RDA Celebrates 30 Years of Advancing Architecture and Urban Design in Houston
When David Crane became the dean of architecture at Rice University in 1972, he saw a problem. Houston was fixated on expansion, but hardly anyone discussed publicly what was being built, what ought to be built, or what the city as a whole should be. There should be a way, he thought, to encourage that discussion.

Bamboo Roof
Bamboo Roof, an installation at Rice Gallery, brought the work of noted architect Shigeru Ban to the city of Houston for the first time. The project was collaboratively executed by architecture students from Rice University and the University of Houston.

A Filmmaker’s Presence
Viewers of Houston’s PBS affiliate KUHT must have done a double take in 1978 when they tuned in to the locally produced film Who Killed the Fourth Ward?