NATHAN PAULUS

Even if you’re content with your home, lawn and neighbors, the nine houses in this year’s lineup of the AIA Houston Home Tour are sure to spark some ideas, if not a little jealousy. Having all been finished within the past five years, the houses exemplify the cutting edge of...

What she does: Lauren Rottet is a certified architect and designer who possesses a rare energy. She remembers only one time in her childhood complaining of boredom to her mother. Her mother's response: "How can you be bored when there's everything in the world to do, go out in the...

What she does: Chandos Dodson is an interior designer who owns Chandos Interiors. She does both corporate and residential properties in a style best described as luxury with whimsy. Dodson says her work is a mutual process between designer and client. "I really try to take into account what my...

What she does: Kim Hartz owns Kim Hartz Photography near Rice Village, where she specializes in taking photos of dogs and infants. Her work has been featured in the magazine Life and Dog and three of her photos were recently accepted into the general and loan collection of Professional Photographers...

Myke Venable paints square canvases and then joins them together to create abstract compositions for his new show “Myke Venable: Clustered Paintings.” The results resemble those block creations you used to make as a kid. But Venable isn’t playing with blocks, he’s making what he calls “clustered paintings.” With a...