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The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Architecture with appointment beginning fall of 2023.

This summer, text-to-image AIs captured the imagination of architects. The software is a powerful tool, but one that should be integrated into ongoing discussions of architectural image making, technology, representation, bias, education, and labor. The Architects Newspaper gathered our own Associate Professor Kory Bieg, alongside Shelby Doyle, and Andrew Kudless to discuss these issues.

An interior and architectural designer with experience in academia and at world-renowned architecture firms, Bravo’s research interests are rooted in the space between interiors and architecture.

As an academic leader, Addington shepherded meaningful collaborations, hired and mentored award-winning educators, and reinforced the institution’s standing as one of the top-ranked architecture schools in the U.S.

The project, Tilt by Stella Coble and Michelle Powell, aims to create a denser, more sustainable, and more durable housing alternative that will remain flexible throughout shifting demographic and climatic realities.

Curated by Tekena Koko, 2123 ESIDF presents objects that exist between landscape, media, and architecture.

"Expanding Pathways to Quality Green Jobs in Austin's Growing Green Economy" shows that green activity and jobs represent a major equitable economic development opportunity for the Austin region.

Starting Wednesday, September 7, and continuing throughout the semester, speakers representing a broad cross-section of cultural practices—including architects, landscape architects, filmmakers, scholars, and designers—will present lectures that explore a range of contemporary topics across scales, modes of engagement, and geographies.

Professor Larry Speck and several SOA alums receive Texas Society of Architects Honor Awards, including John Kirksey (B.Arch '70) who received the Medal for Lifetime Achievement.

Associate Professor Elizabeth J. Mueller's new book offers a collection of timely essays that provide context for contemporary housing policy discussions and debates

New faculty include Assistant Professor of Interior Design Ria Bravo; tenured Associate Professor and architectural historian Charles L. Davis; and our 2022-24 Emerging Scholar Tyler Swingle

designboom speaks with Associate Professor Kory Bieg about the impact text-to-image AI generations might have on the future of architecture and design.

One of only seven projects selected for the prestigious award, the project, "School with Porches and Portals," features layered, extended thresholds, as well as generous fenestration under wide roofs to produce a simultaneous sense of shelter and expansiveness.

The grant will help overhaul how interior design students learn about materials and materiality, as well as reframe the Materials Lab’s existing collection through the lens of circularity, embodied carbon, health, and social equity.

After the latest report on climate change issued by the United Nations, Dean Michelle Addington and other architects weigh in on next steps for The Architect's Newspaper.

PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.

Prototypes integrate water, energy, and waste management systems into an efficient, pre-fabricated kit of parts.

Sightlines Magazine covers Miro Rivera Architect's redesign of the Mexican American Cultural Center and interviews him about how to design public spaces for an endemic/pandemic world.