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“Best Traditional” for Haynes Whaley

Amy Moen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:02:31 +0000

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.

Haynes Whaley has a Great Day Houston!

Derick Thompson — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:27:54 +0000

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.

HWA Student Sandcastle Day

Shawn Walton — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:01:45 +0000

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 the district to give these 7th and 8th graders a wonderful day at the beach. Most of these kids had never even seen the ocean, and took back souvenir sand in baggies to remember the day and what they learned. Yes, these castles were carved almost entirely by the students, with a little help from our own resident artists Charles, Marco, and Derick.

AIA SandCastle Building Workshop

Charles Eggert — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:36:54 +0000

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.