Current News

VLK Hosts High School Students for Job Shadow Day Houston,

Houston, Texas - On January 20th, VLK hosted students from Klein Collins High School and Bridgeland High School for Job Shadow Day. This event provided students with the opportunity to learn about the professional world through connection with individuals that are experts in their fields of interest. This is the fourth year VLK has welcomed students who get to experience a day in the life of an architect.

Pete Ed Garrett of Studio RED Elevated to College of Fellows

HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Studio RED Founding Partner, Pete Ed Garrett, was elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows in 2019, only 3% of architects have this distinction. The College of Fellows, founded in 1952, is composed of members of the Institute who are elected to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. Fellowship is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member.

VLK Architects Celebrates the Dedication of Katy ISD’s Gerald D. Young Agricultural Sciences Center

Katy, TX – The Gerald D. Young Agricultural Sciences facility has received an expansion for the benefit of Katy ISD’s FFA and Agricultural Sciences program and the whole community. With the tremendous growth of Katy ISD in mind, modern structures were created to allow for evolving student needs and to allow students and teachers to interact outside of the classroom from the school barns to the project center, the eco-pond, show pavilion, and covered rodeo arena.

Halford Busby Construction Consultants Hires Robert VanNieuwenhuyzen as Project Controls Manager

HOUSTON (February 5, 2019) – With planned growth in 2019, Halford Busby Construction Consultants is pleased to announce its recent hiring of Robert VanNieuwenhuyzen as Senior Estimator/Project Controls Manager. In this role, VanNieuwenhuyzen will use his project control experience in estimating, scheduling, controlling clients’ costs, change order management and risk management.

Pfluger Architects announces the hiring of Mark Lam, Ph.D., AIA, LEED AP, ALEP as Chief Operating Officer, a new position for Pfluger

Austin, Texas — Mark has been a consultant for Pfluger since 2013 and before that spent more than two decades with SHW Group, (now Stantec).

Griesenbeck is proud to announce that its' transition to in-house labor is complete.

In addition to hiring additional team members, this move has included substantial investments in vehicles, tools, employee training and ongoing career development programs.

Pam Taylor, LEED Green Associate, CPSM, has been promoted to associate in the firm’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, office

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced that Pam Taylor, LEED Green Associate, CPSM, has been promoted to associate in the firm’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, office. She will oversee marketing efforts for the firm’s architectural practice nationwide.

International conference on Biodiversity and Ecology restoration

Meetings International (Meetings Int.) invites you to attend “International conference on Biodiversity and Ecology restoration” which is to be held on May 15-16, 2019 at Brussels, Belgium.

VLK Architects’ Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center in Arlington ISD Selected as a Finalist for the TASA TASB Caudill Class

VLK Architects’ design of Arlington ISD’s Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center has earned the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Board’s highest recognition as a finalist for the 2018-19 Caudill Class of the Exhibit of School Architecture.

Complete the Community Housing & Urban Design Competition

This competition is organized by the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Houston) and the City of Houston with Council Member David W. Robinson.