Subject: Philip Johnson

• Press Picks

  October 27, 1994

• The Water Wall -- Finally Out Of The Hands of the Kuwaiti Government

  The Water Wall. Scene of countless wedding proposals and photos. Houston landmark. Who knew that up until recently, the majority of the Wall was owned by a group of Kuwaiti investors? Or, as John Breeding, the president of Uptown Houston District, tells Hair Balls, "Literally, the Kuwaiti government." But "99 percent of the people in the world assumed it was public. It was one of the most visited spaces and it turns out it was private." At any time, the Philip Johnson-designed landmark could hav

  January 7, 2009

• The SAs a girl, she tried to break the color barrier in Houston schools. As an adult, she worked in the African liberation movement and against apartheid.

  June 8, 1995

• Light and Darkness

  March 20, 1997

• The Last Eccentric

  January 8, 1998

• Building Interest

  May 7, 1998

• Not a Pretty Picture

  February 25, 1999

• University of Houston Architecture and Public Art Walking Tour

  GHPA will turn your eews into aahs with unknown facts about the Cougar campus

  September 11, 2008

• The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

  The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

  September 27, 2007

• Portrait of the Architect as a Young Man

  August 10, 2006

• "The David Whitney Bequest"

  David Whitney's impeccable taste is on display at the Menil

  August 16, 2007

• “Residential Architecture 1948-1966”

  August 2, 2007

• “The David Whitney Bequest”

  The Menil shows off the collection of a pop art impresario

  May 24, 2007

• The Sole of Houston

  Hi. I'm John Lomax, and I'm a pedestrian. My friend, Uncle Tick, and I walked down 16-plus miles of Westheimer. This is our story.

  October 12, 2006

• On Second Thought

  HISD isn't laughing now about a breakfast program

  February 10, 2005

• The Family Guy

  A son goes looking for his late father and finds some buildings

  February 19, 2004

• Back to the Futurist

  The guy who designed Cadillac Ranch wants to build a dolphin space station. Is it any wonder UH is divided over the return of Doug Michels?

  December 16, 1999

• Pretty Vacant: The Trouble With Houston's (Newly Award-Winning) Skyline

  Photo courtesy GHCVB​Forbes Traveler has a new list up -- called alternately "the 13 greatest urban silhouettes" and "the world's most stunning city skylines."Here is what makes a skyline great, according to the article: It has to be more than merely memorable, it must have some exceptional characteristics: It not only should be instantly recognizable but, from the traveler's perspective particularly, it should be an enticing view of great buildings and monuments. If it's really special, you

  August 4, 2009