Portfolio / Basswood Buildings for MFAH Site Model

These solid basswood buildings were fabricated for Steven Holl Architects to use on the site model that we made for their projects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. As part of the museum’s campus redevelopment plan, Steven Holl designed two buildings: the new Glassell School of Art and the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. These projects sit across from both the Caroline Wiess Law Building (designed by Mies van der Rohe) and the Audrey Jones Beck Building (designed by Rafael Moneo). In addition to representations of those buildings, several surrounding buildings were also made for the site model. While abstracted, the buildings were still fairly challenging to produce on the CNC router given the steep sides, sharp angles, and the challenges of working in solid basswood.