Rice Design Alliance Annual Architecture Tour
Home Tour Offers Inside Look at Old and New Southgate
The Rice Design Alliance (RDA) will have their 34th annual architecture tour on Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 21, 2010, RDA members and their guests will have the opportunity to visit eight houses in Houston’s Southgate neighborhood. Architects for many of the houses will be on hand to answer questions.
Southgate is located inside the 610 Loop and is bounded by University Boulevard to the north, Travis to the east, W. Holcombe to the south, and Greenbriar to the west. The neighborhood is adjacent to Rice University and the Texas Medical Center, two Houston institutions that are expanding substantially. Southgate is undergoing considerable change, yet it has retained its close-knit community feeling. Architects and designers working in the neighborhood have been successful integrating their designs into the older fabric and staying within the neighborhood’s strict deed restrictions.
EVENT INFORMATION
What: Rice Design Alliance Architecture Tour – Southgate: An Urban Oasis
Dates: March 20-21, 2010
Locations:
2145 Southgate (Charles B. Thomsen, Architect) 1960
2201 Southgate (Dillon Kyle Architecture) 2006
1925 Addison (Renovation: Robert Fowler, Designer) Original, 1938; Renovated, 2005
2102 Addison (Renovation: Rogers LaBarthe Architects) Original, 1937; Renovated, 2008
2056 Dryden (Original: M. R. Van Valkenburg, Designer) Original, 1942; Renovated, 1998
2206 Sheridan (BRAVE / ARCHITECTURE) 2004
2239 University (Strasser/Ragni Architects) 2008
2045 University (Collaborative Design Works) 2005
Tickets: The tour is open only to RDA members and their guests. RDA memberships begin at $45 and can be purchased in advance at the RDA office, and include one complimentary tour ticket at the Student or Individual level or two complimentary tickets at the Household level and above.Visit www.ricedesignalliance.org for full details.
The Rice Design Alliance has held architecture tours every year since 1975 to acquaint Houstonians with the best examples of architecture, interior design, and landscape design in the city.
Previous tours have focused on neighborhoods such as the West End and Riverside, architects like John Staub, and design topics such as live-work houses. Last year’s tour of small homes drew a record-breaking crowd of 1,900 people.
