Visions of the Future Houston
An ongoing exhibition in Houston imagines a city on the cusp of a new, more prosperous future. March 11, 2021, 7am PST | James Brasuell |
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Lisa Gray shares insights from an ongoing exhibition at the new Architecture Center Houston headquarters titled Houston 2020 Visions.
The exhibition showcases the fruits of a competition inspired by Hurricane Harvey that asked architects to envision the city’s future. The exhibit was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic a still lingering reality that ads additional urgency to the exhibition, according to Gray: Strangely, the questions at the show’s heart What’s next? How do we build a better, more resilient city? have never felt more urgent.
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Tracking Resilient Houston s Progress
The Resilient Houston initiative promises to strengthen the city s infrastructure and increase its capacity to thrive and adapt under crisis. March 5, 2021, 6am PST | Diana Ionescu |
Luis Guajardo of Rice University s Kinder Institute for Urban Research assesses the city of Houston s progress on its 2020 resilience strategy, adopted to improve the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems within the Houston region to not only survive any and all chronic stresses and acute shocks they might experience, but adapt and thrive.
The initiative, Resilient Houston, addresses potential shocks and stresses including natural disasters, public health threats, and infrastructure failures. After Texas s short-sighted, deregulatory approach to energy policy had disastrous effects during the recent winter storm that left millions across the state stranded in their homes for days without power, heat, potable wate
San Antonio s wish list, curated by Henry Cisneros, waiting on biggest wish of all - money
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Construction along U.S. 281 between Wilderness Oak and Marshall Road in January. Possible infrastructure funding legislation in Congress in the coming months has local governments dusting off their priorities.William Luther /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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In his new role as CEO of a San Antonio-based infrastructure finance firm, Henry Cisneros has unveiled a nationwide survey that identified some 1,800 major U.S. infrastructure projects, including some in Bexar County, that local governments say are immediate funding priorities.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less