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Design of a detention center and urban design for the city of Houston. Struggling with the issues of
persons who have not been proven guilty but must be detained (you or I could be there). All cells are for one
person, can be easily observed by guards, and have an exterior view.
To simply and powerfully structure Houston's sprawl, Thomas designed a double cross axis terminating at the
existing city hall, the new convention center, the arts/university district, and a proposed library. The new
axis terminus was reserved for a library since a detention center would not have been a positive civic
statement. Instead, Thomas placed the detention center to terminate the existing justice complex with a
building evoking a crustacean crawling out of the bayou. 1987.
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