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Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design
Dean Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA

Impact A World Driven By Design.

The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design offers its students a platform of integrated disciplines—Architecture, Interior Architecture and Industrial Design—from which to negotiate the complexities of contemporary practice in a world that is grappling with diminishing economic and natural resources, the realities of post disaster reconstruction, and at the same time, continued rapid urbanization. 

Our programs foster an environment where ideas find form, where practices that are socially equitable and fundamentally ecological establish a model from which to develop Houston’s future, and inform and share design strategies globally. 

“We teach with the idea that Houston is our laboratory, challenging students to push the boundaries of architecture and design in this complex and diverse metropolis, and therefore, make a difference in the world." 

- Dean Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA  

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By the Numbers

  • #29out of the top 35 undergraduate architecture programs in the US (DesignIntelligence)
  • 1945year the College of Architecture was founded at UH
  • 860students comprising one of the most diverse architecture schools in the US
  • Top 7%of 508 architecture schools in the US (Architecture Colleges Rankings)
  • #6out of the top 10 Industrial Design programs in the US; #14 in the world (Red Dot)
  • 3international student exhibitions in Venice, Berlin, and Hong Kong (2020)
  • 30years as a leader in Design/Build education

Featured Events

  • Sep 12 6:30 pm
    Alumni Meeting 

    Architecture and Design Alumni Association Annual Meeting

    Join us for our Architecture and Design Alumni Association Annual Meeting.  This will be a transformational event for our alumni as our newly formed alumni board shares their plans for alumni engagement!

  • Sep 16 6:00 pm
    BML

    LECTURE: MacKay-Lyons Applewhite / Brian MacKay-Lyons (William F. Stern Visiting Professor)

    “Economy as Ethic”
    Brian MacKay-Lyons joins students, faculty, and alumni as we kick off our 2019 Fall Lecture Series. MacKay-Lyons co-founded his internationally recognized firm, based out of Nova Scotia, Canada - MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects - with partner Talbot Sweetapple. This fall, he holds the Williams F. Stern Visiting Professorship at Hines College.

  • Sep 30 12:00 am
    Digital Analog

    EXHIBITION: Digital/Analog

    As featured in the May/June 2019 issue of Texas Architect, the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design welcomes the “Digital/Analog” exhibition to the University of Houston.

  • Oct 14 6:00 pm

    LECTURE: Ana María León / University of Michigan

    “My North is the South”

    Ana María León joins students, faculty, and alumni for the second event of our 2019 Fall Lecture Series. Leon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. 

  • Oct 21 6:00 pm
    Aaron Forrest & Yasmine 

    LECTURE: Ultramoderne / Aaron Forrest & Yasmin Vobis

    “Formats”
    Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis join students, faculty, and alumni for the third event of our 2019 Fall Lecture Series. Forrest and Vobis manage their practice, Ultramoderne - an award-winning architecture and design firm in Providence, Rhode Island.

  • Nov 04 12:00 pm

    LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Ana Miljacki / MIT Critical Broadcasting Lab

    Ana Miljacki joins us for a lunchtime lecture as part of our fall lecture series. Ana is a critic, curator and Associate Professor of Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she teaches history, theory, and design.

  • Nov 04 6:00 pm

    LECTURE: Lateral Office / Lola Sheppard & Mason White

    “Narratives of Action and Environment”
    Lola Sheppard and Mason White join students, faculty, and alumni for the final event of our 2019 Fall Lecture Series. Sheppard and White co-founded Lateral Office, a practice strongly rooted in the synthetic possibilities of architecture, culture, technology, and the environment.