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The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is an academic college at the University of Houston
University of Houston

The University of Houston is a public, coeducational, research university located in Houston. It is the flagship institution and the central administrative headquarters of the University of Houston System—a state system of higher education which governs four separate universities and two multi-institution teaching centers....
. It offers both undergraduate and graduate
Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees, such as Doctorate with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous Undergraduate education degree....
 level degree programs.

In March 1997, Gerald D. Hines
Gerald D. Hines

Gerald D. Hines is the founder and chairman of Hines, a privately held real estate firm with its U.S. headquarters located in Houston, Texas, and its European headquarters located in London....
 donated $7 million to the College of Architecture and the school responded by renaming the architecture school after him. The gift was the largest ever received by the architecture school and among the 10 largest gifts received by the University of Houston.

The college offers programs in architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, interior architecture
Interior architecture

However, a practicing professional cannot use the title of "Interior Architect" unless they complete the requirements for becoming a registered or licensed architect....
, industrial design
Industrial design

Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of mass-produced Product may be improved for marketability and Manufacturing....
, and space architecture.






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The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is an academic college at the University of Houston
University of Houston

The University of Houston is a public, coeducational, research university located in Houston. It is the flagship institution and the central administrative headquarters of the University of Houston System—a state system of higher education which governs four separate universities and two multi-institution teaching centers....
. It offers both undergraduate and graduate
Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees, such as Doctorate with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous Undergraduate education degree....
 level degree programs.

In March 1997, Gerald D. Hines
Gerald D. Hines

Gerald D. Hines is the founder and chairman of Hines, a privately held real estate firm with its U.S. headquarters located in Houston, Texas, and its European headquarters located in London....
 donated $7 million to the College of Architecture and the school responded by renaming the architecture school after him. The gift was the largest ever received by the architecture school and among the 10 largest gifts received by the University of Houston.

The college offers programs in architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, interior architecture
Interior architecture

However, a practicing professional cannot use the title of "Interior Architect" unless they complete the requirements for becoming a registered or licensed architect....
, industrial design
Industrial design

Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of mass-produced Product may be improved for marketability and Manufacturing....
, and space architecture.

The Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) was founded in 1987 with a permanent $3 million endowment gift provided by the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation. In 2003, the Masters Program was founded. It is the world’s only Master of Science in Space Architecture program.

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