AIA - Trees for Houston Kinder Campus Tour
2024-09-26 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Trees for Houston, 1911 W 34th St., Houston, TX, 77018, United States
Join Committee on the Environment, Thursday, September 27, for a tour of Trees for Houston Kinder Campus.

CORENET - Luncheon - Design for the Next Generation
2024-10-08 11:00 - 13:30 | McCoy Rockford Showroom, 6869 Old Katy Road, Houston, TX, 77024, United States
Workplace Design for the Next Generation
In today’s rapidly evolving work landscape, young workers are having an increasingly large influence on workplace design and how it fosters collaboration, innovation, and productivity for new workstyles; and the future of remote work versus time spent in the office. Our expert panelists will discuss key strategies for creating an intentional workplace, concepts for office buildings designed for long-term adaptation, and how the next generation entering the workforce is already shaping workplace design. Our panelists from PDR, McCoy, Kirksey, HOK and Gensler will also share workplace projects that put these ideas into practice.

IFMA - TEXAS CHAPTERS HAPPY HOUR
2024-10-08 17:00 - 20:00 | Buckhorn Saloon, 318 E Houston St, San Antonio, TX, 78205, United States
Registration open to all members and guests.

CREW - Where have we BEEN Where are we NOW Where are we GOING
2024-10-16 10:30 - 12:30 | Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oak Ln, Houston, TX, 77027, United States
Ric Campo is Camden Property Trust’s co-founder (the “Cam” in Camden) and Chief Executive Officer. Ric also serves as Chairman of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority.
Join us to learn more from Ric’s vast experience in the Houston market, where he has spent his entire career. Ric will share stories about where it started, what is currently happening in the Houston market, and what he envisions for Houston’s future.
In Ric’s spare time, he serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations that focus on Houston’s economic development and quality of life. These organizations include Central Houston, Inc., Greater Houston Partnership, The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch, and The Coalition for the Homeless. Ric has a great love of sports and is the past chairman of the Super Bowl LI host committee and Houston First Corporation.

IFMA - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOUR: POST HOUSTON
2024-10-17 17:30 - 20:00 | POST Houston, 401 Franklin St, Houston, TX, 77201, United States
Once the hub of the city’s U.S. mail system, the long-abandoned USPS headquarters in Houston is being transformed by Lovett Commercial into a dynamic mixed-use complex expanding the city’s vibrant downtown.

Built in 1934, POST was first established as a depot adjacent to Houston’s Grand Central Station, the city’s gateway for travelers and freight. Grand Central Station was purchased by the US Government in the late 1950’s and demolished. Originally designed by Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, the same architects that designed the Astrodome, the present building swallowed the remaining portion of the original 1930’s depot structure in its brick walls.

When the USPS building opened to the public in 1961, the United States was locked in a cultural, military, and technological contest with the USSR. As a result, the building was designed to FBI security standards with an ultra robust structure that included multiple nuclear bomb shelters. Moreover, the architects designed the building to showcase American industrial prowess and to be a machine that would streamline the sorting and distribution of mail.

The architects’ design included a number of industrial management technologies that have been selectively preserved in our redevelopment. One of the features that we are strategically preserving is a network of lookout galleries — we affectionally call them “Spy Tunnels” — that were originally designed to allow supervisors to furtively watch workers to ensure they were not pilfering cash or other valuables sent through the mail.Other preserved and rehabilitated features include the front administrative office and an elevated public plaza. Reflecting the Modern Era’s emphasis on integrating civic life with work, Wilson, Morris, Craine & Anderson designed the central plaza to be a hub for public events and celebrations. At the building’s opening ceremony in 1961, the Post Office organized an elaborate event at the plaza that included the Boy Scouts carrying American flags and lions from the Houston Zoo.

In 1984, twenty two years after its opening, the Post Office was renamed in honor of Barbara Jordan, the South’s first female African American legislator elected to the US Congress. A Fifth Ward native and civil rights icon, Barbara Jordan was passionate about public service and representing Houston. The inimitable orator stood at the public plaza and delivered these words: “I belong to you. You know me and if you want to honor me that is the highest tribute.”

In 2015, the US government decommissioned the Barbara Jordan Post Office and sold the building to Lovett Commercial. Designed by OMA/Jason Long in collaboration with Houston-based Powers Brown Architecture, the development of POST Houston balances preservation with strategic architectural interventions.

In 2016, after an exhaustive search, OMA New York/Jason Long was selected as the principal design architect for Lovett Commercial’s adaptive reuse of the former USPS headquarters in downtown. The architects began the design of the massive 16-acre parcel with an urbanistic approach that considers how the site could more holistically engage with the surrounding city fabric.

How could the design use POST to stitch together the strategic neighborhoods of Sawyer Heights with downtown’s Theater District and Buffalo Bayou Park?

OMA’s design balances preservation with architectural intervention to create a vibrant new cultural and commercial hub for the city. To integrate the site with north downtown, OMA imagined a giant rake pulling the city into the building and cultivating a new future for the isolated parcel. Each tine of the rake represented an almost surgical puncture into the historic structure, manifesting as three distinct atriums each with its own programmatic and material character. The design uses the building’s rigid column plan to form an internal urban grid with the atriums acting as interior streets.Furthermore, with POST being a landmarked historic site, OMA’s design leverages the Cold War building’s structural rigidity to propose a radical new program that would connect the project with Buffalo Bayou Park — Skylawn, Texas’ largest rooftop farm and park. To facilitate access to the public rooftop park, the architects inserted three monumental stairs (the X, O, and Z stairs) whose sculptural forms enhance and anchor the programs of each of the three atriums.

The resulting design is an intricate layer cake, with each level of the project accommodating a different use and offering its own spatial experience. The ground floor acts as a public podium with experience ranging from culture to food to creative work space. Above is a second level of expansive, interactive and collaborative office space. And the 210,000 sft rooftop park, whose meandering paths are a welcome deviation from the rigid orthogonal circulation patterns of the interior, offer occupants and visitors respite with a postcard-worthy view of Houston.

As it once was, the post office will remain a public building, but further enhanced to create a new openness and a gathering place for Houston. The project aims to be an adaptive reuse cultural epicenter linking the city’s past with its future aspirations.

Contact Professional Development Committee chairs, Edgar Moctezuma (mocteze@stthom.edu) & Sabrina Gomez (sabrina.gomez@jll.com), for more information.

IFMA - HOUSTON FOODBANK VOLUNTEER DAY
2024-10-23 08:00 - 12:00 | Houston Food Bank Community Resource Center, 535 Portwall, Houston, TX, 77029, United States
Volunteer with the IFMA Cares Committee at the CRC – Community Resource Cener Wednesday, October 23, 8 am – 12 pm. Volunteers must register in advance and have a QR code to volunteer. Register by clicking here prior to the event – there is a limit of volunteers so register quickly! http://houstonfoodbank.civicore.com/index.php?section=indGpRegistrations&action=conditional&fwID=95329

CORENET - Downtown Mural Walking Tour
2024-10-24 16:00 - 18:30 | Architecture Center Houston, 902 Commerce Street, Houston, 77002, United States

IFMA - Bowling Tournament
2024-10-31 16:30 - 18:30 | Bowlero Stafford, 4919 S. Main St., Stafford, TX, 77477, United States

CREW - New mixed Use in East End - 17 Acres Being Redeveloped!
2024-11-06 11:30 - 13:00 | Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oak Ln, Houston, TX, 77027, United States

AIA - Confluence: Where Ideas and Practice Meet Symposium
2024-11-07 10:00 - 12:00 | The Ballroom at Tanglewood, 5430 Westheimer Way, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
After more than 20 years of hosting our Annual Symposium, we are thrilled to return to an in-person format with a fresh, focused approach. This year’s event, “Confluence: Where Ideas and Practice Meet,” will offer a streamlined agenda designed to provide a more impactful experience.
Attendees can earn 1.5 Learning Units toward their Continuing Education requirements while exploring key topics such as green infrastructure, low-impact development, conservation, and sustainable growth. The event will kick off with a morning networking mixer, offering the chance to engage in meaningful discussions with special guests M. Sonny Garza, Vice Chair of the Houston Planning Commission and Rudy Moreno, Jr., Deputy Director of the Houston Permitting Center.
Following the mixer, the symposium will feature opening remarks from Veronica Osegueda, Deputy General Manager of Harris-Galveston Subsidence District and a moderated forum with two regional experts engaging a diverse audience of professionals and practitioners in an enriching educational session.

COAA - Fall Mixer & Mass Timber Discussion
2024-11-07 16:00 - 18:30 | University of Houston, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

COAA - Fall Mixer
2024-11-07 16:00 - 19:00 | University of Houston, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX, 77004, United States
Join us for a fantastic educational and networking event at University of Houston’s brand new RAD Center, November 7, 2024, 4-7pm. This event is designed to bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about facilities development and capital improvement projects. Whether you are a public or private owner, a college or university, a local or state government representative, a healthcare organization, or a representative from industries such as lodging, manufacturing, or retail, you are welcome to attend.
We will begin with an educational session on Mass Timber, presented by Scott Brown, National Mass Timber Specialist at DPR Construction. We will continue the engagement with a networking mixer with heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks. The event promises to be an excellent opportunity to network, share experiences, and learn from peers, and partners in the industry.

AIA - UH Art & Architecture Walking Tour
2024-11-09 09:00 - 11:00 | University of Houston, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

IFMA - SUSTAINABILITY & THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
2024-11-14 11:00 - 13:00 | Amegy Tower, 1717 West Loop S, Houston, TX, 77027, United States

CORENET - Golf Tournament
2024-11-19 09:00 - 14:00 | Wildcat Golf Club, 1200 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX, 77045, United States

CREW - Fashion Show and Membership Drive
2024-11-19 17:30 - 20:00 | The Summitt, 1550 Lamar St, Houston, TX, 77010, United States
Fashionista Chloe Dao from Project Runway is back with her newest looks. So, grab a cocktail, snack on some appetizers, and get ready to mix and mingle—this is one event you won’t want to miss!

CORENET - Holiday Party
2024-12-03 17:30 - 20:30 | Enterprise Plaza, 1100 Lousiana, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

IFMA - HOUSTON ZOO HOLIDAY SOCIAL
2024-12-05 17:30 - 21:30 | Houston Zoo, 6200 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Join us for a night of fun, festivities, and adventure as we celebrate our annual holiday social at the Houston Zoo! Bring a friend and come see the awesome holiday Zoo Lights!

AIA - Holiday Party
2024-12-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

IFMA - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: HOUSTON ZOO TOUR
2024-12-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Houston Zoo, 6200 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX, 77030, United States
The Houston Zoo is committed to being a leader in the global effort to save animals in the wild. We are home to over 6,000 permanent residents (our animals) for whom we provide the highest standard in animal care. Every time you visit the Zoo, you’re helping us save animals in the wild. We support 49 wildlife conservation projects in 27 countries around the world.
Join us as IFMA Houston returns to take a behind the scenes tour of our world class zoo.

AIA - 15th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off
2024-12-14 10:00 - 17:30 | Levy Park, 3801 Eastside St., Houston, TX, 77098, United States
Architecture Center Houston will host the 15th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off at Levy Park on Saturday, December 14, 2024.Competing teams will create 100% edible, architectural masterpieces using gingerbread, candy, and all sorts of other sweet treats (of which leftovers will be composted)! More than 4,000 spectators are expected to attend and cheer on the teams, play in the kids’ construction zone, and see Santa! All of that entertainment is free and open to the public!

CREW - Holiday Party
2024-12-18 17:00 - 19:30 | Mutiny Wine Room, 1124 Usener St, Houston, TX, 77009, United States

AIA - WiA End of Year Celebration
2024-12-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Architecture Center Houston, 902 Commerce Street, Houston, 77002, United States

IFMA - JANUARY PROGRAM
2025-01-09 11:00 - 13:00 | Woodside Energy, 1500 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77056, United States

CREW - Gateway to Global Commerce: Navigating Opportunites in the Houston Port Region
2025-01-10 11:30 - 13:00 | Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oak Ln, Houston, TX, 77027, United States
Chad Burke, the President and CEO of Economic Alliance Houston Port Region, will share insight into the unprecedented growth in petrochemical production and shipping that drives the state’s and nation’s economy from Houston. Infrastructure, Policies and Workforce must keep up.

CORENET - 2025 Economic Forecast Luncheon & Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation
2025-01-14 11:00 - 13:30 | Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oak Ln, Houston, TX, 77027, United States

COAA - Hard Hat Tour - UTHealth Houston Public Health Education and Research Building
2025-01-22 14:00 - 17:00 | UTHealth Houston Public Health Education and Research Building, 1885 Old Spanish Trail, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
The Public Health Education and Research Building at UTHealth Houston will serve as the new home for the UTHealth School of Public Health. Spanning 350,000 square feet across 10 stories, the state-of-the-art facility will feature a teaching and studio kitchen, multi-purpose rooms, an auditorium, classrooms, and conference rooms, a simulation center, community engagement spaces, a library, a recording and sound studio, office workstations, and various collaborative spaces. It will also include two floors dedicated to wet lab research, Additionally, the Nourish program will be supported by a 10,000-square-foot holistic vegetable and fruit garden. This building is part of a broader development within the University of Texas South Campus Research Park Complex and will be seamlessly connected to the TMC3 complex via a bridge spanning Old Spanish Trail.

ULI - Member Tour: Indigo
2025-01-23 15:30 - 17:30 | Indigo, 1300 Harlem Rd, Richmond, TX, 77406, United States
Join Meristem Communities for a full bellied afternoon of conversations, light bites, and a tour of the growing Indigo community. Get an intimate sneak peek of The Filling Station—our general store and future face meet up spot inspired by classic gas stations of the 1930s. Then join the Meristem Team as well as Justin Ring of Odyssey Engineering Group and Jake Saltzman of CultivateLAND as they walk you through their innovative designs and how they crafted unique places to increase social connections and walkability throughout the community. Make sure to stop by one of Indigo’s 15 model homes featuring new plans debuting in this community and a variety of architectural styles and yard sizes including single-family homes and townhomes, or duets (our take on duplexes) and cottages.

IFMA - Houston Member Social
2025-01-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Home Run Dugout, 1220 Grand West Blvd, Katy, TX, 77449, United States

CORENET - Emerging Leaders Exercise Event Pickleball Tournament
2025-01-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Elite Pickleball, 610 W Sixth St, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
