Houston recently gained a new music venue designed by SCHAUM/SHIEH, a small architectural collaboration operating between Houston and New York. The White Oak Music Hall is part of a whole cluster of music venues designed by the firm including The Lawn, and Raven Tower Pavilion. The Pavilion, a converted warehouse space, will soon be re-opened as the final stage in the overall music venue project. 

The project is a seven-acre assemblage of new and adapted buildings, open-air structures, landscaped areas, and paved and decked surfaces along the Little White Oak Bayou. The White Oak Music Hall was completed last year and houses two performance halls with a 1200-person capacity. 

The White Oak Lawn is a 3,800 capacity amphitheater designed to frame the landscape around the bayou and the skyline. The space consists of balconies and a roof deck adding a vertical orientation to the venue and supporting an intimate audience experience.

Like the industrial buildings traditionally housing rock and roll venues, the music hall is built for vigorous use. Sturdy materials were selected to meet the wear and tear of expected rough handling. 

The final venue has been converted from an existing metal warehouse and unique steel tower to make up the Raven Tower Pavilion. Re-opening within the next few months as a bar and small performance space, the Pavilion features large arched openings cut into the steel building for natural ventilation and views.