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Unidentified construction workers at work on the Rice Institute Residence Halls and Commons, c. 1912. Rice University Photograph Files, 1910-2015, UA 363. Courtesy Woodson Research Center, Rice University.
Racial Equity, Preservation, Place, Interview, Houston

Unveiling the Layers: Interview with the Racial Geography Project

May 16, 2022
Fabiola López-Durán and Adrienne Rooney
Historic Craftsman-style house (c. 1907) in the First Ward. Courtesy Preservation Houston.
Architecture, Preservation, News, Houston, Events, Design

Good Bricks for Houston's Architectural Heritage

March 16, 2022
Mai Okimoto
John Biggers, "Four Seasons," 1990, from “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. (John T. Biggers Estate/VAGA at Artists Rights Society).
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Reviews, Racial Equity, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, Other Cities, News, Land Use Regulation, Houston, Environment

The South Speaks

January 27, 2022
Amarie Gipson
800 Bell. Photo by Leonid Furmansky.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Preservation, Place, Houston, Environment, Design

800 Bell

December 22, 2021
Leonid Furmansky
3201 Allen. Photo by Chase Daniel. Courtesy Radom Capital.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Reviews, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Landscape, Houston, Design

Timely and Timeless

December 20, 2021
Lindsey Chambers
Inocencia Barrera, a vendor at the Houston Farmers Market. Photo by Marie D. De Jesús.
Architecture, Public Space, Reviews, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Houston, Environment, Design

Memory, Identity, Community

November 23, 2021
Adán Medrano
Lynn Wyatt Square for the Performing Arts. Via RIOS.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Public Transit, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Landscape, Houston, Events, Environment, Design

Coming Up in Downtown

November 19, 2021
Rodrigo Gallardo
"Airscapes #1." Courtesy University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design.
Architecture, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Houston, Events, Environment, Design

Hines College Celebrates Historic 75th Anniversary

November 5, 2021
Stephen Schad
Photograph by Casey Dunn from "Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High Desert." Courtesy Monacelli.
Architecture, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, Other Cities, News, Environment, Design

Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High Desert

October 30, 2021
Helen Thompson
Still from Solange, "Cranes in the Sky."
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Reviews, Racial Equity, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Landscape, Houston, Environment, Design

Do Nothing Without Intention

October 19, 2021
Sheila Mednick
W. H. Monroe and family, 2502 Gray Avenue. Courtesy Woodson Research Center.
Public Space, Urbanism, Racial Equity, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Land Use Regulation, Houston, Housing, Environment, Design

Visualizing Black Houston in 1915

September 22, 2021
Norie Guthrie
POST Houston and environs. Photo by Paul Hester on December 17, 2019.
Architecture, Public Space, Preservation, Art & Culture, Place, News, Houston, Environment, Design

Houston Builds Itself: POST Houston

September 13, 2021
Paul Hester