the People

Owner
MPA Foundation
Peter Edward Arendt, AIA, Director of Design and Construction

Design Architect
Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, Osaka, Japan

Team:
Tadao Ando, Masataka Yano, Kulapat Yantrasast

Architect of Record
Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
3050 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77056
www.kendall-heaton.com

Managing Principal:
William D. Kendall, FAIA

Executive Principal:
Laurence C. Burns, AIA

Principal-in-Charge:
Rollie D. Childers, AIA

Interior Designer:
Jory Alexander, AIA, ASID

Project Team Coordinator:
Nobuhiko Shoga

Consulting Architect
Richard Fitzgerald and Associate

Engineers
Structural:
Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers www.ttengineers.com

MEP:
CHP and Associates www.chpengr.com

Civil:
Huitt-Zollars, Inc. www.huitt-zollars.com

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
SWA Group

Lighting:
George Sexton Associates

Acoustical:
Cerami and Associates, Inc. www.ceramiassociates.com

Curtain Wall:
Peter M. Muller, Inc.

Water Feature:
Waterscape Consultants, Inc.

Food Service:
Frank Clements Associates www.awabi.com/fca/

General contractor
Linbeck Construction Company www.linbeck.com

CAD system, project management, or other software used
Cadvance www.cadvance.com

the Products

Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall:
Anodized aluminum and glass curtain wall / Masonry Arts www.masonryarts.com

Bead-blasted anodized aluminum wall panels / A. Zahner Company www.azahner.com

Concrete:
Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete

Roofing
Modified Bituminous Membrane Roofing:
Johns Manville www.jm.com

Glazing
Glass:
Clear Low-e insulated laminated glass / Interpane www.interpane.net

Skylights:
Ridge skylights / Supersky www.supersky.com

Doors
Entrances:
Anodized aluminum and glass balanced entrance doors / Ellison www.ellisonwindow.com

Hardware
Locksets:
Mortise lever locksets / Schlage www.schlagelock.com

Pulls:
Brushed stainless steel entrance door pulls / Burns Manufacturing www.burnsmfg.com

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
2' x 2' acoustical panels / Armstrong www.ceilings.com

Suspension grid:
Painted steel grid / Armstrong

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
White oak custom desks and cabinetwork at Lobby and Museum Store / Techniques

Paints and stains:
ICI www.icipaints.com

Paneling:
Plain sawn white oak paneling at Auditorium / Techniques

Floor and wall tile:
– Impala Black granite pavers at public spaces / Lucia
– Plain sawn clear white oak flooring at galleries / Flooring Associates

Carpet:
– Nylon glue-down carpet / Bentley www.bentleyprincestreet.com
– Wool carpet on pad / Prince Street

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Knoll, Inc. www.knoll.com

Fixed seating:
Auditorium Seating / Irwin www.irwinseating.com

Chairs:
Knoll, Inc. www.knoll.com, Herman Miller www.hermanmiller.com, Keilhauer www.keilhauer.com

Tables:
Knoll, Inc., Falcon, Scope Furniture

Upholstery:
Knoll, Inc. Lighting

Lighting
Down / Task lighting:
– Office, Classroom, Boardroom lighting by Edison Price Inc. www.epl.com
– Lobby and Café and Public Area Lighting by Edison Price

Exterior Lighting:
Concrete wall washing by Hydrel www.hydrel.com and Sterner www.sternerlighting.com

Landscape lighting:
Sterner, B-K lighting

Gallery Lighting:
– Track lighting system by Nulux Inc. www.nulux.com
– Custom 40' gallery wall washers by Elliptipar.
– Laylight artificial lighting by Nulux.
www.elliptipar.com

Internal Perimeter lighting:
Interior concrete walls washed by custom fixtures from Elliptipar and Edison Price.

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Hydraulic Elevators / Kone www.kone.com

Plumbing
Drinking Fountains:
Filtrine www.filtrine.com

Lavatories:
American Standard www.americanstandard-us.com

Water closets and urinals:
American Standard

Other
Stretched translucent fabric ceiling panels at galleries / Skyspan www.skyspan.com