On Saturday, June 6th, Haynes Whaley participated in AIA Houston’s 23rd Annual Sandcastle Competition, coming home with a win in the “Best Traditional” category. However, the highlight of the day was the team’s “green” water pump design that successfully brought water (a critical ingredient in sandcastle building) from the Gulf of Mexico to their build site.

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 [...]

Haynes Whaley Associates participated in a field trip with Spring Branch I.S. D.’s Northbrook Middle School yesterday down in Galveston.  These AP Art students were taught by our best on the secrets to building award-winning sandcastles.  Charles Eggert, Marco Cano, and Derick Thompson went down to Stewart Beach with me in a joint effort with [...]

On May 7th, Amy Moen and I demonstrated sandcastle building techniques at AIA Houston’s annual workshop and rules review. A&E The Graphics Complex hosted the crowd of 50+ in their backyard, and they joined with Rosenberger Construction to sponsor the event.