The Neighborhood
Recognizing outstanding recent architecture, design, and construction in Houston Heights — the new and renovated buildings that keep the Heights “Heights-y.”
About the Awards
Each year the Houston Heights Association recognizes recent construction and renovation — both residential and commercial — that improves upon the historic yet ever-changing look and feel of our community’s landscape.
Nominations come from neighbors through an open process. Entries are then scored by a panel of volunteer judges on built features sympathetic to the character of the neighborhood: scale, massing, proportions, setbacks, landscaping, and architectural detail. Commercial entries are also judged on their visual, environmental, and economic contributions to the community.
Keep an eye out as you drive, walk, jog, and cycle through the neighborhood. If a building has caught your eye as uniquely contributing to the Heights, nominate it.
“Does this building improve the Heights community and landscape?”
Nominations
Residences and businesses built or renovated within the last three years are eligible. Anyone can nominate — you don’t need to own the property or be an HHA member.
Submit a Nomination →Questions? Email the committee chair at awards@houstonheights.org. Winners are announced each year at the HHA awards reception.
Eligibility & Judging
Eligible area: bounded by North Loop 610 on the north, North Durham Drive on the west, Washington Avenue on the south, Studewood on the east, and North Main on the northeast — the Houston Heights as defined in the HHA by-laws.
Past Winners
The Community Improvement Awards date back decades — past honorees include the Harpole Residence (2007), the Diederich Residence (2001), and Blackburn Industries (1998). We’re still assembling the full archive. If you have records or photos from earlier years, please send them to awards@houstonheights.org.
Seen something great?
Every winning building started as a nomination from a neighbor who noticed. Be that neighbor.
