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The Shape of Texas

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The Shape of Texas is a radio program that seeks to broadcast through NPR-affiliated stations vividly descriptive information about contemporary and historical architecture and places which, now or will in time, define the Texas culture and heritage. The program hopes to pique the listeners' interest and lead them to look at our built environment with a fresh and knowing eye.

This online archive includes mp3 audio of Volumes 1 thru 443 and accompanying photographs for selected episodes of Volumes 1 thru . Use the search tool below to locate episodes to listen to, or use the Episode Index for a complete listing of all The Shape of Texas tracks.

 

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Keyword(s) Year From Year To
City Volume County
443 of 443 episodes listed
Volume/Episode Name County City Year
01/01 Kimbell Art Museum   Fort Worth 1998
01/02 Nuestra Senora del Refugio   San Ygnacio 1876
01/03 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center   Austin 1982
01/04 Project Row Houses   Houston 1930
01/05 Meyerson Symphony Center   Dallas 1991
01/06 Byzantine Fresco Chapel Harris Houston 1983
01/07 Brooks County Rest Area Brooks   1997
01/08 Fort Davis   Fort Davis 1854
01/09 Fort Worth Water Gardens   Fort Worth 1974
01/10 Trinity University Campus   San Antonio 1949
01/11 Highland Park Village   Dallas 1931
01/12 State Capitol Expansion and Restoration   Austin 1888
01/13 Waco Suspension Bridge   Waco 1870
01/14 Transco Tower   Houston 1983
01/15 South Texas Institute for the Arts   Corpus Christi 1971
01/16 Painted Churches Fayette   1906
01/17 University of Texas El Paso Campus   El Paso 1969
01/18 Menil Collection   Houston 1987
01/19 Majestic/Empire Theaters   San Antonio 1927
01/20 Ellis County Courthouse   Waxahachie 1897
01/21 Ranching Heritage Center   Lubbock 1966
01/22 Fair Park   Dallas 1936
01/23 Baker Monument   Canadian 1877
01/24 Texas State Cemetery   Austin 1851
01/25 Sun Bowl   El Paso 1963
01/26 Jefferson   Jefferson 1842
02/01 LBJ Presidential Library   Austin 1971
02/02 Presidio La Bahia   Goliad 1749
02/03 Perot Theatre   Texarkana 1924
02/04 Terlingua Ghost Town   Big Bend National Park 1903
02/05 DART Rail Stations   Dallas 1983
02/06 Panhandle-Plains Museum   Canyon 1933
02/07 Gladys Porter Zoo   Brownsville 1971
02/08 Lovett Hall, Rice University   Houston 1912
02/09 Fort Worth Stockyards   Fort Worth 1903
02/10 McFaddin-Ward House   Beaumont 1906
02/11 Botanical Gardens   San Antonio 1988
02/12 Socorro Mission   El Paso 1843
02/13 The Strand   Galveston 1976
02/14 Midland Airport   Midland 1998
02/15 Fountain Place   Dallas 1986
02/16 Roma Historic District   Roma 1884
02/17 Sri Meenakchi Temple   Houston 1977
02/18 San Antonio Public Library   San Antonio 1995
02/19 University of Saint Thomas   Houston 1971
02/20 Town Lake Hike/Bike Trails   Austin 1960
02/21 Jasper County Courthouse   Jasper 1889
02/22 Chinati Foundation   Marfa 1970
02/23 Port Isabel Lighthouse   Port Isabel 1853
02/24 Little Chapel in the Woods   Denton 1939
02/25 Corpus Christi Seawall   Corpus Christi 1940
02/26 Children's Museum   Houston 1992
03/01 Swan House   Presidio 1995
03/02 Pennzoil Place   Houston 1976
03/03 Grain Silos   El Campo 1960
03/04 Temple Emanuel   Beaumont 1923
03/05 North Central Expressway   Dallas 1999
03/06 Nimitz Museum   Fredericksburg 1960
03/07 Tower of the Americas   San Antonio 1990
03/08 Fulton Mansion   Fulton 1874
03/09 Buddy Holly Center   Lubbock 1999
03/10 University of Texas Tower   Austin 1931
03/11 Val Verde Winery   Del Rio 1883
03/12 Houston Ship Channel   Houston 1902
03/13 Indian Lodge   Fort Davis 1930
03/14 North Park Mall   Dallas 1965
03/15 Charles Moore House   Austin 1930
03/16 The Ballpark in Arlington   Arlington 1994
03/17 Falcon Dam & Old Zapata   Zapata 1953
03/18 San Jacinto Monument   Houston 1939
03/19 The Grace   Abilene 1909
03/20 Allen Chapel   Fort Worth 1914
03/21 Cockrell Butterfly Center   Houston 1994
03/22 Sundance Square   Fort Worth 1970
03/23 Bishop's Palace   Galveston 1886
03/24 Kalita Humphreys Theater   Dallas 1959
03/25 Fort Sam Houston   San Antonio 1845
03/26 Polish Catholic Churches     1878
04/01 Cadillac Ranch   Corpus Christi 1942
04/02 Woman's Museum   Dallas 1910
04/03 Live Oak Friends Meeting   Houston 2001
04/04 Immaculate Conception   Brownsville 1859
04/05 Moonlight Towers   Austin 1895
04/06 Texas Instruments Semiconductor Building   Dallas 1958
04/07 Arboretums/Nature Centers   Houston 1974
04/08 Laurel Park Neighborhood   Harlingen 1950
04/09 Highway Interchanges   Statewide  
04/10 Bridge Technology   Statewide  
04/11 Bridges of US Interstate 59   Houston 1960
04/12 Victoria County Courthouse   Victoria 1891
04/13 El Barrio Azteca   Laredo 1870
04/14 Alamodome   San Antonio 1992
04/15 Esperson Buildings   Houston 1939
04/16 Sunday Houses   Fredericksburg 1880
04/17 Will Rogers Memorial Center   Fort Worth 1936
04/18 Old Stone Fort   Nacogdoches 1790
04/19 El Paso Union Depot   El Paso 1905
04/20 Old Jail Museum   Gonzales 1887
04/21 Ortiz International Center   Corpus Christi 2000
04/22 Dallas City Hall   Dallas 1977
04/23 Temple College Uptown Center   Temple 1912
04/24 French Legation   Austin 1839
04/25 McNay Museum   San Antonio 1954
04/26 Seawall   Galveston 1904
05/01 Garten Verein   Galveston 1880
05/02 Bergstrom International Airport   Austin 2000
05/03 Museum of Fine Arts   Houston 1974
05/04 McDonald Observatory   Fort Davis 1960
05/05 Curtainwalls   Statewide 1970
05/06 Reunion Tower   Dallas 1978
05/07 Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church   Houston 1927
05/08 Carnegie Library   Jefferson 1907
05/09 Memorial Coliseum   Corpus Christi 1950
05/10 Downtown Revitalization   Post 1907
05/11 San Antonio Museum of Art   San Antonio 1895
05/12 Temple Beth-El   Corsicana 1900
05/13 Murchison Performing Arts Center   Denton 1999
05/14 Lubbock High School   Lubbock 1931
05/15 Texas Southern University   Houston 1940
05/16 Ezekiel Cullen House   San Augustine 1839
05/17 The Alamo   San Antonio 1836
05/18 Orange Show   Houston 1962
05/19 Fort Concho   San Angelo 1867
05/20 Cistercian Abbey Church   Irving 1992
05/21 HEB Headquarters   San Antonio 1980
05/22 Lavaca County Courthouse   Hallettsville 1899
05/23 Fort Brown/University of Texas Brownsville   Brownsville 1868
05/24 Rice Hotel/Apartments   Houston 1913
05/25 River Link Park   San Antonio 2001
05/26 Fort Worth Zoo   Fort Worth 1909
06/01 Sacred Heart Catholic Church   Amarillo 1974
06/02 Sweet Home School Guadalupe   1864
06/03 Addison Circle   Addison  
06/04 Enron Field   Houston 1911
06/05 George Bush Presidential Library   College Station 1997
06/06 Gruene Dance Hall   Gruene 1878
06/07 Hermann Hall   Houston 1914
06/08 Santa Fe General Office Building/Potter   Amarillo 1887
06/09 Dawoodi Borha Mosque   Irving 1998
06/10 Ace of Clubs House   Texarkana 1885
06/11 Texas Cyclone Rollercoaster   Houston 1976
06/12 The Gage Hotel   Marathon 1927
06/13 Governor's Mansion   Austin 1856
06/14 The Galleria   Houston 1970
06/15 King William Historic District   San Antonio 1860
06/16 Temple Emanu-El   Dallas 1957
06/17 Oil Derricks/World's Richest Acre   Kilgore 1930
06/18 King Ranch   Kingsville 1904
06/19 Old Jail Art Center   Albany 1878
06/20 Rothko Chapel   Houston 1970
06/21 Railroad & Heritage Museum   Temple 1896
06/22 Texas Department of Transportation Rest Areas Colorado    
06/23 Lutcher Memorial Building, First Presbyterian Chuch   Orange 1912
06/24 De Leon Plaza   Victoria 1824
06/25 Federal Reserve Bank   Dallas 1992
06/26 Hidalgo Pumphouse   Hidalgo 1909
07/01 Mission Espada   San Antonio 1745
07/02 HABS Laser Documentation   Statewide 1876
07/03 Castroville Downtown   Castroville 1844
07/04 Magnolia Hotel   Dallas 1922
07/05 Bonham State Park   Bonham 1936
07/06 Shelby County Courthouse   Center 1885
07/07 Holocaust Museum   Houston 1996
07/08 Works of Dionicio Rodriguez   San Antonio 1920
07/09 Thanks-Giving Square   Dallas 1977
07/10 Lamar High School   Houston 1957
07/11 Texas & Pacific Terminal   Fort Worth 1931
07/12 Balmorhea State Park   Balmorhea 1930
07/13 Ranch Gates Zapata    
07/14 Kokemot Field   Alpine 1947
07/15 Dallas Police Memorial   Dallas 2000
07/16 Elizabeth Ney Museum   San Antonio 1892
07/17 Menger Hotel   San Antonio 1959
07/18 Audrey Jones Beck Bldg   Houston 2000
07/19 Pompeiian Villa   Port Arthur 1900
07/20 Perkins Chapel, Southern Methodist University   Dallas 1951
07/21 Littlest Skyscraper   Wichita Falls 1906
07/22 J.P. Schneider Store   Austin  
07/23 3525 Turtle Creek   Dallas 1957
07/24 Julia Ideson Library Bldg   Houston 1926
07/25 Amon Carter Museum   Fort Worth 1961
07/26 Hamilton Senior's Residence   Laredo 1920
08/01 Billboard Architecture   Statewide  
08/02 Texas in the Movies   Lockhart 1852
08/03 West Columbia Elementary   West Columbia 1951
08/04 Saint Mary's Catholic Church   Umbarger 1945
08/05 The Sixth Floor Museum   Dallas 2002
08/06 International Festival   Round Top 1971
08/07 River Oaks Park   Houston 1920
08/08 Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site Washington   1850
08/09 Southwest School of Art & Craft   San Antonio 1851
08/10 Texas State Asian Cultures Museum   Corpus Christi 1997
08/11 Gates Memorial Library   Port Arthur 1917
08/12 Corner Stores (Tiendas)   Brownsville 1883
08/13 Sears Catalog Building   Dallas 1910
08/14 Hotel San Jose   Austin 1936
08/15 Lancaster Avenue   Fort Worth 2002
08/16 American WInd Power Center   Lubbock 1854
08/17 Downtown Revitalization   Abilene 1910
08/18 LaBorde House   Rio Grande City 1893
08/19 Pennybacker Bridge   Austin 1982
08/20 Hotel Paso del Norte/Hilton Camino Real   El Paso 1912
08/21 Big Thicket     1980
08/22 La Lomita Chapel   Mission 1907
08/23 Sand Castles   Galveston 2003
08/24 Dallas Museum of Art   Dallas 1984
08/25 HobbyCenter/TheaterDistr   Houston 2002
08/26 Monte Vista National Historic District   San Antonio 1889
09/16 Hotel Galvez   Galveston 1911
09/15 Helium Plants     1929
09/14 Grimes County Courthouse   Anderson 1894
09/13 Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum   Austin 2001
09/12 El Paso Old Main Post Office   El Paso 1916
09/11 Brick   Statewide  
09/10 McDonald Observatory Visitor Center   Fort Davis 2002
09/09 Killam Companies Headquarters   Laredo 2001
09/08 Greenway Parks   Dallas 1920
09/07 Dell Butcher Hall, Rice University   Houston 1997
09/06 The Centennial House   Corpus Christi 1849
09/05 Battle Hall, University of Texas   Austin 1910
09/04 Steamboat House   Huntsville 1858
09/03 Spanish GovernorŐs Palace   San Antonio 1749
09/02 Armstrong-Browning Library   Waco 1951
09/01 Museum of Modern Art   Fort Worth 2002
10/01 Downtown Paris   Paris 1844
10/02 El Paso High School   El Paso 1916
10/03 Horse Trough Fountain   Fort Worth 1892
10/04 Salvation Army   Dallas 1960
10/05 Texas Department of Transportation Travel Information Center   Amarillo 2003
10/06 Historic District   Rio Grande City 1848
10/07 Architectural Photography   Statewide 1826
10/08 Hotel Paisano   Marfa 1930
10/09 City/ Jewish Cemeteries   Brownsville 1868
10/10 Fred Hartman Bridge   Houston 1995
10/11 Texas Tech Carol of Lights   Lubbock 1950
10/12 Marty Leonard Community Chapel   Fort Worth 1990
10/13 James D. Pfluger Bridge   Austin 2001
10/14 Hudspeth County Courthouse   Sierra Blanca 1917
10/15 Mildred Buildings   Beaumont 1930
10/16 Turtle Creek   Dallas 1915
10/17 Sustainability in Architecture   Statewide  
10/18 Warren Skaaren Environmental Learning Ce   Austin 2003
10/19 Tower Life Building   San Antonio 1929
10/20 Oscar Ruffini   San Angelo 1884
10/21 Precinct No. 2 Courthouse   Fayetteville 1880
10/22 Nave Museum   Victoria 1932
10/23 Houston Heights   Houston 1896
10/24 Avion Village   Grand Prairie 1948
10/25 Whitehead Memorial Museum   Del Rio 1871
10/26 Tremont House   Galveston 1872
11/01 Lebh Shomea   Sarita 1882
11/02 Nasher Sculpture Garden   Dallas 2003
11/03 Linear Air Park, Dyess Air Force Base   Abilene 1950
11/04 Havana Riverwalk Inn   San Antonio 1914
11/05 Carnegie Library   Bryan 1903
11/06 Post Office Murals   Anson 1941
11/07 Historic Homes   Gonzales 1870
11/08 Armijo Library Reading Room   El Paso  
11/09 Bass Performance Hall   Fort Worth 1998
11/10 El Dorado Ballroom   Houston 1939
11/11 Atascosa County Courthouse   Jourdanton 1913
11/12 Trammell Crow Pavilion   Dallas 2003
11/13 Sunset Heights Neighborhood   El Paso 1984
11/14 Flatiron Building   Fort Worth 1994
11/15 La Rita Theater   Dalhart 1920
11/16 Hockaday School   Dallas 1913
11/17 International Museum of Art & Science   McAllen 1976
11/18 Sam Rayburn House National Historic Land   Bonham 1957
11/19 Laguna Gloria   Austin 1916
11/20 Stark Museum   Orange 1978
11/21 The Wilson House   Temple 1959
11/22 The Steel House   Lubbock 1974
11/23 Frost Bank Tower   Austin 2004
11/24 The Commerce Building   San Antonio 1902
11/25 Our Lady of Refuge Chapel   Refugio 1901
11/26 Contemporary Arts Museum   Houston 1948
12/01 First United Methodist Church   Cuero 2004
12/02 Mustang Island Episcopal Conference Cent     2002
12/03 Bayou Bend   Houston 1966
12/04 Bienvivir Holistic Care Facility   El Paso  
12/05 Congress Avenue Historic District   Austin 1839
12/06 East Texas Arboretum   Athens 1993
12/07 Fort McKavett State Historic Site   Menard 1870
12/08 Fort Worth Botanic Garden   Fort Worth 1976
12/09 Gregg County Historical Museum   Longview 1910
12/10 Gulf Building/J.P. Morgan Chase Bank   Houston 1929
12/11 Harrington Cancer Center   Amarillo 1981
12/12 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center   Austin 2001
12/13 Hill County Courthouse   Hillsboro 1999
12/14 Kel-Lac Transit Center   San Antonio 2004
12/15 La Villita   San Antonio 1939
12/16 Latino Cultural Center   Dallas 2003
12/17 Magoffin Home State Historic Site   El Paso 1875
12/18 Kreische Brewery/Monument Hill   La Grange 1849
12/19 Palacios Design Studio   Palacios 2003
12/20 Lester E. Palmer Events Center   Austin 2002
12/21 Sacred Heart Catholic Church   Galveston 1903
12/22 Swiss Avenue Historic District   Dallas 1973
12/23 Thistle Hill   Fort Worth 1900
12/24 Texas Travel Information Center   Orange 2000
12/25 Cy Twombly Gallery   Houston 1992
12/26 Temple Beth-El   San Antonio 2003
09/18 Tyrrell Historical Library   Beaumont 1893
09/17 San Pedro Park   San Antonio 1990
09/19 Masonic Architecture     1949
09/20 Buffalo Gap   Abilene 1977
09/21 Manning Hall, Texas A&M University   Kingsville  
09/22 Liberty Bridge   Liberty 1930
09/23 Stillman House Museum   Brownsville 1850
09/24 Cotton Gin/Warehouse Complex   Lubbock 1937
09/25 San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts   San Angelo 1999
09/26 Mockingbird Station   Dallas 2001
13/01 Casa Manana   Fort Worth 1958
13/02 Balinese Room   Galveston 1942
13/03 Loretto Academy   El Paso 1923
13/04 Chatauqua Auditorium   Waxahachie 1902
13/05 Oriental Garden at Zilker Park   Austin 1969
13/06 Woodrow Wilson High School   Dallas 1928
13/07 San Fernando Cathedral   San Antonio 1738
13/08 Columbariums      
13/09 Phillip Johnson's Impact on Texas     1983
13/10 Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum   Beaumont 1976
13/11 Frontier Texas!   Abilene 2004
13/12 Love's Lookout   Jacksonville 2004
13/13 Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture   Houston 1985
13/14 Austin City Hall   Austin 2004
13/15 World Birding Center & The Wings      
13/16 XIT Ranch Museum   Dalhart 1960
13/17 Greenwood Mausoleum   Fort Worth 1961
13/18 Houston MetroRail   Houston 2004
13/19 Milam County Courthouse   Cameron 2002
13/20 Silent Wings Museum   Lubbock 2002
13/21 Performing Arts Center   Corpus Christi 2005
13/22 Berclair Mansion   Berclair 1936
13/23 Houston Street Revitalization   San Antonio 1990
13/24 Civilian Conservation Corps' Legacy in Texas     1933
13/25 Adolphus Hotel   Dallas 1912
13/26 Academic Building, Texas A&M   College Station 1914
14/01 Texas A&M University Bonfire Memorial   College Station 2004
14/02 Harbor Bridge   Corpus Christi 1959
14/03 St. Paul Square   San Antonio 1870
14/04 Sunset Station   San Antonio 1998
14/05 McFarlin Auditorium, SMU   Dallas 1926
14/06 Quinta Mazatlan   McAllen 1935
14/07 Jefferson Theatre   Beaumont 1927
14/08 Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture and Art   Prairie View 1876
14/09 Museum of South Texas History   Edinburg 1908
14/10 Hood County Courthouse Historic District   Granbury 1890
14/11 Bassett Tower   El Paso 1930
14/12 Bexar County Humane Society/SPCA Shelter   San Antonio 2002
14/13 Barton Springs   Austin 1929
14/14 D/FW International Airport Terminal D   Grapevine  
14/15 Trueheart Building   Galveston 1970
14/16 "Taj Mahal", Randolph AFB   San Antonio 1930
14/17 Cotswold Project   Houston 1990
14/18 Norwood Tower   Austin 1929
14/19 Tower Service Station/U-Drop Inn Cafe   Shamrock 1930
14/20 Shree Swaminarayan Mandir   Stafford 2004
14/21 DeWitt County Annex   Cuero 2004
14/22 Bexar County Courthouse   San Antonio 1896
14/23 Small Town Texas Synagogues     1893
14/24 San Jacinto Plaza   El Paso 1903
14/25 Hot Springs Historic District   Big Bend National Park 1909
14/26 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch     2005
15/01 Belmont Hotel   Dallas  
15/02 Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden   Houston 1976
15/03 St. Paul's Lutheran Church   Serbin 1871
15/04 Penn Field   Austin 1999
15/05 Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House   Fort Worth 1899
15/06 Plaza Theatre   El Paso 1930
15/07 Charles W. Eisemann Center   Richardson  
15/08 "Slipcovers"   Statewide 1910
15/09 Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, School of Nursing   Houston 2004
15/10 Lenora & Walter F. Brown Asian Wing, SA Museum of Art   San Antonio 2005
15/11 JP Morgan Chase Tower   Houston 1980
15/12 Presidio County Courthouse   Marfa 1886
15/13 World Birding Center Headquarters   Mission 2006