FELLOWSHIPS

Bi-annually, The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture awards two fellowships to emerging scholars and practitioners within the disciplines of the built environment. The prestigious two-year fellowships offer promising individuals at the beginning of their academic careers the opportunity to develop their teaching and work within an intellectually diverse and dynamic academic context. Each of these fellowships includes teaching related to the candidate’s area of interest, resources for developing a distinctive body of work, and opportunities to interface with faculty and other disciplines within the School of Architecture and with The University of Texas at Austin at large.

EMERGING SCHOLAR IN DESIGN

The Emerging Scholar in Design Fellowship is open to candidates who hold a professional or terminal degree in a design discipline, and who are positioned to integrate their scholarly trajectory with their pedagogical agenda. The scholar teaches two design studios and an elective or support course each year, and is expected to contribute to the school’s intellectual life by engaging in critical theoretical or creative work. During the last semester of their appointment, they will present this work to the university community through a public format, such as a lecture or exhibition.

2025-2027: Carlos H. Blanco 
2024-2026: Andy Bako 
2023-2025: Patrick Danahy 
2022-2024: Tyler Swingle 
2021-2023: Tekena Koko 
2020-2022: Stephanie Choi 
2019-2021: Piergianna Mazzocca

LAND, SPACE, AND IDENTITY IN THE AMERICAS

Launched in 2023, the Land, Space, and Identity in the Americas Fellowship supports the professional development of a scholar whose research or design work examines the changing relationship between social identity, placemaking, and the built environment in the Americas, past, present, or future. The School of Architecture has a long history of considering the role of design thinking in the Americas, and this fellowship encourages research that explores studies of spatial practices in the Americas. The fellow teaches two courses related to their research each year, and is expected to produce ongoing theoretical, empirical, or creative work which they will present to the university community. 

2024-2026: Michael Moynihan

RACE, GENDER, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Awarded between 2016 and 2023, the Race, Gender, and the Built Environment Fellowship supported the development of future scholars whose work centers on the relationships and intersections between race, gender, and the built environment in the fields represented within the UT School of Architecture. The rotating fellow was part of a greater initiative designed to strengthen the school's teaching and research in this area, and to build a transformative approach to issue of race, gender, and social equity within the disciplines of the built enviornment. 

2021-2023: Todd Levon Brown 
2019-2021: Adam Miller 
2018-2019: Sara Zwede 
2017-2018: Edna Ledesma 
2016-2017: Ana Livia Brand and Andrea Roberts

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    Introducing a new annual print publication from the School of Architecture: The Plot.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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    Introducing a new annual print publication from the School of Architecture: The Plot.  
     

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    Scenes from our BLOCKWORK symposium 🧱 <br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Organized by Professor Francisco Gomes. Thank you to The Concrete Masonry Checkoff (The Beauty of Block) and the Texas Masonry Council (@txmasonry) <br />for supporting the symposium.
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    Organized by Professor Francisco Gomes. Thank you to The Concrete Masonry Checkoff (The Beauty of Block) and the Texas Masonry Council (@txmasonry)
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    On October 12, Johnston Marklee (@johnstonmarklee) founding partner Mark Lee will be on campus to celebrate the opening of the firm’s exhibition “Looks and Books.” with a lecture titled “Now and Then.” <br>
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    On October 12, Johnston Marklee (@johnstonmarklee) founding partner Mark Lee will be on campus to celebrate the opening of the firm’s exhibition “Looks and Books.” with a lecture titled “Now and Then.”

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    📝 Applications are open for 2027-2028 undergraduate and graduate programs!<br><br>Apply today to join an interdisciplinary community of designers, planners, and scholars committed to creative exploration, ambitious scholarship and critical practice.<br><br>UTSOA at a glance:
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    📝 Applications are open for 2027-2028 undergraduate and graduate programs!

    Apply today to join an interdisciplinary community of designers, planners, and scholars committed to creative exploration, ambitious scholarship and critical practice.

    UTSOA at a glance:

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    On September 30, architect, urbanist and author @felipecorrea_sc presents his lecture, "The Domestic Surround.” <br>
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    On September 30, architect, urbanist and author @felipecorrea_sc presents his lecture, "The Domestic Surround.”

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    On October 1-2, The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture presents BLOCKWORK: Concrete Masonry Architecture of the Americas. <br>
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    On October 1-2, The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture presents BLOCKWORK: Concrete Masonry Architecture of the Americas.

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    Are the Battle Hall doors green or blue? The answer dates back to 1912! <br><br>As an iconic spot on campus, graduating students have posed outside the doors for decades – making it one of campus’ most recognizable locations. <br>
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    Are the Battle Hall doors green or blue? The answer dates back to 1912!

    As an iconic spot on campus, graduating students have posed outside the doors for decades – making it one of campus’ most recognizable locations.

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    On September 21, architect and managing director of UNS North America (@we.are.uns) Frans van Vuure presents his lecture, “Sustainability with a Twist.” <br>
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    On September 21, architect and managing director of UNS North America (@we.are.uns) Frans van Vuure presents his lecture, “Sustainability with a Twist.”

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    From the iconic ONDA wall in the West Mall Building to supporting the School of Architecture's academic operations as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Kory Bieg’s presence is felt on campus. <br>
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    From the iconic ONDA wall in the West Mall Building to supporting the School of Architecture's academic operations as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Kory Bieg’s presence is felt on campus.