THE A R C H I T E C T U R E and D E S I G N R E V I E W

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D E C O N S T R U C T I N G THE RICE plus T H E BALLPARK AT U N I O N S T A T I O N

T H E P H O T O G R A P H Y OF J U L I US S H U L M A N a n d T H E BRIDGES OF BUFFALO BAYOU

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Guest Editors Nonva Grenader

Bruce C. Webb

Editorial Committee Chairman

Nonya Grenader

Kathleen Cambtir Fcrrencc Uoody

Stephen Pox I vim Herbert

Karl Kilian Barry Moore

William O. Neuhaus III Danny Samuels Christof Spieler William F. Stern Rives T. Taylor

Drcxel Turner Bruce C. Webb

Managing Editor Mitchell J. Shields

Graphic Design Minor Design Group

Photography Paul Hester

Proofreader Meredith L Patterson

Advertising Lynn Kelly

Rice Design Alliance-Board of Directors

President Mar i l yn Archer

Prcsidcnt-Elcct Jory Alexander

Vice President Thomas K Bellows

Treasurer Larry E. Whalcy

Secretary James D. Burnett

Natalye L. Appel Keiji Asakura

lay B.iki-r Minnette B. Boesel

Deborah Brochstein Cindy M. Burns

William Curtis Fares cl-Dahdah Charles W. Elder

Leslie K. Elkins Edwin A. Eubanks Hon. Jessica Farrar

Gerry Fchn David '['. George

Alfred Glassell III Gwendolyn H . Golfc

N o n y a Grenader Guy Hagstette

Jennifer Harding G. Norman Hoover

Kathcrtnc S. 1 i o w e Susan Booth Kcctnii William D. Kendall

Lars l.erup Ching-Fung Lin It.ii.n I l.nngoria

Rick Lowe I h.irlcs I). Maynard, |r.

)ohn D. Miner Wiltiam O. Neuhaus III

Patrick Peters Charlotte A. Rothwell

Jeffrey D. Ryan Louis H. Skid more, Jr.

William F. Stern Rives T Taylor

Cynthia Toles Phoebe Tudor

James Vick Randall Walker

David H. Watkins Bruce C. Webb

|0C Douglas Webb L. Burke Windham III

Executive Director Linda L. Sylvan

Program Administrator Amanda I \ r/

Records Coordinalor Swift

Notes on Contributors

Tcrrence Doody is a professor in the English department at Rice University, where he regularly teaches a course titled "The City in Literature." His most recent book is Among Other Things: A Descrip-tion of the Novel.

Nonya Grenader is an architect in Houston and teaches at the Rice University School of Architecture.

Mark Oberholzer is a principal of the architectural firm Wittenberg Partnership and a lecturer at the Rice University School of Architecture.

Barry Moore, president and managing partner of SJKb/Houston, is an adjunct professor at the Gerald D. Mines College of Architecture, University of Houston, and directs its Center for Historic Architecture.

Danny Samuels is a partner in Taft Architects and a visiting professor at the Rice University School of Architecture, where he is director of the Rice Building Workshop.

Mitchell J. Shields is managing editor of Cite.

Christof Spieler is a graduate student in civil engineering at Rice University and the creator of the Bridges Project, which can be accessed at www.civil.rice.edu/hridgesproject.

Rives T. Taylor is the campus architect for the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center and a lecturer at the Gerald D, I lines College of Architec-ture, University of Houston.

Bruce C. Webb is a professor in the (.i-r.ilil l>. 1 lines i ollege ol Architecture, University of Houston.

David Westheimer is a native of Houston and the author of 16 books, among them the novels Von Ryan's Express, My Sweet Charlie, anil Lighter Than A heather, and the World War II prisoner of war memoir Sitting It Onl. Me lives in Los Angeles.

Gordon Wittenberg is a principal of the architectural firm Wittenberg Partnership and a professor at the Rice Universiry School of Architecture.

Jim Zook is a Houston-based writer and a contributing editor for Metropolis.

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Calendar

Citclines: The Greening of Houston/Art Goes Public/Box City

Fair or Foul? The Ballpark at Union Station Jim Zook

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Deconstructing the Rice Brace C Webb

A Singular Vision: Cite Talks With Julius Shulman Noma (ircnadcr and Danny Samuels

Foam Home Gordon Wittenberg and Mark Oherhol/er

The Bridges of Buffalo Bayou Christof Spieler

The City in Literature Terrence Doody

Hindcite: Starting at 42 Rives T. Taylor

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