• The Ismaili Center Houston will be located on an 11-acre site along the city’s main waterway, the Buffalo Bayou.
  • Prayer Hall and Central Atrium steel erection - December 2022
  • Looking north towards Allen Parkway, showing level one deck and walls - December 2022
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  • View looking South – soil excavation and preparation of building a foundation - January 2022
  • View looking North – earth walls around the excavation held by sprayed concrete - January 2022
  • Reinforcements, waterproofing and shotcrete on the north end - January 2022
  • View looking East - reinforcements and platform for tower crane - January 2022
  • Site view looking south – mat slab foundation and lower level deck progress.
  • Site view looking north – mat slab under building complete, lower level deck progressing.
  • Retaining wall concrete pour started in the north garden.
  • Mockups for topping slab, eivan floor, eivan soffit, board form walls and columns.
  • Site view looking south – mat slab foundation and lower level deck progress.
  • Site view looking north – mat slab under building complete, lower level deck progressing.
  • Farshid Moussavi reviewing construction progress and quality.
  • Farshid Moussavi reviewing mock-ups of board form walls.
  • Looking south – mat slab foundation and lower level deck progress.
  • Looking north – lower level deck and wall progress.
  • Truss assembly at fabrication shop.
  • Atrium steel at fabricator yard.
Related Information
Ismaili Center Houston: Construction Progress Video December 2022
Ismaili Center Houston Development Update
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Construction Video of Ismaili Center Houston - January 2022
About the Ismaili Center Houston
Ismaili Center Houston designed to embody a spirit of openness and dialogue The Ismaili Center Houston will serve as both a Jama

In November 2021, designs of the forthcoming Ismaili Center in Houston were presented at a special event hosted in Texas and streamed live around the world. Construction is underway and images of progress will be periodically shared here.

Established by Mawlana Hazar Imam for the Jamat in the USA and around the world, the new Ismaili Center will represent a dialogue between faith and world, East and West, traditional and contemporary, and between humanity and nature. The Ismaili Center, Houston will join several prestigious buildings commissioned over recent decades by institutions, designated under the broader category of Ismaili Centers, of which there are diverse examples in Dubai, Dushanbe, Lisbon, London, Toronto, and Vancouver.

An esteemed design team shared plans for the site’s building and gardens with civic officials, community representatives, architects, leaders from civil society, and the media.

December 2022, Ismaili Center in Houston Construction Progress:
The central atrium and prayer hall steel erection are constructed. Two levels of the underground parking structure are constructed. Development has begun on Level 1 walls and columns, and the installation of the north eivan star columns are scheduled to begin in January 2023. Click here to see a construction progress video.

This page will be updated with images and video footage throughout the Center’s construction.