Meet the local pioneers leading a national team to create The Residences at W Austin and the Block 21 experience. Yet another Austin hit in the making.
DESIGN TEAM
ANDERSSON-WISE ARCHITECTS
AUSTIN
The innovative West Coast firm will design the new home for Austin City Limits. Clients include Walt Disney Studios, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Inc. and Mattel . .
BOKA POWELL ARCHITECTS
DALLAS
Introduced to the project by W Hotels Worldwide, her past accolades include: 2007 Travel and Leisure Design Award - Best Resort, W Maldives and 2005 Interior Design Magazine Gold Key Awards, W Montreal. She has since transitioned onto the Block 21 project as a full-time consultant.
DESIGN TEAM
ANDERSSON-WISE ARCHITECTS
AUSTIN
Winner of multiple Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects. The firm has been featured in New York Times, Architectual Digest, Architectural Record, House & Garden, Dwell and Elle Decor.
HEATHER PLIMMER
Introduced to the project by W Hotels Worldwide, her past accolades include: 2007 Travel and Leisure Design Award - Best Resort, W Maldives and 2005 Interior Design Magazine Gold Key Awards, W Montreal. She has since transitioned onto the Block 21 project as a full-time consultant.
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
STRATUS PROPERTIES
An award-winning, Austin-based real estate development company committed to responsible, sustainable development. This publicly-traded company has created residential and commercial properties throughout Texas, including Barton Creek.
CANYON-JOHNSON URBAN FUND II
Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds is a joint venture between the Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and the basketball legend turned entrepreneur, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, with almost $2 billion of committed equity to invest in the revitalization of ethnically-diverse, urban communities across the country.
AUSTIN COMMERCIAL
A full-service construction company with more than 25 years of experience in high-profile residential properties. Winner of the American Institute of Architecture's prestigious Contractor of the Year award.
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
PERSONETTE & ASSOCIATES
Based in Houston, Personette is Texas' leading on-site sales and marketing organization for luxury high-rise, loft and condo-hotel developments in Texas..
CENTER FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL BUILDING SYSTEMS
Gail Vittori is the co-founder of the CMPBS. She has been profiled by Time magazine as a world leader in sustainable design and was one of the original authors of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED guidelines. Not only one of the founding members of the USGBC, Gail is also a former chair of the board.