"Interesting, but aesthetically it's already dated" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Danish architecture studio BIG's recently completed skyscraper in Texas. More
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BIG completes staggered "bundle of towers" in Houston
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled 1550 on the Green in Houston, which is the studio's first skyscraper in the state of Texas. More
Method Architecture outfits its Houston office with vibrant mural
Texas studio Method Architecture has completed an office for itself in Houston with maximalist design, vibrant colours and a mural at its centre. More
Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior
Brooklyn-based studio Modu has employed a series of techniques that lower ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. More
Nelson Byrd Woltz covers six-lane highway with land bridge in Houston
US studio Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects has covered a six-lane highway with a sprawling land bridge and park in Houston that symbolises "the triumph of green over grey". More
O'Neill McVoy designs Houston house as "mini-manifesto against McMansions"
New York-based studio O'Neill McVoy Architects has created a grey stucco house with a Z-shaped plan and an upward-pitched roof in Houston. More
Jesús Vassallo creates mass-timber pavilion for bird watchers in Houston
Architect Jesús Vassallo and a team of graduate students at Rice University have added a pavilion made of cross-laminated timber panels to the Houston campus. More
"World's largest sundial" set to be created in Houston
Berlin-based architect Riccardo Mariano has designed an arch topped in photovoltaics, which will act as a sundial for Houston, Texas, as a part of the city's ongoing expansion of the Bayou Greenways. More
Gin Design Group completes jewel-toned restaurant The Lymbar in Houston
Houston-based Gin Design Group has combined various mid-century references at a local restaurant, which celebrates its chef's family history and is "a tribute to all grandmothers". More
Kevin Daly designs canopied building to be "welcoming as the shadow beneath a tree"
LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. More
Gin Design Group creates radial layout for Treadwell barbershop in Houston
A cave-like cork lounge is hidden at the back of this barbershop in southwest Houston, by Gin Design Group, which also offers IV drips to cure customers' hangovers. More
Michael Hsu completes cosy Japanese restaurant Uchiko Houston
Hearths found in Japanese farmhouses informed the interiors of this restaurant in Houston, designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture. More
Hannah begins construction on "first multi-storey 3D-printed house in the US"
Ithaca, New York-based design studio Hannah has begun work on Cores, a building in Houston that it says will be the first multi-storey 3D-printed structure to be completed in the United States. More
Michael Hsu converts 1940s Houston church into Asian smokehouse
US firm Michael Hsu Office of Architecture aimed to preserve the character of a gabled church in Texas while transforming it into a lively smokehouse called Loro Heights. More
OMA inserts trio of "monumental" staircases into POST Houston cultural and retail venue
Architecture studio OMA has completed the first phase of transforming a US Postal Service building into a multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston. More
Glass tubes and curvy roofs play with light in Steven Holl's Houston arts museum
Translucent glass tubes meet with curvy roofs "imagined from cloud circles" in this art museum US firm Steven Holl designed for Museum of Fine Arts Houston. More
Adjaye Associates to create student hub for Rice University in Texas
An outdoor auditorium will top the student centre that Adjaye Associates is developing for Rice University's forested campus in Houston, Texas. More
OMA to transform Houston post office into entertainment complex
OMA New York is turning a historic post office in Houston, Texas into a complex featuring arts and music venues, workspaces and "one of the world's largest rooftop parks and farms". More
Farshid Moussavi to design first Ismaili Center in the USA
Iranian-born British architect Farshid Moussavi has been selected ahead of Rem Koolhaas, Jeanne Gang and David Chipperfield to design an Ismaili cultural centre in Houston, Texas. More
Johnston Marklee's Menil Drawing Institute opens in Houston
American architecture firm Johnston Marklee has completed a cultural building in Texas, with a white linear form punctured by courtyards. More