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Two Sides of the Border.
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Both Sides Now

July 20, 2021
Celeste Ponce
Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory. Photo by Paul Hester.
Architecture, Preservation, Place, News, Houston, Design

Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory (1948–2021)

July 13, 2021
Jack Murphy
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Cite 102 is Here!

July 5, 2021
Jack Murphy
10012 Bob White Dr. Via @everylothtx.
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Seeing Houston Through the Eyes of @everylothtx

June 22, 2021
Drake Flood
Giovanna Borasi in Buenos Aires during the launch of the third iteration of the CCA c/o program, in March 2020. Photo: Patricio Pidal.
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Which Public? Giovanna Borasi in Conversation with Maria Nicanor

June 16, 2021
Giovanna Borasi
M-K-T. Photo by Peter Molick. Courtesy Radom Capital.
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An Exercise in Maximalism!

June 9, 2021
Marcel Merwin
City Hall. Photo by Leonid Furmansky.
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Spaces of Protest

June 2, 2021
Leonid Furmansky
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photo: Iwan Baan.
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Tubular

May 27, 2021
Iwan Baan
"Convention City" (1972) by Ant Farm, model. Via Dezeen.
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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
Installation view of Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photo by Will Michels. Photograph © The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Evening Becomes Electric

May 12, 2021
Jack Murphy
The marquee of the River Oaks Theatre on its final day of operation, March 25, 2021. Photo by David Welling.
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River Oaks Theatre: Once the Dust Clears

May 6, 2021
David Welling