Rice Design Alliance William Marsh Rice University I Paid P.O. Box I8V2 Houston, Texas Houston. Texas 772M I
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All manuscripts will be considered by the Edi- torial Board. Suggestions for topics are The opinions expressed in Cite do not also welcome. Address correspondence to: necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editor, Cite, Rice Design Board of Directors of the Rice Design Alliance, P. O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas Alliance. 77251. Rice Design Alliance Board of Directors 1984-1985 W James Murdaugh Judy L Allen Burdette Keeland President Sally G. Avery Karl Laurence Kilian Raymond D. Brochstein Howard Barnstone Truett Latimer RUG SHOW President-Elect Paul G. Bell James L. Marshall, Jr. Andrew John Rudnick Giorgio Borlenghi J. Pirtman McGehee Vice President Joseph P. Colaco 0. jack Mitchell APRIL 1 - MAY 4 '85 Leslie Barry Davidson Austin Coleman Peter C, Papademetriou Secretary Frank F Douglas Richard W. Payne Daniel K. Hedges Herman Dyal.Jr. Macey Reasoner FETCHES Treasurer Stephen Fox Danny Samuels Elizabeth S. Glassman Barrie Saldino Handcrafted American Gifts E.aNeil Gregory Pierre M. Schlumberger 2015 B West Gray Houston 77019 713/524-4484 Lorraine P. Roberts Elizabeth P. Griffin Margarer C. Skidmorc Executive Director Antony Harbour William F. Stern Mark A. Hewitt Drexel Turner John Kaliski Bruce C. Webb Richard Keating Gordon G Wittenberg 1 Corporate Members of the Rice Design Alliance Anchorage Foundation, Inc. Lloyd Jones Fillpot and Associates, Inc. Anchorage Foundation of Texas Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. Associated General Contractors of PIC Realty America, Inc. RepublicBank Houston P.G. Bell Company The Russo Companies W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Brochsteins, Inc. William F. Stern & Associates Century Development Corporation 3D/International L. Barry Davidson, Architects, AIA Turner Construction Company of Texas Gensler and Associates/Architects Urban Investment and Development Gerald D. Hines Interests Company of Texas, Inc. R Michael Huffington Wolff, Morgan & Company lnterfin Corporation Notes on Contributors For Lease Steve Brooks is one of the founding The Journal of Architectural Education Executive suites for design professionals members and is currently vice president and southwest regional correspondent for for projects of The Park People, Inc He Progressive Architecture. Located in the northwest quadrant of the city, also serves as president of the statewide and is regarded as a primary area of stable and Texas Recreation and Park Foundation William F. Stern is prnnip.il in the firm and is advisor to the National Associaton of William F. Stern & Associates, Archi- steady commercial growth. for Olmsted Parks. tects and is a lecturer at the University of Houston. Close t o the 1-10 Freeway and the 610 Loop. Barbara Cochran received her Master of Architecture from Rice University and Michael Thomas is a student of architec- currently is with Firsr General Realty ture at the University of Houston and is Available: 4,000 sq. ft. Open Office Plan Company of Houston. spending a year of apprenticeship .n Hermes, Reed & Hindman, Architects. Services included with lease: Receptionist, Stephen Fox is a Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas. Michael Underhill is a Houston architect Mail delivery, and urban designer, and an associate pro- Telephone answering Alison de Lima Greene is the assistant fessor of architecture at Rice University, curator of 20th-century art at The Ancillary services available: Secretarial, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Peter D. Waldman is a Houston architect Photo and blueprints and associate professor of architecture at John Kaliski is assistant professor of Rice University. Additional facilities available: Conference room, architecture at the University of Houston. Sally Walsh is a Houston interior Audio visual theater Suzanne Labarthe is a Houston architect designer. {by arrangement) and visiting lecturer at Texas A&M University. Peter Wood is associate dean of the Col- For leasing information call: Carol Cameron lege of Architecture. University of Hous- The SWA Group Christopher Lappala is an architect with ton, and has lived in The Woodlands for the firm of W. O Neuhaus Associates. four years. 713 868-1676 Peter C. Papademetriou is a Houston or Eric D. Altree architect and associate professor of archi- EMIC tecture at Rice University. He is editor of 415 332-4122