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VARELA INC.
ARCHITECTURE
1717 St. James Street, Suite # 440
Houston, Texas 77056
Telephone: 713.521.1949
Fax: 713.661.9001
Email: varela.arch@yahoo.com
FIRM PROFILE
Varela Inc, / Architecture ( VIA) is an architecture, planning,
interiors, marketing and business development firm with special
capabilities in programming, design, construction documents, and
administration of the construction phases. VIA’s extensive
experience includes knowledge of complex policy procedural
requirements of domestic and foreign clients.
ALFONSO VARELA, PRINCIPAL
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture-University of Texas at Austin, 1972, With
High Honors
University of Americas, Mexico City, Mexico
EXPERIENCE
Founding principal of VIA, which was begun in
1983. Alfonso Varela has been engaged in professional practice for
over 39 years. A
highest honors graduate at the University of Texas, he is an award
winning architectural designer with national and international
recognition, designing more than 20 million square feet of space
with a construction value in excess of $2 billion. Prior to the
formation of the firm, he held lead design positions with Caudill
Rowlett Scott. S.I. Morris, James Sink Associates and
3D/International, the last in which he held the title of the lead
designer and senior associate. Alfonso Varela’s projects are located
throughout the United States, the Middle East, the Far East, and
Latin America.
Since 1983 he has also held a partnership in both land development (Toscana Development)
and property management (Varela Interest Inc.) firms and has acted as fund raising partner
in SOTEX, an independent oil and gas company.
Representative experience includes:
Commercial/Office
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Lakes on Post Oak III - Houston, Texas
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Medical office Building - Tampa, Florida
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East Memphis Office Building - Memphis, Tennessee
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Mann Trevino Hale Law offices - Laredo, Texas
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Great Southwest Equestrian Center - Houston, Texas
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Resource Center - Houston, Texas
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Robinson Road Office - Singapore
● Cinco Ranch Visitors Center - Houston
● Jalan Ampang Plaza - Kuala Lumpur Malayasia
● Greenspoint Center - Houston, Texas
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Mac Haik Interests - Houston, Texas
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One Valley square Office - Charleston, West Virginia
Commercial/Corporate
● Harbert Construction Headquarter - Birmingham, Alabama
● Grupo Alfa Industries Building - Monterrey, Mexico
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Peoples Tower - Tyler, Texas
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Texaco Headquarters - Houston, Texas
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IBM Tower - Hong Leong Plaza, Singapore
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Dhahran Office Building Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Pension Fund Office Building - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Commercial/Financial
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Citizen’s State Bank - Donna, Texas
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People’s National bank - Tyler, Texas
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Midland Bank Building - Midland, Texas
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First Federal Savings & Loan - Austin, Texas
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Texas Commerce Bank Competition - Houston, Texas
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Pension Fund Office Building - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Hong Leong Finance building - Singapore
Commercial/Retail
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Colonnade at Sugar Creek - Sugarland, Texas
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Crescent Center at Camelback - Phoenix, Arizona
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Tyler Village - Tyler, Texas
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Great Southwest Equestrian Center - Houston, Texas
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ARCO Development Retail Center - Houston, Texas
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Diamond Head Center - Conroe, Texas
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Walkway System - Post Oak - Houston, Texas
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Park 10 Retail Centre - Houston, Texas
● Actington Retail Center at Beechnut - Houston, Texas
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H/S/T/ Retail Centre - Dallas, Texas
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Las Brisas Del Mar Retail Center - Laredo, Texas
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Westwood Shopping Village - Houston, Texas
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Resource Center - Houston, Texas
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Crescent Center - Laredo, Texas
Hospitality/Residential
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Hamilton Hotel - Laredo, Texas
● Cinco Ranch Visitors Centre - Houston, Texas
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Worthington Hotel Tandy Center - Fort worth, Texas
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Resource Center Hotel - Houston, Texas
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Radisson Hotel - Houston, Texas
● Goldhill Condominium - Kuala Lumpur - Malayasia
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Dubai Inter - Continental Hotel - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Al Khozma Apartment and Hotel - Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia
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Hilton Inn - Mobile, Alabama
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Holiday inn Taos, New Mexico
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Hilton Hotel, Miami, Florida
● Ballesca Residence - Houston, Texas
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Farrell Residence - Laredo, Texas
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Varela Residence - Houston, Texas
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Diaz Residence - Houston, Texas
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Las Palmas Condominium - Laredo, Texas
● Sul Ross Townhouses (8) condo - Houston, Texas
● Weitz Residence - Houston, Texas
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Casa Guerra - San Ygnacio, Texas
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Casa Sol y Sombra - Rancho Colinas Santa Maria - San Ygnacio, Texas
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Casa Magna - Houston, Texas
● Buckingham - Residence - Houston, Texas
Institutional
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University of Houston Administrative Center - Houston, Texas
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First Cavalry Division Headquarters - Fort Hood, Texas
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Performing Arts Center - Michigan State University - Lansing,
Michigan
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Hermann Hospital - Houston, Texas
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St. David’s Hospital - Austin, Texas
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Junior College for Ministry of Education - Mosque - Riyadh, Saudi,
Arabia
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Science and Mathematics Center - Junior College for Ministry of
Education - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Soccer Stadium - University of Petroleum and Minerals - Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia
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Villa Hermosa Hospital (100 Bed & 75 POB) - Villa Hermosa, Mexico
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West Houston Hospital (Surgical Center) - Houston, Texas
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Hospital Noreste de Pediatria (200 Bd & 200 Rm Hotel & 150 Doc, POB) - Mexico, DF
AWARDS
Lakes on Post Oak III
Building Owner and Managers Association (BOMA) - 1986
“International Building of the Year”
“ National Building of the Year”
“Regional Building of the Year”
“Local Building of the Year”
Featured in Periodicals and Magazines
"Architectural Record"
"Progressive Architecture"
"World Architecture and Engineering"
"CITE Magazine"
REFERENCES
Antonio Ballesca
Contact: Antonio Ballesca, President
Telephone: 713-596-8003
Jack Morris Rains
Contact: Jack Morris Rains, Former Texas Secretary of State
Telephone: 713-650-2717
3D/ International
Contact: J. Victor Neuhaus, FAIA, Chairman
Telephone: 713-871-7000
Mission Management Co.
Contact: Dennis Nelson, President
Telephone: 713-548-8550
R. E. Reamer
Contact: R. E. Reamer
Telephone: 713-651-0500
Chavarria & Partners, Inc.
Contact: Charles N. Chavarria, President
Telephone: 713-665-6063 |
