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Houston’s strong place in the global economy despite the pandemic (May 20, 2022)

Posted on · On Friday's show: How Houston fared in international trade and business in 2021, plans to restore natural prairie around town, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week, and how bees have influenced human architecture.

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Building a Himalayan Mountain Out of Gingerbread

Posted on · On Dec. 12, 2015, AIA Houston (the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects) held its annual Gingerbread Build Off, where contestants — including local architecture firms — spend from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. building gingerbread houses. Kathleen English and her colleagues at English + Associates Architects, had one of the winning entrants. […]

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Vying for The Golden Bucket at the Galveston Sandcastle Competition

Posted on · More than 60 teams of architects, designers, and engineers will compete in Galveston’s sandcastle competition on Saturday, May 31. The Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has been hosting the competition since 1986.