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Special events
One of the best parts of Decorative Arts Trust membership is access to these types of exciting opportunities and events:
- Home tours: Get a special look inside the city’s most enchanting design-forward homes for patron-level members and above
- Travel: Experience incredible art-centric destinations like New York or Philadelphia
- Programs and lectures: Hear from world-renowned designers, architects, collectors, restorers and authors
- Community: Celebrate at our members-only events, such as the fall kickoff party, holiday party and annual meeting
As part of our commitment to providing education and fellowship in our community, presentations at the Brooks are open to the public and free of charge. Otherwise, events listed below are for active members only and may be limited to certain membership levels.
Curtis & Windham Architects
Wednesday, October 1st
11am - Book Signing + Reception
12pm - Lecture
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Box Lunch available for purchase
To register visit thebrooks.org/DAT or click here
Building on Tradition: The Work of Curtis & Windham
A firm expressing the best in classical architecture, rendered anew for today’s contemporary lifestyles.
Over two decades, William Curtis and Russell Windham have worked to show that classical architecture can embody the same attention to context and custom approach to design often ascribed to more modern movements, underscoring how versatile classical ideals and details can be. In styles reminiscent of the great Tudor manor houses of England to quaint symmetrical clapboard farmhouses, quintessentially Mission-style haciendas, and of course neo-Georgian mansions, the firm builds houses with a faithful adherence to historical detail, proportion, and materials that makes them stand out as truly world-class designers.
With interiors as much a part of their core practice as exteriors, this firm is able to carry through an integrity of vision—graciously curved banisters, warm and inviting mantels, detailed brickwork, and coffered ceilings—that makes every project feel truly whole, complete. Yet a strong sense still pervades every featured home that they are organized to support modern lifestyles, taking the best of the past and adapting it to create homes that are truly comfortable and functional for today’s families.
About The Author
William Curtis and Russell Windham established their architectural practice in Houston in 1992. Since that time, their work has received both regional and national recognition, including multiple John Staub Awards from the Texas chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, and in 1999, the firm received the Institute’s Arthur Ross Award, which honors architects working in the classical tradition. Curtis & Windham’s work has been featured in various publications, including Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, and Period Homes.
Past events
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