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Williams Tower: "This is really futuristic. And then you look at the townhouses next to it on the right, and they're so dull with tiny windows." I love this kind of folk architecture where they do it out of love and invention. And then you look at the townhouses next to it on the right and they’re so dull with tiny windows." ( James Nielsen / Chronicle ) James Nielsen/Staff Show More Show Less 4 of13 "The Language of Houses" by Alison Lurie Show More Show Less 5 of13 The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art's Beer Can House: "It's very unusual, very amusing. It's isolated, like the Washington Monument." Show More Show Less 3 of13 Alison Lurie on The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art's Beer Can House: "It's very unusual, very amusing. I saw several skyscrapers like this in Houston that stand alone, not snuggled up next to one another.

Maybe the idea is that if you work in this building you are a superhero. Like one of those cities where you see flying superheroes. The former Enron complex: "It's got offices in it, but it'sĬomic book that takes place in the future, you expect Batman to come around the corner, it's To me it says, 'You can learn anything here, we've got classics, we've got engineering.' I love the arch with the light coming through like hallowed ground." Way up at the top there's something like a Turkish dome, so it's a combination. There are signs of some tribute to classical Greek and Roman ancestors in the Roman arches, the columns it's decorative but it's also a little bit silly. Rice University: "It's all decorated up, isn't it? Very ornamental, early 20th-century style. Photo: Balthazar Korab Balthazar Korab Show More Show Less 2 of13 The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art's Beer Can House: "It's very unusual, very amusing. They are very eccentric because they aren’t making any effort to stick to one style and unconventional because they don't care that things don't match."

I wouldn’t say a politician, it's not public enough and there are not enough places to sit down. 1 of13 Alison Lurie on the Menil House, circa 1964: "This is the living room of a very rich and pretentious businessperson.