Shelter for Dignified Living

Founded in 1982, Rey de la Reza Architects, Inc. (RDLR) is recognized throughout Texas as a community-driven architectural firm providing design excellence and outstanding project management services in the Houston area.

With a 40-year history, the firm has been involved in the design of a variety of transit, commercial, educational, urban design, residential, and renovation projects and continues to provide exceptional service to public entities including: City of Houston, Fort Bend County, Houston Airport System, METRO, HCTRA, The Harris Center, numerous ISD’s, GSA, USPS and TxDOT. Our firm is certified M/WBE and Texas HUB.

About 40+ Awards

AIA Houston Firm of the Year Texas Society of Architects Firm Award

RDLR Architects firm Principals: Jennifer DaRos, LEED AP, Howard Merrill, AIA, LEED

AP BD+C, Lorie Westrick, AIA, LEED AP and Daniel Ortiz, AIA, LEED AP

According to the Kinder Institute, 214,665 households in Harris County make less than 80% of the median income and spend more than 50% of their total income on housing. It is estimated that Hurricane Harvey damaged one third of Houston’s housing stock. Much of the damage occurred in lower income neighborhoods exasperating the region’s affordable housing crisis. These households are at risk.

For over twenty years RDLR architects has championed lower income families by providing award winning public assisted housing design that promote families and communities. The firm is responsible for numerous HUD and CDBG funded housing development resulting in approximately 1800 single and multi-family homes including homes for the disabled and seniors. We take great pride in knowing that these projects have transformed lives.

HOUSING

Balboa Apartments

Galveston Housing Authority - The Oaks I, III and IV

Houston Housing Authority - Historic Oaks of Allen Parkway Village

Houston Housing Authority - Historic Oaks of Allen Parkway Village Resource Center and Childcare

Houston Housing Authority - Cuney Homes Phases II, III & IV

Houston Housing Authority - Cuney Homes Multi-Service Center

Houston Housing Authority - Clayton Homes

Houston Housing Authority - Oxford Place

Houston Housing Authority - Oxford Place Community Center

Palm Terrace

The Harris Center Apartments

The Sapphire Resort Apartments

Sheltering Arms Senior Center Renovations

We design neighborhoods where “community” truly has meaning. Our designs are inclusive, and authentically embrace local history, culture, traditions and aspirations.

Charming City Community

Charming public housing development of 250 housing units with an ideal north Houston location. The development is designed to meet the housing needs of families and seniors with access to a number of lifestyle and employment options in the city. At the heart of the development is a community park and the Oxford Place Community Center and Childcare Facility.

OXFORD PLACE

Texas

Transforming Lives

The community will include a total of 26 one-bedroom apartments for clients transitioning from institutional care to independent living and provide a safe place for them to practice life skills, reestablish a sense of stability, and perhaps make friends in the process. The site hosts an existing one-story mental health facility that will serve as a clinical resource for the residences of the community.

THE HARRIS CENTER - APARTMENTS

Houston, Texas

CLIENT

The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

Design with Historic Context

The new homes in the development are designed to be compact while creating usable and functional living spaces. The structure’s style, with high ceilings and elongated windows is reminiscent of the historic island homes, yet they utilize modern materials selected for their low maintenance qualities.

THE OAKS

Galveston, Texas

CLIENT

Galveston Housing Authority

Affordable Housing Options

The redevelopment of Allen Parkway Village involved the partial razing of an historic housing project in need of rehabilitation within sight of Downtown Houston. After completion, five hundred new and renovated apartment units were made available to lower income families on a site that had laid fallow for twenty years.

HISTORIC OAKS OF ALLEN PARKWAY VILLAGE

Houston, Texas CLIENT Houston Housing Authority