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Houstonist noticed about a month ago that something was missing near the corner of Bissonnet and Mt. Vernon streets, just west of Montrose Blvd. The house didn't seem to fit in, but it sure caught our eye - unfortunately it was recently demolished by the current owners. The house was located at 1 Waverly Court and was designed by Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects and built in 1999 to replace a beaten-up 1950s contemporary home by...

Via Austinist, the American Institute of Architects celebrated its 150th birthday last month by surveying 1,800 randomly chosen Americans on what their favorite U.S. works of architecture were. An AIA panel then narrowed those choices down to come up with America's Favorite Architecture, a list of the 150 most popular structures in the country. As you'd expect, at the top of the list are a bunch of national icons: the Empire State Building, the...

Unfortunately, the new tax proposal only includes buildings and not single-family residences.

City Controller Annise Parker, who headed a committee that worked on historic preservation when she served on the council, said the omission of residences is a serious weakness in the proposal.

Continue reading "New protection may give historic buildings a big break"

Architecture Center Houston Grand Opening For its inaugural exhibit, the Architecture Center Houston, affectionately referred to as the ArCH, offers a show of current plans for the future of Houston. The exhibit, titled Houston: Future Form, is divided into four areas: Architecture, Bayous, Parks, and Transportation. It includes plans for Discovery Green, the new downtown park, the realignment of I-10 and I-45, as well as the Asia House in the Museum District and continued landscaping...

If you don't have plans tonight, let Houstonist make a suggestion that you'll love and that'll confirm your ultra-hipness to your friends: Drop by the opening reception for the Graphic Noise poster show at the Museum of Printing History.

Galveston played host to the 20th annual American Institute of Architects Sandcastle Competition this weekend. About 20,000 people showed up – luckily, none of them bullied their way through and kicked down the sculptures. The 89 entries put anything that Houstonist tried to build with Galveston’s muddy sand to shame. Entries included a Monopoly: Houston edition, which featured local landmarks (we guess you'd use sand dollars for currency). Many of them were comical, like the...