeMair and Associates. Though several additions have significantly expanded the Galleria, the project’s original intent and grand scale remain intact. Gerald Hines predicted the Galleria would become a new downtown, and indeed it has become the heart of Uptown Houston. | Visit the Galleria's Web site Next winner: Foley's Photo courtesy of 3D/International |
3401 Allen Parkway, the former Rein Co. Building 22nd Street Lofts, an adaptive reuse of a Heights textile factory 308 Cordell St., a 1910 bungalow in the Brooke Smith Addition "Rosecroft," an Arts & Crafts-style home in Eastwood 1605 Heights Blvd., a 1918 Alfred C. Finn-designed home Willow Street Pump Station, an adaptive reuse of early 20th century civic buildings Hotel Icon, the former Union National Bank Building Summer Street Project, the restoration of nine First Ward cottages John P. McGovern Campus of the Texas Medical Center, the former Nabisco bakery Down in Houston, a literary look at Houston's blues scene Houston House & Home magazine: Preservation Partner in Print Award Menil House, the restoration of the 1951 Philip Johnson design Minnette Boesel for leadership in local preservation |
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