Architectural Photography
2501 Polk Street, Houston, Texas, 77003
Houston Lighting & Power Co. began in 1882 and was the sole power and utility company servicing Houston for almost a century. After several sales and renames, in 2002 it was split into Reliant Energy, Texas Genco, and CenterPoint Energy. The sign across the facade was originally outlined in neon.
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 designed by Arc Three Studio
Midtown Terrace Suites photographed for Rice Design Alliance. See the article on Rice Design Alliance’s website.
Designed by Lewis S. Green and Gerhard C. Svarz and completed in 1904. Once a bank now an office building.
Commercial National Bank Building - August 2019
Open every Wednesday through June 26th
33-story high-rise condo in Houston's Inner Loop
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/
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.
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 (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.
The newly opened Glassell School of Art, designed by Steven Holl Architects.
Recent photos from Rice University’s campus.
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.
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.
Some recent photos from St. John Vianney Catholic Church
