Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale e William Price

O le mamanu Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale e William Price o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2026 A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Fausaga Fale.

UʻameaFausaga Fale· 2026

Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale

na mamanuina e William Price

Tagata Fa'atau: Bill Price

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Fausaga Fale

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Fale Maualuga o se fale faʻatūmau saʻo i luga o se fanua vaapiapi, ua leva ona faʻavaeina i Houston. E lua ona vaega faʻafaʻasolo e faʻatulagaina ai ni vaega e lima o le nofoaga mai le auala i le taualuga aʻo lagolagoina foʻi le faʻamālūina faʻalenatura. O se ala matagi i le vaega lona tolu e aumaia ai le malamalama ma le ea i totonu o le vaega, e mafai ai ona faʻamafanafana faʻalava ma le tafe ea o le aafiaga faʻaputu. O se potu faʻalogo i lalo e mafai ona totogi e faʻaopoopo ai le fetuutuunai, ma o se faʻalototele o meafaitino faʻainisinia e faʻamautu ai le fale i totonu o lona siʻosiʻomaga faʻatūmau o le taulaga.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Tall House Galuega Autu: Fale ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 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.
Fa'ailoga: Tall House, Cultural sustainability, Environmental sustainability, Urban infill housing, Industrial vernacular, Passive cooling, Vertical dwelling, Houston architecture, Recycled materials, Climatic responsiveness, Adaptive living
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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.
Su'esu'ega: 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.
Fa'aosofia: 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.
Umi o le Poloketi: 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.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: 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.
Sui o le 'Au: Bill Price
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: Image #1: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price
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Image #5: Photographer Tremain Jackson and Bill Price