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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 9, 2004

Contact: Marisa Ramirez
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mrcannon@uh.edu

HOUSTON, Dec. 9, 2004—The work and words of faculty and instructors from the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture are prominently featured in the current issue of Texas Architect, the official publication of the Texas Society of Architects.

Jeffrey Brown, adjunct professor at UH College of Architecture, and his firm Powers Brown Architecture are featured in an article about their study and plan for downtown Houston residential development. Brown is on a task force with other area builders and designers charged with resolving the issue of where to put the growing number of people who want to live downtown. A study commissioned by Brown and his firm considers three land development configurations: west of the George R. Brown Convention Center, south of the Toyota Center, and Main street just south of downtown. The developments feature high-rise and low-rise buildings and incorporate area green spaces, offices and accessibility to public transportation.

Stephen Jovicich is a lecturer at the College of Architecture. His article in Texas Architect offers a critique of the renovation of Houston’s historic Nabisco building on Holcombe. The structure was being converted to provide extra space for the Texas Medical Center. W. O. Neuhaus and Associates completed the project that, according to Jovicich, celebrates the structure’s industrial character while retaining its original industrial aesthetic. W. O. Neuhaus, III, FAIA, is an adjunct associate professor at the College of Architecture.

The architectural firm Page Southerland Page (PSP) is featured for its design work of the ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company Technical Training Center on Buffalo Speedway. Architects from PSP provide guidance and instruction for third year studio classes at the College of Architecture under the direction of Arturo Chavez.

For more information on the UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, please visit www.arch.uh.edu

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