River Oaks Dream Home Hosts Award-Winning Houston Architect’s Big Day

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By Shelby Hodge // May 19, 2018

Photography Daniel Ortiz

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Jay Baker book signing at Sanford Criner home

Philip & Sally Edmundson, Carl Palazzolo

Architect and author Jay Baker

Sanford & Susie Criner

Simona Furini, Tom Montalbano

Rochelle Pye, Mary Barone

Michael Pearson

Mauricio Vallejo, Liliana Molina, Simona Furini

Marcel & Mary Barone

Janus Lazaris

Elise Hollingsworth, Susie Criner

Denny & Sissy Kempner, Jo & Jim Furr

Ben Johnston, Erich Ploog

What: Book signing for Jay Baker‘s Making Things

Where: The River Oaks home of Susie and Sanford Criner

PC Moment: In one of the very homes that he designed, architect Jay Baker put his John Hancock on his 258-page tome for friends, clients and fans. The Criner home is one of 19 projects included in the book.

A mix of architecture, design and business professionals turned out for a first look at the book documenting Baker’s favorite projects from the past 20 years. It was no coincidence that the cocktail gathering was held in the Criner home, as Baker’s design received the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art‘s John Staub Award.

Who: Elise and Denzil Hollingsworth, Cece and Mack Fowler, Mauricio Vallejo and Liliana Molina, Sissy and Denny Kempner, Jo and Jim Furr, Sally and Philip Edmundson, Carl Palazzolo, Michael Pearson, Simona Furini and Tom Montalbano, Ben Johnston and Erich Ploog.