Architecture Walks

Next tour: University of Houston, 2 p.m. November 17

Please note that advance ticket purchase is required for this tour.

“Houston’s University” was founded in 1927 as a night school meeting in borrowed rooms, but it quickly grew into a four-year university and is now a major urban research institution. Our 90-minute docent-guided tour of the UH campus traces the university’s history and the people who made the school what it is today, including oilman Hugh Roy Cullen, its great benefactor.

The tour explores the heart of the UH campus, highlighting designs by architects including César Pelli, MacKie & Kamrath, Philip Johnson and Alfred C. Finn. We’ll also introduce the university’s exceptional public art collection, one of the earliest of its kind in Texas, and dig into some little-known aspects of UH history including the school's significance during and after World War II.

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About Architecture Walks

Explore Houston's architecturally and historically significant neighborhoods, buildings and institutions with Preservation Houston's monthly docent-guided walking tours. The tours are offered on the second or third Sunday of the month from January to November; tickets go on sale at 1:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. June through September). Tours are open to the public. The cost is $10 per person ($7 for Preservation Houston members, students and children 11 and under). Advance ticket purchase is required for all tours until further notice.

We also offer quarterly walking tours of Glenwood Cemetery (reservations are required; see our schedule of upcoming tours) as well as private tours for groups of nearly any size.

Digital Architecture Walks

PH’s Digital Architecture Walks include videos, self-guided tours and other content that will help you explore historic neighborhoods, buildings and sites. These digital tours are offered in conjunction with our guided in-person Architecture Walks.