Historic Building Fight

Artists band together to try and save historic, haunted building: Fighting the new townhouse onslaught

By Joel Luks

06.12.13 | 11:47 am

Artists are on a quest to save a vacant historic building in Houston's First Ward that was damaged after a two-alarm blaze broke out in the middle of the night in April. The property, curre ...

New Midtown Venue

Midtown's new artsy real estate gains momentum: A $700,000 project that's worth dancing about

By Joel Luks

06.02.13 | 7:06 am

A new performing arts studio in Midtown just christened its space, adding to a growing posse of creative hubs aiming to paint the revitalized neighborhood with artful spirit.  The Houston ...

21st Annual New Home and Remodeling Show

Reliant Center

06.08.13 - 06.09.13

The New Home and Remodeling Show features hundreds of exhibitors showcasing the latest in new construction trends as well as the finest in remodeling techniques for any upcoming home improvement pr

Main Street Theater Capital Campaign Kickoff Event "No Place Like Home"

Main Street Theater

05.13.13

Join to celebrate the beginning of Main Street Theater's capital campaign and learn more about this step to find a permanent home for this theater company. Guests are asked to RSVP to Capi

Still looking for a real home

Historic hope? The Salvage Warehouse is returning in a graffiti haven — temporarily

By Barbara Kuntz

01.24.13 | 10:27 am

The graffiti-covered doors at 4300 Harrisburg are rolling up for customers Sunday as Historic Houston volunteers roll out an inventory of salvaged sustainable building materials. The warehouse ...

AIA Home Tour

Step inside a Memorial dream home where the koi roam: Architects love this oil man's style

By Joel Luks

10.25.12 | 4:20 pm

"Custom" and "customizable" may stem from the same linguistic root, but when it comes to how these labels are thrown around in residential construction lingo, the terms might as ...

Midtown architecture

Arts hub or hip grocery store? Renderings of Independent Arts Collaborative space have an industrial edge

By Joel Luks

05.24.12 | 1:48 pm

If the newly-released renderings for the proposed Independent Arts Collaborative give rise to feelings of deja-vu, it's because a much-larger twin was erected already on the corner of Alabama a ...

Celebrate Green Houston

05.09.12

Bill and Andrea White, Federico Marques of Ruggles Green and Gordon Quan, chairman of the Houston Greeters, celebrate Houston's achievements in efficiency and sustainability at this event. Gues

UH Green Building Components Expo

University of Houston

11.17.11

This event showcases the work of faculty-led research teams that design, develop and commercialize green building components and sustainable technologies for the built environment.  Projec

Forget eco bling

"Blue" is the new "green" — and other intriguing sustainable trends

By Steven Thomson

04.05.11 | 4:54 pm

John Kirksey, founder of Kirksey Architecture, rubbed the magic ball to determine the future of sustainability in Houston at a LEED and Energy Star awards ceremony hosted by the Institute of Real E ...