"Rice and the Astrodome"
by Jim Gast
author of The Astrodome: Building an American Spectacle
Saturday, February 21, 2016
1:30 pm
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall
reception following

RSVP required
Details here:
http://ricehistoricalsociety.org/events_calendar.html

Jim Gast is a Cornell alum and a veteran architect with over 30 years experience. His book is the first to take an look in-depth at the design and construction of the Astrodome, highlighting the people who made it happen and the often-unprecedented problems they overcame. More info here:
http://astrodomebook.com/

Bump -- good event coming up!

As an architecture student I remember the presentation the architects made to the school. They were hyped about what they had done: "The Shamrock Hilton would fit inside," etc.

(02-01-2015 09:54 PM)grol Wrote:  As an architecture student I remember the presentation the architects made to the school. They were hyped about what they had done: "The Shamrock Hilton would fit inside," etc.

Texas man houses chickens in scale replica of Astrodome

Quote:HOUSTON, TX – A Texas man’s handy-work is going viral after he built a scale model of the Astrodome to serve as a coop for his chickens.

Darren Johnson, a Houston native, said it took him approximately 100 hours to build the exact scale replica of the famed sports stadium.

He said the structure was originally going to be a greenhouse for his wife’s plants, but they decided to make it into a chicken coop when their flock grew too large for the previous plan.

The coop features all of the retired Houston Astros jerseys that are currently hanging in Minute Maid Park, the baseball club’s current stadium, including Hall-of-Famers Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio and Nolan Ryan.

Johnson said the chickens are even named after current players including Jose Altuve, A.J. Hench, Chicken Correa and Julia, which is the namesake of team reporter Julia Morales.