Rice Confirms Redirect Toward Classically-Skinned Opera House
Rice University announced this week that the opera house it plans to build in the parking lot next to the Shepherd School of Music will, in fact, be designed by the classic-leaning architecture firm...
View ArticleGalleria’s Philip Johnson Facade Facelift Now Clearing the Nosejob Stage
Now hanging in the newly remodeled central nook on the Galleria’s curved facade along Westheimer Rd.: these strips of hexagonal rings spotted early last week by a passing bus rider. (That curved wall...
View Article6 Mock Ice Houses for Brays Bayou, As Proposed by That Guy Who Takes Photos...
That massively expanded greenway network is all well and good, suggests architect and icehouse photographer-philosopher David Richmond in the Chronicle today — but bayouside trails are a lot better at...
View ArticleWest University’s Metallic ‘Monstrosity’ House Now Up For Sale
That big metal-skinned house on Centenary St. in West University is on the market as of yesterday, listed for a smidge under $2.2 million. The home’s construction in the early 2010’s touched off some...
View ArticleHow the 24-Sided Kinder Building’s Roof Swoops Will Fit In with the MFAH’s...
Construction started yesterday on the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, going up in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s former parking lot north of Bissonnet St. at Main. That’s the curvy-roofed structure...
View ArticleA Decade Later, Another Arnold-Owned Staub Mansion Smashed in River Oaks
Does tearing down historic Houston architecture run in the family? The 1930’s house built for Harry C. Hanszen at 2945 Lazy Lane Blvd. (which showed up on Wednesday’s Daily Demolition Report last...
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