infinite_jim Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 (edited) http://archrecord.co...exas-Center.aspthe ASTC opens to the public in April Edited November 2, 2011 by infinite_jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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strickn Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Tight. It gets me, I guess, that the only briefs to consider slivers of an inch are devoted to luscious blankness. If that's the real deal, a Carrara parking lot would cut much closer to the quick of memory. It gets me not because 'intricacy doesn't have to mean overload' (although if restraint can absorb emotions rich intent cannot, then once again let's have the blank tabula drive) but because: well, I'll have to think about it... Edited November 11, 2011 by strickn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I live a few blocks away from this. I really like the building; it's simple and elegant.However, what I'd prefer - and I'm just one person who's not an expert at design - is that they used that greenspace in front of the building for more than just a lawn with a few trees. I'd really like to see a beautiful garden there - perhaps something that is a mix of Korean, Japanese and Chinese garden elements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog08 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I live a few blocks away from this. I really like the building; it's simple and elegant.However, what I'd prefer - and I'm just one person who's not an expert at design - is that they used that greenspace in front of the building for more than just a lawn with a few trees. I'd really like to see a beautiful garden there - perhaps something that is a mix of Korean, Japanese and Chinese garden elements.Definitely agree, the bamboo "garden" on the side is severely lacking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/asia-society-expands-in-houston-and-hong-kong.xmlStory from the ny times 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Just found a new Midtown blog that got a tour of the place. The rooftop water garden looks awesome! http://houstonmidtownrocks.com/2012/01/23/asia-society-texas-center/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Lisa Gray had a great piece in the Chronicle about the site over the past few weeks. Very nice photos as well...http://www.chron.com/life/gray/article/Gray-Asia-Society-Texas-Center-is-minimally-2638320.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Opening weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 schedule of events:http://asiasociety.org/files/uploads/248files/schedule-time%283%29.pdfi have a friend performing so I'll be there Sunday. Water Garden looks cool, can't wait to see it up close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It's a beautiful building. I intend to go see the inside this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 There is a PBS special on the building right now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 So...we'll devote 100's of posts complaining about every bland design in the city, but when something truly cool (like the Asia House) gets built, virtually no comments? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Far too many HAIFers only like to focus on the negative and pretend as though nothing of quality has been built here in the past 30 years.. (See, e.g., the whining currently going on about the Whiteco Tower.) The Asia Society building is beautiful. Edited March 22, 2013 by Houston19514 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I think there's an Asia House thread in the Museum District section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 can we get a mod to merge this thread with the Texas Asia http://www.archdaily.com/263031/asia-society-texas-center-yoshio-taniguchi/ thread in the museum district (or going up, i cant remember) subforum?i finally went by today really enjoyed the building. my buddy wore his camera in around his neck and we snapped pictures here and there the whole time we were in there and no one said a word to us. we noticed as we exited a sign on the door saying no photography. oops.. haha. oh well, the architecture is too beautiful to not be able to share. its very understated and minimal, but everything is so elegant and perfectly crafted. truly one of the great buildings of our city.im sure most of you know a good deal about this building already but heres an article with some information i found very interesting..http://www.archdaily.com/263031/asia-society-texas-center-yoshio-taniguchi/"The 470 Jurassic limestone blocks were painstakingly cut in Germany in order to find 50 blocks from only two of the 27 layers of stone available that met Taniguchi’s standards. Of these remaining blocks, 90% was then rejected, leaving only the finest hand-selected pieces throughout the building. (...) The Grand Hall and Theater are paneled in American cherry wood, the former of which coming all from one North American cherry tree that was over 100 years old." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 The Asia Society now owns the vacant lot to the southwest of this building, at Caroline and Oakdale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 2:16 PM, houstontexasjack said: The Asia Society now owns the vacant lot to the southwest of this building, at Caroline and Oakdale. I will always wonder what it could have looked like if they had owned when they started building, I think they wanted that property but whoever owned it at the time wouldn't sell. That house was run down beyond repair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, hindesky said: I will always wonder what it could have looked like if they had owned when they started building, I think they wanted that property but whoever owned it at the time wouldn't sell. That house was run down beyond repair. As I recall, there was talk that the original design would have flipped the “front” of the museum. I’m not too broken up over it, given that we got a pretty nice building. I think a complementary structure on the vacant lot would be pretty cool, though. Edit: I meant to say “complementary” rather than “complimentary.” New Year’s fatigue. 🙂 Edited January 1, 2019 by houstontexasjack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 This exhibit is located where the old house used to be. I saw about this somewhere and meant to come check it out. This was the second tour group I saw in the Museum district. This was had an HPD bicycle officers escort them around. The other one had a guide who had a speaker and a helper with another speaker that brought up the back of the group. https://asiasociety.org/texas/exhibitions/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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