2023-2024 issue of Platform held up in the garden outside the Blanton Museum of Art looking out towards the Texas State Capitol

2023–2024 Issue of Platform Explores How the UT School of Architecture Contributes to the Creation of Places that Foster Civic Life

November 20, 2023
With essays spanning the school’s disciplines, this year’s magazine considers the role that planning and design practices play in imagining an accessible and vibrant public sphere within Austin and beyond.
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."
An Urban block in Vienna designed by Vienna and its data. Co-authored with Midjourney AI, Daniel Koehler, and an uncountable number of situations tagged as Viennese in photos.

Studying Architecture After AI

December 12, 2022
Assistant Professor Daniel Koehler explores artificial intelligence in the context of teaching in design studios. This article originally appeared in the 2022-2023 edition of Platform, "Teaching for Next."
Student portfolios laid out on a table

Professional Residency Program: Expected Objectives and Some Unexpected Outcomes

December 11, 2022
Associate Professor Nichole Wiedemann considers the school’s nearly fifty-year-old Professional Residency Program. This article originally appeared in the 2022-2023 edition of Platform, "Teaching for Next."
View of ongoing construction at the Library Building around 1911

Race and Architecture at UT: Researching and Teaching Difficult and Contested Histories in the Built Environment

December 10, 2022
Assistant Professor Tara A. Dudley explores Battle Hall’s racialized past and Dr. Dudley’s approach to researching, teaching, and preserving that difficult history. This article originally appeared in the 2022-2023 edition of Platform, "Teaching for Next."
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Platform “Teaching for Next” Considers Pedagogy in the Context of Unprecedented Change

December 6, 2022
Essays reveal the myriad ways we teach and think about teaching, and how these contribute to larger conversations about teaching today and in the future.
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.
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
Front cover of Planning Forum Volume 18. Features a map of Austin on top of a green background with different brightly colored swatches on top of the map

Planning Forum Volume 18 Explores International Planning Issues from both the Global North and South

September 2, 2021
Planning Forum Volume 18 features articles about planning in countries ranging from Ghana and Bangladesh to Colombia and Canada.
Two copies of CENTER 23: A I R seen from the spine against an outdoor background, the cover of the top book blown open by the wind

CENTER 23: A I R explores spatial, visual, technical, and metaphorical implications of air for architecture

January 5, 2021
CENTER 23: A I R explores the subjects of air quality, movement, and conditioning; as well as air as something sensual, metaphorical, and even metaphysical.
Multiple copies of PLATFORM 2020-21 laid out artfully atop a concrete bench on UT Austin's campus

2020–2021 Issue of PLATFORM Explores the Role of Urban Design in Addressing Complex, Twenty-First Century Challenges

December 7, 2020
Essays present scholarship related to COVID-19, climate change, spatial and social inequities, and beyond, arguing for increased interdisciplinarity and collaboration, both inside and outside the academy
Two copies of CENTER 22, chronicling the final years of the Latitudes Conference, placed atop a stone bench

CENTER 22 Explores Latitudes: Architecture in the Americas

November 3, 2020
The Center for American Architecture and Design releases its third volume of Latitudes which documents a seven-year cycle of conferences focused on architecture in the Americas.
Stack of copies of ISSUE XVI against a white backdrop with the orange spines prominent

ISSUE XVI Awarded the Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals

August 21, 2020
ISSUE XVI receives AIA New York’s Center for Architecture’s 2020 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals.
Headshot of alumnus Gregory G. Street

Alumni Spotlight: Gregory G. Street

February 23, 2018
Gregory was an active mentor and leader in the school's National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) student chapter. Here, he talks about his views on diversity and equity, hopes for the future of the design professions, and how his education positioned him for success.
Elizabeth Chu Richter Headshot

Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Chu Richter, FAIA

February 9, 2018
Alumna Elizabeth Chu Richter, FAIA, opens up about her career path and vision for a more equitable future...
PLATFORM Cover with photos of architects and planners

Explore the Digital Issue of PLATFORM: Convergent Voices

December 14, 2017
Convergent Voices highlights contributions from across disciplines, brought together by a shared concern for the inequities in our cities and built environments and the urgent need to address them.
Watercolor by Joyce Rosner

Center for American Architecture and Design Releases New Book by Joyce Rosner

June 22, 2017
Senior lecturer Joyce Rosner shares her distinct perspective on the Gardens of Versailles through 44 vibrant watercolors...
Anthony Alofsin

Archive & Personal Library of Scholar and Architect Anthony Alofsin Acquired by UT Libraries

April 12, 2017
Alofsin has made numerous contributions to architectural education as a faculty member of the School of Architecture and through his own professional design projects.