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Center for American Architecture and Design

CAAD EVENTS

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Friday, April 11, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

CAAD Forum: Larry Speck

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Scheduled

The Center for American Architecture and Design (CAAD) provides a platform for collaborative, critical, and thought-provoking scholarship that engages the disciplines within, and beyond, the School of Architecture—for a better built environment. To this end, CAAD produces symposia, exhibitions, publications, and forums; and provides resources to help faculty and students articulate and disseminate their research to reach diverse audiences and expand their impact.

2023-2024 FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Elizabeth DanzeBenjamin Ibarra-Sevilla
Bryan NorwoodJuana Salcedo
Miriam Solis 

 

CAAD PUBLICATIONS

Since its establishment in 1982, and its first issue of CENTER: A Journal for Architecture in America shortly after, a primary aim of the Center for American Architecture and Design has been to provide a high-quality publishing platform for research and scholarship on vital topics in architecture and design.

Location & Contact

West Mall Building 6.102
512-471-9890
CAAD@austin.utexas.edu

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CENTER SERIES

The CENTER series explores architecture in relation to its complementary arts and disciplines, with each volume bringing together diverse perspectives through an edited collection of essays.

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CENTERLINE SERIES

Where CENTER explores topics through a broad approach, Centerline is more focused, with each volume offering an investigation into—or the documentation of—a particular project, practice, or line of thought in a compact eight-by-eight-inch format.

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OTHER CAAD PUBLICATIONS

CAAD also publishes one-off volumes that fall outside of its series.

RECENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS

EVENTS

CAAD hosts a range of events that help develop and extend faculty and student scholarship. These include book launches, symposia, and the CAAD Forum series. Held roughly every other Friday during the fall and spring semesters, CAAD Forums bring the School of Architecture community together for an informal and inquisitive discussion about ideas relating to architecture and design and their history, theory, practice, and future. 

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    Tune in tomorrow for a special Career Services Instagram Takeover!

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    Associate Professor Aleksandra Jaeschke’s recent scholarship explores and questions the validity of the frameworks used in architecture, emphasizing the importance of integrating knowledge from other domains, expanding system boundaries, and embracing non-Western perspectives.

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