Texas Architecture

What are some of the most famous architectural designs in Texas?

Texas is also home to some unique architecture. One example is the Texas Capitol Building in Austin.

Learn more about the architecture of Texas. You already know about the Spanish missions established in Texas, but did you know that in addition to influencing culture and religion, the Spanish missions also influenced architecture? Watch this video to learn more about mission architecture.

Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, TX.

Starting from north to south, Mission Concepcion, again, founded in 1731. The church there-- all that's left there is mainly the church and the convento. But the church itself is a national historic landmark. It's been unrestored, largely. It's one of the largest unrestored stone churches in the United States.

So the architectural integrity there is fantastic. There are still originals frescoes-- [? fresco ?] painting from the 1750s that are still intact there. It's a wonderful place to really get a great appreciation and seeing the influence of European architecture and architectural styles imposed here in the United States.

It's got wonderful examples of Moorish architecture with details of Romanesque architecture and some Baroque architecture. So it's really, a neat, a wonderful structure that exhibits lots of European and Moorish influences here in the United States.

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Take out your activity page and decide what symbol you want to use for a place of architectural interest. Add your symbol to your map key and write "architectural interest" next to it.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - JANUARY 7: Remains of Travis, Crockett, Bowie and other heroes of the Alamo in the Cathedral of San Fernando on January 7, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas.

Start with mission architecture. There are missions all over Texas. Here is a picture of the Alamo in San Antonio. See if you recognize the various mission features you just learned about in the video.

DALLAS, TEXAS-SEPTEMBER 25: Dallas City Hall on September 25, 2014. Located at 1500 Marilla in the Government District of downtown Dallas.

Dallas City Hall is an angled building with huge oval columns and inverted pyramids of concrete and glass.

Another famous building in Texas is the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. It has five vaulted galleries with natural light.

Fort Worth, Teas, USA, - March. 24. 2012: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, opened to the public in 2002, Fort Worth, TX

Also in Forth Worth is the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth. It was designed by a Japanese architect.

1890 Ashbel Smith Building on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch on Galveston Island, Texas, USA.

By Nsaum75 [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons

This is the Ashbel Smith Building at the University of Texas Medical Department in Galveston. It is also known as "Old Red." Old Red was built in 1891 and is a Texas Historical Landmark.

By Agsftw [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons

Pennzoil Place is located in downtown Houston. It has two towers in the shape of a trapezoid that are mirror images of each other. The towers are made of dark bronze glass and aluminum.

Global Studies - Part an old world globe map Focus on Texas

Texas boasts some amazing architecture. Choose your favorites and mark three to five of them on your Texas map.