Visit the new website to learn all about the project.
Visit: www.texasgrowhome.org.
Visit the new website to learn all about the project.
Visit: www.texasgrowhome.org.
Beginning Friday, Nov 20 this blog will be transformed into a comprehensive web site about the Texas Grow Home Project, complete with virtual open house tours of the completed Texas Grow Homes.
We have selected Port Arthur, Texas as a location for building the prototype homes For the Texas Grow Home project. The city, located at the southeastern most part of Texas right on the Gulf of Mexico, was near Ground Zero for Hurricane Rita. Read the rest of this entry »
On January 8 thirteen judges assembled at the Texas Capitol to review 83 designs submitted by teams of architects from across Texas. The judges included people whose homes were destroyed by hurricane Rita, the mayor of Port Arthur, some of the most prominent Texas architects and national experts in affordable housing design. The judges picked four winning designs. Read the rest of this entry »
I woke up this morning and realized that we needed help.
It is not that I think we are not managing this project well but the need to get this right, the design of the houses, the fabrication approaches, the design of the program to meet the needs of really poor families all demand that we have some more folks joining us to make sure we have though through the best solutions. Read the rest of this entry »