This post is the first in a series that will gather news relating to architecture, arts, design, construction, engineering, infrastructure, and other topics of special interest to Offcite.org readers.
Friday November 28
Cypress Woman Launches Sustainable Living Website Targeting Suburban Areas [Houston Chronicle]
Saturday November 29
Discovery Green Opens Ice Rink [Houston Chronicle]
Sunday November 30
New Hurricane Scale Factors in Storm Surge [Houston Chronicle]
Tuesday December 2
Corporate Owner of Baybrook Mall, Deerbrook Mall, First Colony Mall, The Woodlands Mall, and Willowbrook Mall Could Go Bankrupt [Houston Chronicle]
Mixed-use plan on Near Northside to Offer Affordable Housing, Retail Center Inside Loop [Houston Chronicle]
Obama Administration May Aid Local Efforts to Further Improve Air Quality [Houston Chronicle]
Wednesday December 3
Rebuilding of homes damaged during Rita still lagging [Houston Chronicle]
Thursday December 4
Another Home Builder Shuts Down Add Kimball Hill to a list that includes Royce Builders and others. [Houston Chronicle]
Tolerance Bridge to Cross Allen Parkway from Montrose [Houston Chronicle] The article does not name the designers. The finished artwork will be a collaboration between artists Elmgreen + Dragset (with principals Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset and American design partner Cheryl Wing-zi Wong) and the local architects, SWA Group (with principals Kevin Shanley and James Vick and project architects Julia Mandell and Scott McCready). The proposal is titled "twisted arc." The artists are in phase two of a three phase design workshop with SWA Group to develop a final proposal.
Museum, Neartown, and Nonprofit groups seek improvements for Richmond rail This story notes that Richmondrail.com, Blueprint Houston, Neartown, and other are working with Metro on the University line stops in Montrose. Architect David Robinson is extensively cited. [Houston Chronicle]
Canadian Transplant Finds Strong Bicycling Community in Bayou City [Houston Chronicle]
Friday December 5
Open green space coming to East End neighborhoods [Houston Chronicle]
Dickens on the Strand This Weekend Will Indicate Galveston's Viability after Ike [Houston Chronicle]
