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< Back to Projects Foster Family YMCA Owner: YMCA of the Greater Houston Area Architect: Brave/Architecture Size: 28,412 sq. ft. Category: Community / Non-Profit Tellepsen partnered with the YMCA of Greater Houston to rejuvenate several aspects of the guest experience at the Foster Family YMCA. Renovations focused on the welcome center, an intergenerational room, an expanded wellness center, a youth makerspace, group exercise studios, a new outdoor pavilion, refreshed greenspace, and a renovated swimming pool. The outdoor pavilion features an open, welcoming, and an adaptable multi-purpose court for outdoor group exercise, basketball, pickleball, and other sports. Meanwhile, a unique "maker space" is aimed at providing youth the chance to design, create, explore, learn, collaborate, discover, and invent. The equipment serving the swimming pool has been completely overhauled and upgraded to include heating/cooling equipment to extend swim season for members. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects 1885 St. James Place Owner: 1885 St. James Place Partners, L.P. Architect: Jackson & Ryan Architects Size: 349,474 sq. ft. Category: Office / Corporate (New | Major Addition) Located in the prestigious San Felipe Green development, 1885 St. James Place offers 159,000 rentable square feet of Class A office building designed to accommodate a variety of tenant suites. The building has accessible exterior balconies. Decorative masonry on the upper levels provides a sophisticated look while also presenting a unique opportunity for a special tenant experience. The podium style building has six levels of parking with 435 spaces with 9 stories of offices stacked above. Developed by Nelson Murphree Legacy Partners, LLC., 1885 St. James Place epitomizes class and luxury within the Houston business community. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Texas Medical Center Nabisco Labs Suite A Owner: Texas Medical Center Architect: Elkus Manfredi Size: 8,432 Category: Life Science / Pharmaceutical The suite was meticulously designed to include a state-of-the-art clean room equipped with a high-grade Sterilizer and two advanced Fume Hoods. These installations were essential to uphold the stringent standards required for laboratory work. Furthermore, the suite's configuration was optimized to foster a seamless workflow, ensuring that the space could accommodate both research and administrative functions efficiently. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects University of Houston Clear Lake STEM and Classroom Building Owner: University of Houston Architect: FKP CannonDesign Size: 125,000 sq. ft. Category: Education - Higher Ed The University of Houston Clear Lake STEM Building is approximately 125,000 square feet, including approximately 10,000 square feet of shell space. The project also includes an extension of the existing Bayou Loop Road. The new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics building has the most up to date technology that is ahead of all previous like facilities. The new facility includes up-to-date office space and active learning centers that allow for a real-time tie interactive learning experience between professor and student. The newly state of the art learning center includes exterior self-tinting windows that darken as the intensity of the sun hits them. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects First Baptist Church of The Woodlands, Texas Owner: First Baptist Church of the Woodlands Architect: Studio Red Architects Size: 23,441 sq. ft. Category: Liturgical / Faith Based Tellepsen was selected to perform renovations to three existing buildings on the church's campus and adding a new 350-car parking garage. Expansion of the sanctuary and Great Hall for fellowship was also included in the scope of work. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Texas Children's Hospital West Campus - Sports Medicine Owner: Texas Children's Hospital Architect: Page Size: 27,000 sq. ft. Category: Healthcare (interiors) The 27,000-square-foot Sports Medicine project involved the buildout of Level 5 shell space to include new exam rooms, X-ray and imaging rooms, support spaces, common spaces, and a 18,300-square-foot Ortho/Sports Med Clinic. The team utilized temporary barriers, infectious prevention barriers, negative air machines and directional signage to minimize impacts to the hospital operations. To facilitate loading the mechanical and medical equipment on the floor, a perimeter window was removed, and these materials were brought through the side of the building using cranes. The team coordinated closely with the hospital staff for necessary MEP and life safety shutdowns and tie-ins. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects The Fay School Owner: The Fay School Architect: Gensler & Associates Size: 43,000 sq. ft. Category: Education - K-12 - Private The Fay School is a nondenominational, not-for-profit, co-educational school in which children of diverse talents and backgrounds with average to above average academic abilities are offered a high-quality education in a secure, nurturing, and academically challenging environment. This is a three-story, 43,000-square-foot addition containing classrooms, computer labs, art rooms, science rooms, multi-purpose room, administrative offices and two dining halls. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Exxon Exploration-Greenspoint Owner: Exxon Exploration Architect: Size: 240,000 sq. ft. Category: Office / Corporate (Interiors) Complete demolition and build-back of 240,000 square feet of interior space on 12 different building levels in Greenspoint Three. Executive areas of the building included high-level finishes consisting of both wood and stone flooring, custom mahogany doors, with millwork, crown molding, chair railing, and wainscot throughout. The project was successfully completed on time and within budget. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston East Plant Owner: University of Texas Systems Architect: AEI Affiliated Engineers Size: 65,700 sq. ft. Category: District Energy / CUP This is a 65,700-square-foot facility that provides redundant heating and hot water systems for the campus. The first floor of the East Plant's design is over 25 feet above sea level to provide clearance for traffic below. Installation of a gas & steam turbine engine facilitates power to operate the facility and includes a heat recovery steam generator and a 1-megawatt BLACKSTART generator, which allows for the emergency start of every system in the building during a power outage. Water is provided through a thermal energy tank located adjacent to the building with storage capacity of just over 2 million gallons. The tank provides a three-day backup source of evaporation make-up water for the thermal utility generation equipment and shift electrical demand to off peak hours to reduce the strain on the electric grid. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Channelview High School Owner: Channelview ISD Architect: PBK Architects Size: 274,000 sq. ft. Category: Education - K-12 - ISD This is a 274,000-square-foot, two-story steel frame high school containing classrooms, science labs, library, auditorium, gymnasiums, athletic facilities with weight rooms, cafeteria/kitchen, shop, technology labs, and administrative offices. Installed state-of-the-art sound systems, telephone, media, and data retrieval systems to maintain the school's progressive focus. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects The Menninger Epicenter Phase I Owner: The Menninger Clinic Architect: LJA Engineering & Surveying Inc. Size: 172,000 sq. ft. Category: Healthcare (New | Major Addition) The Menninger Clinic is an international specialty psychiatric center providing clinical treatment, research, and education. The lush 50-acre Epicenter advances Houston as a center of excellence in mental health treatment, education, and research, attracting leading mental health clinical specialists and researchers. Through a collaboration with Texas Medical Center institutions, The Menninger gives mental health patients access to the latest research, interventions, and medical specialty care. Treatment priorities for the 172,000 square-foot clinic include substance abuse and addictions, personality disorders, mood disorders, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, and trauma and neuropsychiatric disorders. Phase II of The Menninger Clinic includes the Research Training and Outpatient Offices building. The 70,000 square-foot, three-story building includes office space, conference rooms, classrooms, exam rooms, dining hall, theater, and research labs. It also houses Baylor College of Medicines Psychiatric and Mood Disorder Clinic with additional teaching space. Adjacent to the building is a 128,000 square-foot, four-story parking garage that includes 396 parking spaces for the campus. Additionally, the project includes a detention pond and all associated site work. This project received the Houston Business Journal Landmark Award and the AGC's APEX Award for Project Excellence. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Region 4 Education Service Center Owner: Region 4 Architect: PBK Architects Size: 63,000 sq. ft. Category: Education - K-12 - ISD The 63,000-square-foot addition to the Region 4 Education Service Center includes multi-purpose conference rooms with state-of-the-art audio/visual presentation capabilities. The mission critical educational support center also includes a new network operations center with raised access flooring, redundant cooling systems, emergency power, and backup generator. There is also space for administrative offices, warehouse space, and renovation to an additional 45,000 square feet of space. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Spring Valley Kelsey-Seybold Medical Office Building Owner: Kelsey-Seybold Architect: Kirksey Architecture Size: 125,000 sq. ft. Category: Healthcare (New | Major Addition) This project involved pre-construction and construction services for the construction of a new, approximately 125,000-square-foot medical office building and its interiors for Kelsey-Seybold Clinic. Included in this project are a new parking garage, an ambulatory surgery center, an infusion center, full diagnostic suites (including in-house MRI and CT), a laboratory, a pharmacy, and clinical space for approximately 50 physicians. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next

< Back to Projects Houston Museum of Natural Science - Cockrell Butterfly Exhibit Owner: Houston Museum of Natural Science Architect: Size: Category: Parks / Open Spaces Renovations to this project included pathway modifications, new and upgraded lighting, replacement of all existing glass (535 units), maintenance of the Kapot Tree and much more. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Previous Next