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PRP Now! Amelia Webb // nARCHITECTS

January 18, 2022
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
2021-22 Platform cover help up against the green leaves of a tree in Goldsmith Courtyard

2021-22 Issue of PLATFORM Explores Sustainable Design in the Spaces Between Disciplines, Dichotomies, and Practices

January 6, 2022
Essays consider and challenge binaries in the design fields and navigate their complex and fertile middle grounds to address issues of climate change, systemic racism, and beyond
Jen Turner

This Visionary Architect is Turning Unexpected Places Into Destination Hotels

January 3, 2022
The Alcalde profiles alumna Jen Turner, B.Arch '98
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PRP Now! Pranav Subramanian // MVRDV

December 6, 2021
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
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PRP Now! Andre Rezaie // Overland Partners Architects

December 2, 2021
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
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PRP Now! Michael Anowey // Skylab Architecture

November 18, 2021
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
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PRP Now! Joseph Chandler // Hacker Architects

November 18, 2021
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
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PRP Now! Aimee Axelson // Mahlum Architects

November 11, 2021
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
Laurence S. Rockefeller Preserve Center in Jackson Hole, WY

Reimagining the Interiority of Our National Parks with Lysa Janssen’s Advanced Studio

November 9, 2021
Interior design students travel to Wyoming to consider the relationships between interiors and exterior spaces, as well as organic and inorganic spatial features, through the lens of our nation’s national park system.
Sara Bronin at her Advisory Council on Historic Preservation hearing before the Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources (credit: ACHP)

Alumna Sara Bronin Nominated to Chair the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

November 5, 2021
Q&A with alumna Sara Bronin, President Biden's nominee to chair the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
Master of Interior Design CIDA Accreditation Exhibit

Master of Interior Design Receives Full Accreditation

November 3, 2021
The School of Architecture’s three-year Master of Interior Design becomes the only CIDA-accredited professional interior design graduate program in the state of Texas.
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PRP Now! Judy Labib // JAJA Architects

October 28, 2021
PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.
Social Vulnerability + Inlet Map

Student Research Finds Inequitable Distribution of Stormwater Infrastructure and Disaster Relief Funding in Houston, Texas

October 28, 2021
Community & Regional Planning students receive the 2021 Best Student Project award from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association for research outlining inequities in stormwater infrastructure and disaster recovery funding in Houston.
Rendering of diverse school aged children on the edge of a meadow with heavy machinery and piles of industrial materials in the background

Texas Landscape Project Selected to Represent Nationwide Green New Deal Superstudio Initiative

October 25, 2021
Landscape architecture student Kristin Witte's project "Rooted Rubble" selected to serve as a representative sample of the Green New Deal Superstudio initiative.
View of the central Italian countryside, with groves of olive trees seen behind an older structure.

Phoebe Lickwar Awarded Prestigious Rome Prize

October 23, 2021
Phoebe Lickwar, associate professor of landscape architecture in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2021-2022 Rome Prize, one of the most highly regarded awards in the arts and humanities.
A large, trunk-like plant root extends beyond the boundaries of a concrete planter as leaves and vines spindle behind it

"Plant Potential" Conference Explores Importance of Plant-Human Relations, November 5

October 22, 2021
Plant Potential, an online conference curated by Assistant Professor Aleksandra Jaeschke, brings together five creative minds for a collective exploration of our relationship with plant life.
Aerial view of a Houston residential neighborhood

My Home is Here – Harris County’s Housing Needs Assessment and 10-Year Strategy

October 19, 2021
My Home is Here report identifies ways Harris County can approach investment and policymaking that meets communities where they are, building on their strengths and working with them to tackle longstanding inequities.
Tekena Koko smiles at the camera as he's standing on a balcony that overlooks an urban skyline at dusk

Tekena Koko, 2021-23 Emerging Scholar in Design

October 15, 2021
Meet Tekena Koko, our 2021-23 Emerging Scholar in Design