William Price ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Tall House ᱢᱩᱲ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2026 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2026
Tall House ᱢᱩᱲ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱳᱲᱟᱜ
William Price ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ
ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: Bill Price
ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ
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Tall House ᱢᱩᱲ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ
ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ: ᱩᱪᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱤᱪᱴᱚᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱪᱮᱯᱮᱫ, ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱱ ᱱᱤᱭᱚᱢ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱱᱴᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱴᱷᱟᱰᱟ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨ ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱴᱷᱟᱰᱟ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱯᱟᱹᱭ ᱦᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱢᱚᱬᱮ ᱛᱷᱚᱠ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱲᱢᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱱᱤᱡ ᱦᱤᱥᱤ ᱨᱤᱫ ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱣᱠᱟᱹ ᱨᱮ ᱜᱚᱲᱚᱭᱟ ᱾ ᱯᱮᱭᱟ ᱴᱷᱟᱰᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱦᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱦᱚᱪᱚᱜ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱯᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱟᱜᱩ ᱮᱢᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱨᱚᱢ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱴᱮᱠ ᱯᱷᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟᱣᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱷᱟᱰᱟ ᱮᱢ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱛᱷᱚᱠ ᱥᱩᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱨᱚᱲ ᱮᱢᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱯᱟᱴᱷᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱞᱮᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱡ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱷᱚᱸᱡᱟ ᱥᱚᱦᱚᱨ ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱣᱠᱟᱹ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟ ᱾
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Tall House ᱢᱩᱲ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Tall House ᱢᱩᱲ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱳᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ
ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
- ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ
- A compact infill lot is transformed into a vertical prototype for resilient living. A cantilevered upper volume recalls industrial stacks while operable windows, balcony boxes, and a breezeway bring daylight and cross ventilation. A rentable ground level suite adds adaptability, and recycled materials support resource conscious construction.
- ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ
- Approximately 50 ft high, 17 ft wide, and 48 ft long. Three interlocked volumes organize the project: a ground plinth with rentable space, a vertical living stack with a mezzanine library, and a breezeway linking balcony boxes. A double height living room anchors the core and circulation culminates at a roof deck framing downtown Houston.
- ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ
- Tall House, Cultural sustainability, Environmental sustainability, Urban infill housing, Industrial vernacular, Passive cooling, Vertical dwelling, Houston architecture, Recycled materials, Climatic responsiveness, Adaptive living
- ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ
- A concrete slab on four piers supports a steel frame with a five story wood structure. The corrugated metal envelope shifts from opaque to transparent to tune privacy, daylight, and heat gain. Operable insulated windows and balcony projections strengthen cross breezes, while the breezeway supports passive cooling through stack effect behavior.
- ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ
- Built on a small grandfathered lot in Houston, the project had to prove livability and financial viability without a client. Four piers and a concrete slab support a hybrid steel and wood frame across five levels. Shaped by zoning, market limits, and climate, the house turns a narrow site into a five story urban home that reframes constraint as opportunity.
- ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ
- Design research tested vertical housing on constrained urban lots, balancing cultural memory with climate responsiveness. Comparative studies of cubic and elongated schemes were refined through environmental simulations and full scale prototyping. Results show narrow lots can support livable, adaptive homes when section is used to drive stack effect cooling and sectional porosity.
- ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ
- The design was inspired by the industrial vernacular of Houstons historic working neighborhoods, particularly the tall boiler stacks of adjacent laundries and rail lines. Motivated by the challenge of building on a narrow grandfathered lot, the project explores how vertical living, environmental performance and cultural memory can coexist. Research into passive ventilation and sectional spatial strategies informed the designs stacked cross ventilated form.
- ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ
- Conceived and built over ten years in Houstons Lower Heights, realized through a design build process beside Olivewood Cemetery. It transforms a narrow infill lot and won the Architecture Master Prize Residential Single Family category, announced January 2026.
- ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ
- Offering a vertical sequence of living tailored to Houston's dense urban fabric, a ground level suite engages the street, while the second level opens into a double height living volume with a mezzanine. A suspended stair threads upward to the fourth level to capture light and prevailing breezes, transforming circulation into a spatial event. The ascent concludes on a rooftop deck with views of Houston’s skyline. The house balances privacy and openness through a carefully choreographed vertical flow.
- ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ
- Bill Price
- ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱟ
- Image #1: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
Image #2: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
Image #3: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
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Image #5: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
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