RECOGNITION
EDUCATION
1979 Harvard University, GSD, Master of Architecture
1978 Rice University, School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture
1976 Rice University, School of Architecture, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and History of Art
2021 Val Glitsch, FAIA, Houston, TX
2018 Val Glitsch, FAIA, Bend OR
2015 Val Glitsch, FAIA, Eugene OR
2014-15 Principal, BRAVE/Architecture, Houston
1984-2014 The Architecture Studio of Val Glitsch FAIA, Houston
1979-84 Wm. T. Cannady & Associates, Inc., Houston
1978 Bernard Johnson, Inc., Houston
1976-77 De Architektengroep VDL, Amsterdam, Holland, Project Designer, Public Housing
PROFESSIONAL
2016 Registration, Oregon Architect, #11448
2014 Texas Society of Architects, President
2013 Texas Society of Architects, VP/President-elect
2011-12 Texas Society of Architects, Chair, Honor Awards Committee
2011 Texas Society of Architects, Website Task Force
2009-10 Texas Society of Architects, Vice President/ Outreach Commission: Design Awards, Publications, Honors, & TSOT
2006 Member, US Green Building Council
2006-09 Board of Directors, Oak Hill Academy, Dallas
2005-06 Texas Society of Architects, Chair, Publications Committee
1997-2007 TexasArchitect Publications Committee
1995 Fellow, American Institute of Architects
1981 Member, American Institute of Architects
1980 Registration, Texas Architect #7924
1980-2015 Member, Rice Design Alliance
TEACHING
2016 Adjunct Instructor, School of Architecture & Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Vertical Studio 484/485, “Affordable Housing”
2002 Visiting Professor: School of Architecture + Planning, The University of New Mexico, Graduate Studio “M,” Masters Degree Studio
2000 Visiting Professor: Bullock Endowed Chair, School of Architecture, Texas A+M University, Graduate Studio: “Methods of Making,” Spring
1997 Visiting Lecturer, University of Texas, School of Architecture, Third Year Studio: “Sound Building”
1996 Visiting Lecturer, University of Texas, School of Architecture, Second Year Studio + Visual Communications Courses
1995 Visiting Critic, University of Texas, School of Architecture, Advanced Studio
1984-87 Visiting Critic, Rice University, Sophomore Studio with John Casbarian, FAIA
1978 Teaching Assistant, "Architecture for Non-Architects,” Rice University, for Professor John Casbarian
AWARDS
2015 BuildDirect Blog: Life At Home, “The 15 Best Architects in Houston,” Amanda Miller
2014-15 “Women in Architecture: 1850 To the Future,” AIAHouston Travelling Exhibit and Film
2013 Mayor’s Proud Partner, “Keep Houston Beautiful,” 4415 Perry
2013 Houston Business Journal, “Landmark Awards,” Green Project finalist, 4415 Perry
2012 US Green Building Council, LEED for Homes Platinum Certification, 4415 Perry
2012 Award of Excellence, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 2424 Sakowitz
2012 Award of Merit, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 2424 Sakowitz
2011 Houston Business Journal, “Landmark Awards,” Green Project, 2424 Sakowitz
2011 USGBC, LEED-for Homes Outstanding Affordable Developer: New Hope Housing, 2424 Sakowitz
2011 Mayor’s Proud Partner, Certificate of Recognition, “Keep Houston Beautiful,” 2424 Sakowitz
2010 US Green Building Council, LEED for Homes Platinum Certification,2424 Sakowitz
2009 ULI North/South America, Development Award of Distinction, Finalist Canal Street Apartments
2009 “Stars of Design,” Category: ‘Architecture,’ Decorative Center Houston
2009 ULI Houston, Development Award of Distinction, First Place, Canal Street Apartments
2007 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, New House for Elaine, Houston
2006 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, SRO Housing: The Canal Street Apartments, Houston
2005 First Place, National AIA Photography Competition, Sponsored by AIA/St. Louis, “In Between”
2004 AIA/Houston Architecture Merit Award, Colquitt Street Studio, Houston
2000 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, Lunning House + Studio, Houston
1998 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, Grinstead-Wood House, Wimberley
1997 AIA/Houston “On the Boards”, First Place, Corner House, Scholarship to June 1997 Aspen Design Conference
1997 AIA/Houston Renovation Merit Award, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston
1995 Fellow, American Institute of Architects
1995 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, Joint Venture Project with Natalye Appel, AIA
1994 "Small Firms/ Great Projects," Juried Exhibit to TSA Chapter Cities, Bennett House+Studio, Houston
1993 Texas Society of Architects Honor Award, Bennett House+Studio, Houston
1993 "Texas Pioneers"/ Exhibit of Drawings and Models/ Invitational Exhibit by the AIA Women in Architecture Committee/Dallas AIA
1993 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, Bennett House+Studio, Houston
1992 "Young Architect Award"
1992 AIA/Houston "On the Boards," Merit Award, Bennett House+Studio
1991 AIA/Houston Architecture Honor Award, Schiebl House
1991 AIA/Houston Interior Architecture Merit Award, Avant House
1990 AIA/Houston Architecture Citation Award, Obolensky Weekend House
1990 AIA/Houston "On The Boards,” Award, Schiebl House
1989 AIA/Houston "On The Boards,” Award, Dora Street Townhouses
1988-91 National AIA Juried Traveling Exhibit, "That Exceptional One: Women in American Architecture, 1978-1988" McAshan Townhouse
1987 AIA/Houston House Tour, "Renovate The Ranch" Metropolitan Home Re-do
1987 Merit Award, First National Bank of West University, "First Awards: Renovation of a Residential Structure "Renovate the Ranch," MetHome
1986 Merit Award, First National Bank of West University, "First Awards: Addition to a Residential Structure"/ Glitsch/Hester House Additions
1985 Houston Heights Association Community Improvement Award, First Place, Residential Renovation/ Glitsch/Hester House
1985 First Place, First National Bank of West University, "First Awards: Renovation of a Residential Structure/ Glitsch/Hester House
1981 Citation, Progressive Architecture, "28th Annual P/A Award, McAshan Townhouse
1978 Harvard University, GSD Archives, Fall Studio, Professor Soltan
1976 Rice University, William Ward Watkin Competition + Travelling Fellowship, First Prize
1976 Rice University, E.B. Arrants Medal in Architecture
1976 Rice University, M.N. Davidson Fellowship for Travel
1976 Rice University, James Chillman Award in Graphics, Senior Portfolio
1972 Hockaday School, Vassar Club Writing Award, Hockaday School, Mathematics Trophy
PRESS | subject
2014 Peter Holley, “The Houston Five, Today’s Best Residential Architects,” Houstonia, January, p. 43
2003 Nonya Grenader, FAIA, Texas Architect, 11/12, p. 14-15, “Val Glitsch, FAIA, Texas Architects 2014 President,”
2013 Filo Castore, AIA, Texas Architect, 5/6, p 24-29, “4415 Perry Street” in Open House, Perry SRO, New Hope Housing
2010 Stephen Sharpe, Texas Architect, 1/2, p 26, ‘Paperwork’, Sakowitz Apartments, New Hope Housing
2008 William T. Cannady, FAIA, Editor, The Things They’ve Done, Review of Selected Recent Graduates from the Rice School of Architecture
2006 Clifford Pugh, “Architectural Gem on a Shoestring Budget,” Houston Chronicle, April 17, E1+12, AIA/Houston Architecture Design Awards:
Canal Street Apartments, New Hope Housing
2007 Donna Kacmar, Texas Architect, 3/4, ‘Canal Street Catalyst’, Canal Street Apartments, New Hope Housing
2006 Ashley St. Clair, Texas Architect, 1/2, p 13, ‘Low Income Housing Brings “New Hope” to Low-Income Residents of Second Ward”, Canal
Street Apartments, New Hope Housing
2005 Linda Barth, Houston House & Home, 12, p 38-41, “High Design, Low Rent, New Hope”, Canal Street Apartments, New Hope Housing
2005 Linda Barth, Houston House & Home, 10, p 36-41, “Mindfully Modern: A Controlled Palette of Colors and Material”, Smisek-Strassmann House
2001 Rebecca Boles, Texas Architect, 3/4, Cover,p 26-27, “Rural Archetypes” Gilbert House, Lovelady
2000 Mark Oberholzer Texas Architect, 11/12, p 34-35, “Threshold to Privacy”, Lunning House + Studio
1999 Michael J. Crosbie Architecture For The Gods, Recent Religious Architecture in the Americas, Images Publishing, pp 50-51, Unitarian Fellowship of
Houston
1999 Madeleine McDermott Hamm, Houston Chronicle, D1, March 20, "Houston Home Tours", Glitsch-Inman House
1999 Editors, AIA Perspective, 3/4, “AIA Houston Residential Home Tour March 27, 28”, Glitsch-Inman House
1998 Editors, AIArchitect, June, Component News, “AIA Houston Celebrates Architecture”, Grinstead-Wood House
1998 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, April 6, “Architects’ Designs Capture Eyes of Judges”, Grinstead-Wood House
1998 Editors, AIA Perspective, June, “1998 Design Award Winners”, Grinstead-Wood House
1997 Susan Williamson, Texas Architect, 7/8, “Almost like the real thing”, UT Studio/Teaching Projects Rice Design Alliance, "Houston Works" 1997,
Cornell Pardue House
1997 Editors, AIA Perspective, March, “Val Glitsch, FAIA, Wins On the Boards Best of Show” Cover, Cornell Pardue House and “Jury Awards Nine
Projects in 1997 Design Awards Program”, First Unitarian Universalist Church
1997 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, April 12, “Rewarding Excellence”, First Unitarian Universalist Church
1995 Joseph Giovannini, Metropolitan Home, 7/8, “Showing Their Metal”, Bennett House + Studio
1995 Drexel Turner, CITE Magazine, Spring, "Powers of Tin", Bennett House+Studio
1995 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, April 8, ”Seven Projects Win Top AIA Awards”, Unitarian Fellowship of Houston
1995 Editors, AIA Perspective, April, “Three Chapter Members Named to College of Fellows” + “1995 Design Awards”, Unitarian Fellowship of Houston
1995 Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post, March 19, “Houston Chapter Bestows Honors on Architects”, Unitarian Fellowship of Houston
1994 Linda Barth Houston Life, June 19-July 16, "This Is Our Pretty House", Guadalupe Social Services Homeless Housing
1994 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, May 20, "Houston Architects Show Their Stuff”, RDA Exhibit, "Best Laid Plans”
1994 John Morris Dixon, PA Plans, April, "Libraries And Religious Structures", Unitarian Fellowship Of Houston
1994 Roy Durrenberger, Houston Chronicle, April 23, "Tour Of Sixth Ward Tin Houses", Bennett House + Studio
1994 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, April 23, "Metal Structures Hide Design Gems", Bennett House + Studio
1994 Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post, April 16, "Tin Fan Alley”, Bennett House + Studio
1993 Gabrielle Cosgriff, Texas Architect, November/December, Cover, "A Congregation Builds", Unitarian Fellowship Of Houston
1993 Barry Moore, FAIA, The Houston Press November 4, "Spirituality without Stained Glass", Unitarian Fellowship of Houston
1993 Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post, October 31, "3 Houston Projects Receive Awards In Design Competition, Local Architects Praised By Texas
Society”, Bennett House + Studio
1993 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, October 18, "Catching The Eye: Church Among Noteworthy Projects By Women Architects", Unitarian
Fellowship of Houston
1993 Shannon Smith, Texas Architect, September/October /Cover, "39th Annual TSA Design Awards: Light And Easy”, Bennett House + Studio
1993 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle September 20, "Houston Architects Among TSA Award Winners", Bennett House+Studio
1993 Editors, TSA Report, June, "1993 TSA Design Award Winners Chosen In Austin", Bennett House+Studio
1993 Editors, Texas Architect, May/June, "Eight Winners Named"/ Houston Annual Design Awards”, Bennett House+Studio
1993 Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post, March 27, "Design Awards: Space As Art", Bennett House+Studio
1993 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, March 27, "Houston AIA Names Design Awards For 1993", Bennett House+Studio
1993 Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post, March 21, "Women Architects Honored", Dallas AIA Exhibit
1993 Editors, Columns, March, "AIA Gallery Exhibit"
1992-3 Mark Wamble, Cite Magazine, Fall/Winter, "Five Houses: Domesticity and The Contingent City”, Schiebl House
1992 Editors, Texas Architect, May/June, "Eleven From Houston”, Schiebl + Avant Houses
1992 Editors, Houston AIA Perspective, May, "Glitsch Named Young Architect 1992"
1991 Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post, October, "Winning Architects Draw on Innovative Styles”, Schiebl + Avant Houses
1991 Ray Don Tilley, Architecture, October, "Women In Architecture: Texas Pioneers”, Schiebl House
1991 Ann Holmes, Houston Chronicle, January 29, "Outstanding Architecture, Panel Cites Excellence In Residential Designs” Schiebl + Avant Houses
1991 Pam Lewis, Houston Post, January 5, "Waves Of Honors Go To Homes”, Obolensky House
1990 James H. Roper, Decorating Remodeling, March, "Revamped Ranch”, Berube House
1990 Joel Warren Barna Domain, January/February, "What's Next: Women In Architecture"
1989 Editors, Houston Business Journal, April 24, "Ranchburgers' Ripe For Remodeling/Razing"
1989 Editors, Houston Woman, March-April, "Women Architects in Houston"
1988 Michael McCullar, Austin-American Statesman, December 4, "Architect's Fanciful Avian Dwellings Not Just For The Birds", TFAA Exhibit
1988 Jerry Young, Austin-American Statesman, December 2, "Exhibit Cages Flights of Fancy”, TFAA Exhibit
1988 Pam Lewis, Houston Post, October 25, "Creative Couples"
1987 Judith Urrutia, Texas Architect, September/October, Cover, "Texas Architectural Interiors Now”, Zvonkovic + Block Houses
1987 Pam Lewis, Houston Post Magazine, April 19, "Architects On Houston's Horizon, A Look At The Builders Of Tomorrow"
1987 Betsa Marsh, Creative Ideas For Living, April, "On The Homefront Of Design", Glitsch/Hester House
1987 Editors, Qualified Remodeler, February, Cover, "Addition Links Indoors, Outdoors", Gelb House
1987 Joanna Krotz, Metropolitan Home: Renovation Style, "The Magazine Make-Over",” Metropolitan Home Re-Do, "The New Retreat,”
Metropolitan Home Re-Do, "The Appeal Of Handcrafting,” Glitsch/Hester House
1986 Jan O'Brien, Cite Magazine, Winter, "Wuppie Housing: New Houses In West University Place", Zvonkovic House
1986 Rachel Carley, Home Magazine, September, Cover, "A Perfect Relationship", Gelb House
1986 Editors, Remodeling Ideas, Fall, "Crafted Cottage", Glitsch/Hester House, "Splish-Splash, But Not Slapdash", Metropolitan Home Re-Do
1986 Gary McKay, Houston Home & Garden, July, "Designs On Houston”, McAshan House
1985 Editors, Houston Home & Garden, July, "Architectural Honors”, McAshan House
1985 Editors, Texas Homes, May, "Architecture Texas Style: The Young & The Restless", McAshan House
1985 Madeleine Hamm, Houston Chronicle, February 28, "Three Remodeled Houses Take Places In The Winners' Circle", Glitsch/Hester House
1985 Pam Lewis, The Houston Post, February 10, "Innovative Remodeling Rewarded With Awards", Glitsch-Hester House
1985 Michael Walker, Metropolitan Home, February, "Our House: We Renovate The Ranch", Metropolitan Home Re-Do
1984 Michael Walker, Metropolitan Home, October, "Crafting The Cottage", Glitsch/Hester House
1983 Florence Olsen, Houston Home & Garden, July, "Romantic Victorian: A New Old Look", Glitsch/Hester House
1983 Nori Miller, Metropolitan Home, July, "Baby Boom Architects"
1983 Pam Lewis, The Houston Post, July 19, "The Best Of The Baby Boom Architects Have Designs On Success"
1983 Gary Taylor, Houston City Magazine, March, "Second Stories"
1982 John Morris Dixon, Progressive Architecture, August, "Urban Cottage", McAshan Townhouse
1982 James Coote, Texas Architect, July/August, "Texas Housing: A Sampling Of New Development"
1982 Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, Texas Architect, July/August, Cover, "The McAshan Townhouse, Houston"
1982 Mary Lance, Texas Homes, July, "Women In Architecture: Four Pioneers Discuss Their Fields And Their Futures"
1982 Editors, Progressive Architecture, January, "Perspectives On Former Award Winners”, McAshan Townhouse
1981 Editors, Texas Architect, March/April, "Houston Townhouse”, McAshan Townhouse
1981 Editors, Progressive Architecture, January, "28th Annual PA Awards: Citation”, McAshan Townhouse
PRESS | authored
2012 Texas Architect, July/August, “The Big Picture” Review of the Tellepsen Family YMCA, Houston, Tx
2008 Texas Architect, July/August, “Lost and Found” Review of ShangriLa Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
2007 Texas Architect, Sep/Oct, p 29, 114 “Houston Legacy: Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr.” Review of Houston Mod Exhibit of Hugo V. Neuhaus’ career
2006 Texas Architect, Jul/Aug, p 32-35 “Playing it Up” Review of Christ Lutheran Day School/ Brenham, Texas
2006 Texas Architect, Jan/Feb, “Smart Growth” Review of Master Plan for The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas
2005 TexasArchitect, Nov/Dec 2005, Backpage: “In Between” First Place Award, 2005 National AIA Photography Competition, sponsored by the
St. Louis AIA Chapter
2005 TexasArchitect, Sept/Oct, “De Santos Gallery” Review of TSA 2005 Design Award Winner, Brave Architecture
2004 Texas Architect, Jan/Feb, “Murcutt Talks to Houston," Review of Glenn Murcutt’s Lecture + the Brazos Projects Exhibit, 2003
2002 Texas Architect, Sept/Oct, “Passing Judgement,” Review of TSA 2002 Design Awards Jury
2002 Texas Architect, Sept/Oct, “Linking Others,” TexasArchitect Special Section: “Taking Texas Places”
2001 Texas Architect, July/Aug, “Opening Night,” Review of Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston
1998 Texas Architect, Jan/Feb, “Housing: Taking Place,” Guest Editor for Housing Issue
1998 Texas Architect, Jan/Feb, “Pleasing Site,” Comparison of buildings’ relationship to landscape in 4 Texas Architect’s Projects