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Tag: architecture

In-Depth

Another One Bites The Dust: A Closer Look At The Shelor Building Demolition

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on December 12, 2018 · Chevron's decision to demolish the Shelor Motor Company Building, built in 1928, was met with resistance. But what place does preservation have in Houston?

Tags architecture charles renfro chevron demolition downtown Houston Press milam street preservation rice university sarah whiting shelor shelor motor company building

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1606: The Skycity

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 3, 2018 · Episode: 1606 The Skycity: a concept struggling against its own Gothic weight.  Today, the skycity.   

Tags architecture construction Fritz Lang's Metropolis Gillette skypricker skyscraper socialism sociology urban planning Utopias Wannamaker's department store

Houston Matters

Inside Some Of The Most Eerie And Intriguing Abandoned Building Across Texas

Abner Fletcher

Posted on November 26, 2018 · Photographer Bronson Dorsey tells Houston Matters about his book of photography called Lost, Texas.

Tags abandoned buildings architecture book Bronson Dorsey Lost Texas Michael Hagerty

Arts InSight

WATCH: Tour The Innovative, Intimate Menil Drawing Institute

Troy Schulze

Posted on November 14, 2018 · The sleek, natural-light-filled building blends institutional and domestic design.

Tags architecture menil collection Menil Drawing Institute

News

Houston Got Hammered By Hurricane Harvey — And Its Buildings Are Partly To Blame

Rebecca Hersher, NPR

Posted on November 14, 2018 · The city itself — skyscrapers, homes and factories — snagged the moist air of Hurricane Harvey and caused more rain to fall. Two new studies detail how humans are making hurricane flooding worse.

Tags architecture flooding global warming Harvey study Hurricane Harvey

Houston Matters

How Many Houston Skyscrapers Can You Name?

Joshua Zinn

Posted on November 5, 2018 · Houston Matters takes a tour of downtown to learn the stories behind the city’s skyline.

Tags architecture Bank of America Center downtown houston Houston's skyline Joshua Zinn JPMorgan Chase Tower skyline skyscrapers Stephen Fox

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1576: Christopher Wren, Physician

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 10, 2018 · Episode: 1576 Christopher Wren: a great architect first learns medicine.  Today, an unexpected student of medicine.

Tags antiseptic architecture brain surgery instrument makers intravenous medical dissection medicine prodigies science St. Paul's Cathedral Willis

Houston Matters

Inside Some Of The Most Eerie And Intriguing Abandoned Building Across Texas

Abner Fletcher

Posted on June 26, 2018 · Photographer Bronson Dorsey tells Houston Matters about his book of photography called Lost, Texas.

Tags architecture book Bronson Dorsey lost Michael Hagerty photographer small towns texas

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1530: The Medieval Mason

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 25, 2018 · Episode: 1530 Medieval masons and the mischief of success.  Today, we meet a medieval mason.  

Tags architecture geometry Gothic cathedrals labyrinths Notre Dame Strasbourg

News

Mass Shootings Influenced School Architecture Long Before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Questioned Entrances And Exits

Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 24, 2018 · Architects and school safety experts say that campuses are already designed with minimizing death in mind — but that architecture can only go so far

Tags architecture dan patrick guns school shooting schools

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1512: The Corner Store

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 16, 2018 · Episode: 1512 The corner store: a retail outlet that is lost but not forgotten.  Today, let’s buy candy at the corner store.  

Tags architecture beasley galveston grocery immigrants merchandising selling store urban

Houston Matters

Annual Architecture Tour Highlights Houston’s Women Designers

Abner Fletcher

Posted on April 5, 2018 · Houston Matters learns about the contributions of women in local architecture.

Tags architecture BALANCE: Celebrating Women in Design Florence Tang Jacki Craig Schafer Joshua Zinn The Rice Design Alliance women in architecture

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1463: New Hampshire Iron

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 2, 2018 · Episode: 1463 An old pig iron smelter in the New Hampshire underbrush.  Today, an old iron works hidden in the tall grass.  

Tags architecture Blake Colonial industry iron smelting metallurgy stonework

Weather

WATCH: Building Houses That Withstand The Next Big Flood

Troy Schulze

Posted on November 1, 2017 · A Houston architect says it's all about elevation when designing flood-resistant homes

Tags architecture Brett Zamore Hurricane Harvey

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1348: Castel Del Monte

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 26, 2017 · Episode: 1348 Castel del Monte: in which Frederick II plays with geometry.  Today, we wonder why a castle was built.

Tags architecture Crusades Fibonacci Holy Roman Empire islamic

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