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A school's architecture tells a neighborhood's story
I don't often write about the architecture in new schools because, quite frankly, it's often cookie cutter simple and very predictable. So when folks from Yellowstone Schools reached out to tell me that construction on their new upper school was finished, I was excited.
This one is as "un-school" as you can get. It sits behind the former Frederick Douglass Elementary School, a traditional red brick structure — with a coat of red paint on top — that in a few years will mark its 100th birthday. Instead of trying to mimic Douglass, architects at Kirksey Architecture wanted to create something that reflected the community. Sections of the building pop up like row houses, the shotgun-style homes that once were abundant in Third Ward. Inside, wall graphics that show the school's "Y" logo in gray, yellow and white are a nod to the geometry used in murals by John T. Biggers, the artist who helped found the art department at Texas Southern University.
This newsletter also brings you stories about our first Color of the Year announcement, as HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams makes Persimmon — a terracotta-tangerine combination — its pick for 2024. You'll also find a story about Preservation Houston calling for nominations for 2024 Good Brick Awards, and a tribute by my colleague Greg Morago to the late restaurateur Tony Mandola, who died recently.
 | Diane Cowen, Home Design reporter |
Architecture + Design
Photo by: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff Photographer
Yellowstone's new upper school honors Third Ward history
Yellowstone opens its new high school today, architecturally honoring Third Ward and its row houses.
Photo by: Sherwin-Williams
What is Persimmon, HGTV's 'energetic' color of the year?
HGTV by Sherwin-Williams has announced its 2024 Color Collection as well as its 2024 Color of the Year, Persimmon, a terracotta with tangerine tones.
Photo by: Elizabeth Felicella, Photographer / Elizabeth Felicella
Nominations sought for 2024 Good Brick Awards
Preservation Houston is now taking entries for its 2024 Good Brick Award program.
Outdoors
Photo by: KATHY ADAMS CLARK, Kathy Adams Clark/KAC Productions
It's time to plan your Purple Martin watch party
Purple martins are going to Brazil for the winter. They make a stopover in Houston before continuing their long flight south.
A Good Read
Photo by: J. Patric Schneider, For The Houston Chronicle
Legendary Houston restaurateur Tony Mandola dead at 73
With his wife, Phyllis Mandola, the only daughter of the legendary restaurateur "Mama" Ninfa Laurenzo, Tony Mandola was Houston restaurant royalty.
Photo by: Photo By Mack McCormick Used By Permission Of The Smithsonian, Archives Center, National Museum
Smithsonian releases Mack McCormick's musical archive of blues
What do the Smithsonian releases of Robert "Mack" McCormick's archive tell us about Houston, blues history and who gets to tell this story?
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