Three images in a grid, two individual headshots and a photo of two people.

Spring 2024 Visiting Faculty

February 8, 2024
Two sets of visiting faculty members are teaching Advanced Studios this spring, including Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott of Iwamoto Scott and Walter Meyer and Patricia Martin from LOCAL Office Landscape Architecture and Urbanism.
Several women sit on a panel in front of an audience

In Support of Transgressive Practices: Cultivating New Landscape Imaginaries

November 20, 2023
Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen explores the ways in which landscape architects can shape social and ecological relationships by embracing "transgressive practices" that exhibit a deep commitment to place. This article originally appeared in the 2023-2024 edition of Platform, "Civics and Placemaking."
"Muslin-draped bathing houses float at the foot of gardens, and the limpid little stream is in high favor as a refuge during the heated term." Frank H. Taylor, "A Journey through Texas," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October 1879.

Water in Cities

November 20, 2023
Associate Professor Michael Holleran considers public space through the lens of water, exploring the systems that make and shape cities, and the expressions of water in landscape and culture. This article originally appeared in the 2023-2024 edition of Platform, "Civics and Placemaking."
Kevin Jeffery Headshot

Alum Profile: Kevin Jeffery

November 19, 2023
Master of Landscape Architecture alumnus Kevin Jeffery discusses the importance of nature-based public spaces and his professional focus on waterscape quality, design, and planning. This article originally appeared in the 2023-2024 issue of Platform, "Civics and Placemaking."
Landscape architecture students drawing as they look out over a water feature in Austin, Texas

Landscape Architecture Designated a STEM Discipline

July 20, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s designation of landscape architecture as a STEM discipline recognizes the high degree of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics inherent in the education and practice of landscape architecture.
Andrew Lesmes' project rendering

MLA Students Receive Texas ASLA Awards

July 10, 2023
Projects by Franny Kyle and Andrew Lesmes explore how carbon farming can transform the design and planning of the urban realm while also creating a more equitable and resilient city.
UT Tower reflected in the Turtle Pond

Celebrate Earth Day 2023

April 20, 2023
A sampling of work from across the School of Architecture related to sustainability, our impact on the Earth, and how our disciplines can help build a better future.
Everett Fly on-site at the Texas State Capitol as landscape architect in charge of the Texas Capitol Extension Project in 1992.

Alumnus and Landscape Architect Everett Fly named 2023 School of Architecture Commencement Speaker

April 11, 2023
Fly’s career-long study of the origins and evolution of places and landmarks designed and built by Black Americans has resulted in the documentation of more than 1,200 Black settlements, burial sites, gardens, streets, and agricultural landscapes around the country
Meadows Symposium graphic

2023 Meadows Symposium Explores Landscape Architecture's Potential to Shape a New Socio-ecological Ethos

February 13, 2023
Featuring Diane Jones Allen, Alison B. Hirsch, Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, and Margie Ruddick.
A row of students seen interacting with employers at 2023 Career Fair

What Starts Here: Highlights from Career Fair

February 10, 2023
Hundreds of students, employers, and alumni build connections as students explore internship and employment opportunities at the 2023 Career Fair
Outlines of buildings drawn on a prairie landscape with silhouetted figures

Redrawing Connections: Design Advocacy in Section

December 14, 2022
Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen considers the overlap of policy and design in landscape architecture, using recent design studios as a case study. This article originally appeared in the 2022-2023 edition of Platform, "Teaching for Next."
Shadows from large oak trees are seen on the ground in front of Sutton Hall

Celebrate Earth Day 2022

April 19, 2022
This Earth Day, we’ve rounded up a sampling of scholarship and resources from across the School of Architecture that not only explores our relationship to Earth and the built environment but also how we can help build a better future for our planet.
First page spread of Landscape Architecture Magazine's story about the Green New Deal Superstudio

Hansen’s GND Superstudio Profiled in Landscape Architecture Magazine

April 14, 2022
Among the hundreds of studios addressing the topic, Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen’s Spring 2021 studio “Prairie Time: Growing Dallas’ Green Quilt” was one of only three studios covered in-depth by the article.
Student team giving the "Hook 'em Horns" hand signal

Students Win National Urban Design Competition

April 11, 2022
The team advanced from an initial round of 93 applications from more than 50 universities, and placed ahead of three other finalist teams from Harvard University, a joint team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, and one from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Stack Site Plan

Student Team Advances to ULI Competition Finals

February 23, 2022
Now in its 20th year, the annual ULI Hines Competition offers graduate students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use.
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.
Black and white collage of faculty headshots from top left clockwise, Ulrich Dangel, Kory Bieg, Mirka Benes, Ming Zhang, Danelle Briscoe

Announcing Leadership Changes at the School

August 27, 2021
The School of Architecture announces new program and leadership appointments effective Fall 2021.