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SUMMARY:Home Tour 2025
DESCRIPTION:The AIA Houston home tour is a 2-day\, self-guided tour featuring custom homes in the Houston area designed by licensed architects. \nWe seek to show the best new residential architecture by AIA members and we’re looking for a variety of architectural styles\, including new construction\, renovations\, and additions. \nDiscounted tickets are available until October 17th. Prices will increase the weekend of the tour. Tickets purchased online may be picked up at any one of the featured homes on the days of the tour. Additionally\, Full-Tour and Single Home Tickets may be purchased at any of the featured homes on the days of the tour. \nThis is a rain or shine event. All sales are final. \nClick here to see the homes! \nEvent Details & Cost:\n\n\n\nHOME TOUR DATES\nOctober 18-19\, 2025\n12:00PM – 6:00PM (Last entry 5:45PM)\n\n\nTICKET PRICES\n$35.00 Full-Tour Advance Ticket\n$40.00 on weekend of tour\n\n\n\n$30.00 – Full-Tour Advance Ticket for Bike Riders;\n\n\n\n$25.00 – Full-Tour Ticket for Children 12 and under\n\n\n\n$10.00 – Single-House Ticket\nSingle-House Tickets are not available for pre-sale
URL:https://architecturehouston.org/event/home-tour-2025/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Residential Committee
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Moreno":MAILTO:alexm@aiahouston.org
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SUMMARY:Houston Zoo Jack’s Café and Colonnade Restoration
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Houston Zoo\n  \nThis tour will highlight the final piece of the Zoo’s centennial master plan – the transformation of the front of the Houston Zoo through the recently opened Jack’s Café and Reflections event center and restoration of the Zoo’s historic reflection pool and colonnade.  Learn about the sustainable design and operations features of Jack’s Café and Reflections event center\, including a low-carbon mass timber structure\, 18\,000-gallon rainwater harvesting system\, composting of food waste\, and bird-friendly glass.  Hear about the design and construction challenges of restoring the Zoo’s iconic reflection pool and colonnade to its original midcentury aesthetic while improving utility infrastructure. \nTour Guides: \n\nColley Hodges\, AIA\, LEED AP\, WELL AP\, SITES AP\, Houston Zoo Sustainability Director\nMark Hoffman\, P.E.\, LEED Green Associate\, Houston Zoo Senior Director of Planning\, Design\, and Engineering\nGretchen Foust\, P.E.\, Houston Zoo Project Manager\nDavid Bucek\, FAIA\, LEED AP\, Principal at Stern and Bucek Architects\nSunnie Diaz\, AIA\, LEED AP\, Senior Associate at Lake Flato Architects\n\nAIA Credit: 1.5 HSW
URL:https://architecturehouston.org/event/houston-zoo-jacks-cafe-and-colonnade-restoration/
LOCATION:Houston Zoo\, 6200 Hermann Park Dr.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rhonda Lowe":MAILTO:rhonda@aiahouston.org
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SUMMARY:Nuestro Ambiente
DESCRIPTION:Architecture Center Houston is proud to announce their upcoming exhibition Nuestro Ambiente: Latinos Shaping Houston presented by the Latinos in Architecture Committee opening Friday\, October 24\, 5:30-7:30pm\, and continuing through January 30\, 2026. \nAmbiente is where place becomes feeling. Here\, belonging takes shape—in the buildings and places where we bring our spirit. It’s where community gathers\, celebrates\, remembers\, and creates. This is where culture is lived\, not just observed. \nAt a time when Latino identity and communities are under increasing pressure\, Nuestro Ambiente honors the legacy of Latino contributions to Houston’s cultural and built environment—while raising the urgent question about the future of ambiente without a stable\, legally-protected\, Latino workforce. \nThe story of Nuestro Ambiente begins in Los Barrios\, Houston’s historic neighborhoods: Second Ward (Segundo Barrio)\, Magnolia Park (Little Mexico)\, Gulfton (Houston’s Ellis Island)\, and Near Northside. Through graphics\, displays\, and sound\, experience these communities’ food\, music\, and art that create Houston’s most authentic ambiente. \nThe exhibit identifies Gente de Ambiente\, community leaders\, architects\, engineers\, builders and their contributions to Houston’s cultural and built environment. Through stories of resilience and creativity\, we learn how generations of Latinos have forged lasting paths to success. \nThe exhibition is a celebration of the individual\, our communities\, spaces\, and passion that define Nuestro Ambiente. It is Nuestro Ambiente that enriches and influences Houston’s ambiente! \nEvent is free and open to the community.\n \nNuestro Ambiente is sponsored and supported by Ayala Vargas Photography\, infraTECH\, Martinez Architects\, MAREK\, Page now Stantec\, RDLR\, DBR\, Wilson and Catherine Maxey and Daniel Ortiz\, AIA. \nProgramming Partners\nThe Houston Public Library \n  \n\nAmbiente es donde el lugar se convierte en sentimiento. Aquí\, el sentido de pertenencia toma forma—en los edificios y espacios a los que llevamos nuestra esencia. Es en donde la comunidad se reúne\, celebra\, recuerda y crea. Aquí la cultura se vive\, no solo se contempla. \nNuestro Ambiente honra el legado latino presente en el entorno cultural y físico de Houston\, en un momento en que la comunidad e identidad latinas enfrentan una creciente presión. Esta presión plantea interrogantes sobre el futuro del ambiente\, sin una fuerza laboral latina estable y legalmente protegida. \nLa historia de Nuestro Ambiente comienza en Los Barrios\, los vecindarios históricos de Houston: Second Ward (Segundo Barrio)\, Magnolia Park (Little Mexico)\, Gulfton (la “Ellis Island” de Houston) y Near Northside. A través de gráficas\, exposiciones y sonidos\, se vive la comida\, la música y el arte de estas comunidades que dan forma al ambiente más auténtico de Houston. \nLa exhibición reconoce a la Gente de Ambiente: líderes comunitarios\, arquitectos\, ingenieros\, constructores y sus contribuciones al entorno cultural y al entorno de desarrollo de Houston. A través de historias de superación y creatividad\, aprendemos como generaciones de latinos han forjado caminos perdurables hacia el éxito. \nEsta exposición es una celebración de los individuos\, de nuestras comunidades\, de los espacios y de la pasión que definen Nuestro Ambiente. Es Nuestro Ambiente el que enriquece e influye el ambiente de Houston.
URL:https://architecturehouston.org/event/nuestro-ambiente/
LOCATION:Architecture Center Houston\, 902 Commerce St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Programming Committee
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SUMMARY:Texas Medical Center Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION: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 1000+ acres is approximately the size of Chicago inside the “Loop” with over 160 buildings on the main campus alone. Join our ArCH docents on this introductory architectural tour of Houston’s own modern marvel of medicine. Sites on our tour will include Baylor College of Medicine\, the new Texas Children’s Hospital Maternity Center\, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Methodist Research Center. \nMeet in the ground floor lobby of the John P McGovern Commons Building\, 6550 Bertner Ave\, 77030. Texas Medical Center Entrance 4 and $13 parking available in the TMC Commons parking garage. \nAIA Credit: 2.0 LU \nCourse Number: TMCWT1 \nAIA MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE: \nPer AIA National CE Standards\, any learning program approved for AIA Learning Units may award CE credit for the approved program for up to (3) years from the date of approval so long as the CES Provider is in good standing. AIA Members may repeat the same course\, but no additional credit will be granted or recorded.
URL:https://architecturehouston.org/event/texas-medical-center-walking-tour-3/
LOCATION:John P. McGovern Commons Building\, 6550 Bertner Ave\, Houston\, TX\, 77030
CATEGORIES:ArCH Tours Committee,Continuing Education
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Ward":MAILTO:jennifer@aiahouston.org
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