20 N Sampson

Metalab HQ

Metalab's own headquarters, 20 North Sampson, is an adaptive reuse structure in Houston's East End District. The two story front of the building is a late Art Deco structure built in 1940, constructed of brick with limestone trim around the windows. The interior, home to our design studio, was a minimal intervention of light demolition and added color to celebrate the original rooms. The mid section of the building is a concrete structure from 1952, which has been partitioned with glass to create a furniture maker's workshop and a common conference for the building. The building's back section is a 1962 Bethlehem steel structure that was redesigned with minimal drywall partitions that are carefully revealed around the existing steel columns and original steel windows.