T he most ambitious luxury high-rise project in the history of The Woodlands is slowly coming to life — and seeing it happen is an architect’s dream. The topping off ceremony for The Woodlands’ new Ritz-Carlton Residences brought Robert A.M. Stern’s (RAMSA) Johnny Cruz home to Texas, along with Paul Whalen and Luis Arturo Corzo.

“From the architect’s point of view, it was great to see something go from just a thought in your head, from pencil and paper in a sketch to seeing the real thing going up,” Cruz tells PaperCity The Woodlands.

While the architects’ designs are showcased in renderings and sophisticated modeling prior to construction, seeing the building in real life just hits differently.

“It confirmed a lot of our assumptions, design wise, about how this thing really might tu

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