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Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Impact a world driven by design.

Dean Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA

Welcome to the Hines College!

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
  • 700students 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

  • WELCOME DAY 2019

    Saturday, August 17, 2019 
    9:00 am 
    Gerald D. Hines Architecture & Design Building 

    A day dedicated to introducing our newly admitted Coogs to the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. This is a great opportunity for freshmen to learn about everything college has to offer. Stay tuned, as more information

  • LECTURE: BRIAN MACKAY-LYONS, STERN VISITING PROFESSOR

    Monday, September 16, 2019
    6:00 pm
    Architecture Building Theater

    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 where he will engage regularly with students throughout the semester.

  • LECTURE: ANA MARÍA LEÓN

    Monday, October 14, 2019
    6:00 pm
    Architecture Building Theater

    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. Her research and teaching examines the modernity of the Americas and its transcontinental flows, with particular focus on how different publics relate to each other through spatial practices and discourses of power and resistance.

  • LECTURE: AARON FORREST

    Monday, October 21, 2019
    6:00 pm
    Architecture Building Theater

    Aaron Forrest joins students, faculty, and alumni for the third event of our 2019 Fall Lecture Series. Forrest is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to teaching, Forrest manages his practice, Ultramoderne - an award-winning architecture and design firm in Providence, Rhode Island.

  • LECTURE: LOLA SHEPPARD AND MASON WHITE

    Monday, November 4, 2019
    6:00 pm
    Architecture Building Theater

    Lola Sheppard and Mason White join students, faculty, and alumni for the final event of our 2019 Fall Lecture Series. Sheppard is Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, and White is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. They co-founded Lateral Office, a practice strongly rooted in the synthetic possibilities of architecture, culture, technology, and environment.