A Design Lover’s Guide to Houston
<p>At first glance, Houston doesn’t exactly seem like an exciting destination for design lovers. The downtown is characterized by corporate-looking glass-and-steel skyscrapers; the city has no zoning laws, so residential neighborhoods are replete with a mishmash of architectural styles (you might see a Tudor-style mansion and a starkly minimalist house right next to each other); and no matter where you want to go, you have to get in a car. Locals joke that Houston is 15 minutes from Houston. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find emerging neighborhoods, a thriving community of artists, swanky new hotels, and an incredible restaurant scene. “It’s an exciting place to live because it’s ever shifting and moving,” says Diane Gelman, a local artist with a studio in the Silos at Sawyer Yards.</p>
By Kasun Basuriya
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