Monday, March 17, 12 pm via Zoom. Please join the Ben Brewer Award Submission Webinar to answer any questions concerning the submission process for the Ben Brewer Young Architect Award. Last year's award recipient, Heather Rowell, and AIA Houston executive director Rusty Bienvenue will share tips and strategies for a successful submittal. This year's submission […]
The Ismaili Center will be the seventh in a series of iconic cultural buildings, His Highness the Aga Khan, has commissioned over the past four decades in the United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, and Tajikistan. As ambassadorial buildings around the world, they are symbolic of the Ismaili community’s presence, pluralistic outlook, and ethos […]
The Ismaili Center will be the seventh in a series of iconic cultural buildings, His Highness the Aga Khan, has commissioned over the past four decades in the United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, and Tajikistan. As ambassadorial buildings around the world, they are symbolic of the Ismaili community’s presence, pluralistic outlook, and ethos […]
Join Emerging Professionals Committee for a hard hat tour of the new Kids Meals building by Kirksey Architecture. The project is a five-acre master plan and a 50,000-sf building that creates improved storage, volunteer, and administration spaces to better serve Kids' Meals' mission to end childhood hunger. Date: March 20, 2025 Time: 4PM Space is limited […]
An exploration of art, architecture and campus design on the University of Houston’s main campus. Works by Frank Stella, Jim Love, William King and The Art Guys are found within the context of a campus and buildings designed by notable architects such as Philip Johnson, Alfred C. Finn, Gensler, Lake|Flato, BNIM and Cesar Pelli. Tour […]
CONFERENCE THEME: Symbiotic Resilience: Designing Better Growth Houston has faced repeated storms that flood the city or cause massive power outages, raising a critical question: Has the city’s infrastructure reached a breaking point in its ability to handle our accelerating regional growth rate coupled with the growing impacts of climate change? As we mark the […]
Towers and Trees explores the magnificent architecture between Hermann Square and Discovery Green as well as the changing dynamics of our downtown. We'll look at the partially realized civic center plan surrounding Hermann Square, the historic backbone of Main Street, the ambitious 1970 proposal that would become Houston Center, the internationally recognized icons from the […]
The River Oaks Theatre is an historic movie theater built in 1939. It was an example of late-1930s Art Deco design. It was the last of the deluxe neighborhood movie theaters built by Interstate Theatre Corporation. After closing its doors more than two years ago, the historic River Oaks Theatre recently reopened with a newly […]
A treasure trove of great architecture, the timeless campus features designs by Cram, Goodhue, & Ferguson; John Staub; William Ward Watkin; Michael Graves; Kieran Timberlake; Ricardo Bofill; Cesar Pelli; Lake/Flato Architects; and many other local and internationally renowned architects. Also on the tour are large scale art works by James Turrell and Michael Heizer. From […]
The purpose of the interim review is to provide students the opportunity to present their project in process to volunteer architects, to receive constructive feedback, troubleshoot design problems, and answer questions. Students will meet with each architect for 10-15 minutes. This event will also include a tour of Kirksey Architecture. Deadline to register is Friday, […]
Test your wits and knowledge against your colleagues while making a meaningful contribution to the architectural profession. Join us as an individual or come as a team! Over the course of the event an experienced trivia hosts will orchestrate trivia teams through 6 rounds of Trivia. Trivia rounds will include random themed rounds, including CE […]
The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world. Equivalent to the 8th largest business district in the United States, TMC has over 50 million square feet of patient care, education, and research space. 160,000+ individuals visit the Texas Medical Center each day with more than 6 million patients treated annually. The […]
