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I tarrv M o u r e William O. Neuhaus III

Danny Samuels Christol Spieler

Wi l l i.i in I . Stem (Uvea T. Taylor

Drexel Turner Bruce C. Webb

Managing r.uilor Mitchell J. Shields

Assistant Editor Molly Kelly

Graphic Design Minor Design ( i roup

['holography Paul Hester

Advertising Lynn Kelly

Rice Design Alliance Hoard of Directors

President M a r i l y n Archer

Presidentelect ju ry A l exande r

Vice President Thomas F. Mellows

Treasurer Larry L. W'haley

Secretary lames [ ) . Burnett

Nata lye I . Appcl Kciji Asakura

Jay Baker Mii i i iet le R. Roesel

I leborah Brochstein Cindy M. Burns

Wil l iam ( urtfai Lares el-Dahdah

Charles W. I Ida I eslie K. I Ikms

Edwin A. Luhanks I Ion. Jessica Farrar

Gerry Fehn David T. George

Alfred Glassell III ( iwe iu ln lvn LI. Goffe

Nonya Grenada Guv I lagstette

Jennifer f larding Ci. Norm.in I loovet

Ka then lie S. I [owe Susan Booth Keeton W i l l i a m D. Kendal l

I ars I erup Ching-Fung Ian Rafael Longoria

Rick Lowe ( harks D. Maj oard,Jr,

|ohn D. M iner Will iam O. Neuhaus III

Patrick Peters i harlotte A. IInth well

|< ilrey I) . Ryan Louis 1 [. Skidmore, lr.

W i l l i am I . S K I , , Rives T. Taylor

Cynthia Toles Phoebe Tudor

lames Wk Randal l Walker

David 11. Watk ins Bruce C Webb

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Lx ecu live Director I u ida I . Sy lvan

Program Administrator Amanda Lytz

Records Coordinator M a n Swifi

R i u Design Alliance Corporate Sponsors

Anchorage Foundation of res.is S I Anderson l.nnip.Mis V.V S. BclloWl I ol is l l in l I nip Brand . Allen Architect! his Broetutcriti Ins. Brookitono ( orparatian I lu i fffice ol lama Burnett i " . IK. H U M - , S. .ili-. 1 lolni. kvinai i c\ Lee i ogen I echnologies Engcraji * Iroup i Diutructors Sc AatocbHSB, Inc. i restive Flooring Resources DMJM Keating 11.tv IS.i .wn RJcc Ins. OC Mcii i l I .tmiiy Debncr. Company Elegant Additions I Wi l l i l'i«k Electrk ( omoany Foley's 1 ren ( Dostroctton Gentler A l l r r J l . ( . U v l l l l l Goldman, Sachs, is. i oVrin.rk-.Mul Ruh-ti tt 1ml.u III 1 ti'llimuh, Oh;iu .mil K.issdh.inm, Inc. I l l l l l ' S Jackson 6t Ryan Architects kirkscv iy Partnera Architects Knoll k ii ii ii si in .mil Associates I in I eats Group I inbeck i < instruction t orp. The M II . I himily ni ( iimp.inn's M.ims/Srriicmr.il I npniTrs. Em. I In- Ms i li.irv partnership, inc. M d i.v In, MiiuT-li i- i lrr i ik i onstrudors Inc. Mission i nntrfucton Ins Mimulkmi11 umber * o., Ins Waller I'. Moon- .mil AaocisEa, Inc. Minns Architects, I I H . I \. Vim,m . Associates Nations Construction Management, Inc. Newberry liesie.it Studio. I l .< l I U i ' l m r l l ' S l H i k I I "MsTlllsTHill Inc. PDR< orp. Qualil) Woodwork tntcrion I I Reed I n i i s tn i s i iuM I I KithliclJ Investment i orponitlon I ouitt Studc s.iri.,iiii Sslu Itlls .Mill I lllllp,MM Robert Shew M,i: i ,>.. Inc. smith Seckman R.-KI. Inc. T.A.S. I onsi i i istmn. I' -\ nniii.inl Environments, Inc. i i v\ n.i i onstrucrora, Ins W .11 I imrtrri :!,,• Vs. I ' I ' Alsl l l l l 's IS Mrs Week) W M (..us Wilson Architects

isn i Design AJUanet i orpin .iri Vli inhiis A sS I Broducta Uo. lot Ahiisu i acering I o. Baker at Butts,! i f llcriicl Iriin Works, Inc. Iln1is.li Anss.os l imns Del h,ne ec M e l oy, Inc. ccrd partners l I.ilk 4 i imlnr i A S S . K I . K I S i okinos Bosfen 0( Young t imip.ui 1 . impute! * i i ipor.nion A i t.mi Construction < ompany, lac I . K.irr, Davidson Architects AIA. Inc. I in-1 .ill .in.! Phyllis l htteftng I oundarion Daagjuu^Gallastber i ink i i nergy t orporation i ngro v i a uii.inii < ..iiiiiii., I ni isir iMii in t umpon) i iilbane Building * ompany (inenwood King Propertk t I LIMICS Whale) Assoctatea, Inc. Ihnisfnn I h.iptrr. Assmnted I iritcral

i ontcsetori " i America Housicin I I K M I I I K K Powet Co. htckson .mil * ninp.Mii. Kendsll/1 leaton Aeeockites l csle\ cCr Associates, Inc. Lockwood, Amlrews iv \css ii.ini M21 Anockues, Ins. MILMH \ ( n. Poinring. Ins. M i n n Design Group, Ins. Morgsnli Offkx I',is.I...ii Pierce, I .i H KIWIII, Ak'x.iiuler is; I invillr The Powell tiroiip Ridswi) s Willi.nii I Stern s\ \ssociaies I In- Stone Knchcii UVllllfT11.ll1lHl.il Wall l .niip.Mis r imlnln V\ .iiknis, l l . imihon U iss Wemgamn ResJrj Mssugemeai Wells Design, Ins. Tom Wilson and Assodanis ^rdtincn Willis, iinski-f c\ i .iiin.isls. Architects VX'inilll.iill llnililvrs Wyl«- s\ Assini.i i .s, Inc.

N o t e s o n C o n t r i b u t o r s

Joel War re n Ba rna , fo rmer ly the ed i to r o f Texas Architect, is .i lung- t ime c t i n t r i huK i r t u Cite.

D a v i d D i l l o n is the archi tecture c r i t i c o f the Dallas Mt>rniiij> News.

Stephen Fox is a fe l low o f the Anchorage h i u n d a t i i i n of Texas.

George Greanias served on the Hous to n C i t y Counc i l and as 1 Ibuston's c i ty con t ro l le r . A forn ier facul ty member of the Jones Graduate School o f Management at Kice Un ivers i ty , he has long been act ive in c o m m u n i t y p lann ing issues.

En id E. Jimenez is pub l i ca t ion and marke t i ng coo rd ina to r fo r Rice Univers i ty 's School o f C o n t i n u i n g Studies.

Bar ry M o o r e , president and manag ing partner <>t s | k b 7 H o u s -t o n , is an adjunct professor at the Gera ld Hines Col lege o f Arch i tec tu re , Univers i ty o f H o u s t o n , and directs its Center f o r l l i s tonc Arch i tec ture.

Dan Scaright is d i rector of arch i tectura l design for 3D/ In temat ioaaJ 's Hous to n of f ice and cha i rman of the A l A ' s U rban Design Commi t t ee .

M i t che l l J . Shields is manag ing ed i to r o f Cite.

W i l l i a m P. Stern is p r inc ipa l o f W i l l i a m F. Stern 8c Associates, Arch i tects , and an adjunct associate professor at the Gera ld D. Hines College o f Arch i tec ture , I ' n i ve rs iu t i l I l u i i s ton .

Rives T . T a y l o r is the campus archi tect for the Univers i ty o f Texas Hous to n Hea l th Science Center and a lecturer at the Gera ld D. Hines Col lege o f Arch i tec tu re , Univers i ty o f I l ous ton .

Cite The Architecture and Design Review ol Houston

A Publication ol the Rice Design Alliance

42: Summer-Fall 1998

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Citelines: Dialogue in Marfa/Pritzker at the White House/Hester at The Menil

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Lee P. Brown's Houston: A Cite Talk With the Mayor Interview by William F. Stern and Mitchell J. Shields

Filling the Doughnut [od Warren Barna

Tools of the Development Trade: Interpreting Building Codes and Planning Ordinances

William F. Stern

Urban Glue: Getting People Downtown is One Thing. Making Them Stay is Another.

Dan Sebright

Shadow Planning: It's the Way Houston Works, for Good — and for Bad.

George Greanias

Modern Homecraft: The Houses of Katharine B. and Harry L. Mott Stephen Fox

All the World a Stage: Henry Dreyfuss and Joseph Urban Book reviews hv Barrv Moore