Checking out the new Academic Quad at Rice
This Owl flew back to Rice University in Houston for Homecoming and to check out the newly redesigned Academic Quad.… Read More
Sculpture worth visiting at Rice University
Rice University is my alma mater, and if the weather’s nice when I’m in Houston I’ll often take a walk around campus. It’s not all for nostalgia’s sake, though. Rather, Rice has really upped its sculpture and art collection game in recent years, and much of it is open to the public. Take the James Turrell Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, which rises like a grassy Mayan pyramid at the end of a sycamore allee. A thin white rectangular roof floats over the mound like a hovering UFO.… Read More
Foliage architecture (and art) on Rice University campus
October 16, 2017 At my alma mater in Houston last month (right after Hurricane Harvey), I appreciated the marriage of foliage and architecture at the Brochstein Pavilion, a remarkable structure and hub of student activity that didn’t exist when I … Read More