energy city
5 DECADES OF DESIGN THROUGH THE AIA HOUSTON ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE
PRECIPITATED HOUSTON'S RISE TO THE STATUS OF U.S. ENERGY CAPITAL
A PUNNING TRIBUTE TO THE 1901 OIL GUSHER FROM WHCIH 20TH CENTURY HOUSTON'S GROWTH AND GOOD FORTUNE STEMMED
A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, ASSEMBLED 33
STRECHING
ALONG
ON THE HEELS OF PENNZOIL PLACE
Bridgestone One Building
1976 Richard Fitzgerald & Partners
Texaco Office Building
1977 S.I. Morris Associates
V-SHAPED IN PLAN TO MAXIMIZE ITS NORTH-SOUTH EXPOSURE
Allied Chemical Building (1 Riverway Building)
1978 S.I. Morris Associates
Cameron Ironworks World Headquarters Building (Harris County Appraisal District)
1978 3D/International
OILFIELD AND PETROCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT IS SYMBOLIZED IN THE WIDE-SPAN
Houston Telephone Employees Federal Credit Union Building (communications Federal Credit Union Building)
DARK SOLAR GLASS
1979 Urban Architecture and Sanders & Sanders
ORANGE FUNCTIONED AS A PRIVLEGED TRANSMITTER OF ENERGY FROM THE SUN TO HUMANKIND
PRECIPITATED HOUSTON'S RISE TO THE STATUS OF U.S. ENERGY CAPITAL
DARK SOLAR GLASS
ORANGE FUNCTIONED AS A PRIVLEGED TRANSMITTER OF ENERGY FROM THE SUN TO HUMANKIND
A PUNNING TRIBUTE TO THE 1901 OIL GUSHER FROM WHCIH 20TH CENTURY HOUSTON'S GROWTH AND GOOD FORTUNE STEMMED
A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, ASSEMBLED 33 SQUARE BLOCKS STRECHING FROM FANNIN EASTWARD ALONG MCKINNEY AND LAMAR TO THE EASTEX FREEWAY
JOINTLY DEVELOPPED BY TENNECO AND
TENNECO BUILDING...SERVED AS A MODEL APPEALED INSTEAD TO A HIGHER ORDER OF LOGIC: PROFIT
ON THE HEELS OF PENNZOIL PLACE
V-SHAPED IN PLAN TO MAXIMIZE ITS NORTH-SOUTH EXPOSURE
OILFIELD AND PETROCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT IS SYMBOLIZED IN THE WIDE-SPAN
First International Plaza (1100 Louisiana Building)
1980 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and 3D/International
ISLAMIC-INFLUENCED WATER GARDEN
Texas Commerce Tower in United Energy Plaza (J.P. Morgan Chase Tower)
1981 I.M. Pei & Partners and 3d/ International
Gulf Tower (Fulbright Tower)
DEVOID OF HUMAN PRESENCE
1982 Caudill Rowlett Scott
8-12 and 9-11 Greenway Plaza
1982 Lloyd Jones Brewer & Associates
WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF ENRON , THE NOTORIOUS ENERGY-TRADING CORPORATION, WHICH WENT BANKRUPT IN 2001
PROTEST AGAINST THE UNSIGHTLINESS OF AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION INSTALLASTION PAID OFF WHEN
GIVENT O THE CITY OF HOUSTON BY TEXAS EASTERN CORPORATION AND CADILLAC FAIRVIEW CORPORATION
SKYLIGHTING, SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, THE GRACEFUL S-CURVE LIGHT BAFFLES
EAST END LOST ITS CONCAVE SCREEN OF PIERS AND SPUR WALLS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHWEST FREEWAY
SKYLIGHTING, SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, THE GRACEFUL S-CURVE LIGHT BAFFLES
ISLAMIC-INFLUENCED WATER GARDEN
EAST END LOST ITS CONCAVE SCREEN OF PIERS AND SPUR WALLS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHWEST FREEWAY
PROTEST AGAINST THE UNSIGHTLINESS OF AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION INSTALLASTION PAID OFF WHEN
TURNED INTO A SLEEK CONVENIENCE STORE, CAR WASH, GAS STATION
GIVENT O THE CITY OF HOUSTON BY TEXAS EASTERN CORPORATION AND CADILLAC FAIRVIEW CORPORATION
DEVOID OF HUMAN PRESENCE
WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF ENRON , THE NOTORIOUS ENERGY-TRADING CORPORATION, WHICH WENT BANKRUPT IN 2001
BP'S U.S. HEADQUARTERS
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE HOUSES
ORIENTED EAST TOWARDS THE RISING SUN RATHER THAN TOWARDS THE STREET...LAYERING FOUR TYPES OF LIGHT SCREENING DEVICES
MIDDLE EASTERN THEME OF ARCHITECTURE IN A LISTLESS WAY
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE HOUSES
OUTFITTED THE ELECTRIC TOWER WITH "SUNGLASSES"
ORIENTED EAST TOWARDS THE RISING SUN RATHER THAN TOWARDS THE STREET...LAYERING FOUR TYPES OF LIGHT SCREENING DEVICES
MIDDLE EASTERN THEME OF ARCHITECTURE IN A LISTLESS WAY
LIKE MOST 21ST-CENTURY DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN, RELIANT ENGERY PLAZA INVOLVED CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION BY NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC ENTITIES
BESPEAK POWER AND PRIDE RATHER THAN INGENUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
BUSINESSES WANTING BOTH RAILROAD ACCESS AND HOUSING
DESINED TO ACHIEVE LEED CERTIFICATION
INEVITABLE REPETITIVENESS, ITS SELF-EFFACEMENT, AND ITS INSULATION GIVE THE COMPLEX A SLIGHTLY OPPRESSIVE SENSE OF BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL
THE GERMAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION THAT OWNS PENNZOIL PLACE BUILT THIS 11- STORY, 975-CAR GARAGE
Chevron Geosciences Building (hoUSTON cOMMUNITY cOLLEGE aLIEF cAMPUS)
2007
consciously addressed environmental issues in the aftermath of the eergy crisis of the 1970's
DELICATE, LATTICE-LIKE SHADE STRUCTURE
STEEL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLED MATERIALS
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES
IN THE WAKE OF THE OIL-INDUCED RECESSION
OPEN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION TO DESIGN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE SINGLE-FAMILY DEMONSTARTION HOUSE THAT COULD BE BUILT FOR JUST UNDER $100,000
CORE: The 99K House
2009 Hybrid Seattle and ORA
PASSENGER STATION AND FREIGHT YARD...
40,950-SEAT BASEBALL STADIUM WITH A RETRACTABLE ROOF
DELICATE, LATTICE-LIKE SHADE STRUCTURE
IMAGINATIVELY DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
OPEN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION TO DESIGN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE SINGLE-FAMILY DEMONSTARTION HOUSE THAT COULD BE BUILT FOR JUST UNDER $100,000
LAVERNE WILLIAMS WENT "GREEN" DURING THE ENERGY CRISIS OF THE 70'S
METAL FINS SCREEN THE GLASS WALLS
BUSINESSES WANTING BOTH RAILROAD ACCESS AND HOUSING DESINED TO ACHIEVE LEED CERTIFICATION
BESPEAK POWER AND PRIDE RATHER THAN INGENUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
"LIVING MACHINE"
SPONSORED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
LEED CERTIFICATION
STEEL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLED MATERIALS
EXCEEDED RIDERSHIP ESTIMATES SINCE GOING INTO OPERATION IN 2004
85-FOOT-HIGH TUBULAR STEEL TOWER FOR COOLING AND RECYCLING STEAM
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES
INEVITABLE REPETITIVENESS, ITS SELF-EFFACEMENT, AND ITS INSULATION GIVE THE COMPLEX A SLIGHTLY OPPRESSIVE SENSE OF BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL
SHELL OIL COMPANY'S BELLAIRE TECHNOLOGY CENTER ON THE BACKYARD
THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING
THE GERMAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION THAT OWNS PENNZOIL PLACE BUILT THIS 11- STORY, 975-CAR GARAGE
IN THE WAKE OF THE OIL-INDUCED RECESSION
LIKE MOST 21ST-CENTURY DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN, RELIANT ENGERY PLAZA INVOLVED CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION BY NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC ENTITIES
RECYCLED BUILDING MATERIALS
LEED GOLD
LAYERED CERAMIC SOLAR SCREEN AND
UNIVERSITYS FIRST BUILDING TO INCORPORATE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
RAINWATER-HARVESTING
LEED PLATINUM
2-STORY SHED ROOFED HOUSE AS A MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
SOLAR COLLECTOR CANOPY
THE FIRST LEED-CERTIFIED CONDOMINIUM IN HOUSTON
Citations
Fox, S., Moorhead, G., & Bradley, B. S. (2012). Houston Architectural Guide. AIA Houston.
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. (n.d.). Retrieved December 6, 2022, from https://www.ctbuh.org/
YouTube. (2020). YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXG7ohRESos.
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