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Welcome to our Houston studio

H-Town is full of character, diversity, and world-class culture. Our studio is a reflection of that—from our areas of expertise to the clients we serve. Drawn to complexity, we’re known for solving some of our region’s most demanding design challenges. Whether it’s renovating our oldest public park, transforming the Medical Center, pioneering new workplace standards, or hurricane-proofing a biocontainment lab on the Gulf Coast, we seek to redefine “space” in Space City.

1001 McKinney Street
19th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002

t +1 (713) 366-4000
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Home in H-Town

You’ll find us downtown in a historic Art Deco building. A strategic foray into a new way of working, we designed our studio around an adaptable work model that embraces “perspectives,” both physical and conceptual.

RECENT WORK
The Future of Cancer Care

Our design of the newly opened Duan Family Building at Mayo Clinic Florida’s campus is helping to spearhead carbon ion therapy in the Americas.

Locally, MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Clinical Services Building—the institution’s largest construction project to date—is positioned to transform the Texas Medical Center.

AWARDS
Celebrated Projects, Region-Wide

The University of Houston RAD Center and LSU Health Shreveport Center for Medical Education Emerging Viral Threats Lab have picked up multiple awards, including the 2026 AIA Design Excellence Award for Education Facilities and 2026 Lab Design Excellence Award for Small Project Design, respectively.

Drawing Clarity from Complexity

As creative thinkers and problem solvers, we leverage award-winning design to solve our client’s challenges across the Healthcare, Science and Technology, Workplace, and Corporate and Commercial sectors.

Pioneering New Healthcare Standards

“I truly believe that the work that we did with Perkins&Will and our ability to do outcomes research following that work can help to drive change in how hospital buildings are designed and how patients are treated…”

― Stephen Glazier, COO, UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center

A long-term partner to paradigm-shifting institutions of Science and Technology

We’re proud of maintaining decades-long relationships with some of our region’s most cherished and impactful institutions.

Our history with the Texas Children’s Hospital Neurological Research Institute goes back 20 years, from the design of the iconic twisting tower to more recent build-outs for cutting edge labs that combine genetic counseling with computational AI.

 

Design to empower the Workplace

We launched our Neurodiversity Toolkit with the D.C. headquarters of this Global Energy Company—analyzing physical, social, and cognitive elements to ensure the design invites the broadest possible range of users.

The Arts

Houston is known for space and medical innovation—but did you know about the city’s longstanding connection to modern art, or that it’s home to the largest theater district in the U.S. outside of New York?

Like Houston we, too, have an underground connection to the arts. Our studio counts performing artists, opera singers, and art collectives among our Perkins&Will family. We’ve even strutted our stuff down the catwalk at IIDA’s Product Runway in an award-winning Japanese Edo-era ensemble made of recycled building materials.

Our studio's look (made of recycled furniture materials) for IIDA’s Product Runway won "Best in Show."
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From the nation’s largest chimpanzee sanctuary to our local parks, we’re serious about our Social Purpose program.
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One of our studio values, “Seek the Edge,” is embodied in the Möbius strip—a single edge that loops back on itself in an eternal twist. The shape is an apt symbol of how we redefine expertise: we operate on the leading edge, but never settle—always pushing toward the next horizon.

Our Houston Leaders

Diana Davis
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Diana Davis
Managing Director
Massimo Giaffari
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Massimo Giaffari
Operations Director
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Chris Connell
Design Director
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Jason Chan
Science and Technology
Lea Anne Leatherwood
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Lea Anne Leatherwood
Science and Technology
Ashley Dias
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Ashley Dias
Health
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Necia E. Bonner
Andrew Brown
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Andrew Brown
Science and Technology
Julie Gauthier
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Julie Gauthier
Workplace
Marc el-Khouri
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Marc el-Khouri
Corporate and Commercial
Lynnette Tedder
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Lynnette Tedder
Health
Armand Kostanian
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Armand Kostanian
Health
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Work by Houston

John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
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John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
Houston, Texas
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
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National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
Manhattan, Kansas
LSU Health Shreveport Center for Medical Education
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LSU Health Shreveport Center for Medical Education
Shreveport, Louisiana
University of Houston, RAD Center Modern building exterior with glass facade at dusk, surrounded by greenery.
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University of Houston, RAD Center
Houston, Texas
University of California San Diego, Franklin Antonio Hall
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University of California San Diego, Franklin Antonio Hall
San Diego, California
Confidential Global Energy Company
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Confidential Global Energy Company
Washington, D.C.
University of Kansas Integrated Sciences Building Exterior
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University of Kansas Integrated Sciences Building
Lawrence, Kansas
Louisiana State University Patrick F. Taylor Hall
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Louisiana State University Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Galveston National Laboratory exterior
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Galveston National Laboratory
Galveston, Texas
Alice McKean Young Neighborhood Library Young Library Exterior at Night
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Alice McKean Young Neighborhood Library
Houston, Texas
Wright State University Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration classroom
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Wright State University Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration
Dayton, Ohio
Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
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Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
College Station, Texas
Kansas State University Engineering Complex Phase IV
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Kansas State University Engineering Complex Phase IV
Manhattan, Kansas
Global Health Research Complex
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Global Health Research Complex
College Station, Texas
Abilene Christian University Onstead Science Center and Halbert-Walling Research Center Halbert Walling Exteriors
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Abilene Christian University Onstead Science Center and Halbert-Walling Research Center
Abilene, Texas
Winstead
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Winstead
Houston, Texas
Texas A&M University Veterinary Education Research and Outreach Center
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Texas A&M University Veterinary Education Research and Outreach Center
Canyon, Texas
Designing Our Houston Studio
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Designing Our Houston Studio
Houston, Texas

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