The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is an architecture school and is one of twelve academic colleges of the University of Houston. It offers both undergraduate and graduate level degree programs.

In March 1997, Gerald D. Hines donated $7 million to the College of Architecture and the school responded by renaming the architecture school after him. The gift was the largest ever received by the architecture school and among the 10 largest gifts received by the University of Houston.

The college offers programs in architecture, interior architecture, industrial design, and space architecture. ^[1]

The Industrial Design Program was the winner of IDSA National Student Merit Award - Southern District Champion of 2010 and 2011.

The Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) was founded in 1987 with a permanent $3 million endowment gift provided by the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation. In 2003, the Masters Program was founded. It is the world’s only Master of Science in Space Architecture program.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture
• University of Houston Buildings collection at the University of Houston Digital Library

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