Architecture

DesRoches outlines 2023 goals to faculty

President Reginald DesRoches delivers his inaugural State of the University

Strategic planning process to be launched in January

President Reginald DesRoches shared the news with the Rice community in an email Nov. 21.

Cool respite with a conscience

Rice faculty members have installed “Building Ecologies” at Post Houston to demonstrate a “circular” strategy that incorporates environmental systems into architecture.

A semester in Paris, an experience of a lifetime

At 20, Rice Architecture’s international campus has plenty to celebrate.

Rice Architecture breaks ground for Cannady Hall

Rice University breaks ground for William T. Cannady Hall, a 25,000-square-foot building that will serve the renowned Rice School of Architecture.

Rice Architecture’s fall lecture series takes singular look at pluralism

“Engaging Pluralism” is the theme for this fall’s Rice Architecture lecture series, set to begin Sept. 7.

Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities

Rice earns an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.

Rice to open international campus in Paris

Rice University will expand global education and research opportunities for its students and faculty with the opening of the Rice University Paris Center, which holds its ceremonial launch this week.

Getting ourselves back to the garden

A prairie garden at Rice University demonstrates the benefits of replacing manicured lawns with resilient plants and grasses that need little maintenance and help protect the environment.

Rice Architecture faculty among New York’s finest

Rice Architecture's Wortham Fellows are among recipients of this year's Architectural League of New York Prize for Young Architects.

Dogtrot destined to help solve housing issues

Rice Architecture Construct shows off its Auxiliary ADU, an energy-efficient accessory dwelling unit in Houston’s First Ward.

Rice Architecture alums Super satisfied with their new venue

Two Rice Architecture alums were part of the team that designed SoFi Stadium, the spectacular site of this year’s Super Bowl.

Rice Architecture lecture series, ‘Building Identities,’ continues

Rice Architecture continues its “Building Identities” theme in this spring’s lecture series, set to begin Feb. 2.

Architecture’s Brittany Utting wins top honor for ‘Deep Geologies’

Brittany Utting wins the 2022 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change and Society for her Rice Architecture studio on the relationship between resource extraction and the built environment in Texas.

New live video stream of Lovett Hall, Academic Quad available 24/7 online

A beautiful view of Lovett Hall, the Academic Quadrangle, the downtown Houston skyline and Hermann Park is now streaming online at all hours of the day and night, providing 24/7 video of one of the most iconic sights in Houston.