LTAWACS Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I could not find pics of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 http://dining.rice.edu/RetailContent.aspx?id=138 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I love this building. Haven't been there lately, though, since they moved a Fri afternoon seminar to the new BRC building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 A few years ago plans were scrapped to renovate it and now new plans are in the works again. Throughout the article it is argued that it's more architecturally significant than the Astrodome. I went to Rice stadium once when I was a kid and I don't remember the outside at all. It would be sweet if Rice could become the Stanford of the south in terms of sports - as unlikely as that is. Still, a renovated stadium would be cool. I don't see why they couldn't get a bowl game, host high school football games and other events. The article notes that they don't want to drastically change the architecture. new plans (no renderings - this is very premature): http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/At-Rice-future-of-another-stadium-also-in-5043101.php?cmpid=albtfp#/8 Old plans: http://www.chron.com/sports/rice/article/Plans-unveiled-for-renovation-of-Rice-Stadium-2408811.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 For watching football games the stadium is adequate the way it is. It's the rest of it that needs renovating. High school stadiums have nicer dressing rooms then Rice. That's why I liked the last plan. They were going to preserve the main stadium and just tear down and rebuild the old outdated facilities on the south end zone. It was a good plan but apparently cost more then the school wants to spend. I'm afraid any new plans will just be a cover up, much like the slight renovations 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Rice football is a niche sport over there...they rarely support their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasUltra Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Rice University has commissioned Diller Scofidio & Renfro to transform an existing parking lot between Alice Pratt Brown Hall, the home of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, and Rice Stadium into a 600-seat opera theater. Charles Renfro, a 1989 Rice graduate and the project’s lead architect, stated: “It feels really natural in a lot of ways to be returning to campus, a place I’ve spent so much time and love so much.” Completion is scheduled for 2018.Reference: Houston Chronicle, archdaily.com 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) The full piece from Rice...http://news.rice.edu/2014/03/17/rice-universitys-shepherd-school-of-music-announces-diller-scofidio-renfro-as-architect-for-new-opera-theater/ This project is one I'm looking forward to more than others in some ways, chiefly because it actually has a local person and Rice alum at the helm of the project team for architectural firm involved. I hope they actually do the university and their hometown proud on this one. Edited April 15, 2014 by ChannelTwoNews 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 They won't be doing nothing until they figure out what to do with the parking situation this building will compromise. The new Continuing Education building and Tennis courts have already depleted insufficient area parking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talltexan83 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I believe there will be a garage component to the Opera house plan. Net parking spaces should be unchanged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The rush to get rid of the old Continuing Studies building makes more sense now, with more new construction planned for that end of campus. I would not be surprised if the Media Center was the next domino to fall, which IMO would be a far greater loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 14, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/07/rice-arts-center-selects-guggenheim-leader-as-new.html http://www.mmaltzan.com/projects/rice-university-moody-center-for-the-arts/ Rice University has appointed Alison Weaverexecutive director of the Moody Center for the Arts effective Sept. 1.A former director at the well-known Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and a Houston native, Weaver will now oversee the $30 million, 50,000-square-foot art center that will include lecture and studio classrooms, a theater venue and gallery space on Rice’s campus. It is slated to open in the fall of 2016. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 This will look odd on campus. Any one else agree? Also - where do they plan on putting it? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Not everything needs to match, but I do agree. Unlike the Brochstein Pavilion, this thing is going to look odd, especially given the location (right next to Reckling Park across from the Shepherd School of Music). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talltexan83 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I like that it can also function as an informal extension of the Museum District less than a mile away. just wait until they put in that new Rice Opera House across the street from this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 aesthetically brilliant and beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 not digging the design... looks haphazardly put together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 *ahem*As I said EARLIERThis that **** I do like... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 If art every falls out of popularity, it would make a great pre-school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 *ahem*As I said EARLIERThis that **** I do like..."ahem" i concur! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I like it, but agree that it will seem out of place. I will say that I had just assumed they were making a larger surface parking lot on this space (as crazy as that seemed to me), so this is at least better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 This is going to be nice. It's about time art majors got their own unique place at Rice. Pretty much everything Rice has built in the last ten years looks out of place. Brochstein Pavilion, Brockman Hall, the Rec center, the new Continuing Studies school. But in the long run they function well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The irony is that, to most people, Rice has probably the most beautiful campus in all of Texas. But to today's average art junkie, there is nothing beautiful or inspiring about Byzantine-derived architecture. So the art museum must be a radical departure from the existing beautiful campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The irony is that, to most people, Rice has probably the most beautiful campus in all of Texas. But to today's average art junkie, there is nothing beautiful or inspiring about Byzantine-derived architecture. So the art museum must be a radical departure from the existing beautiful campus.SMU's campus is probably better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Not sure it's "better", but SMUs campus is definitely up there with Baylor and Rice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I'm thinking this will look much much better in person. The renderings are pretty basic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 well geeeeezzz, the stated budget is only $30mm. you can only get so much for that amount. i think that for this particular budget... this design is remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Not sure it's "better", but SMUs campus is definitely up there with Baylor and Rice. Don't overlook Trinity University in San Antonio either. It is a very nice melding of regional and Modern architecture. As I said about the new Rice Field House earlier this year, the University has the money and the will to experiment and do things on a scale one may think more grand than would be normal for an institution of its size. There you have it. While most of the newer buildings on campus push the envelope the original quad remains pretty much (with the exception of the Fondren Library) true to William Ward Watkin's original intent. These newer buildings on campus don't necessarily have to be "commercially successful" so this is probably the most appropriate venue to experiment with architecture. Think of some of the "show cars" from the opulent auto shows of the 1950. Some where very well received and pointed to the style of the future and some faded away into history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 MFAH. Menil. Sawyer Yards. The arts just absolutely exploding in this city. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 A thriving city needs a flourishing arts center in order to continue on it's success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 You forgot to put Match in that list. Its going to be an incubator for Midtown and the arts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 You forgot to put Match in that list. Its going to be an incubator for Midtown and the arts.Guess I was more labeling campuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) MFAH. Menil. Sawyer Yards. The arts just absolutely exploding in this city. You forgot to put Match in that list. Its going to be an incubator for Midtown and the arts. If you include the performing arts, it's even more amazing: Moody Center for the Arts (at Rice U)MFAHMenilSawyer YardsMATCHNew Opera House at RiceSt. Thomas has a new performing arts facility in the worksA.D. Players in UptownMain Street Theater is completing their remodel/upgradeAlley Theater rebuildSugar Land Performing Arts CenterNew HSPVA I feel like I'm still leaving some out. Edited July 27, 2015 by Houston19514 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Question. Will this be directly West of Shepard School of music, replacing the large ashpalt lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithiumaneurysm Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Question. Will this be directly West of Shepard School of music, replacing the large ashpalt lot? No, it will be south of Shepherd in the space between the Center for Continuing Studies and Reckling Park, where the tennis courts used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 No, it will be south of Shepherd in the space between the Center for Continuing Studies and Reckling Park, where the tennis courts used to be.Right off university blvd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Question. Will this be directly West of Shepard School of music, replacing the large ashpalt lot? No, it will be south of Shepherd in the space between the Center for Continuing Studies and Reckling Park, where the tennis courts used to be. The site directly west of the Shepherd School is where the new opera theater will be built. Cool Rice University map showing future plans, including the Shepherd School's opera theater and the Moody Center for the Arts Edited July 27, 2015 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The site directly west of the Shepherd School is where the new opera theater will be built.Cool Rice University map showing future plans, including the Shepherd School's opera theater and the Moody Center for the ArtsAwesome. I didn't realize the courts were being moved north, hence my confusion. Interesting spot for this building... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 https://twitter.com/MaltzanArch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Construction will begin soon on a new office building and parking garage south of Allen Center. Kathy Jones, associate vice president for Facilities Engineering and Planning, presented an overview of the project at the Dec. 8 Administrators Forum. The six-story, 66,710-gross-square-foot office building will house up to 295 work spaces, depending on office layouts. The design calls for terra-cotta fins on the exterior of the building’s concrete frame to control the amount of natural light into offices. The building will be located parallel to the road that connects Entrance 3 to College Way/Loop Road. The east side of the office building will attach to a seven-level, 159,500-gross-square-foot parking garage. The garage will accommodate 496 parking spaces – a net gain of 382 spaces after accounting for current parking spaces in Lovett Lot that will be overtaken by the office building and garage. Fig leaf images will be displayed on huge plastic scrims that will attach to the sides of the garage. Starting Dec. 21, parking will no longer be permitted in the Lovett Lot south of Allen Center and the Cohen House. Entrance 3 to the campus at the intersection of Main and Cambridge streets will also be closed. The road between Entrance 3 and College Way will be closed too, except to emergency vehicles. - See more at: http://news.rice.edu/2015/12/11/new-office-building-parking-garage-to-be-constructed/#sthash.TDlV4LRx.dpuf Jones said Entrance 3 will be redone to improve the flow of traffic in that area of campus. While Entrance 3 is closed, the South College parking lot can be accessed only from Entrance 4 on Main Street. The sidewalk from College Way to Entrance 3 will remain open for pedestrians. Jones said the garage is expected to be completed by the beginning of summer 2017; the office building should be completed by the end of summer 2017. During the construction phase, employees who have been parking in the south Lovett Lot will park in other campus lots through arrangements made by the Parking Office. - See more at: http://news.rice.edu/2015/12/11/new-office-building-parking-garage-to-be-constructed/#sthash.TDlV4LRx.dpuf 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Hopefully this will finally get their HR back on campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I saw the crane from a distance so I checked it out yesterday but didn't know what they were building. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 ^ That's the Moody Center for the Arts, The site for the office building and parking garage has another week open to parking before being blocked off for construction. Edit: Merged the two, easier to follow like the U of H development thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 It was next to the Rice Media Center on College Way. Took it from here... https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7149528,-95.4056837,3a,75y,162.4h,69.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVg9FDmWbPDmPsR3CpAfQWQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Does anyone know what the plans are for the track at University and Main? They tore down the bleachers there in August. I assume they are going to rebuild something nicer, but I haven't seen any renderings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 New grandstands, press box, and team facilities. http://news.rice.edu/2015/06/04/rice-to-build-new-soccer-track-and-field-facility/ http://news.rice.edu/2015/06/04/rice-to-build-new-soccer-track-and-field-facility-2/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 That one has been a bit of a clusterfuffle. They finally tore the old stands down, and then nothing. New ones were supposed to be installed in time for women's soccer this fall, but that was never going to happen. I'm sure they will get it done some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX_COLIN Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) http://news.rice.edu/2015/12/11/new-office-building-parking-garage-to-be-constructed/ - apologize in advance if this is the wrong thread, but more Rice construction news. I see urbanizer beat me too it - long time "lurker" on the site and thought this would be my first contribution...oh well, have to keep looking! Edited December 14, 2015 by TX_COLIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Rice Art Gallery, image courtesy of Bobruss: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Cool lift with tracks on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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