Tall House بنیادی ڪم: گھر by William Price is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت تے ڈھانچا ڈیزائن Competition Category.
لوہافنِ تعمیر· 2026
Tall House بنیادی ڪم: گھر
Client: Bill Price
A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category
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About Tall House بنیادی ڪم: گھر
ٹال ہاؤس ہیوسٹن وچ ہک تنگ، پراݨے منظور شدہ پلاٹ تے ہک عمودی بھرتی والی رہائش گاہ ہے۔ دو اوپر تلے رکھے ہوئے حجم گلی توں چھت تائیں رہائش دیاں پنج سطحاں نوں منظم کریندے ہن تے نال ای غیر فعال ٹھنڈک نوں سہارا ڈیندے ہن۔ تیجی سطح تے ہک بریز وے سیکشن دے ذریعے روشنی تے ہوا لیاندا ہے، جیہڑا کراس وینٹیلیشن تے اسٹیک ایفیکٹ ہوا دے بہاؤ نوں ممکن بݨیندا ہے۔ ہک کرایے تے ڈیݨ والا گراؤنڈ لیول سویٹ لچک ودھیندا ہے، تے ہک صنعتی مادی پیلیٹ گھر نوں اوندے گھنے شہری ماحول وچ مضبوطی نال جوڑیندا ہے۔
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام
Tall House بنیادی ڪم: گھر A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی انہاں چنگے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے جیڑھے چنگی طرح ڈیزائن کیتیاں ہوئیاں تخلیقاں کنوں متوقع پیشہ ورانہ تے صنعتی ضرورتاں پوریاں کریندے ہن۔ لوہے دے جتݨ والے اپݨے خالقاں دی وݙی مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ تے تخلیقی صلاحیت ݙکھیندے ہن۔ Tall House بنیادی ڪم: گھر کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک بہوں قدر کیتی ہوئی، سراہی ہوئی تے پیاری تخلیق ہوسی جیڑھی عملی تے جدت والی ہے۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام جتیا ہے، صنعت دے بہترین طریقے جمع کریندا ہے تے علم تے صلاحیت نال جڑیاں ہوئیاں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں رکھیندا ہے۔ Tall House بنیادی ڪم: گھر دی سنجیدگی کنوں عزت کیتی ویندی ہے تے او زندگی دے معیار وچ بہتری آݨݨ کیتے بݨایا گیا ہے جیڑھی دنیا کوں بہتر جاہ بݨاوݨ وچ مدد کریندی ہے۔
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 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.
- Tags
- Tall House, Cultural sustainability, Environmental sustainability, Urban infill housing, Industrial vernacular, Passive cooling, Vertical dwelling, Houston architecture, Recycled materials, Climatic responsiveness, Adaptive living
- Production Technology
- 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.
- Design Challenge
- 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.
- Research
- 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.
- Inspiration
- 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.
- Project Duration
- 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.
- Operation Flow
- 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.
- Team Members
- Bill Price
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
Image #2: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
Image #3: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
Image #4: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
Image #5: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
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