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Burdette Keeland, Jr.: “The Bird” Who Built a Better Houston

By Houston History Magazine on April 27, 2023 in Archives, Business and Industry, Communities, Education, Houstonians, Preservation, University of Houston

By Robert Perla Ventura Known by his friends as ”Bird,” Keeland became one of Houston’s premier architects. Burdette Keeland, Jr. was a man as busy as they come. As an architect, professor, and chairperson of the Houston Planning Commission, Keeland was always working to better our city. A graduate of the University of Houston (UH) […]

Donald Barthelme and the Adams Petroleum Center

By Houston History Magazine on March 26, 2015 in Archives, Business and Industry, Education, Houstonians, University of Houston

One of Houston’s most important literary figures was the late writer and novelist Donald Barthelme (1931–1989). But for many years Barthelme labored in the shadow of his better-known father, Donald Barthelme, Sr. (1907–1996), a nationally prominent architect.

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