Carlos Jimenez, Architect, Studio, Firm, Houston, Texas Award Winning, International, Designer, Interiors, Exteriors, United States , Carlos Jimenez Studio

Brief Firm Profile/Philosophy

Carlos Jimenez Studio
1116 Willard Street
Houston, Texas 77006 U.S.A.

Telephone: 713.520.7248
Facsimile: 713.520.1186
e-mail: office@carlosjimenezstudio.com

Carlos Jimenez Studio (C.J.S.), established in l982, is a design and architecture firm dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in design. Carlos Jimenez, principal and lead designer, runs the five-person office. Urban design, interior design, and exhibition design are three areas the office also provides as part of its range of services.

Since its inception, C.J.S. has been involved with the design and construction of a variety of buildings such as the Houston Fine Art Press (1985-87), Lynn Goode Gallery (l990-91) Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts Houston Administration and Junior School Building (l991-94), Spencer Studio Art Building at Williams College (l993-96), Art League of Houston (l994-96), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (l996-97, invited competition), Depauw University Peeler Art Center (l997-2002), Cummins Child Development Center, Columbus, Indiana (1997-2001), Cesar Manrique Foundation Cultural Project for the City of Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain (l998), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Renovation and Expansion (1999, invited competition) Kansas City, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Renovation and Expansion, (2001, invited competition) Dallas, Texas, The Fresno Metropolitan Museum (2002), Irwin Mortgage Corporate Headquarters (2002-2003) Indianapolis, Indiana, Rice University Library Service Center (2002-2003), Rice Data Center (2006-), Houston, Texas, The Glassell School of Art Core Studio Building (2003) Houston, Texas, The Tyler School of Art, Temple University (2005-) Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, One Museum Place (2006, Invited Competition) Atlanta, Georgia, Every Housing Compeitition, (2006, Competition, First Place) Paris, France, among others. Exhibition designs have been commissioned and realized for institutions such as the Architectural League of New York (l994), Williams College Museum of Art (1996), Harvard University Graduate School of Design (l997-98), The Art Institute of Chicago (l999), The Peeler Art Center at DePauw University 2002), Brazos Projects (2003) and The National Building Museum (2003), among others.

Carlos Jimenez Studio thrives in the collaboration with our client in resolving the demands of program, addressing the singularities of site and working closely with our local or national consultants. We perceive this collaboration as the critical and creative means to enrich the various subtleties and aspirations implicit to a work of architecture. Our intent is to arrive at the optimum solution with outmost clarity, imagination and intelligence. Our convictions are strengthened by a belief that architecture makes a difference. We understand that a well-designed building is an investment in time to benefit present and future users. The art of architecture resides in the understanding of this commitment as it becomes the measure of the work’s aesthetic, social and functional success.

Carlos Jimenez Studio principal staff includes:
Carlos Jimenez (Principal, Designer)
John Bowley, Architect (Diploma in Architecture, Thames University, London)
Brian Burke (MArch, Rice University)
Brett Zamore (MArch, Rice University)
Joseph Han, Architect (MArch, Rice University)

Claudia Jeanne Ziegler (MArch, Rice University)