RDA announces winners

The Rice Design Alliance (RDA) is pleased to announce the winners of its eleventh annual Initiatives for Houston grant program, which supports and funds projects that focus on Houston’s built environment. From enhancing Houston’s cultural identity to improving the city’s infrastructure, this year’s winning proposals encompass a wide range of focus. Proposal titles include “Enhancing Infrastructure: Highways and Energy” submitted by Prairie View A&M visiting professor Ross Weinert; “Urban Aeries” submitted by Rice University architecture graduate student Melissa McDonnell; “Make Houston Colorful?” by Robert Hadley, an architecture graduate student at the University of Houston and Samuel Jacobson, an undergraduate architecture student at Rice University; and “Scavenge” a proposal submitted by Jorge Galvan, an undergraduate student in Industrial Design at the University of Houston. More information is available at http://rda.rice.edu or by calling 713-348-4876.