PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

The campus has approximately 285 acres of level ground planted with more than 4,000 trees. The 2.9-mile campus perimeter is bounded by a hedge of wax leaf ligustrum and a double row of live oak trees. No public roads cross the campus.

RICE ARCHITECTURE

The campus includes about 50 major buildings based on a neo-Byzantine style developed by Ralph Adams Cram and characterized by red tile roofs, semicircular archways, and a special rose-hued brick. Recently completed is the Anne and Charles Duncan Hall, designed by John Outram & Associates (London ). Currently under construction are the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, by Hammond Beeby & Babka, Chicago (Thomas Beeby, architect), and the Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology, by Antoine Predock (Albuquerque). Architects and firms responsible for other notable Rice buildings include:

Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubry, Houston

Ricardo Bofill, Barcelona, and
Kendall/Heaton Associates, Houston

Brown & Root, Houston (Albert E. Sheppard, architect)

Calhoun, Tungate, Jackson & Dill, Houston

Cambridge Seven Associates, Cambridge (Charles Redmon, architect)

Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, Boston (Ralph Adams Cram, architect)

Jessen, Jessen, Millhouse & Greeven, Austin

Lloyd & Morgan/Milton B. McGinty, Houston

Lloyd, Morgan & Jones, Houston

Harvin C. Moore, Houston

Neuhaus & Taylor, Houston

John Outram & Associates, London

Cesar Pelli & Associates, New Haven

George Pierce - Abel B. Pierce, Houston

Staub, Rather & Howze, Houston

James Stirling, Michael Willford & Associates, London

Charles Tapley & Associates, Houston

William Ward Watkin, Houston

Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, Houston

 

 

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