Kevin Daly designs canopied building to be "welcoming as the shadow beneath a tree"

Kevin Daly designs canopied building to be "welcoming as the shadow beneath a tree"

LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber.

Kevin Daly Architecture (KDA) worked with Mexico City-based studio Productora to complete the 31,718-square-foot (2,946 metre) project in Spotts Park, northwest of Downtown Houston, for local institution Houston Endowment.

The structure features a latticed canopy that was designed to reference the surrounding oak groves.

The canopy provides passive cooling for the structure and has been outfitted with photovoltaic panels to provide energy.

This post is an excerpt. Read the full article on the dezeen website.


 

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