“Testimony to the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American Government.” So read the famous Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture that the Kennedy administration established for official buildings, a resolution which architects
Presenting undulating facades and roofs, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building adds gallery space for the collection of one of the largest museum institutions in the United States. The building consolidates the campus formed by the original edifice, the
Won Buddhism is a modern and reformed type of Buddhism established in Korea in 1916. Its primary goal is to teach how to use the mind well toward enlightenment and equilibrium. There are several congregations around the world and a few of them in the
The 5,500 square foot courtyard house consists of three intersecting volumes: a single height garage and entry bar facing the street, and a two story structure oriented to the west to block the harsh Houston light. This volume is divided into two dis
Located next to Carlos Jiménez Studio on Willard Street in Houston, the Crowley House undertakes another variation on an urban ensemble that the architect has been working on since 1983. Parallel to the studio, the 3,000 square foot house defines and
The 3,600 square foot studio is designed to meet the live and work needs of a Houston photographer. Located in a residential neighborhood not far from Houston’s Museum District, the studio is a loft-like setting where working and living flow and inte
Located south of Rice University’s main campus, the 2,400 square foot house occupies a typical 50 by 100 foot city lot with street frontage to the north and alleyway access to the south. The house slopes from north to south, from two levels to a sing
Located on a 32-acre site 5 miles south of Rice University’s main complex, the Rice Library Service Center (RLSC) is located in the latter half and was the first structure built on the property, introducing a palette of materials and textures as an e
The 2,600 square foot house is located near Memorial Park, Houston’s largest nature reserve and public park. The house is carefully fitted amid existing trees. One of these, a matured live-oak tree prominently sited at the front of the property, is f
The two-story wood frame and stucco house occupies a residual lot in Houston Heights, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the most important city of Texas. The 2,100 square foot dwelling maximizes the strict limits of a narrow site already occupied by
The 60,000 square foot diesel engine distributorship and repair facility of Cummins Engine Company is located on the North side of Loop 610. The building’s main elevation integrates three critical components of the program: office area, vestibule/par
The 2,200 square foot house is the most recent transformation of a project that began in 1993. The present design consists of integrating a one story addition to the original house. The resulting L-shaped configuration encloses a lush garden/courtyar
The house is located on North Boulevard, one of Houston’s most beautiful streets where marvelous giant oak trees have given the place the grandness of canopied urban enclaves. The design solution for the 4,000 square foot house addresses the client’s
The 1,200 square foot house occupies the front end of a corner property in one of Houston’s most desired neighborhoods, and within walking distance to the city’s museum district. The project consists of a radical transformation of an original 1920s b
The 60,000 square feet hybrid building is part of a planned expansion set out by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1990. The L-shaped three-level structure consolidates all of the administrative offices for the entire institution and provides an ar
The 5,500 square feet house occupies the entirety of its double lot property becoming a walled-in compound with two singular courtyards. The totally enclosed courtyards underline the client’s desire for absolute privacy. The L-shaped plan is divided
The 4,500 square foot art Lynn Goode gallery is located in a mixed-use neighborhood known as Houston’s ‘gallery corridor.’ Three existing matured oak trees define the two-storey structure, a wood framed building circumscribed within the volume of the
Located in a marginal area of the Houston Heights neighborhood, the three-storey wood framed house sits in the middle of its 33 feet wide by 135 feet deep site. Oriented along its predominant south-north axis and prevailing south breeze, the house is
Surrounded by the luxuriant landscape that stretches along Buffalo Bayou – the 52-mile waterway, the only one in Houston, connecting the city to the Gulf of Mexico –, the 5,000 square feet Beauchamp House is a major transformation of – and addition t
The site for the 10,000 square feet new printing workshop of Houston Fine Art Press was a distressed 39 feet wide by 300 feet long sliver of land located in one of southwest Houston’s industrial warehouse districts. Suggesting a factory-like characte
Began in 1983, the architect’s professional studio in Houston is an ongoing project that has seen multiple variations of a live and work environment through the years. Additions, alterations, subtractions, and transformations have comprised an ensemb
The redevelopment of the campus includes a school of art and a new museum, next to the existing buildings by Mies and Moneo and the Noguchi sculpture garden. The museum is characterized by porosity and a curved roof that lets natural light enter in a
The recent introduction of public rail transportation poses many unknowns in Houston, a large and sprawling city with suddenly changing weather, where people are largely dependent on cars. Establishing rail connections between the busier urban areas
A detour in 1948 led a young graduate on a road trip through the USA to an outlying city where he would live and end his days. Thus began the link between Howard Barnstone and Houston, an urb whose 1950s heyday many architects thrived in, creating a
Desde su apertura, el Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston se ha nutrido de colecciones legadas por pudientes benefactores que han tenido que acomodarse en sucesivas ampliaciones del edificio neoclásico original. En la estela de las adiciones de Mies van
The worldwide Ismaili Muslim community announced it is moving forward with plans to make Houston the site of its first U.S. cultural center and to create an architectural landmark in the heart of the city that will reflect a spirit of tolerance, dive
Naming a storm in the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane season can be like playing Russian roulette. Sometimes an endearing, even musically named storm turns lethal in a sudden atmospheric spin. Take Hurricane Rita, for instance, a category 5 tropical
