Jan 11, 2021
After launching an international design competition for the first time in its history, Rice University has selected Adjaye Associates from…
Jan 11, 2021
The Rothko Chapel is 50 years old this February, and it has never looked better, thanks to a studious update…
Nov 04, 2020
It is, by design, dark, obscure. Some people, upon entering, feel uneasy, claustrophobic, creeped out. Others walk in, look around,…
Nov 04, 2020
Real estate developer and investment builder Gerald D. Hines, who died on August 23 at the age of 95, changed…
Nov 04, 2020
In the 1980s, Houston became the archetypal postmodern city. Many of the architectural monuments of that time remain. Here, we…
Nov 04, 2020
Milby High School in Houston’s East End preserves history while providing 21st-century pedagogy. Architect Kirksey Architecture Associate Architect Huerta &…
Sep 01, 2020
On August 31 — the third anniversary of Hurricane Harvey’s arrival in the Bayou City — Architecture Center Houston (ArCH)…
Sep 01, 2020
Power Moves: Transportation, Politics, and Development in HoustonKyle SheltonUT Press, 2017 “Which side of the tracks do you live on?”…
Sep 01, 2020
It was very innovative to actually get three different units and making sure they each get light. — Stella Betts
Sep 01, 2020
These were impeccably crafted rooms for conservation. … The wood detailing, the structural expression, the north white monitors, the care…
May 06, 2020
In the downtown districts of Dallas, Houston, and even smaller Texas metros, a movement is on the rise to rescue…
May 06, 2020
When a museum-quality residence catches fire, the architect finds that best-laid plans don’t always turn out as expected.
Mar 11, 2020
With Arabella, the majority of whose 99 units are unique, the weirdly shifting mirage of Houston’s high-rise luxury residential development…
Jan 07, 2020
In March, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Kingston-based firm Design Collaborative as winner of the Government of Jamaica Houses…
Nov 01, 2018
One year after Hurricane Harvey, TA checks on Houston's resiliency response. We round up the funding incentives available to motivate…
Nov 01, 2018
Despite their strict functional requirements, parking garages have given rise to a surprising number of typological inventions. There are continuous…
Sep 05, 2018
In May, the Houston Botanic Garden unveiled plans for its first phase of development. The nonprofit organization, founded in 2002,…
Jul 03, 2018
Houston First Corporation has selected Rios Clementi Hale (RCH) Studios to redesign downtown Houston’s Jones Plaza, unveiling one of the…
May 08, 2018
Harvey dumped 51.6 inches of rain in a few days, leaving 300,000 still homeless in January 2018, 36 fatalities, and…
May 07, 2018
Hidden behind a fence in Houston’s Cherryhurst neighborhood is “Ripple,” the latest collaborative house-scaled, site-specific work by artistic duo Havel…
Mar 12, 2018
In 2013, a quartet of beery-eyed entrepreneurs moved into a warehouse in Houston’s EaDo neighborhood, blocks from downtown. They had…
Sep 11, 2017
“The Cistern project is as much about what the architect didn’t do as what they did do.” — Andy Tinucci,…
Sep 11, 2017
“The way that the interior design of the space and the architecture of the space merge seamlessly into one is…
Sep 11, 2017
The MATCH is a great project. It has a wonderful breezeway/outdoor civic space that functions as a lobby to the…
Jul 06, 2017
The Houston Downtown Management District (Downtown District) has announced Plan Downtown: a 20-year vision that will outline recommendations for development…
May 16, 2017
White Oak Music Hall is an only-in-Houston project, a ground-up rock club that seeks authenticity by way of its elemental…
May 16, 2017
Houston’s Fifth Ward — also known as “The Bloody Fifth” — has for decades been synonymous with poverty and crime.…
Mar 01, 2017
Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel are home to the nation’s second-busiest port, its largest petrochemical complex, and a…
Jan 06, 2017
The Rothko Chapel has hired New York’s Architecture Research Office (ARO) to undertake renovation and master planning efforts for the…
Nov 10, 2016
After a five-year revitalization effort, Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park has taken its place among the city’s top public green spaces.…
Nov 10, 2016
The Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston may be the only venue in the country created specifically to provide affordable…
Sep 07, 2016
Dillon Kyle has been quietly practicing architecture in Houston for 20 years. He handles traditional and modern design languages with…
Jul 20, 2016
Houston’s Alley Theatre is a masterpiece. Any renovation of it, no matter how greatly needed, is sure to stir up…
Jul 20, 2016
The North Houston Highway Improvement Project has been in the works since the late 1990s, and may remain on the…
May 25, 2016
Project Harrell House Architect Murphy Mears Architects Design Team Kyle Humphries, AIA; Kirby Mears, AIA; Walter Murphy, AIA Photographer Kyle Humphries, AIA Formalism, one…
May 25, 2016
Curated by Delaney Harris-Finch and Anna Mod, “Uncommon Modern” presented photographs of more than 100 overlooked pieces of Houston’s modern…