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CULTURE AND COMMUNITY

At The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, we believe our disciplines play a key role in advancing a better built environment and quality of life for all people. As architects, designers, and planners who are shaping the world around us, it is imperative that our professions look like the world we serve. 

If we are to design meaningful buildings, spaces, and communities, and address some of society’s most pressing challenges, we must include and engage a broad array of perspectives and backgrounds. To this end, our faculty are pursuing important work and research that opens up new avenues of discourse, engages the greater community, and brings more voices, more experiences, and more knowledge to bear. 

Here, we strive to create an inclusive campus community that fosters an open, enlightening, and robust learning environment for everyone, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Every member of our school—whoever you are, wherever you are from, and whatever you believe—is valued. You belong here.

PEOPLE OF UTSOA

Landscape architecture students gather around Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen in studio as she's drawing something out for them

MEET OUR COMMUNITY

Students on bikes along Dean Keeton

STUDENT LIFE

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EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH AND WORK

A messy studio in Goldsmith Hall

STUDIO CULTURE

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    "If I were a student beginning a career in design, I would want to have a strong foundation in coding and scripting without the use of AI tools before jumping into platforms whose mechanics are largely opaque."<br>
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    "If I were a student beginning a career in design, I would want to have a strong foundation in coding and scripting without the use of AI tools before jumping into platforms whose mechanics are largely opaque."

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    With over 29,000 material samples available for students, the Materials Lab is an incredible resource for students. <br>
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    With over 29,000 material samples available for students, the Materials Lab is an incredible resource for students.

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    Metabolizing the Athenian Polykatoikia 🇬🇷 🏙️ <br><br>Assistant Professor of Practice @kyriakoskyriakou’s Fall 2025 advanced studio led students to explore this remarkable post-WWII Athenian infrastructure and its potential as an adaptable skeleton for future use.<br>
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    Metabolizing the Athenian Polykatoikia 🇬🇷 🏙️

    Assistant Professor of Practice @kyriakoskyriakou’s Fall 2025 advanced studio led students to explore this remarkable post-WWII Athenian infrastructure and its potential as an adaptable skeleton for future use.

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    Happy holidays from UTSOA 🤍

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    Head to the 🔗 in our bio to learn more about Rad & De's projects!

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    That's how it's done 👏 👏 👏 <br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Congratulations to our students on their successful Final Reviews! Whether it was your first review, last or somewhere in the middle - we're so proud of all your effort & innovation this semester.
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    Congratulations to our students on their successful Final Reviews! Whether it was your first review, last or somewhere in the middle - we're so proud of all your effort & innovation this semester.

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    Plotting our next move ❌⭕️ enjoy a well-deserved break and come back ready to finish the semester strong!
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    Plotting our next move ❌⭕️ enjoy a well-deserved break and come back ready to finish the semester strong!

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    Admiring the views 🍂 🌆 <br><br>Architecture student Stella Stambaugh traveled from UT Austin to Oslo, Norway to work with @spinnarkitekter as part of @utsoaprp. <br>
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    Admiring the views 🍂 🌆

    Architecture student Stella Stambaugh traveled from UT Austin to Oslo, Norway to work with @spinnarkitekter as part of @utsoaprp.

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    Nestled in central-southern Mexico lies the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, one of the world’s most remarkable biodiversity hotspots and a landscape deeply connected to the origins of Mesoamerica. <br>
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    Nestled in central-southern Mexico lies the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, one of the world’s most remarkable biodiversity hotspots and a landscape deeply connected to the origins of Mesoamerica.