Drop-in Tour | “150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection”
Maarten Van Severen, manufactured by Kartell, LCP00 (Low Chair Plastic), designed 2000, manufactured 2003, PMMA and metal, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston.
Andrea Branzi, Massimo Morozzi, and Archizoom Associati, manufactured by Poltronova, La Farfalla di Battista (The Butterfly of Battista), 1967, screen-printed synthetic, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston. © Studio Branzi
Lester Geis, Adjustable Table Lamp, Model no. T-5-G, c. 1951, enameled metal and brass, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, Museum purchase funded by friends of William Neuhaus.
Marcel Breuer, manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet AG, Lounge Chair, Model no. B35 and Stool, Model no. B37, designed 1928–29, made c. 1930–35, chrome-plated tubular steel, Eisengarn, and lacquered wood, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of S. I. Morris in his honor.
William Arthur Smith Benson, Fire Screen, c. 1891, copper and brass, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of John Kirksey in his honor; photograph courtesy of H. Blairman & Sons, London.
Aldo Rossi, manufactured by Alessi S.p.A., Tea and Coffee Piazza, designed 1979–83, made 1985, sterling silver, glass, brass, enamel, fabric, and quartz, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of John Chase in his honor. © Eredi Aldo Rossi
150 Years of Design celebrates the 25th anniversary of the collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
This collaboration is the only one of its kind in the United States. Since 1999, the Museum has worked with the AIA to build the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection. The collection encompasses international, architect-designed objects made beginning in 1880—particularly furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, lighting, and industrial design.
Plan Your Visit
- This tour is free with Museum admission.
- Meet the docent in the lobby of the Kinder Building.
- Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map
“150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.