Houston Likes Design Too

The other day CONTENT attended the unveiling of designs vying for Houston's new Central Station, a grand sounding name for what will essentially be a glorified light rail platform. Metro, with an esteemed advisory board invited five well known firms to compete for this commision:

SHoP Architects, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, Neil Denari Architects, Interloop—Architecture and Snøhetta

More impressive than the proposals to our eyes was the obvious interest in the next opportunity to bring noteworthy architecture to Houston as evidenced by the crowd that gathered. We had our differing opinions about the merits of the designs but our friend Ben Koush published his own opinions humorously and succinctly here.

Metro is soliciting public opinion so follow this link to cast your own vote before Feb 15th, 2012

...And as if this wasn't excitement enough shortly after the event the Museum of Fine Arts Houston announced that Steven Holl would be designing the new museum wing. Mr Holl will be joining a campus with buildings by Mies van der Rohe, Rafael Moneo and our own Carlos Jimenez. Move over Columbus, watch your back Chicago, Houston is on the move!