Architectural Photography

Houston Lighting & Power Company Polk Substation (1948)

2501 Polk Street, Houston, Texas, East End 77003

HOUSTON-VARIATIONS by HOME-OFFICE

I had the pleasure of working with Brittany Utting and Daniel Jacobs of HOME-OFFICE on HOUSTON-VARIATIONS. In 2022, Brittany and Daniel were winners of the RDA Houston Design Research Grant for this project. The project explores typological adaptations to Houston’s climatic and economic forms.

Below are some of the photographs I took for them. To learn more about the project, visit Home-Office’s website here.

Titan Design Center

Titan Design Center designed by Arc Three Studio

Bank of America Tower (Capitol Tower) - Houston

Bank of America Tower

Bank of America Tower, initially named Capitol Tower, is downtown Houston’s newest office building. The 754,00 square foot and 35 story class A office building was developed and owned by Skanska. Designed by Gensler , the tower features a large open air garden on the 12th floor, a gym, and a large open atrium on the first floor. On the bottom floor is also a large open food hall called “Understory” designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture. Understory is open to the public 7 days a week. Bank of America Tower is the first new downtown tower since the completion of 609 Main in 2017.

Other companies involved with the project: OJB Landscape Architecture, Walter P Moore (engineering), MLN Company (HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection), Hilti (Material Supplier - Cladding), & Melton Electric.

James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace

Twilight Epiphany

After seeing James Turrell’s Skyspace multiple times while walking around Rice’s campus I decided to photograph it. I had to visit it twice because the first time I went the light show did not go off (Tuesday’s it doesn’t do it). Check out some of his other work on his website here: http://jamesturrell.com/

1400 Smith St. & 1500 Louisiana St.

1400 Smith St. & 1500 Louisiana St.

Some photos of 1400 Smith St. & 1500 Louisiana St.

Walking around downtown trying to find different angles on these two buildings was a bit of a challenge. 1400 Smith and 1500 Louisiana were both formerly headquarters to Enron. Both buildings are now used by Chevron, with a third planned 50-story, 1.7 million SF tower proposed by Chevron designed by HOK.

1400 Smith was developed Brookfield Properties and designed by Lloyd Jones Brewer & Associates, completed in 1983.

1500 Louisiana was developed by Hines and designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, completed in 2002.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Some recent photos from the Contemporary Arts Museum. Designed by Gunnar Birkerts and opened in 1972.

I also did a few “speed edits” to show how I edited a couple of these in Photoshop CC 2019. Videos below. There are a lot of things I could’ve done differently that probably would’ve saved time and been more efficient but I figured these were good enough to test my new-to-me screen recording software (OBS Studio).

Speed edit of a photo I created from the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Speed edit of a photo I created from the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Wortham Tower - 2727 Allen Parkway

Wortham Tower

Wortham Tower (formerly called American General Building) designed by Lloyd, Morgan, & Jones was completed in 1965. It’s named after Gus Wortham, insurance tycoon and oil baron who founded American General.

Rice University

Rice University

Recent photos from Rice University’s campus.

Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy

I made a trip out to Phillips Exeter Academy while in New Hampshire. It’s an old private boarding school dating back to 1781. Phillips Exeter Academy is probably best known for their library designed by Louis Khan in 1971. Here are some photos from my trip.

The Glassell School of Art

The Glassell School of Art

Some recent photos of the Glassell School of Art and Museum District. There's been a lot of construction in front of the building on Montrose, so I plan on going back later to shoot the exterior a bit more.

St. John Vianney Catholic Church

St. John Vianney Catholic Church

Some recent photos from St. John Vianney Catholic Church

Downtown Houston April

Pennzoil Place, The Bank of America Center, One Shell Plaza, Marriott Marquis Houston