DOWNTOWN DEVELOMENT AND HOUSTON AREA DESIGN
WITH A UH FLAIR
College of Architecture Faculty and Lecturers Featured in Pages
of Texas Architect
HOUSTON, Dec. 9, 2004—The work and words of faculty and
instructors from the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College
of Architecture are prominently featured in the current issue of
Texas Architect, the official publication of the Texas Society of
Architects.
Jeffrey Brown, adjunct professor at UH College of Architecture,
and his firm Powers Brown Architecture are featured in an article
about their study and plan for downtown Houston residential development.
Brown is on a task force with other area builders and designers
charged with resolving the issue of where to put the growing number
of people who want to live downtown. A study commissioned by Brown
and his firm considers three land development configurations: west
of the George R. Brown Convention Center, south of the Toyota Center,
and Main street just south of downtown. The developments feature
high-rise and low-rise buildings and incorporate area green spaces,
offices and accessibility to public transportation.
Stephen Jovicich is a lecturer at the College of Architecture.
His article in Texas Architect offers a critique of the renovation
of Houston’s historic Nabisco building on Holcombe. The structure
was being converted to provide extra space for the Texas Medical
Center. W. O. Neuhaus and Associates completed the project that,
according to Jovicich, celebrates the structure’s industrial
character while retaining its original industrial aesthetic. W.
O. Neuhaus, III, FAIA, is an adjunct associate professor at the
College of Architecture.
The architectural firm Page Southerland Page (PSP) is featured
for its design work of the ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Technical Training Center on Buffalo Speedway. Architects from PSP
provide guidance and instruction for third year studio classes at
the College of Architecture under the direction of Arturo Chavez.
For more information on the UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture,
please visit www.arch.uh.edu
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