Farshid Moussavi to design first Ismaili Center in the USA
Iranian-born British architect Farshid Moussavi has been selected ahead of Rem Koolhaas, Jeanne Gang and David Chipperfield to design an Ismaili cultural centre in Houston, Texas. More
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Johnston Marklee's Menil Drawing Institute opens in Houston
American architecture firm Johnston Marklee has completed a cultural building in Texas, with a white linear form punctured by courtyards. More
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Schaum/Shieh covers Houston art gallery in sculptural white panels
Sculptural white stucco panels and small triangular windows define the facades of this gallery by US studio Schaum/Shieh, which is meant to appear like it could "blow away in the wind". More
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Steven Holl's Glassell School of Art in Houston features a sloped rooftop garden
Architect Steven Holl has completed a concrete and glass art school at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, where students can relax in an outdoor sculpture park and a ramped roof garden. More
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Tokujin Yoshioka creates cloud-like sculpture from thousands of acrylic rods
Tokujin Yoshioka has suspended 17,700 acrylic rods in the lobby of a skyscraper in Downtown Houston, creating a huge sculpture designed to resemble a cloud. More
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Schaum/Shieh designs Houston concert venue to endure "rough handling"
American studio Schaum/Shieh has used steel, concrete and wood to create a live music venue in Houston, Texas, that can handle large crowds and rowdy performances. More
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Content Architecture furnishes Paloma nail salon in Texas with comfy blue chairs and brass details
Customers of this nail salon in Houston are pampered in large blue armchairs raised on platforms, within a bright space that also features ombre wallpaper. More
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Michael Viviano designs gabled house for his parents in Houston
Architect Michael Viviano has worked with his mum and dad to create them this concrete and timber house with a gable roof in Houston, Texas. More
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Masterplan unveiled for Downtown Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey
Houston has launched a 20-year plan to overhaul its Downtown business district, after the Texas city's urban design was heavily criticised following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. More
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"Urban design caused the Hurricane Harvey disaster"
Houston's poor urban planning, not climate change, is to blame for the catastrophic flooding following Hurricane Harvey, says disaster expert Ilan Kelman in this Opinion column. More
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Houston contractor builds her own charred-timber residence designed by Suyama Peterson Deguchi
The owner of a construction company in Houston has collaborated with Seattle architects Suyama Peterson Deguchi to create a Japanese-influenced home that she built for herself. More
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Steven Holl's curvy-roofed addition to Houston arts museum breaks ground
Construction has begun on a wedge-shaped building by American architect Steven Holl for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which will provide a new entry point to the campus. More
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Glass-bottomed Sky Pool suspends swimmers 500 feet above Houston
A transparent portion of a swimming pool atop a high-rise development in Houston, Texas, projects outward so brave residents can view both the skyline in front and the ground 40 storeys below. More
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Shotgun Chameleon house in Houston designed to help its owners offset their mortgage
Taking influences from the vernacular houses of the southern US, this low-cost house in Houston by ZDES architects is designed to accommodate a family, but can be divided up to allow the owners to rent out private areas. More
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West 8 plans botanical garden for Houston featuring an arching tree bridge
Dutch landscape firm West 8 has masterplanned a new botanical garden in Houston, Texas, featuring a mosaic of gardens and a bridge incorporating an arch of trees. More
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Houston's Museum of Fine Arts unveils campus redesign by Steven Holl
News: Steven Holl has been appointed to rework the campus of Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and will add new buildings to offer a "complementary contrast" to structures by Mies van der Rohe and Rafael Moneo. More
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Blaffer Art Museum renovation by WORKac
New York architecture studio WORKac has reorganised the galleries of the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, Texas, by adding a glazed entrance pavilion in front (+ slideshow). More
