Rice Design Alliance hosts architectural tour

Rice Design Alliance hosts architectural tour

The Rice Design Alliance (RDA) will hold its 28th annual Architecture Tour April 2-3 from 1 to 5 p.m.

The RDA is collaborating this year with Houston Mod to highlight the buildings and architects on the forefront of Houston’s modern architecture movement in the 1950s and ’60s.

Spaces on this year’s tour include:

• 6328 Brookside Drive, 1950, Allen Williams, architect
• 3981 Del Monte Drive, 1941, Donald Barthelme, architect
• 315 Teakwood Drive, 1967, Marvin K. Gordy, architect
• 10923 Kirwick St., 1963, Claudill Rowlett Scott, architect
• 5203 Stamper Way, 1955, Harwood Taylor, architect
• 4156 Meyerwood Drive, 1968, Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, architect
• 4160 Meyerwood Drive, 1968, Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, architect
• 19011 Willowisp Drive, 1956, William R. Jenkins, architect

The tour is open only to RDA members and guests; however, memberships starting at $35 can be purchased at any of the sites on the tour and include one complimentary tour ticket. Tickets for all six houses cost $15; $10 for students and senior citizens.

The RDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of architecture, urban design and the built environment in the Houston region through educational programs to initiate physical improvements. The RDA has held architecture tours every year since 1975 to acquaint Houstonians with the best examples of architecture, interior design and landscape design in the city.

For more information, call the RDA at 713-348-4876.