George R. Brown Air Vents – Daily Photo
Air Vents on the roof of the George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX.

George R. Brown Air Vents – Daily Photo

For today's photo I chose an image of one set of air vents at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown , TX. The building is named after engineer George Rufus Brown, who joined his brother, Herman, in his fledgling engineering company, Brown and Root, in 1922. I worked with successor company, KBR, from 2009 – 2013. In these air vents I find similarities with the services of the Pompidou Center in . And when I lived in , working with Schlumberger in their then facilities in Montrouge, I worked in a building designed by the same architect as the Pompidou Center that also had brightly colored services, like these George R. Brown air vents. I think there's no middle ground with services like these. Either you hide them completely or you make them a feature.

George R. Brown Air Vents, George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX.
Air Vents on the roof of the George R Brown Convention Center, , TX.