Michael Hsu | Michael Hsu Office of Architecture

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture (MHOA) serves a broad audience while specializing in materiality, detail, and design. The studio approaches everyday architecture and high-design projects with a wide range of perspectives. In addition to offering architecture and interiors, the firm integrates branding, art curation, and landscape design services. This lecture will explore the firm's approach across a range of projects and will touch on the future plans of the studio, including our newly developed R&D team, established to ensure that we continue to push design forward. 

Michael Hsu, FAIA, IIDA, is the founder and principal of Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, a fully integrated architecture and interior design firm. MHOA was founded in 2005 and employs 90 team members across studios in Austin and Houston, as well as staff in Dallas, Denver, Nashville, and Louisville. MHOA is a nationally award-winning firm and was included in AN Interior’s 2022 List of Top 50 Architecture and Design Firms.

Hsu graduated from The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture and has practiced in Austin since 1998. Hsu is the Texas Society of Architects Austin Chapter Director, and a member of the UT School of Architecture’s Advisory Council. He is a Past President of AIA Austin and was elevated to AIA’s College of Fellows in 2021.  

This lecture is supported by the Wilsonart Endowed Lecture Series in Interior Design.