About RDLR

Founded in 1982, Rey de la Reza Architects, Inc. (RDLR) is recognized throughout Texas as a communitydriven architectural firm providing design excellence and outstanding project management services in the Houston area.

With a 40-year history, the firm has been involved in the design of a variety of transit, commercial, educational, urban design, residential, and renovation projects and continues to provide exceptional service to public entities including: City of Houston, Fort Bend County, Houston Airport System, METRO, HCTRA, The Harris Center, numerous ISD’s, GSA, USPS and TxDOT. Our firm is certified MBE and Texas HUB.

RDLR believes in community driven architecture. Capital investments should respond to user needs as well as benefit the overall community. RDLR looks beyond project limits to seek opportunities to enhance the public realm and create places for communities. We believe that good design is not contingent upon the schedule or budget but rather the result of an inclusive design process that includes stakeholders, community leaders and design and construction professionals. Successful projects reflect cultural influences and are contextually sensitive. They are sustainable developments which are cost effective to maintain and operate.

Strong design solutions are the result of a collaborative, interactive process led by the design team that involves all stakeholders including users, community residents, transit agencies and specialty consultants. We are well versed at techniques for generating ideas in various settings. Careful attention is given to achieving a balance between building, surroundings, landscape, and site-specific issues.

Through an inclusive process, we involve active participants, first in the programming sessions, and later in design workshops. This results in an accelerated design process, where concrete design ideas are generated respecting the programmatic and budgetary constraints. The process creates client/user consensus at an early stage in the project. Another benefit of this process is the creation of effective communications avenues among the participants.

TRANSIT

METRO Uptown Transit Center

METRO Uptown Transit BRT Stations

METRO El Dorado Transit Center

METRO Burnett Plaza Transit Center

METRO Ballpark Transit Center Study

METRO Westchase Transit Center

METRO Medical Center Transit Facility

METRO Fuqua Transit Center

METRO Mission Bend Transit Center

METRO Heights Transit Center

METRO Downtown Headquarters and Transit Center Study

METRO Downtown Street Improvements

METRO Solutions Southeast Corridor

METRO Solutions University Corridor

METRO Solutions Uptown Corridor

METRO Galen Link Structure

East End Regional Transit Center Study

TxDOT Green Ribbon Improvements

TxDOT Bayou Beacons

TXDOT Facility Assessments Statewide

Uvalde Transit Authority

Brazos Transit Authority Sterling Ridge Transit Center

VIA METRO Books Transit Center

TOLLWAY

HCTRA SH West Tollway: Fallbrook & Gessner Exit Ramp Structures

HCTRA SH Northeast Tollway: Main Lane & Exit Ramp Structures

HCTRA SH Northeast Tollway: EZ Tag Store

HCTRA Tomball Tollway: Main Lane & Exit Ramp Structures

HCTRA SH South Tollway: South & Southeast Exit Ramp Structures

HCTRA Hardy Toll Road: Main Lane and Exit Ramp Structures

HCTRA SH West Tollway: South, Central and North Plaza Structures

MAINTENANCE

City of Houston Fleet Services – Maintenance Building

Fort Bend Transit Center

LCISD Transportation and Data Center

METRO Maintenance of Way Facility

STREETSCAPE + URBAN DESIGN

UH Downtown Campus Development

East End Street Enhancements

METRO Downtown Street Improvements

Allen’s Landing Improvements- Bayou Connectors

Cotswold

TAMU Wellborn Underpass

TXDOT US 59 Bridges

TxDOT Green Ribbon Improvements

TxDOT Bayou Beacons

Transforming Community Through Infrastructure

Strong communities are built on quality infrastructure. Urban design, architecture, art, and landscaping are interwoven infrastructural elements that create lasting impacts on communities. From the macro scale of interstate highways, toll roads, roadways, and bridges to the micro scale of sidewalks and bus stops, all infrastructure projects are opportunities to enhance the built environment, reflect community character and embrace universal accessibility.

Transit developments are especially transformative. Safe and accessible access to transit increases connectivity between residents, jobs, health care, schools, and businesses. Our team focuses on increased multimodal and interconnective transit solutions that serve as catalysts for economic, social, and environmental change, resulting in improved quality of life.