Dec 06, 2024
Over the decades, Rice has produced numerous publications, including enduring platforms like Cite and PLAT. Sphere joins this lineage, crafting a fresh perspective on architecture’s role in shaping our world.
Dec 05, 2024
Groundbreaking new facilities elevate architectural education, research, and public engagement at Rice University
Dec 05, 2024
With the dedication of William T. Cannady Hall and the recent renovation of MD Anderson Hall, the Rice School of Architecture has created a vibrant campus within a campus that showcases progressive design alongside Rice University's celebrated historic architecture.
Dec 04, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture is thrilled to announce that Ultrabarrio, the cutting-edge practice coled by visiting critic Amna Ansari, has been honored with three awards in the prestigious Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards 2024.
Dec 03, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture proudly announces that Ambient Architecture, an exhibition by clovisbaronian, the architectural practice co-led by Assistant Professor Georgina Baronian, has received an honorable mention in the Emerging Architects Project Award category as part of the Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards 2024.
Dec 02, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Shantel Blakely has contributed a pivotal essay to the newly released book Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s, edited by renowned architectural historian Eric P. Mumford.
Nov 25, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture proudly announces that a team led by Wortham Professor Albert Pope, and including assistant professor Juan José Castellón, associate professor Gökçe Günel, and professor Dominic Boyer, has received a significant grant from the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program (GRP) to lead the Gulf Coast Megaregion studio, an interdisciplinary research and design initiative.
Nov 20, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture proudly celebrates Associate Professor Reto Geiser and his design firm MG&Co., which AIGA, the professional association for design disciplines, has honored in its prestigious 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2023 competition.
Nov 13, 2024
The inaugural exhibition at the Rice University School of Architecture’s new William T. Cannady Hall explores how architecture and design can participate in a more sustainable world.
Nov 01, 2024
Rice School of Architecture is proud to announce that Joshua Jih Pan, FAIA, has been selected as the recipient of the school’s 2024 Alumni Award. The firm he founded, JJP Architects + Planners, has been a beacon of innovative design and sustainable development across Taiwan and beyond.
Oct 23, 2024
Rice School of Architecture is pleased to announce The Sixth Sphere, an exhibition curated by
Brittany Utting.
Oct 11, 2024
We are delighted to announce that visiting critics Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow, cofounders of the Chicago-based firm Kwong Von Glinow, have been awarded the prestigious AIA Chicago Honor Award in the “Interior Architecture Medium” category for their innovative renovation of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Flaxman Library.
Oct 09, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture announces the addition of four new faculty members: Brett Schneider, Chelsea Spencer, Alison Von Glinow, and Lap Chi Kwong. Each brings a unique blend of academic excellence and professional experience that will enrich the school’s innovative approach to architectural education and discourse.
Oct 04, 2024
Who benefits from historic preservation? The question sparked conversation at the Rice School of Architecture’s Civic Forum on September 28, 2024, an annual event that spotlights how architecture impacts the Houston community.
Oct 02, 2024
The Rice School of Architecture proudly announces that Assistant Professor Georgina Baronian and her firm, clovisbaronian, have been awarded a prestigious AIA Houston Design Award in the “On the Boards” category for their project E33, a mixed-use development located in the Garden City Arts District. Baronian, alongside her design partner Sam Clovis, led the architectural vision for this innovative project, which embodies a forward-thinking approach to urban design while honoring the industrial heritage of its surroundings.
Sep 26, 2024
Rice School of Architecture is thrilled to announce the digital archive for CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston. For more than 40 years, CITE has been a cornerstone of architecture and design discourse, offering a rich tapestry of reviews, interviews, and thought-provoking essays.
Sep 12, 2024
Congratulations to our student-led PLAT journal on their fifth consecutive grant award from the Graham Foundation to continue their work for the forthcoming PLAT 14. PLAT creates a dynamic conversation surrounding selective topics emerging from the architectural discourse to stimulate exchange within global academic institutions and professional practices.
Sep 06, 2024
Houston Reimagined: Dismantling Inequity through the Power of Design is a visionary design charrette that invites students to reimagine Houston’s neighborhoods as if key discriminatory policies had never existed. This event is a collaborative effort to explore how transportation, housing, and environmental justice policies have shaped some of Houston’s most iconic communities, including Third Ward, Second Ward, and Kashmere Gardens. Rice School of Architecture is co-sponsoring this event with AIA Houston.
Sep 03, 2024
The William T. Cannady Hall for Architecture approaches completion after breaking ground in September 2022. Cannady Hall is an addition to MD Anderson Hall and is set for dedication on Dec. 5, according to Dean of Architecture Igor MarjanovićCannady Hall is an addition to MD Anderson Hall and is set for dedication on Dec. 5, according to Dean of Architecture Igor Marjanović.
Jul 23, 2024
Rice University is pleased to announce the appointment of Chelsea Spencer as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Architecture and the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL), effective July 1, 2024.
Jul 23, 2024
Through the Rice School of Architecture’s Summer Immersion program, local high school students can explore their passion for architecture while soaking in what it’s like to live on campus at a prestigious university.
Jun 25, 2024
On Saturday at the 2024 Houston Design Gala, AIA Houston awarded HR Design Dept’s Heather Rowell the Ben Brewer Young Architect Award.
Jun 24, 2024
Jacki Schaefer, B.A. ’07, has accepted a new role as a career advisor at Out of Architecture. Jacki is a former lecturer and alumna of the Rice Architecture program. We are immensely grateful for her dedication and wish her the very best.
Jun 21, 2024
Professor in the Practice Danny Samuels, B.Arch. ’71, is retiring at the end of this academic year.
May 22, 2024
Launched in 2019 by Associate Professor Reto Geiser, the Rice Architecture Summer Immersion program aims to diversify the field of architecture by providing comprehensive academic guidance, cultural enrichment and disciplinary exposure to underserved high school students from the Houston community.
May 16, 2024
Effective July 1, 2024, Rice Architecture Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Dawn Finley, ’99, will become the next dean and McWhorter Chair at the Auburn University College of Architecture, Design, and Construction.
Apr 24, 2024
The Rice University School of Architecture will posthumously bestow the 2024 Dean’s Medal to Raymond Brochstein B.A. ’55, B.S. ’56 (1932–2022). Initiated in 2023, the Dean’s Medal is given annually in recognition of extraordinary dedication, leadership, and support for the School of Architecture and its pursuit of excellence in design education across the spectrum of practice, research, and teaching.
Apr 22, 2024
Associate Professor Troy Schaum and Assistant Professor Maggie Tsang are the inaugural recipients of the Rice Architecture Research Fellowship (ARF). This fellowship, funded by the Office of Research and debuting with the 2024–25 academic year, provides a $30,000 research grant and teaching leave, giving faculty the time and space to focus on major scholarly projects.
Apr 16, 2024
Rice University is refocusing its efforts on the Center for Environmental Studies (CES) to enhance and advance the center’s research goals and initiatives regarding environmental issues in our society.
Apr 09, 2024
Recent graduate Melvalean McLemore-Catina, M.S. ’23, has been awarded a 2024 AIA Young Architects Award, an honor recognizing AIA members who are exceptional leaders as well as in the early stages of their architectural careers.
Mar 27, 2024
Assistant Professor Scott Colman recently published Ludwig Hilberseimer: Reanimating Architecture and the City (Bloomsbury, 2023), part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series.
Mar 15, 2024
Edited by Assistant Professor Brittany Utting, Architectures of Care: From the Intimate to the Common (Routledge, 2024) explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms—from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.
Mar 14, 2024
Congratulations to Luke Bulman, M.Arch. ’98, founder of the
Office of Luke Bulman and lecturer at the Yale School of Architecture, who recently developed the new brand identity for the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture.
Mar 13, 2024
Igor Marjanović, William Ward Watkin Dean of the Rice University School of Architecture, served as guest editor of the fifth issue of AR/Architecture Research: Dialectics of Pedagogy.
Mar 11, 2024
In the recent Iceland beer spa architecture competition organized by Buildner, graduate students Nathan Ehrlich, Alexandro Piña, and Yao Xiao, all M.Arch. ’26 candidates from Rice University School of Architecture, emerged as winners of the student award.
Mar 10, 2024
The Johnson Owl Deck, also known as the Mass Timber Pavilion, has been nominated in ArchDaily’s 2024 Building of the Year in the small-scale and installation category.
Mar 08, 2024
The exhibition MESO-COSM, organized by Rice University School of Architecture Assistant Professor Brittany Utting and University of Houston Instructional Assistant Professor Daniel Jacobs, cofounders of HOME-OFFICE, won an ACSA Faculty Design Award for 2024.
Feb 11, 2024
Sites of Impermanence, a National Academy of Design (NAD) exhibition opening in New York City on February 8, 2024, showcases art and architectural works by the recently elected 2023 National Academicians, including Rice University School of Architecture Professor Carlos Jiménez.
Feb 07, 2024
The recent “Building Ecologies” installation at Houston’s POST has been listed as one of three finalists for the 2024 Forge Prize by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Feb 05, 2024
The Rice University School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amanda Sullivan has joined the staff as the school’s director of development.
Feb 02, 2024
The Rice University School of Architecture recently welcomed Bess Williamson, a historian of design and material culture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for a lecture and class visit.
Jan 29, 2024
Rice University has doubled its annual investment in the George R. Brown Teaching Grant.
Jan 25, 2024
The student newspaper, Rice Thresher, covered the progress of the William T. Cannady Hall for Architecture’s construction in a recent edition.
Jan 22, 2024
The Rice University School of Architecture is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Houston Design Research Grant (HDRG), sponsored by the Mitsui U.S.A. Foundation.
Jan 18, 2024
Professor in the Practice Danny Samuels and the Rice University School of Architecture have secured a Fondren Library Fellows grant to archive materials from the Rice Design Alliance (RDA).
Dec 22, 2023
Public Programs and Engagement Specialist Omotara (Tara) Oluwafemi began her role with Rice University School of Architecture in October 2023.
Dec 21, 2023
On January 1, 2024, recent Rice University School of Architecture graduate Melvalean McLemore-Catina will begin her term as the president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Houston.
Dec 19, 2023
The Rice University School of Architecture congratulates alumnus Liang Wang, M.Arch. ’15, on his recent appointment as an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.
Dec 05, 2023
The Rice University School of Architecture is pleased to announce the jury members for the 2023 Houston Design Research Grant and the 2024 Spotlight Award.
Nov 28, 2023
Assistant Professor Juan José Castellón’s course for the 2024–25 academic year has been featured on Dezeen.
Nov 09, 2023
On the occasion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023 and at the invitation of the New York Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor Juan José Castellón has—with Ornella Iuorio, associate professor in architectural engineering at the Politecnico di Milano—cocurated an exhibition and co-organized a symposium titled Material Ecosystems: Digital, Physical, and Cultural Assemblies.
Nov 07, 2023
Garden Ecologies: Environmental Transformation and Care is a two-day symposium hosted by Rice School of Architecture and the John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation on urban ecology, landscape practice and management, and climate adaptation.
Nov 02, 2023
Cite, the venerable voice of Houston's architecture and design community, marks a significant milestone with the release of its 40th-anniversary edition, issue 104.
Oct 26, 2023
The Rice University School of Architecture is honored to welcome six new faculty members to its academic community.
Oct 25, 2023
As the Association of Rice Alumni president, architecture alumna Tania Min inspired students with remarks during the
matriculation ceremony that welcomed incoming students of the class of 2027 this past August.
Oct 25, 2023
The Rice University School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Kevin Daly, FAIA, M.Arch. ’85, is the inaugural recipient of the Rice Architecture Alumni Award.
Oct 20, 2023
Georgina Baronian, assistant professor at Rice University School of Architecture, co-organized the exhibition Correspondence debuting at Whitehouse, Tokyo, and a83, New York City this fall.
Oct 20, 2023
Assistant Professor Shantel Blakely has been appointed to the Houston Archeological and Historical Commission.
Oct 19, 2023
Professor Albert Pope and co-investigator Dominic Boyer have been awarded a Strengthening American Infrastructure grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Sep 21, 2023
The National Academy of Design in New York City has elected Professor Carlos Jiménez as a 2023 National Academician.
Sep 12, 2023
Assistant Professor Brittany Utting has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship in the architecture category. MacDowell provides awardees with space and funding to pursue creative endeavors, and Utting will assume this residency in the spring of 2024.
Sep 11, 2023
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) recently announced the appointment of Rice Architecture alumna Melissa McDonnell Luján, M.Arch. ’10, as the organization’s deputy director.
Sep 11, 2023
Congratulations to recent alumni Ava Chen (B.Arch.'23), Yifei Zhang (B.Arch.'23), Zee Zeng (B.Arch.'23), and current students Alejandra Lezcano Perez (M.Arch.'25), and Michael Zhong (B.Arch.'28) for receiving second prize in the 2023 ACSA Concrete Masonry Design Competition.
Aug 25, 2023
Futures of Architectural Exhibition has been selected as a winner of the American Institute of Graphic Arts' (AIGA) 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2022 competition.
Aug 15, 2023
Since 1999, Rice Design Alliance has awarded over $250,000 in grants to Houston-based architecture students and faculty from the leading architecture schools of the region, including the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston, the School of Architecture at Prairie View A&M University, and the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University.
Jul 14, 2023
Nicki Marrone '00 has been named the 2023 Texas Architect president.
Nicki Marrone, AIA, is a principal at Alamo Architects in San Antonio, where she serves as a leader of the firm’s K-12 studio.
Jun 19, 2023
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Houston chapter awarded Rice Arcbitecture graduate student Melvalean McLemore, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP its 2023 Ben Brewer Young Architect Award at the organization’s annual gala on May 20.
Jun 16, 2023
We are deeply saddened by and mourn the recent passing of our beloved colleague and friend.
Jun 14, 2023
Jeannette Kuo and Ünal Karamuk, globally renowned architects and co-founders of Karamuk Kuo Architects based in Zurich, are currently working on the construction of the Rice School of Architecture’s new William T. Cannady Hall, set to be completed in 2024.
Jun 09, 2023
The Dean's Medal honors an exceptional Rice Architecture friend and supporter whose long-standing dedication, leadership, and guidance have contributed to the overall success of the school.
Jun 08, 2023
The Texas Architectural Foundation announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 scholarships.
Jun 06, 2023
The Johnson Owl Deck at Harris Gully was introduced to the Rice community during a grand opening and dedication on April 27.
May 08, 2023
Former Wortham Fellow (2017-19) and spring 2023 visiting critic at Rice Architecture Ajay Manthripragada has won the 2023-24 Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome.
Apr 06, 2023
For Nathan Bergrin, choosing to study architecture was a shot in the dark. After creating art through drawing, painting and music composition in high school, Bergrin knew that he wanted to use creative thinking for something more concrete. Before attending Rice, he had no prior experience in architecture and did not know what the curriculum entailed.
Apr 03, 2023
Engaging Pluralism talk explores contemporary design practices.
Apr 03, 2023
Assistant Professor Brittany Utting has been named the 2023 recipient of the Sophia Meyer Farb Prize for Teaching.
Mar 07, 2023
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Rice University conducted its first prescribed burn on a roughly 10,000-square-foot area on campus. Maggie Tsang, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, organized this burn as part of a larger landscape project called Prairie Plots.
Mar 06, 2023
Rice Architecture is pleased to welcome five new faculty members this spring: Stephanie Choi (Visiting Critic), Jaleh Jalili (Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology), Ajay Manthripragada (Visiting Critic), and Ünal Karamuk and Jeannette Kuo&nb
Feb 24, 2023
More Than Fifteen Years: Six Takes on Housing After the Neoliberal Turn.
Session one: March 2, 1pm–6pm / Session two: March 3, 1pm–7pm. In person and livestream participation.
Feb 20, 2023
AIA Houston hosted a SES Design Charette where each team was expected to develop a concept drawing based on the East Downtown and East River "EaDo" site in Houston.
Feb 10, 2023
Lorraine Kung, a Master’s in Architecture candidate, has earned a fellowship to pursue research-related travel that will benefit the local communities connected to her project.
Feb 08, 2023
Stephen Fox examines the suburban country houses designed by Briscoe, offering a glimpse into the methods and analysis of how Briscoe constructed a “social architecture” to frame his clientele during periods of economic expansion and contraction.
Jan 26, 2023
Won Buddhism, founded in Korea in 1916, is a distinct, sophisticated Buddhist practice that aspires to balance spiritual and material concerns through the power of the mind.
Dec 19, 2022
M.S. Architecture candidate Robin Hueppe, along with his colleagues Andrew Gresset, Olivia Pinner, and Adam Scott, won second prize in the Architectural Masterplan Competition, Greening the Industrial City.
Dec 12, 2022
Visiting Critic Ali Karimi releases new publication with Humboldt Books, Foreign Architecture / Domestic Policy by Civil Architecture
Kuwait owns and manages five thousand petrol stations across Europe, all operating under the not-so-subtle company name
Oct 24, 2022
Assistant Professor Juan José Castellón’s "Building Ecologies: Collective Urban Infrastructures in Houston" exhibit | TEDxHouston COUNTDOWN Sustainability Day Event at POST Houston | Saturday, October 29th.
Sep 16, 2022
All images by Melissa Phillip/Staff Photographer, Houston Chronicle
Sep 16, 2022
https://www.karamukkuo.com/Rice University broke ground for the William T. Cannady Hall, a 22,000-square-foot building that will serve the renowned Rice School of Architecture.
Sep 09, 2022
Rice Architecture Assistant Professor Maggie Tsang and Isaac Stein, co-founders of Dept., won two awards at the 2022 ASLA Landscape Florida Conference
Sep 08, 2022
Rice Architecture is delighted to welcome our new faculty members representing a variety of voices, backgrounds, and research areas.
Sep 02, 2022
Rice Architecture Assistant Professor Brittany Utting and Daniel Jacobs, co-founders of HOME-OFFICE, will present FIELD-STATION at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University.
Sep 01, 2022
According to Niche, Rice Architecture was picked as the nation's No. 1 university for students majoring in architecture.
Aug 26, 2022
When ideologies and cultures collide, new ways of working with and living in the world emerge. As a form of political philosophy, pluralism draws upon this dynamic condition, promoting the coexistence of multiple approaches and worldviews.
Aug 24, 2022
Graduate student Melvalean McLemore-Catina, AIA, receives 2022 Honor Award for Young Professional Achievement in Honor of William W. Caudill FAIA from Texas Society of Architects.
Aug 11, 2022
PLAT is one of the four recipients of the 2022 Douglas Haskell Award presented by The Center for Architecture.
Aug 09, 2022
Professor Carlos Jiménez contributed an essay in the publication Out of the Ordinary: The Work of John Ronan Architects.
Aug 04, 2022
Congratulations to Associate Professor Reto Geiser and MG&Co.! Archetypes: David K. Ross, and Wild Eyed by Natasha Bowdoin, book projects by MG&Co. have been chosen as winners of the 2021 AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers competition.
Jul 26, 2022
Congratulations to Anna Fritz (B.Arch. '22) and Shree Kale (B.Arch.22)! They won a People's Choice A+ Award for Student Work in the 2022 Azure Awards for their project "CAP-18" from Adjunct Senior Studio Critic Nichols Gilliland's fall Paris Totalization studio.
Jul 19, 2022
Wortham Fellow Nathan Friedman and Francisco Quiñones, co-founders of Departamento del Distrito and winners of the 2022 Architectural League Prize, are featured in the interview "Retaining Walls."
Jul 18, 2022
As a community, we mourn the recent passing of our dear friend, alum, and member of the William Ward Watkin Dean’s Council, Raymond Brochstein (B.A. 1955, B.Sc. 1956).
Jul 15, 2022
Assistant Professor Maggie Tsang's research "Prairie Plots," a collaboration with Rice’s Facilities Engineering and Planning, is featured in the summer issue of Rice Magazine.
Jul 08, 2022
Rice Architecture graduate student Isabelle Ndoumy-Kouakou is one of the recipients of this year's Gensler Rising Black Designers Micro-Scholarships.
Jul 05, 2022
Rice Magazine asks Rice Architecture faculty and alumni about the foundational mindsets that propels their work in the article "Think Like An Architect."
Jun 09, 2022
Rice Architecture is pleased to announce the appointment of two new tenure-track faculty members, Shantel Blakely and Maggie Tsang, who will join the school in Fall 2022 as assistant professors.
May 31, 2022
Associate Professor Troy Schaum's firm SCHAUM/SHIEH recently completed the restoration of the John Chamberlain Building in Marfa, TX.
May 20, 2022
Rice Architecture Wortham Fellow Maggie Tsang installs a pop-up prairie garden in the shadow of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and adjacent to the Turrell Skyspace intends to exemplify what Houston’s future landscape could — and probably should — look like.
Apr 28, 2022
Professor Carlos Jiménez is one of the featured architects in Los Maestros Del Mundo.
Apr 14, 2022
Rice Architecture is pleased to share the news that our own John Casbarian has been announced as a Gold Medal honoree for the 2022 Laureates Award. The Gold Medal Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Association of Rice Alumni, and recognizes outstanding service in promoting the ideals of the founder of Rice University, deep dedication to and advancement of academic excellence, and uncommon generosity of time and means in support of Rice.
Feb 08, 2022
Maria Nicanor, executive director of the Rice Design Alliance (RDA), Rice Architecture’s public programs and outreach arm, will become the next director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, effective March 21, 2022.
View the public announcement from the Smithsonian.
Jan 28, 2022
Rice Architecture presents the spring edition of its annual lecture series, Building Identities
, as a series of collective reflections and conversations that approach construction of physical structures as inseparable from the construction of human identities.
Jan 28, 2022
Brittany Utting, an assistant professor of architecture, has won the 2022 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change and Society for her Rice Architecture studio on the relationship between resource extraction and the built environment in Texas.
Jan 12, 2022
Rice Architecture is pleased to welcome four new faculty members this spring: Amna Ansari, visiting critic; Curtis Davis (B.A. ’75), lecturer; Yen Ha, Smith Visiting Critic; and Ann Lui, Cullinan Visiting Professor.
