CAMH

Houston, TX
2024


Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) is one of the country's oldest non-collecting contemporary art museums and is internationally known for presenting landmark work by artists.

Overview

Idea

In celebration of its 75th anniversary, CAMH set out to envision a future that deepens its support for Houston’s artists. The museum explored expanding its physical footprint to better serve its community, address critical space needs, and reflect its identity as a civic-minded institution rooted in the concept of “Trust Artists”.

Implementation

Through a series of collaborative workshops with museum leadership, board members, and staff, Adre explored multiple development scenarios of mission-aligned programming, site strategies, cost estimating, and financing recommendations that honor CAMH’s artist-first values.

Results

A campus vision and value set (for internal use) that explores expanded Museum support, artist use space, gardens, and outdoor programming community space.

Development Principles

Arts Ecosystem

Leadership and Staff Workshop

Culture Collage

Highlights

  • Built upon a recent strategic plan and land acquisition by the museum

  • Established Development Principles to guide the process and outcomes with care for the neighborhood context

  • Identified potential partnerships and funding pathways to support implementation

  • Outlined actionable next steps, including a preliminary timeline, interim uses, and seed funding needed to initiate future phases of development

Project
Details

Role
Real Estate Advisor

Program
Institutional
Mixed-Use
Office
Retail

Location
Houston, TX

Partners
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Status
Completed

Completion
2024

Team

Architect
El Dorado Architects

Landscape Architect
Groundworkshop

Civil Engineer
Walter P Moore

Art Consultant
LAB:D Studios

Cost Estimator
Forney Construction