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Aerial view of Bagby Street. Courtesy SWA.
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Reviews, Place, Infrastructure, Houston, Design

Taming Bagby Street

May 27, 2022
Jon Boyd
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
S AM exhibition view ‘Beton.’ © Tom Bisig. Courtesy S AM.
Architecture, Interview, Events, Environment, Design

Concrete Through Myths: An Interview with Sarah Nichols

April 18, 2022
Sarah Nichols
Architecture, Reviews, Interview, Design

Music Behind the Language

April 13, 2022
Lauren Phillips
The Harris County Commissioner Precincts Unity Map. Courtesy Houston in Action.
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Place, News, Land Use Regulation, Houston, Events, Environment

A Community Effort to Redistrict Harris County

March 28, 2022
Houston in Action
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
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Reviews, Place, Other Cities, News, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Housing, Environment, Design

Does Not Compute

February 23, 2022
Allyn West
TXRX Labs. Photo by Ben Brown. Courtesy Stewart Development & Construction.
Architecture, Reviews, Place, News, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Design

A Start-Up Laboratory Builds Houston’s Future

January 25, 2022
Kabir Karnani
"A Section of Now: Social Norms and Rituals as Sites for Architectural Intervention." Installation view, 2021. Photo: Sandra Larochelle.
Architecture, Reviews, Art & Culture, Other Cities, News, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Housing, Events, Environment, Design

What Is Design If Not Humanity Persevering?

November 30, 2021
Jack Murphy
Houston from Buffalo Bayou. Photo by Geoff Winningham.
Public Space, Urbanism, Art & Culture, Place, Landscape, Land Use Regulation, Interview, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Events, Environment

Buffalo Bayou: River of Life

November 22, 2021
Geoff Winningham
Galveston Island State Park.
Public Space, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Reviews, Racial Equity, Place, News, Landscape, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Environment, Design

Surging Ahead

November 20, 2021
Kristen Schlemmer
Angelina Forest Products in Lufkin.
Architecture, Reviews, Other Cities, News, Landscape, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Events, Environment, Design

Woodn't It Be Nice

November 10, 2021
Jack Murphy
Race/Ethnicity by census tract in Houston as measured by the 2020 census. Via the COH Planning Department Census Map Viewer.
Urban Planning, Reviews, Place, News, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Environment, Design

Successful Cities Require Open Data

October 5, 2021
Katya Abazajian
The Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Houston underwater during Hurricane Harvey. Via the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Racial Equity, Place, News, Landscape, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Environment, Design

Justice in the Sewers

August 30, 2021
Kristen Schlemmer
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Preservation, Place, News, Landscape, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Events, Environment, Design

Houston Builds Itself: Works in Progress

July 21, 2021
Jack Murphy
Two Sides of the Border.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Reviews, Art & Culture, Place, Other Cities, Landscape, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Environment, Design

Both Sides Now

July 20, 2021
Celeste Ponce
Photo by Sam Stoeltje.
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Public Transit, Place, News, Land Use Regulation, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Events, Environment, Design

Stop TxDOT I-45 and the Viral Replication of Bad Infrastructure Policy

May 20, 2021
Sam Stoeltje
Demonstrators from one of WDP's actions. Courtesy Workers Defense Project.
Architecture, Public Space, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Place, Other Cities, News, Land Use Regulation, Interview, Infrastructure, Industry, Houston, Environment

Construction Workers are Essential Workers: An Interview with Workers Defense Project

April 27, 2021
Emily Timm