SPORTS + OUTDOORS

Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) presents a Museum District Walking Tour, Saturday, February 19 at 10am.  Meet at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Sculpture Garden.

The Houston Museum District is one of the few areas in the country with such a dense population of museums, public art, contemporary architecture, and landscape design. On this 2-hour walking tour you will experience the quintessential Modernism of Mies van der Rohe, the structuralist view point of Gunnar Birkert, and the simplicity and craft of Isamu Noguchi.

Come explore these and other world class examples of design with ArCH tour guides and trace the chronology of significant cultural shifts from the early twentieth century through today.

Selected landmark structures along the tour route:
A The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, B Alfred C. Glassell Jr. School of Art, (pictured) C MFAH Administration and Glassell Junior School Building, D Contemporary Arts Museum, E Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, F Houston Museum of Natural Science, G Herman Park, H Miller Outdoor Theater, I Children's Museum of Houston, J Houston Holocaust Museum, Education Center and Memorial K Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, L Asia Society Texas Center, M Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, N Lawndale Art and Performance Center, O St Matthews Lutheran Churc,h P First Presbyterian Church, Q St Paul's United Methodist Church.

About Architecture Center:
Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) houses offices of the American Institute of Architecture, Houston Chapter, the Architecture Center Houston Foundation, a gallery for rotating architecture-related exhibitions, meeting rooms, and a terrace overlooking Buffalo Bayou. ArCH aims to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the ways in which architecture and urban design influence and enhance the quality of life in our community.

For general inquiries, please call 713.520.0155, or visit www.aiahouston.org  online.