CAAD EVENTS
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.
STAFF
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Bridget Gayle Ground
Managing Director, Center for American Architecture and Design
2023-2024 FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
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
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.
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.
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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@utsoaThanks to all who joined us for the opening of Celebrating 100 Years of John S. Chase, including members of the Chase family and colleagues from across the School of Architecture and UT Austin campus.
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@utsoaOur Spring 2025 public programming lineup is here! This semester’s exhibitions and lectures represent a broad cross-section of disciplines of the built environment — including architects, urban planners, landscape architects, interior designers and urban designers.
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@utsoaToday marks 100 years since the birth of John S. Chase (1925-2012)—one of the first Black graduate students to enroll at @utaustintx, the first African American to graduate from the School of Architecture, and the first Black licensed architect in Texas.
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@utsoa“Chess Board” by Jenna Hussain (@jenna.hussain) for Mark Macek’s (@moondragon_macek) Wood Design // 2023-2024 Design Excellence winner
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@utsoaHappy studio lottery day! This semester, we're excited to welcome visiting faculty member Daniel Escotto, a professor of architectural theory and history from @unam_mx, who will be teaching an advanced studio on the architectural and urban conditions in the Yucatán Peninsula.
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@utsoaIntroducing “Micropolitan America,” a public exhibition by Assistant Professor of Practice @KyriakosKyriakou and @sofia_krimizi on display from Jan. 9–Feb.14.
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@utsoaNew year, endless horizons at UTSOA. Here’s to a 2025 filled with growth, creativity and excellence.💡🤘
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@utsoa“Palantir Pavilion” by Winnie Lin (@winnlin) and Karina Thome (@ambitious.cycles) for Allison Gaskins’ (@allisonhgaskins) Interior Design Technical Studio // 2023-2024 Design Excellence winner
