STEPHEN FOX is an architectural historian and a lecturer at the Rice University School of Architecture. He is also a lecturer at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston and a fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas. Fox’s work is focused on architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially that of Houston and Texas.
The Conservation Society of San Antonio
National Historic Preservation Month
"For the Love of Concrete"
A Live Celebration of National Preservation Month.
National Historic Preservation Month: The National Trust for Historic Preservation created National Historic Preservation Month in 1973 to highlight local preservation efforts. Preservation Month is observed each year in May and celebrates community culture and the historic structures that have shaped a local sense of place.
This year, we need your support to save the Institute of Texan Cultures Building at Hemisfair!
Please sign our petition, share it with your friends, and visit our Latest News page to learn more about this endangered National Register site. This concrete and limestone building was designed as the Texas Pavilion for the 1968 World’s Fair in San Antonio by the firm of Caudill, Rowlett, Scott. William M. Peña, a Mexican American architect and partner with the firm, made significant design contributions. The Conservation Society filed a lawsuit against UTSA and the City of San Antonio on April 2, 2025 to halt demolition.
