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DESIGNING THE FUTURE

Our vision is to be the most significant school of architecture in the world.

On October 17, The University of Texas at Austin embarked on an eight-year Campaign for Texas to raise $3 billion. As part of this effort, the School of Architecture has announced our most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history - Designing the Future. Our goal is to raise $31.5 million by August 31, 2014.

The School of Architecture is tangibly making the world a better place to live and is deeply invested in the betterment of society. We have accomplished a great deal, but we can do much more with private support targeted to strategic areas of growth. Our capital campaign is focused on three core areas: People, Programs, and Place. We are investing in all three to maintain and grow the school's distinct strength as an outstanding design school and to focus, in particular, on the global issues of sustainability and urbanism.

We are pleased that Rick Archer, FAIA [B.Arch. '79] is our campaign chairman, and that Hal Box, FAIA [B.Arch. '50] and Deedie Rose are honorary co-chairs. Our campaign committee members include Phil Arnold, Hon. ASLA; Bobbie Barker; Myron Blalock [B.Arch. '78]; Bill Booziotis, FAIA [B.Arch. '57]; Kent Collins [B.Arch. '81]; Jay Hailey [J.D. '68]; Larry Speck, FAIA; Dean Fritz Steiner, FASLA; Dr. Gordon White; and Coke Anne Wilcox.

For more information, visit: Campaign for Texas or contact Julie Hooper, CFRE, Assistant Dean for Development & External Relations at jhooper@austin.utexas.edu.

HONORING THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRANCISCO "PACO" ARUMÍ NOÉ

When Dr. Francisco Arumí Noé (or "Paco" as many knew him) first began teaching at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture in 1971, he was decades ahead of the curve. Long before skyrocketing energy prices brought widespread public attention to the true social and environmental costs of excessive energy use, Paco instilled in his students the importance of designing effectively with rather than in opposition to "Mama Natura." His pioneering research led to cutting-edge developments in energy analysis and efficiency standards for buildings, and under his leadership, the school established what is now the master's degree program in sustainable design.

On September 16, 2005, we lost this treasured friend, mentor, and visionary. We invite you to join us in honoring his legacy by making a gift to the:

FRANCISCO ARUMÍ NOÉ MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

This fund will provide vital financial support to graduate students committed to the study, research, and advancement of sustainable design.

To date, we have raised nearly $30,000, but we need your help to reach our final goal of $50,000 by December 31. On January 1, 2009, the minimum required to establish a graduate fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin increases to $200,000, so please consider making a gift now to fulfill this endowment while the goal is within reach!

$5, $50, or $500..., any level of gift makes a difference! Visit Paco's memorial web page to make a contribution today. And, share your favorite memories of our dear friend and colleague.

Questions? Contact Julie Hooper at jhooper@austin.utexas.edu or 512.471.6114.

FRIENDS OF ARCHITECTURE

Friends of Architecture (FOA) is an annual giving program within the School of Architecture with a mission to increase knowledge and awareness of superior architecture, planning, and design and to advance quality education for future generations. Our members are current students, faculty, alumni, patrons, practitioners, and aficionados who believe in the significance of the built environment and are looking to take part in shaping its future by supporting excellence within the School of Architecture.

FOA membership benefits include involvement opportunities through the school's lectures, exhibitions, and publications and access to significant architecture and design with our exclusive tours.

How to Join
As of September 1, 2007, all donors to the Annual Fund Program who direct their gifts in the amount of $50 or more to the School of Architecture automatically receive a one-year membership to Friends of Architecture.

Make your gift today at our giving page. Click on "School of Architecture" in the right-hand menu to make your donation and start receiving your FOA benefits!

You may also make a contribution directly to FOA online. Log on to our web site to join online, learn about member benefits, and get information about upcoming tours and events.

Tours in the Works:
San Antonio with Associate Dean Kevin Alter - February 21-22, 2009

We are busy finalizing the details of our next tour to San Antonio, where we will see both contemporary and historic art and architecture in this landmark Texas city. Members will have the opportunity to tour residential projects and have exclusive behind-the-scenes access to stunning public and private spaces. FOA tours are for members only, and space is limited, so visit our web site to become a member, renew your membership, or pre-register for San Antonio.

Friends of Architecture would like to thank our Corporate Silver members and supporters Curtis & Windham Architects and Lucifer Lighting Company.

UTSOA AND TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PURSUE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR GREEN SPACE

This past May, a group of UTSOA faculty and students traveled to Beijing to partner with colleagues at Tsinghua University in an international collaboration to bring green space into a neighborhood outside the fast-growing, densely populated city of Beijing.

The week of October 20-24, their partners from Tsinghua University visited Austin. Three faculty and four students from Beijing traveled to Austin to continue their work on designing green space for Beijing. During their visit they have been spending long hours in architecture studios working with UT faculty and students, and in their off time, visiting such Austin icons as the Wildflower Center, the Oasis, Austin City Hall, and Guero's.

The Beijing Studio was recently featured in AIArchitect, which reads in part:

Beijing's "dizzying growth and deep culture provide an ideal urban laboratory for our studio," says Dean Fritz Steiner. Although the urban studio is tailored to Beijing, the team hopes the lessons they learn can be applied to creating pocket park networks in other cities, including Austin.

The goal of the project, say university organizers, is to propose a network of small, inner-city parks that can exist within new developments and mature urban conditions. The approximately 150-acre site is a challenging area with residential, commercial, and institutional functions, bounded by transportation arteries.

The project is also a learning collaboration among UTSOA disciplines. Fourteen students from the areas of community and regional planning, landscape architecture, and architecture are working together in five teams to develop conceptual plans for the project. Once a final design is chosen, students will focus on their specific areas of expertise to bring the design to fruition. "Their different perspectives and competitive spirit" are propelling the project forward and teaching the students how to work in a team environment, says Professor Wilfried Wang.

"International projects are extremely important for a student, because they get to work in a completely different culture and see completely different traditions of building and urbanism, and that's very valuable to a student's education," Steiner told a local Austin news station in July.

"Foreign eyes often offer fresh views on many old urban problems..., this is a truly international approach to the global problem of rapid urbanization," says Ming Zhang, UTSOA assistant professor of community and regional planning and alumnus of the Architecture School at Tsinghua University.

As of now, the project does not have a client, it is only a class exercise. An environmental impact analysis will be conducted to review varying modes of transportation to and from the parks, occupancy rates in the parks, and evaporative cooling provided by the addition of a tree canopy. They have spoken with local planning agencies, which the organizers say are eager to review the data students collect and see their plans to develop green space.

Visit the AIArchitect web site to read the entire article. Further information about the Beijing Studio can be found here.

UTSOA WELCOMES JULIUS SHULMAN

On Wednesday, October 15, photographer Julius Shulman spoke to a packed lecture hall at the School of Architecture. Associate Dean Kevin Alter gave the following introduction:

"It is an honor to introduce Julius Shulman, perhaps architecture's greatest photographer, to the University of Texas. He has graciously agreed to join us tonight for an interview with Professor Larry Speck, Austin's most accomplished architect and the School of Architecture's most decorated teacher.

Shulman was born in 1910, and I understand that he became an architectural photographer through a chance meeting with Richard Neutra.

Between 1936 and 1986 alone, Shulman completed some 8000 photographic assignments in North America and elsewhere -- that's more than 3 each week for 50 years.

He has won countless awards, honors, and prizes, including the AIA Gold Medal for architectural photography in 1969 and an honorary membership in 1980.

He is perhaps most widely known for his black and white photographs of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House of 1947 and Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #22 of 1960, that became THE icons of post war life in California and touchstones for the best aspects of American post war architecture.

It was and is through his photographs that modernism in America was disseminated and understood. They defined the best aspects of the movement, and it was through Shulman's keen eye that we came to understand what was moving about the field.

Let me be clear: photography is not objective documentation. In addition to all the technical prowess that a photographer may possess, his work is in a large part that of an editor. Framing certain views, and including certain aspects of an environment are part and parcel of a photographer's efforts. The right light, the contrast of materials and textures, the relationships between spaces and the out-of doors..., all this is defined as it is recorded by the photographer.

Architecture is important because it sets the stage for living..., it frames and affects our lives through the environment it creates. But most private buildings, even those designed by famous architects, are personally experienced by relatively few people over the course of their existence. Rather it is through their publication in photographs that many of these buildings have their greatest effect in their influence on the design of subsequent buildings. This is where Shulman is most important. It is through his work, more than any single architect's, that American Modernism was defined.

He showed us an architecture that ennobles..., that invites the delightful experience of the world around us, and revels in the play of light over the course of the day, the dynamism of intertwining forms, inside and out.... He showed us people -- real people -- in the buildings he photographed, and helped us imagine the pleasures of modern life as lived through modern architecture.

His work sets the standard against which all other architectural photographs are measured, and indeed, the qualities we know from his photographs set a similar standard against which architectural accomplishment in general is measured.

A few years ago, I had the great privilege to introduce my friend Pierre Koenig to an audience in this room, where he presented his extraordinary body of work. I remember holding up a photograph of his Case Study House #22 and explaining that it was his work that had captured architecture's possibilities in my imagination and gave me faith in its pertinence.

But truth be told, I didn't know Pierre's work first-hand until I was already quite a fan. It was really through the qualities I saw in Julius Shulman's photographs of Pierre's house that I found architecture's great pleasures.... And in perusing Shulman's archive of work, I think one will find an endless fountain of inspiration for further study and practice in the field."

Julius Shulman's lecture was sponsored by The Wolf and Janet Jessen Centennial Lectureship.

Events

For the latest updates, check out the online UTSOA Calendar.

EXHIBIT

October 15 through October 31
Mebane Gallery
Goldsmith Hall

"MODERNISM FOR THE BORDERLAND:
The Mid-Century Houses of Robert Garland and David Hilles"

Organized by the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts of the University of Texas at El Paso and curated by William Palmore, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, New York Institute of Technology, this exhibit features photographs, models, and drawings of the mid-century houses of Robert Garland and David Hilles.

From the exhibition catalog, "During the period between 1952 and 1964, Robert Garland and David Hilles designed an astonishing number of modern houses for El Paso clients. Of these, the exhibition focuses on seven. [...T]hese were the best buildings produced in El Paso in that period, and the architects were certainly two of the most talented architects practicing in the Southwest at the time."

Featuring photographs by Julius Shulman, the exhibit also includes photographs, models, and drawings created by Palmore and students from the New York Institute of Technology.

CITY FORUM SERIES

City Forum is a planning and urban issues speaker series hosted by the Community and Regional Planning Student Organization (CRPSO) and the Community and Regional Planning Program (CRP) at The University of Texas at Austin. The bi-weekly speakers series is intended to broaden the curriculum in the CRP Program by presenting the experiences, perspectives, and insights of scholars, community leaders, practicing planners, and policy makers who engage in timely issues.

Topics of discussion are relevant, contemporary issues ranging from the local and regional to international. City Forum provides a space for open, critical dialogue among faculty members, students, community members, planning practitioners, and policy-makers regarding crucial planning-related issues in Austin and elsewhere. The speaker series is intended to encourage discussion of diversity, multiple publics, and social change.

During the fall of 2008, the program will be held on selected Fridays from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. in the Texas Union Board of Directors Room, 4.118 (on Guadalupe Street between 22nd & 24th Streets). City Forum events are free and open to students and professionals interested in planning. Upcoming speakers include:

• October 24, Beijing Studio, "Design for Network of Parks in Beijing through Multi-Disciplinary and International Collaboration"
  NOTE NEW LOCATION: Dean's Conference Room, 2.302B, 2nd floor of Goldsmith Hall
  
  In a joint design studio, students and faculty from the architecture, landscape architecture, and community and regional planning programs at The University of Texas at Austin are working in collaboration with Tsinghua University to propose a network of parks for a 200-acre site in Beijing. Over the summer, fourteen UT students traveled to China for site visits and explored the cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou, which are known for traditional Chinese gardens and landscapes. In fall 2008, Tsinghua students and faculty came to Austin for a joint mid-term studio review. Studio participants from both universities will present their travel experiences and park design proposals.
  
  Studio Participants from UT:
  Faculty: Fritz Steiner, Wilfried Wang, and Ming Zhang.
  Students: Erin Leigh Bernstein, Cameron Campbell, Caroline Leigh Castello, Julia Barton Diana, Colleen Flynn, Sara Marie Hammerschmidt, Catherine Irene Jaramillo, Kevin Hadsell Moore, James Watson Oppelt, Heather Pfaff, Tyler Pierce Porterfield, Wen Shang, Erin Elizabeth Stark, and Bo Wu.
  
  Studio Participants from Tsinghua:
  Faculty: Jie Hu, Youbo Zhuang, and Yufan Zhu.
  Students: Guanhua, Cheng, Ting-yun Hsu, Wangjing Ji, Xue Shen, and Lei Tie.


• October 31, Dr. Michael Oden, "Economic Development in Austin"


• November 14, "Panel on Bicycle Planning, Policy, and Advocacy"
  
  Presenters include: Annick Beaudet, Project Manager, City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program; Michael Curtis, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager, City of Austin; and Dr. Randy Machemehl, UT Austin Center for Transportation Research.

For questions, comments, or suggestions related to City Forum, contact Jenni Minner or Dr. Bjorn Sletto.

LECTURE

Monday, October 27
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Christian Werthmann
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Sponsored by the Edwin A. Schneider Centennial Lectureship

"Green Architecture: Plants and Landscaping
as Part of Sustainable Building"

"Issues on Sustainability" Lecture Series

LECTURE

Wednesday, October 29
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Nico Kienzl, D.Des.
atelier ten, New York
Sponsored by the Edwin A. Schneider Centennial Lectureship

"Advanced Tools for Building Simulation:
Energy/Light"

"Issues on Sustainability" Lecture Series

LECTURE

Wednesday, November 5
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Jean-Luis Cohen
New York University
Sponsored by the Herbert M. Greene Centennial Lectureship

LECTURE

Monday, November 10
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Michael Cadwell
Ohio State University, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture
Sponsored by the Herbert M. Greene Centennial Lectureship

"Faxes from the Future"

LECTURE

Wednesday, November 12
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Michael Kubo
Visiting Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin

"Strategic Architectures and Cold War Environments"

LECTURE

Monday, November 17
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

William Storrer
Visiting Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin

"The Rediscovering Wright Project"

CENTER LUNCH FORUM SERIES

The Center for American Architecture and Design hosts a Friday Lunch Forum Series from 12:00 to 1:30 in the Battle Hall Conference Room (room 101).

The aim of the series is for faculty and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Forum topics/titles are confirmed a week prior to each forum date. Visit the Center web site for updates. Remaining forums on the fall 2008 schedule include:

• October 24, Michael Oden, "Local Economic Growth and Quality of Life"
• November 7, Bob Paterson, "Local Sustainability - Keys to Succeed?"
• November 14, Anna Klingmann, Title TBA
• November 21, Ulrich Dangel, "Sustainable Timber Construction in Vorarlberg"

The Friday Forum is also webcast live (visit the Center's web site), and you are invited to call in live with questions or comments during the discussion at 512.471.9890.

EXHIBIT

September 15, 2008, through January 16, 2009
Visual Resources Collection
Sutton Hall 3.128 (Monday-Friday, 8-5)

"Architecture in Mongolia Through the Ages"

In 2006, recent graduate Michael Bricker [M.Arch. '08] received a School of Architecture Mebane Endowed Traveling Scholarship to visit Mongolia to design an energy-efficient home for a family in the community of Yeroo. Michael invited fellow student Ami Mehta [M.Arch. '08] to assist with the research and design of the proposed home. Together, Michael and Ami decided to expand the scope of the project to include two independent study courses to research Mongolian architectural history--specifically the ger, Chinese Buddhist temples, and Soviet civic buildings--and to investigate the architectural consequences of a newly democratic, modern Mongolia. During their stay in Mongolia, Michael, Ami, and Peace Corps colleague Jacob Knight documented the built environment. They have contributed almost four hundred digital images, along with descriptive metadata, to the SOA Visual Resources Collection. The images in this exhibit represent a small sampling of images selected from the group that are available for use by the university community as part of the VRC's online Image Collection.

EXHIBIT

November 5 through November 26
Mebane Gallery
Goldsmith Hall

"31 SWISS SCHOOLS: Umberto Dindo"

FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP

Miró Rivera Architects, Associate Professor Juan Miró principal, completed the Public Restroom on Lady Bird Lake Trail for The Trail Foundation earlier this year, and already this simple geometric structure has been recognized both locally and internationally for its design and artistic merit. "...clear vision, creativity and artistic intent can transform a mundane structure...into a richly layered work of art", writes Dror Balldinger, AIA, in Texas Architect magazine. Miró Rivera donated their time and services to The Trail Foundation.

This summer, the restroom was short listed for the inaugural World Architecture Festival Awards. The World Architecture Festival, in Barcelona will celebrate the work, concerns, and aspirations of the international architectural community. At the heart of the festival is the largest architectural awards program in the world. All of the short listed entries can be viewed on the WAF web site. The project was chosen out of 700 entries from 63 countries. Juan Miró, AIA, is in Spain to present to a live jury at the festival. Final judging will take place between October 22 and 24.

Also this summer, DAAB Publishers in Germany released Restroom Design worldwide in four languages. The book presents outstanding projects that overcome the challenging task of combining restroom functionality with exceptional and innovative design. Images of the restroom on Lady Bird Lake Trail were featured over eleven pages.

In August, the restroom received a design award from the Texas Society of Architects and was among the featured projects in the September/October edition of Texas Architect. The firm's projects will also be displayed during the TSA Convention from October 23 through October 25 in Fort Worth.

In February, the project received a Best Real Estate Award in the category of "Keep Austin Weird" from the Austin Business Journal.

Visit Miró Rivera Architects' web site for additional information regarding the firm and its award winning work.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENT CHOSEN AS 2008 UNIVERSITY OLMSTED SCHOLAR

Landscape architecture student Cameron Campbell was honored as a University Olmsted Scholar. Cameron is among 24 students designated University Olmsted Scholars in the 2008 Program, representing LAAB-accredited schools in the United States and Canada.

The purpose of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Olmsted Scholars Program is to identify, recognize, and support students with exceptional leadership potential who are willing to engage current and critical issues through the use of ideas, influence, communication, service, and leadership, thus advancing sustainable planning and design and fostering human and societal benefits.

The 2008 Olmsted Scholars were honored at an LAF benefit dinner held in Philadelphia on October 3 and formally introduced to the landscape architecture community.

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

ALUMNI UPDATES

Mell Lawrence, FAIA [B.Arch. '81], will present a lecture titled "Anybody Seen My Pencil?" at the Architecture at the Umlauf Monthly Lecture Series on Thursday, November 6. The Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum is located at 605 Robert E. Lee Road in Austin. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the lecture begins at dusk.

For additional information, including admission cost, visit AveOne.com or call 512-992-3574.

Craig Dykers [B.Arch. '85] will present a lecture, "Current Work: Snøhetta," on Tuesday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union.

Craig Dykers co-founded the architecture and design firm Snøhetta in 1989, the same year the firm won the international competition to design the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. Snøhetta established a New York office in 2004, the year it was awarded the commission for the National September 11 Memorial Museum and Pavilion at the World Trade Center. The international practice emphasizes site-specific and environmentally responsible design solutions that "enhance ... qualities of place and create diverse and rich architectural experiences." Recent and current work includes the Lillehammer Winter Olympics Art Museum, Norway; Norwegian Embassy, Berlin; Norwegian National Opera, Oslo; and the Wolfe Center for the Arts, Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Craig Dykers was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and has lived in both Europe and North America. He received a bachelor of architecture degree at The University of Texas in Austin after initial studies in medicine and art. Dykers worked in both Texas and California before co-founding the firm in 1989. Active professionally and academically, Dykers is a member of the Norwegian Architecture Association and the American Institute of Architects, and is a Fellow in the Royal Society of Arts in England. He has also served as a Diploma Adjudicator at the Architectural College in Oslo and as a Distinguished Professor at City College in New York City.

ALUMNI EVENTS

We want you to stay involved and connected to the school, so join us for one of our many upcoming alumni events:

• Houston Alumni & Friends Reception at The Grove Restaurant - Wednesday, February 11, 2009
• CRP @ 50 Alumni Gathering - February 27-28, 2009
• Class of 1959 Reunion - April 30 - May 1, 2009
• AIA Alumni Reception in San Francisco - Thursday, April 30, 2009
• School of Architecture 100th Anniversary Celebration - Sunday, October 10, 2010

Being an alum has its benefits! As an alumnus of the School of Architecture, you will have many opportunities for ongoing contact with the school and our alumni community:

• Social and intellectual enrichment at one of our annual socials or mixers
  
• Expanded networks for professional growth and development by attending our series of lectures and exhibits
  
• Connections with UTSOA students, staff, and faculty, and continued involvement in the welfare and future of the school by joining Friends of Architecture

We are continuing our effort to find (and maintain) the most accurate contact information for all of our alumni. Stay in touch with former classmates--update your record and contact preferences by logging on to the university's online alumni directory.

More details will be available on the School of Architecture alumni web page as the events approach. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stacy Manning at smanning@austin.utexas.edu or 512.471.0617.

CONTACTS

In this fast-paced world, there's a lot of news to keep up with. We know you are doing great things, and we rely on you not only to share your stories, but also to keep us up-to-date on your contact information so that we can share our stories with you. Alumni, please send your news and contact updates to Associate Director of Constituent and Alumni Relations Stacy Manning at smanning@austin.utexas.edu. Students, faculty, and staff may send updates to eNews editor Pamela Peters at p.peters@mail.utexas.edu.

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