Posted on 1/25/2016
When a city opts to utilize prototype designs for public buildings, the results are often cheap and ugly; repurposed trailers or other modular units come to mind. But Houston, Texas has a recipe for good civic architecture in the first of what could be many police stations designed by Roth Sheppard Architects.
In their hands, prototype equals simple, sustainable, layered, and inexpensive, but hardly cheap, and far from ugly. The architects answered some questions about the project.
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project?
We respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP).
Can you describe your design process for the building?
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