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Policy — An Exhibition

Photos by Steven Thomson It is befitting that the Architecture Center Houston is positioned in the shadow of City Hall, and a glut of the city’s engines of cultural production — the Hobby and Wortham centers, Jones Hall — and the corporate headquarters that fuel them, as the site is currently host to an exhibition [...]

 07.06.10 Reviews

Blessed Sacrament? A Response to the New Preservation Ordinance

Blessed Sacrament Church (1910-2004), 4015 Sherman, Birdsall P. Briscoe, architect [Photo by David Bush] The Houston city council recently passed changes to the Historic Preservation Ordinance. The original ordinance, passed in 1995, provides far fewer protections and mechanisms than the law in other cities. David Bush, Director of Programs and Information for the Greater Houston [...]

 03.19.09 Preservation