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Architect as Politician: An Interview with David RobinsonDavid Robinson leads a discussion of a plan for Dunlavy Street at the site for the Montrose HEB. Photo by Chris Curry. David Robinson is an architect who has served in a number of different public positions—chair of the urban design committee for the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, president of the [...] |
09.27.11 | Environment Infrastructure |
A Winning Plan for Workshop HoustonCharrette winner Linh Dan Do stands in front of her team’s design. Not pictured is team member Sarah Simpson. If you think design is for snobs, it’s time you took a visit to Workshop Houston. The site is on a street in the Third Ward, empty lots all around, but it is anything but a [...] |
08.17.11 | Architecture |
Desperate Times Call for Innovative MeasuresPhoto from www.archifarm.org. In May of 2010 I was one of the thousands of students across the nation who emerged from the brutal trials of the architectural academy into a profession unable to offer gainful employment. Among the many weeks of checking and rechecking online job boards and pestering personal contacts I received a particularly [...] |
02.09.11 | Architecture |
Fixed Gear UrbanismOutside the Houston Fixed Gear party a young man hangs a bicycle, with gears, on a tree. All photos Raj Mankad. When a young man hung his bicycle from a tree branch near the intersection of Fairview and Dunlavy, the crowd cheered. Upwards of 200 youths had come Friday January 28—on foot, on two wheels, [...] |
02.01.11 | Place |
Sharpstown Back to the FutureSpectators watch as the rotation of a house in Sharpstown is completed. It is 11 a.m. on a Thursday in Sharpstown, Houston. Roughly forty spectators sit obediently on metal benches provided by Cherry House Moving Company — a mix of Rice University students, architects, “just in for the day” New York art scenesters and garden-variety [...] |
11.19.10 | Environment Preservation |
Walmart Plan Repeats Suburban Patterns on Urban SiteThe site for the proposed Walmart is off Yale Street between I-10 and Washington Avenue, and could be an urban transitional node between Montrose and the Heights. Photo by Sharon Steinmann. Houston city council passed a $6 million incentive for the new Washington Heights shopping center to include “landscaping, a bike trail, and widening, repaving [...] |
09.22.10 | Environment Place |
Big “Green” Theme Park Idea Raises Hopes and QuestionsDon Lessem, aka “Dino Don,” explains the park’s development. All images courtesy of Patricia Hernandez. During an information session at Kirksey Architects on Wednesday, September 8, a team including former Disney “imagineer” Chris Brown, developer Don Lessem (aka Dino Don), and scientist Dr. Matt Gardner presented plans for EarthQuest. The 1,600-acre resort and learning institute [...] |
09.10.10 | Architecture Environment Infrastructure |
Osprey Torched — Be the Hero Who Brings It BackOn July 6th, Buffalo Bayou Partnership‘s pontoon boat, The Osprey, was destroyed in a fire, leaving all boat tours on the bayou suspended. Just as city business leaders announce ambitious plans to transform the bayous, an arsonist attacked a boat that opened the eyes of hundreds of Houstonians to the potential of our waterways. Will [...] |
07.20.10 | Architecture |
A Slice of HoustonBAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, all images by Susan Rogers While Houston often parallels national trends, it also bucks them. Looking at one slice of the city, — the Bellaire/Holcombe Corridor from the Medical Center to Highway 6 — provides insight into the major shifts that have occurred in the landscape and demographics of our cities [...] |
05.07.10 | Art & Culture Infrastructure |
Montrose Farmer’s Market?Los Angeles Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax [Photos David Bucek] For the past two years, the Ashby Highrise has dominated debates over Houston’s lack of zoning and land-use planning. The well-to-do residents of Southhamptom and Boulevard Oaks sought to delay and ultimately stop the 23-story building proposed by Buckhead Investments. There is a new [...] |
03.26.10 | Architecture Environment |
