Conceived in 1979 by architect Kevin Roche, the former corporate headquarters of petroleum giant Conoco along Interstate 10 in Houston is a self-contained office environment modeled after a fishing village, with a large lagoon at its center and bridges spanning over ponds and grassy areas. The campus’s future became uncertain when ConocoPhillips (the Phillips name was added in 2002, when Conoco merged with Phillips Petroleum) moved just across the highway to a new headquarters complex, which opened in 2018. In early 2022, it was announced that Midway, a Houston-based real estate development firm, had purchased the 63-acre campus. Late last year, Midway shared a first look at
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