} The building reflects the style of architecture popular in Texas in the 1950s. } The 117,000 sqft building houses the Rice Art Gallery, classrooms, and a large lecture hall. } .dropdown:hover .dropbtn {background-color: #3e8e41;} /* Titles (Headers) */ .article .article__breadcrumbs span:not(:first-of-type) {color: #005B50;} font-size: 1.15em; Program Co-Director. Rice Architecture has been a part of the university since Rice's founding in 1912. text-align: center; The Office of the University Architect oversees campus planning and land use, design of new facilities and significant alterations or additions, campus design standards, historic preservation of buildings, and stewardship of aesthetic consistency for the campus grounds, all in support of place-making, cohesion across generations, sustainability, student life, and academic excellence. Lloyd & Morgan used pink marble in the construction of Jones College to indicate its status as housing for female students. The BArch degree requires the successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree with a major in Architecture, completion of the two-semester Preceptorship, and completion of two . Click here to locate a building on Rice's campus map Click here for information on room features The Rice Village Apartments are located one block west of Rice University on Shakespeare St. between Morningside Dr. and Kirby Dr. font-size: 1rem; border-radius: 0; bottom: 0; .page-body__content h5 {font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: .5rem; font-family: 'MalloryBold'; color: #00205B; font-style: normal;} } .overlay--animate:hover .overlay__content{ } } } font-size: 1.1rem; DS+R's impressive international portfolio includes New York City's High Line, the Shed, an expansion to the Museum of Modern Art and the renovation of . .overlay__content--center { The first floor of the Quads has two classrooms and Private Dining Room, and the office of Browns Coordinator. .article__main-image {display: none;} font-size: 1.5em; padding: 2px; The expansive Stirling and Wilford addition, completed in 1981, is notable for its generous and open spaces, as well as its extraordinary views through its spaces and onto the green of the campus beyond. Houston architects and Rice alumni Jeffrey Ryan '67 and Guy Jackson '71 design Reckling Park, home of the Rice Owls baseball team. height: 1px; An added outdoor adventure center allows members to rent outdoor equipment and to plan white-water rafting, camping, and rock climbing trips. /* Show the dropdown menu on hover */ font-weight: 600; } The building was renamed Dell Butcher Hall in 1989, then was renamed back to the Chemistry Building in 1997 after a new building for chemistry was built and became Dell Butcher Hall. The University Architect communicates regularly with the Rice senior administration and the Buildings and Grounds Committee to facilitate site selection, project definition, Board of Trustees funding approvals, and design consultant selection. } The Administration Building, the first building on campus, was designed by architects Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. } width: 100%; } .resize500 img { max-width:500px; } } } Behold, 13 of the most beautiful university buildings from around the world: 1. @media (max-width: 64em) { Named after a former chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees, the building was remodeled to serve departments in the School of Humanities after the Jones School moved to McNair Hall in 2002. The hall was designed to house about 200 students in 20 single and 90 double rooms. for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { J.T. Before becoming a partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) in 2004, Renfro graduated from Rice in 1989 and received his Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University in 1994. vertical-align: top; Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 |, 713-348-0000 | Privacy Policy | Web Accessibility | Campus Carry, Classroom Inventory and Utilization Dashboard, O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science, To Be Announced (Department Scheduled Room), Classrooms inventory is available through the. Once the process is complete, we will have a plan that will articulate Rice's vision for the next 10 years. overflow: hidden; Before this, in 2014, the firm also designed a 600-seat opera house at the site. table.blueTable thead { @media (max-width: 64em){ border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 15px 15px 0 15px; box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2); background-color: line-height: 1.5; bottom: 0; display: flex; The New Wing and East Hall then became Baker College, the first residential college to be founded. .page-body__content ol a { h6, .h6 {font-size: 1em; font-weight: 800; padding-bottom: .5em; padding-top: .75em;} } table.blueTable td, table.blueTable th { font-family: MalloryBook,sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; After the Wiess House on Sunset Boulevard was renovated in the early 2000s, current President David Leebron and his family moved there, and the OConnor House became the home to the Center for Career Development (CCD) and the Office of Alumni Affairs. table.blueTable tr:nth-child(even) { margin: -1px; table td { Named for its generous donors and 1956 Rice alumni Burton and Deedee McMurtry, McMurtry College was built concurrently with Duncan College as a critical part of Rices Vision for the Second Century, expanding the undergraduate population by 30%. font-weight: bold; To commemorate their participation in the Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations held at Rice in 1990, participating countries placed stone blocks in the courtyard. Architects Cesar Pelli & Associates designed the Ley Student Center, funded with gifts from Judy Ley Allen '61, Robert M. Ley, Stephen W. Ley and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Espinoza to honor Audrey Moody Ley '35 and Wendel D. Ley '32. table tbody tr:nth-of-type(odd) { It was laid out as an E-shaped building, with three north-south wings, joined on the north ends by a long east-west spine, forming two open quadrangles. .ckeditor-accordion-container > dl dd { LEED - which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - is the industry standard for green building in North America. Pierce, Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories was built with a gift from the daughters of trustee Harry C. Wiess and his wife Olga Keith Wiess. border: none; width: 100%; } text-decoration: underline; #block-views-block-news-rice-block-1, #block-views-block-news-releases-view-block-1, The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business was originally housed in Herring Hall, but due to advanced technology, increased interdisciplinary partnerships, and the enrollment of more students, a new facility became necessary. .article__body h3 {font-size: 2.25rem; margin-bottom: .75rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #00205B;} font-size: 1.5em; With the inception of the residential college system in 1957, each of the all-male colleges on the South side of campus was built a house for their colleges Magister and family. } align-items: center; width: 100%; #eff6fc; He is a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. Rice University, Houston, Texas . .article .article__body p a:hover {color: #697E2F; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: #697E2F; text-decoration-thickness: .1em; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-underline-offset: 1.5px;} Hicks Kitchen was originally the central food-service kitchen on campus, but then became storage space after North and South Kitchen Serveries were built in 2002. Designed by architects Wirtz, Calhoun, Tungate & Jackson, Ryon Engineering Laboratory was built with a gift from Lewis B. Ryon, Jr., professor emeritus of civil engineering, and his wife Mae E. Ryon. font-size: 2.35rem !important; Named for Thomas R. Reckling III and his wife Isla Winston Cowan Reckling, the new baseball stadium was built on old Cameron Field. padding: 40px 5%; By the time the house was completed, William V. Houston had become the University's second President and the first resident of the OConnor House. With its high vaulted ceiling, engraved oak beams, and Elizabethan design, the building now serves as a common meeting space and dining area for Baker College. margin-top: 1.5em; .button-d8:after { border: none; Jones College, named to honor Mary Gibbs Jones, wife of Houston philanthropist and Houston Endowment founder Jesse H. Jones, was the first housing for women on campus. } The grounds and facilities feature works by world-renowned artists, curated and maintained by the Moody Center for the Arts. East Hall, built adjacent to South Hall, features bay windows inspired by the architecture of Bhutan. Our team members provide service to over 6.75 million square feet of facilities, over 90 buildings, and 285 acres of grounds that include approximately 4,300 cataloged trees. background-color: rgba(224, 226, 230, 0.3); John Staub was a student of Ralph Adams Cram, the design architect for the original Rice campus buildings. color: #fff; /* Cards */ The steel trusses are accentuated below the backdrop of a wood-paneled ceiling. Housing classrooms and the School of Architecture, the building is named for cotton exporter Monroe D. Anderson, whose foundation helped Rice purchase Rincon Oil Field. McNair Hall now houses the Jones Graduate School of Business and was designed by Robert A. M. Stern, the award-winning architect and dean of the Yale School of Architecture. left: 25%; padding: 20px 15px 20px 50px; .page-body__content figure.align-right {margin: 6px 0 30px 30px;} } text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; The building is designed to provide a safe and enriching educational environment for the children of Rice employees and offers care for up to 86 children; ages newborn to five years. 713.348.4864 } This four-story building, "Central," was built in between the North and South wings of Jones College, connecting original buildings at every level except the ground floor. .icon-print::before {color: #44474F;} background: #f3f3f3; Named for the former chairman of the Board of Trustees at Rice George R. Brown, this 107,000 sqft building houses the Wiess School of Natural Sciences. table { font-size: 1.25rem; text-transform: none; @media only screen and (max-width: 64em){ text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; } The building houses the Department of Earth Science. color: black; RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE. margin: .5em; position: relative; } color: #1a1d67; font-size: 2em; } font-size: 1.3em; position: absolute; } The project team included: project manager Herbert Allen '29; architects Hermon Lloyd 31, William B. Morgan 27, Milton McGinty 27 and Bradford McGinty 40; structural engineer Walter P. Moore 27 of contractor Brown & Root; and engineer Mason G. Lockwood 27. .hero__title h1 { .article .article__body p a:hover {color: #697E2F; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 2px #697E2F solid;}*/ padding: 2px 8px; color: #a4c055; Photo: via Flickr user Roland Krebs. Designed by Hopkins Architects, the structural steel frame is expressed as part of the window wall and ceiling finishes, with carefully detailed thermal breaks to mitigate moisture issues. He uses these themes to create thought-provoking interiors. Almost 90 percent of all construction and demolition waste during the renovation project was recycled; a total of 2,188 cubic yards of waste was diverted from the landfill. Rice University is a member of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and is committed to building long-lasting, resource-efficient facilities. background-color: #44474F; Installed around a beautiful oak tree in the Smith Courtyard outside of Anderson Hall, this monocoque fiberglass-and-foam bench, designed by DS+R principal Charles Renfro (B.Arch. LEED - which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental . left: 0; margin: 0em 0 0em 0; padding: 20px 15px 20px 50px; The interior of the Brochstein Pavilion contains Flo Paris Bakery and Cafe and casual seating groups, designed for impromptu gatherings. .article--story h1.article__title { form.webform-submission-form .description { }} display: inline-block; border-radius: 0; } .article__main-image {text-align: center; padding: 2em; display: none;} font-family: "MalloryBook",sans-serif; The building is home to the School of Humanities and to the departments of history, philosophy, and religious studies. div.body--two-columns h3 {font-size: 2rem !important; margin-bottom: 0 !important;} font: normal normal normal 14px/1 Font Awesome\ 5 Pro; elements[i].href = 'ckeditor-accordion-container'; .card-overlay__content a { .button-d8:hover { Along with the new wing and commons of Brown College, Michael Graves simultaneously designed a new wing and commons for neighboring Jones College. In 2009, Hicks Kitchen was completely renovated with a generous gift from Rice University alumnus and trustee M. Kenneth Oshman 62 and his wife Barbara to established the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK). M.D. However, when Brown College expanded in 2002, a new commons was built and the original commons became the building for the Rice Health Center. flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 0.5em; Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 |, 713-348-0000 | Privacy Policy | Web Accessibility | Campus Carry, Administrative Center for Sustainability and Energy Management. table.blueTable tfoot td { The McGregor Computer Lab, which looks into the Fabrication Lab in one direction, Smith Courtyard in another, and Farish Gallery in the third, may well be the most open space in Anderson Hall its used as a seminar room as well as a computer lab. This p roject is technically not the first time DS+R did work for Rice. .button-d8 { .page-body__content td a:hover { I am a designer drafter and alumnus of Cal Poly Pomona, class of 2020. -webkit-column-count: 1; margin-right: 10px; Designed by architect Michael Graves, Martel College is a self-contained 107,032 sqft complex housing a 232-bed dormitory, classrooms, study areas, a library, dining commons, apartments for resident advisers and visiting faculty, and a separate 4,950 sqft house for the College Magister and family. .page-body__content ol li, .page-body__content ul li { Before becoming a partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) in 2004, Renfro graduated from Rice in 1989 and received his Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University in 1994. margin: 0 1em; Designed by Washington, D.C. architect Allan Greenberg, the Humanities Building includes the Pitman Tower, the Phoebe and Bobby Tudor Conference Room, and the Lee and Joe Jamail Courtyard. padding: 10px 20px; Rice is committed to creating a sustainable campus environment. min-width: 100%; In 2010, after an additional residential wing was added to Baker College, the original L-shaped New Wing was split in half with one section staying with Baker and the other going to Lovett College. Rice Architectures studio spaces are among the most beautiful in the building every studio has enormous windows looking onto the campus and a generous amount of space, often permitting each student to have more than one desk. background-color: #359245; Architects Staub & Rather in consultation with William Ward Watkin designed the building, which includes relief plaques that depict the development of writing by Beaumont, Texas sculptor Herring Coe. } /* New Table */ margin: 1rem 0 2rem; z-index: -1; background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 0; } Baker college is named in honor of Captain James A. Baker, friend and attorney of William Marsh Rice, and first chair of the Rice Board of Governors. color: #222; line-height: 2.75rem; .article .article__breadcrumbs span {color: #44474F;} var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('article__news-list-summary-label'); } .hero__image { .page-body__content h3 {font-size: 1.75rem; margin-bottom: .75rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #00205B;} padding: .2em .5em; Cambridge Seven Associates and RWS Architects designed the three-story George R. Brown Hall with Earl Wall Associates of San Diego as laboratory design consultants. color: #fff; Constructed of grass, concrete, stone, and composite steel, the pyramidal structure is equipped with a LED light sequence that projects onto the ceiling and through an aperture in the 72 sqft knife-edge roof just before sunrise and at sunset. Duncan College is LEED Gold-Certified, the first LEED Gold-certified construction project at Rice University. background-color: #359245; color: #fff; The Rice Memorial Center (RMC) and Rice Chapel, funded by trustee J. Newton Rayzor '17 and his wife, was designed by architect Harvin C. Moore '27. .pv-5 {padding-top: 2%; padding-bottom: 2%;} Mudd Lab was built for the Institute for Computer Services and Applications, but now houses the universitys Information Technology Division. The building was two stories high except for the three-story center wing. The campus was designated as the Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum in 1999, containing over 4,200 trees, various native plants, and the Harris Gully Natural Area (HGNA), a vital ecological corridor and watershed component of Brays Bayou. } font-family: CopernicusBold,sans-serif; Cross-disciplinary discourse is a hallmark of the arts in the 21st century, but it has been difficult at Rice since its facilities are scattered all over campus, Renfro said. table.blueTable tbody td { 2 Hours of Elimination of Bias. West Hall was built in the neo-gothic style as a part of the original campus construction plan by Boston architectural firm Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. display: none; width:100%; background: #0A509E; } Named after former Chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees Charles W. Duncan Jr. '47 and his wife Anne Smith Duncan, the Anne and Charles Duncan Hall houses the George R. Brown School of Engineering and the departments of Computer Science, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Statistics. /* Page Body */ background: #0A509E; font-family: CopernicusBold,serif; } position: absolute; text-align: left !important; } Designed by architects Antoine Predock with Brooks/Coronado, the new 83,000 sqft facility became the new Dell Butcher Hall. .article .date {color: #44474F;} .button-d7 { left: 0px; .alert p a:hover { 713-348-4548. .teaser-summary p a:hover {color: #697E2F; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 2px #697E2F solid;} McMurtry College construction includes a U-shaped dorm building that holds 328 students, a college commons, and magister house. Charles Renfro will lead Diller Scofidio + Renfros design team. padding: .25em; table.blueTable thead th { background-color: #44474F; At night, the structure illuminates the adjacent quad. form.webform-submission-form label { } } .article .article__body figure.align-left {margin: 0 30px 20px 0;} { <br><br>I have 5+ years of construction drafting experience with architecture, contracting, and . } George S. Cohen, president of Foley's Department Store, provided funds to establish a faculty club on campus. background-color: #44474F; In addition to the Integrated Campus Plan, the 2017 Capital Project Development Guidelines and the Landscape Framework Plan (last updated by Michael Vergason Landscape Architects in 2018) are used to establish and align site planning expectations and aspirations for projects impacting the campus built environment. border: 1px solid #ddd; With a generous gift from independent oil operator and Rice Trustee, John L. Cox and his wife Maurine Cox, Rice was able to construct the Mechanical Engineering Building to house the Mechanical Engineering department. The four-story residential building, totaling 119,000 sqft, features 237 beds in 137 units, a bike room and dedicated shuttle service to and from the university. color: #034ea1; Farish Gallery is the heart of Rice Architecture: its where we have our All-School Meeting the first day of every semester, our lectures, our roundtables, and our final reviews. VADA serves over a quarter of undergraduates at Rice each semester, and Niche recently ranked the university No. With the adoption of the residential college system, a new building was constructed near what was then called South Hall. Both South Hall and the new building (called New Dorm) became the dorms for the future Will Rice College. table td::before { color: #0A509E; p a line-height: 1.5; .pager { .dropdown { .page-body__content h6 {font-size: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: .5rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #0A509E;} position: relative; table tbody tr:nth-of-type(even) { .video-embed-field-responsive-video { color: #697E2F; text-align: right; } .button__text { .webform-confirmation__message { z-index: -1; Established in 1996 as the Rice Building Workshop, Construct saw through a number of student design-built projects, often in collaboration with non-profit organizations such as Project Row Houses and Workshop Houston.. Construct projects are often integrated with Totalization studio projects, during which students develop . The plan will define how the university will focus its resources to realize . .article__body ul a::after { z-index: -2; An added outdoor adventure center allows members to rent outdoor equipment and to plan white-water rafting, camping, and rock climbing trips. } margin-bottom: 2rem; .article__body h1 {font-size: 2.75rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #00205B;} justify-content: center; .page-body__content ol, .page-body__content ul {padding-bottom: 1em;} left: 0; The building was rededicated as Howard Keck Hall to honor former chairman and president of the W. M. Keck Foundation in 2000. color: #0A509E; margin-left:0; Anderson Hall constantly reminds all of us how architecture shapes the spaces in which we live and work. font-family: 'MalloryBook'; .hero__image { .form-text { text-align: left; The Wiess Magisters House is LEED for Homes Silver-Certified. } Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 |, 713-348-0000 | Privacy Policy | Web Accessibility | Campus Carry, Annual Emeritus Private Office Request Form, Rice University Consumer Confidence Report. text-align: right; } div.title .menu--list {padding: 0 20px 0px 20px;} .page-body__content ol a {text-transform: none;} Soon the new building will allow a vital humanities department to resituate itself and the arts as central to the university, making for one of the most compelling sites of invitation to the greater community of Houston, Hainley said. table.blueTable tfoot td { font-size: 1.15em; .video {aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; width: 100%;} .pager__items { } When Rice adopted the residential college system in 1957, East Hall became the old wing of Baker College, Rices first founded residential college. } line-height: 1.25; .article--story .article__body ol, .article--story .article__body ul {font-family: 'MalloryBook';} text-underline-offset: 1.5px; } table th, } display: none; position: relative; The building anchors one of our key departments, Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA), and completes for now the arts district of our campus that we envisioned. .alert { text-decoration: underline solid #697E2F 0.1em; In 1990, after being leased for years, the house stayed unoccupied due to poor living conditions. table caption { background: rgba(15,15,25,.6); .article__body h6 {font-size: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: .5rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #0A509E;} transition: all .3s; The 120,000 sqft building includes a 1,000 seat concert hall, a 250-seat recital hall, a Grand Organ hall, an opera studio, 65 practice rooms and 54 teaching studios. } display: inline-block; display: block; display: inline-block; Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico/Mexico -- Biblioteca Central (1953) His gift honored his parents Robert and Agnes Cohen of Galveston on their 70th birthdays. width: 85%; color: #E0E2E6; John and Frances Angelos Law Center, University of Baltimore School of Law. Information Source: Rice Centennial Timeline, Rice Historical Society, the Rice University Wikipedia Page, and Rice University: An Architectural Tour by Stephen Fox. } } } vertical-align: text-top; A variety of resources are referenced for planning and design efforts when new campus projects enter the early stages of consideration. Rice Architecture is centrally located on the university's academic quad in a building that reflects our ethos of collaborative exchange: each space looks onto other spaces as well as out to our beautiful campus, dominated by majestic live oaks. Blanche Harding Sewall '17 provided funds for Sewall Hall as a memorial to her late husband Cleveland Sewall. Mailing Address: P.O. table td:last-child { .ckeditor-accordion-container > dl dd { font-size: 20px; The club added a large dining room designed by Lloyd & Morgan in 1958-1959. Rice Universitys new home for student art will be named Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall, and it will be designed by a team helmed by an alumnus with a deep appreciation for the arts at Rice and in Houston. In addition to vibration control, laboratories in the new building have a better temperature, humidity, and airflow control. Pierce designed the building. z-index: 1; Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally and . table.blueTable { border-radius: 0; However, they did not complete it, and later the project was given to Allan Greenberg . Due to statutory changes this year, beginning in 2023, there will be new educational . This project enabled the university to provide affordable housing in close proximity to campus for its graduate student population. DS+Rs initial concept for the new building cleverly weaves the symbolism of that history with the scale, materiality and porosity of the broader campus fabric. It was the first building designed specifically as a residential college and also the first building to be centrally air-conditioned. The original building became known as The Tower after Brown College was expanded in 2002. width: 0%; font-size: inherit; padding: 1rem 1rem; } margin-right: 10px; Falling apart and crumbly with asbestos, New Dorm was demolished in 2009 and replaced by a new energy efficient building in 2010. font-size: 16px; /* Alignment */ padding: 0 80px; figure figcaption {color: #44474F; line-height: 1.5;} GET TO RICE PARKING CAMPUS SHUTTLE WELCOME CENTER Plan Your Visit Our 300-acre, tree-lined campus features more than 70 major buildings with architectural elements that are uniquely Rice. 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