STOA Architects - Houston

STOA International Architects, Inc. (HUB/MBE) is an award-winning architecture firm delivering innovative design solutions that not only serve the operational goals of our clients, but that also express the importance of our client’s role in the greater community at large. Our future-oriented designs focus on the shape of the environment and the people inhabiting the space to build a sense of community for a better tomorrow. Founded in 1983 by C. C. Lee, AIA, LEED AP, STOA has developed a Holistic Design Approach to achieve a stable, healthy, balanced, peaceful, and harmonious relationship between the built environment and its natural surroundings. Having designed projects that are diverse in size, type, and budget, portfolio highlights include the Mickey Leland International Terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the University of Houston Welcome Center, and the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. STOA is the only architectural firm in the U.S. that is equipped with the capability to holistically address the psychological, behavioral, and economic aspect of building design through Feng Shui spatial values. Our firm has long practiced a unique design approach that incorporates traditional Feng Shui practices with modern green design methods, which we call “Green TEA” (Total Environmental Alignment). Green Architecture is a design approach that minimizes the harmful effects on human health and the environment by applying LEED principles and resource-efficient materials. STOA’s Green Tea approach aligns the energy and spiritual experience of Feng Shui with the modern ideas of energy-efficiency. STOA considers factors such as the size, shape, and layout of the building as well as the landscape and surrounding buildings to create an ideal environment. C.C. Lee is a Feng Shui Master who has been teaching interactive workshops at Rice University since 1999 and continues to teach at many other universities around the world.