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City Council Member David W. Robinson (left) with Mayor Sylvester Turner (right) reviewing "Houston 2020 Visions." Courtesy Architecture Center Houston.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Place, News, Interview, Infrastructure, Houston, Environment, Design

Houston’s Existential Challenges: An Interview with David W. Robinson

September 7, 2021
David W. Robinson
ADU progress. Courtesy Construct.
Architecture, Place, News, Interview, Houston, Housing, Environment, Design

Checking in With Construct

August 20, 2021
Jack Murphy
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Reviews, Racial Equity, Art & Culture, Place, Other Cities, News, Landscape, Interview, Houston, Events, Environment, Design

Cite 102 is Here!

July 5, 2021
Jack Murphy
Giovanna Borasi in Buenos Aires during the launch of the third iteration of the CCA c/o program, in March 2020. Photo: Patricio Pidal.
Architecture, Public Space, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Art & Culture, Place, Other Cities, News, Landscape, Interview, Infrastructure, Environment, Design

Which Public? Giovanna Borasi in Conversation with Maria Nicanor

June 16, 2021
Giovanna Borasi
"Convention City" (1972) by Ant Farm, model. Via Dezeen.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Art & Culture, Place, Other Cities, News, Landscape, Interview, Infrastructure, Houston, Environment, Design

Convention City

May 26, 2021
Amale Andraos, Chip Lord, and Dan Wood
Carol M. Highsmith, “Transco Tower, Houston, Texas.” Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011630562/. Via the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Architecture, Racial Equity, Place, Other Cities, Interview, Houston, Environment, Design

The Pinnacle of Success: Cynthia Phifer Kracauer in Conversation with Kathryn O'Rourke

May 18, 2021
Cynthia Phifer Kracauer and Kathryn O'Rourke
Photo by Tamara Lichtenstein.
Public Space, Art & Culture, Place, News, Interview, Houston, Environment

A Moment That Lasts Forever

May 10, 2021
Tamara Lichtenstein
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
Courtesy Amelyn Ng.
Architecture, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Place, Interview, Houston, Housing, Environment, Design

Stay-at-home Stress

April 21, 2021
Amelyn Ng
Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Place, Interview, Houston, Housing, Events, Environment, Design

Civic Forum: Responses & Next Steps

December 4, 2020
Jack Murphy
Courtesy The Open Workshop, 2020.
Architecture, Public Space, Urbanism, Urban Planning, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Place, Other Cities, Interview, Housing, Environment, Design

All Form is Political: A Conversation Centered on Housing

November 24, 2020
Neeraj Bhatia
Lecturers Anzilla Gilmore (top left), Nicola Springer (top right), Florence Tang (bottom left), and Laura Vargas (bottom right).
Architecture, Socioeconomics, Racial Equity, Interview, Houston, Events, Design

Architecture: It is what it is, but it does not have to be

October 1, 2020
Jack Murphy