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Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

  • Interior Architecture Professor Honored with International Design Awards

    Bruton’s social engagement project highlights egalitarian social interaction

  • Kyropoulou Receives New Faculty Research Award

    Professor proposes research highlighting the parametric design of outdoor adaptive classroom space

  • Delayed, but Determined

    Hines College reflects on unusual milestone year and makes plans for 75th Anniversary Gala

  • Hines Professors Receive Distinguished Course Development Prize

    Matthew Johnson and Michael Kubo have been selected for the 2021 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society for this proposal exploring environmental justice and inequity resulting from the impact of petrochemical culture.

  • Explore the Hines College of Architecture and Design

    Browse the wealth of information on our website regarding our College, degree programs, special programs, and student resources. Take a look around!

  • The Future of Design Technologies in Fabrication and Materials Research Has Arrived

    Our new Advanced Media Technology Lab is coming to fruition under the direction of the inaugural Bill Kendall Memorial Professor of Design Technologies Andrew Kudless.

  • Your Future Career Starts Here

    DesignIntelligence ranks the Hines College of Architecture and Design #14 of the “Most Hired From Architecture Schools” in the United States. The College also ranks #31 of the “Most Admired Undergraduate Architecture Schools” in the US by DesignIntelligence. Our Industrial Design program ranks #6 in the US and #14 in the world by Red Dot.

  • From Houston to the World

    The Hines College is internationally recognized for bringing exceptional student work to the world stage. We make a global impact by sharing with the world what we learn from our exploration of Houston. Our extensive study abroad programs immerse students in local cultures and reveal the impact of design on all peoples.

  • Charting a Path for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Architecture & Design

    Learn more about the movement to address these issues within the Architecture & Design industry and the work our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force is doing at the Hines College to create meaningful, long-term structural change and accountability.

  • Impacting Real People

    Community impact is at the heart of all we do. The Community Design Resource Center and our student studios at every level are always striving to develop design that betters local, national, and international communities.

Dean Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA

Impact a world driven by design.

The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design offers its students a platform of integrated disciplines—Architecture, Interior Architecture and Industrial Design—from which to negotiate the complexities of contemporary practice in a world that is grappling with diminishing economic and natural resources, the realities of post disaster reconstruction, and at the same time, continued rapid urbanization. 

Our programs foster an environment where ideas find form, where practices that are socially equitable and fundamentally ecological establish a model from which to develop Houston’s future, and inform and share design strategies globally. 

“We teach with the idea that Houston is our laboratory, challenging students to push the boundaries of architecture and design in this complex and diverse metropolis, and therefore, make a difference in the world." 

- Dean Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA, DPACSA  

Prospective Students: Start Your Design Journey Here                        Admissions Info  Apply   

By the Numbers

  • #31out of the top 40 undergraduate architecture programs in the US (DesignIntelligence 2019-2020)
  • 1945year the College of Architecture was founded at UH
  • 946students comprising one of the most diverse architecture schools in the US
  • Top 7%of 508 architecture schools in the US (Architecture Colleges Rankings)
  • #6out of the top 10 Industrial Design programs in the US; #14 in the world (Red Dot)
  • 30years as a leader in Design/Build education
  • #14of the top 20 most hired from architecture schools (DesignIntelligence 2019-2020)

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Featured Events

  • Mar 22 6:00 pm

    LECTURE: Omer Arbel

    Join us for a lecture with Omer Arbel for his lecture New Methods.

  • Apr 05 6:00 pm

    LECTURE: Raja Schaar

    Join us for a lecture with Raja Schaar of Westphal College of Media Arts and Design at Drexel University for her lecture “Future Matter(s): Design Ethics, Equity, and the environment.”

  • Oct 09 7:00 pm

    Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design 75th Anniversary Gala

    The Hines College honors its 75th anniversary with an extraordinary event celebrating our past, living our present, and looking forward to our next 25 years. Join us for this milestone anniversary with our alumni and friends.

TOGETHER, WE RISE TOGETHER, WE SOAR