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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

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MEET OUR COMMUNITY

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STUDENT LIFE

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EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH AND WORK

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STUDIO CULTURE

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    Where thoughtful design meets campus legacy.<br><br>Interior Design undergrad Valerie Balderas is one of two students from a university-wide competition selected to reimagine the Cactus Yearbook bookshelf for the Office of the Dean of Students.<br>
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    Where thoughtful design meets campus legacy.

    Interior Design undergrad Valerie Balderas is one of two students from a university-wide competition selected to reimagine the Cactus Yearbook bookshelf for the Office of the Dean of Students.

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    Congratulations to @phoebelickwar’s @forgelandscape and Michael Averitt’s @_delineator for receiving 2025 Merit Awards from @texasasla!<br>
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    Congratulations to @phoebelickwar’s @forgelandscape and Michael Averitt’s @_delineator for receiving 2025 Merit Awards from @texasasla!

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    The Tren Maya is a monumental new passenger rail system traversing nearly a thousand miles of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
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    The Tren Maya is a monumental new passenger rail system traversing nearly a thousand miles of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

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    Faculty making headlines at the 2025 @AIAAustin Design Awards!<br>
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    Faculty making headlines at the 2025 @AIAAustin Design Awards!

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    In Associate Professor @nicholewiedemann ’s advanced studio “FUTURING: 'un-thought of architecture’ or architecture beyond what already exists,” students tackled the complicated role of design competitions in the profession. <br>
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    In Associate Professor @nicholewiedemann ’s advanced studio “FUTURING: 'un-thought of architecture’ or architecture beyond what already exists,” students tackled the complicated role of design competitions in the profession.

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    We're proud to celebrate Professor Bjørn Sletto’s induction into the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers—one of the highest honors recognizing exceptional commitment to teaching excellence. 👏<br>
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    We're proud to celebrate Professor Bjørn Sletto’s induction into the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers—one of the highest honors recognizing exceptional commitment to teaching excellence. 👏

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    Visiting faculty @eric.bunge challenged students to reimagine what an architecture school could be in his advanced studio “This is Not a School.” Tasked to envision a hypothetical interdisciplinary architecture school building as an off-campus annex to the UTSOA, students reframed usage of space for
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    Visiting faculty @eric.bunge challenged students to reimagine what an architecture school could be in his advanced studio “This is Not a School.” Tasked to envision a hypothetical interdisciplinary architecture school building as an off-campus annex to the UTSOA, students reframed usage of space for

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    Lecturer @paulgermaine ‘s advanced studio “Deep Plates: Layered Representations of the Alhambra” brought students to Granada, Spain, to explore how decorative systems, such as muqarnas and planar tiling, can evolve into hybrid structural elements. <br>
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    Lecturer @paulgermaine ‘s advanced studio “Deep Plates: Layered Representations of the Alhambra” brought students to Granada, Spain, to explore how decorative systems, such as muqarnas and planar tiling, can evolve into hybrid structural elements.

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    Presenting the next generation of designers and planners 🎓<br /><br />Congratulations again, Class of 2025! See more photos from Commencement in our link in bio<br /><br />@texas.landscape <br />@utaustin_urbandesign <br />@texasarch
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    Presenting the next generation of designers and planners 🎓

    Congratulations again, Class of 2025! See more photos from Commencement in our link in bio

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