By Subcontractors USA News Provider Fults Commercial Real Estate recently announced that The Enclave in Frisco will be a new class A post-Covid 19 designed corporate office campus located in one of the most dynamic office submarkets in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.  A number of design elements have been incorporated into the project to help…

The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) announced its third class of 24 architecture students as the 2021 summer cohort of the NOMA Foundation Fellowship (NFF). NFF is a two-month research fellowship hosted both virtually and in-person at leading architecture firms across the country this summer. Additionally, the NFF 2021 cohort will engage in design…

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Michael Marshall Design is pleased to formally announce its President and CEO, Michael Marshall, has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, the institute’s highest membership honor. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) admits member-architects to its prestigious College of Fellows on an annual…

By Meredith Mohr Many students who walk the halls on the campus of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) say their alma mater is in the business of “building up students.” They look back on their time at the university and remember how they felt seen by their educators and peers. They recall their time in…

By Destiny Vaquera The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) recently awarded Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professor Michael Kubo with the 2021 Exhibition Catalogue Award for his book Imagining the Modern: Architecture and Urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance, co-authored with Chris Grimley and Rami el Samahy and published by The Monacelli Press…

By Angie Frederickson Students in the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) School of Architecture (SOA) are receiving a new opportunity to take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to real-world situations. Thanks to a newly formed partnership between the university and Habitat for Humanity-Houston, students are getting a chance to work…

By Destiny Vaquera Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design industrial design student Anna Bibikova recently received first place in the prestigious 2021 Bienenstock Furniture Library Competition for her chair, Manta, a hammock-like net woven around a fluid metal frame. The project was conceived and fabricated as a result of professor Jeff Feng and…

By Stephen Schad The University of Houston Architecture and Design Alumni Association, representing a diverse group of alumni from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, has launched an effort to endow a permanent scholarship for the College’s students. The endowment fund will exist in perpetuity, supporting students for generations to come. In…

Project highlights late congressman John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement By Destiny Vaquera University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design students Caleb Matheson and Darci McGee recently received the Merit Award from the AIA Fort Worth Excellence in Architecture Student Design Awards for their project, Lewis Center, a tribute to…

Professor R. Beneytez-Durán Published in CENTER 23 – A I R By Destiny Vaquera Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professor and Director of Undergraduate Architecture Rafael Beneytez-Durán Ph.D. recently published the chapter “Air: From Bodies to Breathable Skins” highlighting the concept of air and its complexities within architecture and design in the…