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Armillary Sphere

Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby Street Houston, Texas, 77030, USA THE ARMILLARY SPHERE The 72-inch Armillary Sphere has one large vertical ring representing the meridian of Houston. Attached to the inside of this ring is a wide band decorated with the signs of the zodiac and representing the celestial equator. Houston’s version of this sphere […]

Toyota Center

1510 Polk St Houston, Texas, 77002 (713) 758-7200 Since opening in October 2003, Toyota Center has set a new standard for sports and entertainment, becoming one of the premier live entertainment venues in the nation. Laid over the span of six city blocks, Toyota Center is home to the NBA’s Houston Rockets. Toyota Center also […]

Points of View

301 Milam Street Houston, Texas, 77002, USA “POINTS OF VIEW” Located in Market Square Park, “Points of View” is a nearly 30-foot-tall abstract sculpture, made of pine and painted steel and mounted to a concrete base. A pinecone shape with 25 protruding wooden planks sits atop five metal legs. Modernist sculptor James Surls, a former […]

Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain

Buffalo Bayou Park 2902 Allen parkway Houston, Texas 77019 The Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain Affectionately known as the “Dandelion,” the Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain’s brass starburst of pipes sprays joggers, cyclists, and dog walkers offering a cool respite from the Houston heat. The setting has been enhanced with a semi-circular grove of trees […]

Personage and Birds by Joan Miró

JP Morgan Chase Tower 600 Travis Street Houston, Texas, 77002, USA Joan Miró’s Personage and Birds dominates downtown Houston’s JPMorgan Chase Tower plaza like a colorful guard standing watch. The steel and cast-bronze sculpture is a representation of a person with birds in flight around the head. The body is a triangle made up of […]

NRG Stadium

NRG Stadium Leading Technological Infrastructure NRG Stadium is the only rodeo and NFL indoor/outdoor retractable roof stadium that can be configured to utilize a 125,000-square-foot space for general sessions, catered functions, exhibits, concerts, and much more. NRG Stadium sets the perfect stage for exhibits, concerts, and professional or amateur sporting events, and provides incredible club-level […]

Tolerance by Jaume Plensa

Buffalo Bayou Park 3600 Memorial Drive Houston, Texas 77019 Created by internationally renowned Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa, Tolerance comprises a grouping of seven sculptures sited in Buffalo Bayou Park at the intersection of Allen Parkway and Montrose Boulevard. The grouping was installed in 2011 to coincide with the construction of the Rosemont Bridge, which offers […]

Large Spindle Piece

Buffalo Bayou Park 18-3600 Allen Parkway Houston, Texas 77002 Created in 1969 and given to the city of Houston in 1979, Large Spindle Piece is a large bronze sculpture by famed master sculpture Henry Moore near Allen Parkway at Buffalo Bayou Park. Inspired by his visit to the Vatican, the twelve-foot sculpture consists of abstract curves, hard […]

Beer Can House

222 Malone Houston, TX 77007 (713) 926-6368 John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, started his project now known as the Beer Can House in 1968. The Beer Can House is a folk art house in Rice Military, Houston, Texas, covered with beer cans, bottles, and other beer paraphernalia. Houstonian John Milkovisch […]