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Center for American Architecture and Design

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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

2022-2023 FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD

Elizabeth Danze Martin Haettasch
Maggie Hansen Bryan Norwood
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.

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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    As the field of landscape architecture evolves to combat the issues of our time, *how* we practice matters. In their lecture “Flows, Rushes, Slows” this Monday, March 27, @ross_altheimer and @maurarockcastle will share how TEN x TEN practices.<br />
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    As the field of landscape architecture evolves to combat the issues of our time, *how* we practice matters. In their lecture “Flows, Rushes, Slows” this Monday, March 27, @ross_altheimer and @maurarockcastle will share how TEN x TEN practices.

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    Tune in tomorrow for a special Instagram takeover by Master of Architecture students Alexandra Matute-Blanco @asmb2.0 and Brinton Freeze @_youbefreezin_. <br />
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    Tune in tomorrow for a special Instagram takeover by Master of Architecture students Alexandra Matute-Blanco @asmb2.0 and Brinton Freeze @_youbefreezin_.

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    We are excited to welcome artist and MacArthur Fellow @jorgepardosculpture to campus next week! Pardo will be here leading a hands-on workshop with interior design students, and on Wednesday, March 29 at 5:00 p.m., he will give a public lecture in the Jessen Auditorium. <br />
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    We are excited to welcome artist and MacArthur Fellow @jorgepardosculpture to campus next week! Pardo will be here leading a hands-on workshop with interior design students, and on Wednesday, March 29 at 5:00 p.m., he will give a public lecture in the Jessen Auditorium.

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    Last week, Dean Michelle Addington participated in a @sxsw panel alongside Bjarke Ingles of @big_builds and Sarah Satterlee of @mobileloaves titled “A Moonshot for Affordable Housing” presented by @icon3dtech.
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    Last week, Dean Michelle Addington participated in a @sxsw panel alongside Bjarke Ingles of @big_builds and Sarah Satterlee of @mobileloaves titled “A Moonshot for Affordable Housing” presented by @icon3dtech.

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    Spring (break) in Texas 💙🤘 Hope you’re enjoying it wherever you are
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    Spring (break) in Texas 💙🤘 Hope you’re enjoying it wherever you are

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    If you’re traveling through @ausairport this Spring Break, be on the lookout for PLUME, a new public art piece designed and fabricated by School of Architecture Associate Professors Kory Bieg and Clay Odom for the @cityofaustinarts’ Art in Public Places program.<br />
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    If you’re traveling through @ausairport this Spring Break, be on the lookout for PLUME, a new public art piece designed and fabricated by School of Architecture Associate Professors Kory Bieg and Clay Odom for the @cityofaustinarts’ Art in Public Places program.

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    Back in January, Professor Kevin Alter's @alterstudio Advanced Design Studio “Contested Landscapes” visited Vancouver, British Columbia.
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    Back in January, Professor Kevin Alter's @alterstudio Advanced Design Studio “Contested Landscapes” visited Vancouver, British Columbia.

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    “The End of the Office: Live/Work Housing” by Juliet Chui for @nicholewiedemann’s Intermediate Design IV // 2021-22 Design Excellence Award Winner<br />
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    “The End of the Office: Live/Work Housing” by Juliet Chui for @nicholewiedemann’s Intermediate Design IV // 2021-22 Design Excellence Award Winner

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    Join us this Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. for Lorcan O’Herlihy’s lecture “Amplified Urbanism” taking place in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall.<br />
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    Join us this Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. for Lorcan O’Herlihy’s lecture “Amplified Urbanism” taking place in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall.