The home of visionary architect Victor Lundy has been saved. A pair of local preservationists have purchased the Bellaire property, securing the future of a remarkable work of modern design weeks before a previous owner was set to begin demolition.
Victor Lundy’s Bellaire house and studio slated for demolition
Victor Lundy’s Bellaire home and studio, which the pioneering modern architect designed in the 1980s for himself and his wife, Anstis, are now slated for demolition. Construction fencing has gone up at 701 Mulberry Lane, and the owners have reportedly contracted Habitat for Humanity’s deconstruction program to dismantle the buildings.
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PH Watch List: 1933 and 1937 Dryden Road
In May 1936, Snedden & Young, architects and builders, announced the construction of two modernistic apartment houses at 1933 and 1937 Dryden Road in Southgate near Rice University. The buildings are among Houston’s few surviving examples of Streamline Moderne architecture, a style that was very popular in the years before World War II. Morningstar Construction & Development plans to demolish them and build a mid-rise residential complex on the site.