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AIA’s ArCH Tour: 3rd Ward Bicycle Tour 10:00 am
AIA’s ArCH Tour: 3rd Ward Bicycle Tour @ HCC Central Campus Sign
Feb 2 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
This bicycle tour explores the Historic Third Ward and surrounding areas including Houston Community College, Emancipation Park, Project Row Houses, Dowling Street, the Negro Hospital, later Riverside General Hospital, the Buffalo Soldiers Museum, and Texas Southern University. The tour is a dynamic discussion of the neighborhood’s character, history and future in the center of Houston featuring notable local architects such...
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Deadline: Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards 12:00 pm
Deadline: Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards
Feb 6 @ 12:00 pm
Deadline: Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards
Eligible applicants include: Local Governments Businesses & Industry Non-Profit Organizations Universities and Educational Institutions Utility Districts The Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards recognize innovative strategies and projects in the Houston-Galveston region that serve as models for improving water quality. Joint applications for larger, collaborative projects are encouraged. Winning projects must exhibit efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation and serve as...
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Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony 8:30 am
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony @ Houston-Galveston Area Council, Conference Room B, Second Floor
Feb 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony @ Houston-Galveston Area Council, Conference Room B, Second Floor
Save the date for H-GAC’s first Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, February 8, 2019, at H-GAC Conference Room B, Second Floor. The Summit will include presentations about various H-GAC programs that can provide goods, services, technical assistance, and funding for parks and natural areas projects. The event will also include the...
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony 9:00 am
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony @ Houston-Galveston Area Council, Conference Room B, Second Floor
Feb 8 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony @ Houston-Galveston Area Council, Conference Room B, Second Floor | Houston | Texas | United States
The Summit will include presentations about various H-GAC programs that can provide goods, services, technical assistance, and funding for parks and natural areas projects. These projects serve as models for planning and project implementation for parks and natural areas in the region. Projects will be honored in three categories. The event will also include the annual Parks and Natural Areas Awards recognition...
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AIA’s ArCH Walking Tour: Texas Medical Center 10:00 am
AIA’s ArCH Walking Tour: Texas Medical Center @ John P McGovern Commons Building
Feb 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world. Equivalent to the 12th largest business district in the United States, TMC has over 33.8 million square feet of patient care, education, and research space. 160,000+ individuals visit the Texas Medical Center each day with more than 6 million patients treated annually. The 1000+ acres is approximately the...
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AIA’s ArCH Walking Tour: Houston Museum District 10:00 am
AIA’s ArCH Walking Tour: Houston Museum District @ MFAH Cullen Sculpture Garden
Feb 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Houston Museum District is one of the few areas in the country with such a dense population of museums, public art, contemporary architecture, and landscape design. On this 2-hour walking tour you will experience the quintessential Modernism of Mies van der Rohe, the structuralist view point of Gunnar Birkerts, the simplicity and craft of Isamu Noguchi, and the first...
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RDA Spotlight Award 2019 7:00 pm
RDA Spotlight Award 2019 @ Museum of Fine Arts – Brown Auditorium
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
RDA Spotlight Award 2019 @ Museum of Fine Arts – Brown Auditorium | Houston | Texas | United States
The Spotlight Award considers architects from around the world within the first 15 years of their professional practice who have demonstrated design excellence and curiosity through their body of work. Rice Design Alliance has selected DUST as the recipient of the Spotlight Award 2019. DUST Principals, Cade Hayes and Jesús E. Robles, Jr., will be delivering the Spotlight Lecture 2019...
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HW Annual Luncheon 11:30 am
HW Annual Luncheon @ River Oaks Country Club
Feb 20 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
HW Annual Luncheon @ River Oaks Country Club | Houston | Texas | United States
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Houston Wilderness will have the honor of presenting its annual Wild Life Award to Joe B. Allen at the Annual Luncheon at River Oaks Country Club. The award will honor his legacy of environmental-based laws that are providing new parks, trails, and open space in subdivisions all over the state.
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AIA’s ArCH Walking Tour: Montrose 10:00 am
AIA’s ArCH Walking Tour: Montrose @ Menil Collection Bookstore
Feb 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Montrose is one of the most diverse and interesting neighborhoods in Houston with some of the city’s best architecture including spectacular mansions, charming bungalows, the campus of the University of St. Thomas, Rothko Chapel, and the Menil Collection. ArCH tour guides will present an overview of the architectural and social history of the area and offer guests a look inside...
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