adr Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 ArCH is moving into this currently empty space, across the street from spaghetti warehouse. After a design competition and build-out, move-in is scheduled for February 2017. https://aiahouston.org/v/registration/Re-Imagine-Architecture-Center-Houston-Design-Competition/fn/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 5 hours ago, adr said: ArCH is moving into this currently empty space, across the street from spaghetti warehouse. After a design competition and build-out, move-in is scheduled for February 2017. https://aiahouston.org/v/registration/Re-Imagine-Architecture-Center-Houston-Design-Competition/fn/ I do hope that they have a public open house after the buildout is complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 hour ago, UtterlyUrban said: I do hope that they have a public open house after the buildout is complete! They have frequent public events, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I believe that they are going to use the submerged old boiler room behind the building for public events. If so, it will be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=07101910dbb3be9ec191412ae&id=ff294c39cc&e=[UNIQID] Quote Today, we are pleased to announce that Murphy Mears Architects has been selected to design the new Architecture Center Houston building at 900 Commerce Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/architecture-center-houston-seeking-250-000-for-repairs_o Construction on the new Architecture Center Houston was roughly three weeks from completion when Hurricane Harvey hit the city in late August, causing flooding beyond even what the resiliency-minded center was designed to withstand—if it was finished. Now, the project is delayed for months. "The idea for an architecture center is that you want it to be a demonstration space for everything architectural," says Rusty Bienvenue, the executive director of AIA Houston. "We knew this was in a flood zone, but we wanted to tell the story—you can design in a flood zone. We were leading those conversations here in Houston with symposiums and things like over the last year or so in the city. So we thought, put our money where our mouth is, let’s move into this building—a really great, historic building in the flood zone—and design it to withstand water." Located in the the B.A. Riesner building, originally built in 1906, the center was designed for flood mitigation up to the 500-year flood levels, but flooding from Hurricane Harvey exceeded those levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Update: Late October move in. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/home/design/article/AIA-Houston-Architecture-Center-new-HQ-harvey-15652866.php?utm_campaign=CMS Sharing Tools (Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral#photo-20118156 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 Noticed they were putting furniture inside yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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