HAUTE DESIGNPlaces and Spaces  Coffee and conversation have a new high-design setting on the campus of Rice University. The 6,000-square-foot Brochstein Pavilion, executed by architect Eric Richey of Thomas Phifer and Partners, features natural lighting from light scoops, plasma screens, couches, and chairs, all surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows that look out on a 10,700-square-foot wraparound plaza. The plaza itself is covered by an innovative metal-tubing trellis, designed to filter light the same way live oaks do along Rice's walkways. tphifer.com
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