Houston Map Art
Houston's street grid splinters into a loose web of diagonal thoroughfares overlaying the rectangular blocks, a remnant of competing early surveys. The Buffalo Bayou cuts through downtown in a sharp bend, with the ship channel extending southeast to the Texas coast—the only major U.S. city where ocean-going vessels dock inland. A ring of highways spirals outward from the center, Interstate 610 forming a near-perfect loop that contains most of the urban core.
29.7604° N, 95.3698° W
Houston City Palettes
Houston Bayou
Pale sage base with bayou green roads. A palette for Buffalo Bayou kayaks and Hermann Park afternoons.
Houston Rodeo Gold
Oat cream base with rodeo brown roads. A palette for Astrodome memories and Texan cookouts.
Houston Space City
Ivory base with space city navy roads. A palette for NASA afternoons and Rothko Chapel mornings.
Houston Sports Palettes
Houston Diamond 1
Navy base with orange primary roads and light orange accents. A palette for Houston baseball fans and game-day prints.
Houston Diamond 5
Blue base with orange primary roads and light orange accents. A throwback palette for the 1975–1986 era.
Houston Diamond 6
Orange base with light orange primary roads and blue accents. A throwback palette for the 1975–1986 era.
Houston Diamond 7
Light orange base with blue primary roads and orange accents. A throwback palette for the 1975–1986 era.
Houston Diamond 8
Cream base with blue primary roads and orange accents. A throwback palette for the 1975–1986 era.
Houston Diamond 9
Blue base with orange roads. A throwback palette for the 1977–1993 era.
Houston Diamond 10
Orange base with blue roads. A throwback palette for the 1977–1993 era.
Houston Diamond 11
Cream base with blue roads. A throwback palette for the 1977–1993 era.
Houston Diamond 2
Orange base with light orange primary roads and navy accents. A palette for Houston baseball fans and game-day prints.
Houston Diamond 12
Brick base with black primary roads and gray accents. A throwback palette for the 2000–2012 era.
Houston Diamond 13
Black base with gray primary roads and brick accents. A throwback palette for the 2000–2012 era.
Houston Diamond 14
Gray base with brick primary roads and black accents. A throwback palette for the 2000–2012 era.
Texas University Palettes
Houston School Spirit 1
Maroon base with gray primary roads and white accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 2
Gray base with maroon primary roads and white accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 3
Cream base with maroon primary roads and gray accents. A palette for Houston college sports home prints and campus walls.
Houston School Spirit 1
Red base with dark red primary roads and gray accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 2
Dark red base with gray primary roads and red accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 3
Gray base with red primary roads and dark red accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 4
Cream base with red primary roads and dark red accents. A palette for Houston college sports home prints and campus walls.
Houston School Spirit 1
Navy blue base with gray roads. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 2
Gray base with navy blue roads. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 3
Cream base with navy blue primary roads and gray accents. A palette for Houston college sports home prints and campus walls.
Houston School Spirit 1
Blue base with orange primary roads and white accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.
Houston School Spirit 2
Orange base with blue primary roads and white accents. A palette for Houston college sports fans and campus prints.