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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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    @miroriveraarch gives the environmental and cultural contexts of each of their projects the utmost respect. <br>
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    @miroriveraarch gives the environmental and cultural contexts of each of their projects the utmost respect.

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    Symposium scenes 🍃 <br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>Organized by UTSOA faculty:<br>Ria Bravo - @riabravodesign<br>Tara Dudley - @tdudleyphd<br>Nerea Feliz - @feliz_nerea<br>Allison Gaskins - @allisonhgaskins<br>Clay Odom - @studiomodo<br>Igor Siddiqui - @isssstudio
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    Symposium scenes 🍃
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    Organized by UTSOA faculty:
    Ria Bravo - @riabravodesign
    Tara Dudley - @tdudleyphd
    Nerea Feliz - @feliz_nerea
    Allison Gaskins - @allisonhgaskins
    Clay Odom - @studiomodo
    Igor Siddiqui - @isssstudio

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    Symposium scenes 🍃 <br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>Organized by UTSOA faculty:<br>Ria Bravo - @riabravodesign<br>Tara Dudley - @tdudleyphd<br>Nerea Feliz - @feliz_nerea<br>Allison Gaskins - @allisonhgaskins<br>Clay Odom - @studiomodo<br>Igor Siddiqui - @isssstudio
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    Symposium scenes 🍃
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    Organized by UTSOA faculty:
    Ria Bravo - @riabravodesign
    Tara Dudley - @tdudleyphd
    Nerea Feliz - @feliz_nerea
    Allison Gaskins - @allisonhgaskins
    Clay Odom - @studiomodo
    Igor Siddiqui - @isssstudio

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    On Nov. 12, Faranak Miraftab presents "Daring to Imagine: Insurgent planning for Humane Urbanisms." <br>
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    On Nov. 12, Faranak Miraftab presents "Daring to Imagine: Insurgent planning for Humane Urbanisms."

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    On Nov. 10, join us for a conversation between Eve Blau of @harvardgsd and Eric Mumford of @washuarchitecture.
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    On Nov. 10, join us for a conversation between Eve Blau of @harvardgsd and Eric Mumford of @washuarchitecture.

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    Toshiki Hirano is an architectural designer, researcher and educator based in Tokyo, Japan. This semester, he joins the School of Architecture to teach an Advanced Design Studio as our Ruth Carter Stevenson Visiting Professor. <br>
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    Toshiki Hirano is an architectural designer, researcher and educator based in Tokyo, Japan. This semester, he joins the School of Architecture to teach an Advanced Design Studio as our Ruth Carter Stevenson Visiting Professor.

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    On Nov. 5, join us for a lecture by @nadaaainc's founding principal, @nadertehrani47. Nader Tehrani is a profoundly influential architect, designer and educator.
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    On Nov. 5, join us for a lecture by @nadaaainc's founding principal, @nadertehrani47. Nader Tehrani is a profoundly influential architect, designer and educator.

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    On November 7, @philipperahmarchitectes joins us as the keynote speaker for the Interior Provocations: WEATHER symposium.
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    On November 7, @philipperahmarchitectes joins us as the keynote speaker for the Interior Provocations: WEATHER symposium.

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    Calling all aspiring landscape architects! On Oct. 29, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Chair at Auburn University, Rob Holmes, comes to UTSOA to present his lecture, “TO SEE THE THING AT ALL.” <br>
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    Calling all aspiring landscape architects! On Oct. 29, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Chair at Auburn University, Rob Holmes, comes to UTSOA to present his lecture, “TO SEE THE THING AT ALL.”