H2Ouston: Living in Flood Plains

RDA's 42nd annual architecture tour, H2Ouston: Living in Flood Plains, takes place on Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Initially mapped in the 1970s, Houston’s floodplains continue to present unique physical, political, and economic challenges for architects and their clients. As new floodplain designations have created more exacting design and construction requirements over the years — and catastrophic flood events in the greater Houston region emphasize the stakes — H2Ouston: Living in Flood Plains explores the ways architects have responded to design with our bayous for resilience.

Each ticket provides access to all six buildings:

1019 Commerce Street
Sunset Coffee Building, c. 1910
Lake|Flato, BNIM, and SWA Group, 2016

5715 Logan Lane
Taft Architects, 1995

823 Shirkmere
Nonya Grenader, 2017

5231 Braesvalley Drive
Brooks and Brooks, 1965

3811 Linkwood
Brett Zamore Design, 2016

609 Stanford
Francois de Menil, 2007

Tour tickets start at $35, which includes an eMembership, providing a year of digital communication from RDA.

RDA members whose membership is current as of Saturday, March 25, 2017, may purchase a total of two discounted tour tickets at $25.

Tickets are $15 for students with ID. Children 12 and under are free.