NEWS & UPDATES

To expand upon the urgent topics raised in the 2025 "Landscape First" program, the school has invited a selection of the convening speakers to contribute written reflections exploring a broad range of case studies and meditations on leading through landscape.

Good Systems has announced the recipients of its internal funding competition, awarding seed funding to interdisciplinary faculty teams whose projects explore how artificial intelligence can be designed in ways that better reflect human values and societal needs. Among the recipients is Assistant Professor Lidia Cano Pecharromán.

To celebrate his addition to the school, we conducted a Q&A with 2025-2027 Emerging Scholar in Design Fellow Carlos H. Blanco.

The UT School of Architecture is proud to host four new visiting professors this semester. Join us in welcoming Virginia San Fratello, Dr. Nancy Panak Kwallek Endowed Chair in Design & Planning, Hank Webber, Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture, Emiliano López Matas, Eugene McDermott Centennial Visiting Professorship, and Luis Carranza, O'Neil Ford Centennial Chair in Architecture. Each member offers broad experience and unique insight that will enrich the work of students and faculty alike.

Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen and Associate Professor Miriam Solis won with their proposal “Visioning Eco-Connectivity with Youth in the Rio Grande Valley.”

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture presents Planetary Imaginaries: an expansive series of public engagements for the spring 2026 semester starting on January 23. Invited architects, landscape architects, planners, historians, and artists continue the school’s legacy of intentional rooted practice through critical conversations that respond to the increasingly urgent conditions of each field. 

The winning student team will be award $5,000 in recognition of their work. Submissions are due Feb. 16.

To celebrate his addition to the school, we conducted a Q&A with Assistant Professor of Interior Design Hans Tursack to learn more about his creative and educational work.

Emblematic of urban life in Athens, the widespread cast-in-place concrete housing developments called “polykatoikia” offer compelling opportunities for readaptation.  

Sustainable Design PhD student Parastou Naghibi Rad & MSSD student Aritro De are leading the charge on campus sustainability through AI innovation and historic building retrofits. Their project proposals were recognized and supported by UT’s Green Fund 2025-2026 Awards.

Makariv, a small agricultural town west of Kyiv, suffered severe destruction in the early days of Russia’s invasion. In response, students from UTSOA are collaborating with Ukrainian partners to develop a strategic plan for rebuilding, while navigating the ongoing challenges.

Explore research, articles and publications from the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.

Now accepting applications and nominations for a talented scholar for the 2026-2028 Emerging Scholar in Design. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and expected to contribute the the school’s intellectual life.

Academics and practitioners from across the country join The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture for our Fall 2025 final reviews, taking place Monday, Dec. 1 - Friday, Dec. 5

Dr. Bryan Norwood, UTSOA Assistant Professor and Humanities Institute research mentor, received a 2025 NEH Summer Stipend for his project “Constructing the New South: Southern Architect and Building News, 1889–1932.”

PRP Now! is a series of interviews that highlight a current UTSOA Professional Residency Program student every few weeks.

Guided by Associate Professor Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla and funded by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), architecture students are developing proposals that combine community-driven programs, such as lodging and a museum, with environmentally sensitive building techniques for the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley World Heritage Site.

From public restrooms around Lady Bird Lake to immense infrastructure at the Formula 1 racetrack, Miró Rivera Architects gives the environmental and cultural contexts of each of their projects the utmost respect.