Houston Deco: Houston's Modernistic Architecture
University of Houston
unaltered
Completed: 1950
Architect:  Alfred C. Finn


Finn designed the long wings of the building with regularly spaced pilasters meant to suggest a classical screen of columns.

above | west façade, 1950
detail (top) | west façade, 2007
detail (upper center) | entrance tower, 2007
detail (lower center) | east entrance, 2007
detail (bottom) | stonework detail, 2007


Photo courtesy Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
 
 
 
 
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