the ismaili center houston: Houston, tx

Key Design and Construction Team Members: McCarthy Building Companies, Farshid Moussavi Architecture

Owner: Aga Khan Foundation USA

Services: Third-Party Peer Review

Modern museum building with decorative perforated facade, reflective pool, and landscaped gardens under a partly cloudy sky.
Aerial view of a modern white pavilion surrounded by manicured gardens, green lawns, and tree-lined pathways under a blue sky.
Modern glass building surrounded by lush greenery and a walkway under a partly cloudy sky.
Modern glass ceiling architecture with geometric diamond pattern and vertical steel columns in contemporary building interior.
Aerial view of a modern museum building surrounded by manicured gardens and tree-lined paths in an urban setting.

The Ismaili Center Houston, the seventh of its kind in the world and the first in the United States, is a cultural center designed to facilitate intellectual exchange among people of diverse backgrounds. Designed by architects of international standing, the approximately 150,000-square-foot facility includes two levels of below-grade parking, extensive landscaped gardens, stone cladding, a custom curtain wall system, skylights, terraces, interior courtyards, and low-slope roofing.