Jan 07, 2022
Boca Chica Beach was once a quiet place where childhood memories were made. Now it is where towering spacecraft are…
Nov 01, 2021
Last year when we chose the topic of “mental health” for this issue, we thought this whole global pandemic thing…
Nov 01, 2021
As I visited all 18 of the local AIA components in the state of Texas as president-elect, I was often…
May 03, 2021
This year, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, widely considered the discipline’s highest honor, was awarded to French architects Anne Lacaton and…
Mar 04, 2021
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Nancy and Rich Kinder Building delivers spatial excitement without overwhelming the art on display.
Mar 04, 2021
Houston’s East End is currently the focus of a parks and development master plan. Here, three long-time residents tell their…
Nov 04, 2020
One goal of architectural postmodernism has been to accommodate more variety than was typically addressed in high modernism, an objective…
Nov 04, 2020
In the 1980s, Houston became the archetypal postmodern city. Many of the architectural monuments of that time remain. Here, we…
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
The Texas Society of Architect's 2020 Design Awards jurors — Stella Betts; Dan Kaplan, FAIA; Kirsten R. Murray, FAIA; and…
Sep 01, 2020
Installed at various locations throughout Austin, “Parkspace” is a straightforward but playful outdoor solution for encouraging social distancing.
Jul 30, 2020
Two months ago, already deep into lockdown life, I conceived this editor’s note as a paean to the opportunities of…
Jul 09, 2020
Audrey Maxwell, AIA, spoke to architects across the state early on in the pandemic and more recently to learn about…
Jul 09, 2020
The capitalist economy has many strengths, but strict adherence to market principles does not lead to the creation of transcendent…
May 06, 2020
These days, with the advent of each next global crisis, members of the architecture and design profession ask themselves what…
May 06, 2020
At first glance, this upcoming Austin high-rise hotel by Nelsen Partners has all the trappings of its hyper-developed, post-contextual tower…