Trees For Houston
Client: Trees For Houston
Firm: Project Designed by Kirksey Architecture
Role: Lead Designer, Giovanni Peña
Location: Houston, TX
Program: Office, Learning Center & Nursery
Area: 7,313 SF
Status: Built
Awards: HBJ Landmark Award, Finalist -Community Impact, 2024
ULI Development of Distinction Awards, Finalist - Non-Profit Small-Scale, 2024
Trees for Houston is a non-profit organization in Houston, TX dedicated to promote, plant, and protect trees in the Greater Houston Area. Their goal for this project was to finally build a permanent home that translated their mission into architecture. The site was the most important aspect of the project for TFH. The existing site was a previously developed tract of land that lacked any vegetation and was completely covered in either concrete or asphalt. The TFH staff wanted a work environment that was completely immersed in nature, with views of trees from all the public spaces.