A small piece of Galveston was in Houston this past Wednesday morning as local television station KHOU’s Great Day Houston transformed their front driveway into a mini-beach. Everything from beach balls to sand castles were on display as the annual AIA Sandcastle Competition was featured on KHOU’s programming. On this beach, members of PDG Architects and Haynes Whaley Associates were seen practicing their winning techniques live on television and showing the audience why Haynes Whaley won top honors at last year’s completion. Despite minor settlement issues on the mini-beach, the HWA carving crew produced a small scale version of what can be seen at the competition this Saturday. Expectations are high as this year’s theme “Sandcastle Unplugged: Off the Grid”, comes to life in less than 24 hours. Head down tomorrow to Galveston’s East Beach and support the Houston Chapter of AIA and the City of Galveston. Also, stop by site #2 to see the Haynes Whaley team in action.

Click on the link below to view the playback from KHOU’s broadcast.
http://www.khou.com/greatday/video/?nvid=367835

AIA Sandcastle Chairman Rudy Del Bosque talks about the competition with Great Day Houston Host Deborah Duncan.