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Meet Professor of Practice Dora Epstein Jones

February 23, 2024
Dora Epstein Jones joined our faculty in Fall 2023. We recently caught up with her to learn more about her professional trajectory, current work, and what she’s enjoyed about joining the School of Architecture community.
John Chase Enrolls at UT in 1950

The Life & Architectural Legacy of John S. Chase

February 19, 2024
In celebration of Black History Month, we’re shining a light on the life, impact, and architectural legacy of the first Black graduate of the UT School of Architecture.
Ji Yoon stands in front of Teotitlan with their hat in their hands.

Digitizing Decolonization in Oaxaca, Mexico

January 31, 2024
With support from the Boone Powell Family Prize in Urban Design, Ji Yoon Ahn combines their interests in advanced digital documentation technologies and Mexican archaeology to explore the palimpsest of pre-colonial and colonial architecture in Central Mexico.
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The Tower’s Beloved History and Renewed Future

September 1, 2023
Professor Larry Speck spoke with The Alcalde about the history and architectural significance of the UT Tower ahead of its upcoming renovation.
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New and Visiting Faculty Join UTSOA

August 10, 2023
Meet new and visiting faculty joining the school this fall including Patrick Danahy, Dora Epstein Jones, and Liang Wang, as well as long-time lecturer Martin Haettasch, now a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
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Graham Foundation Awards Funding for Exhibition

July 25, 2023
Curated by Associate Professor Charles L. Davis II, the exhibition “The Black Home as Public Art” will investigate artist-led interventions into the Black home that provide a new model of architectural practice.
Visualizing the Racial Epistemologies of the Architectural Canon

Visualizing the Racial Epistemologies of the Architectural Canon

March 30, 2023
Associate Professor Charles L. Davis II developed a set of diagrams with collaborator Curry Hackett that chart the racialization of the architectural canon, published in e-flux magazine.
The Looshaus photo by Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Professor Long’s Scholarship Praised in The New York Review of Books

March 28, 2023
In a long-form essay about the Czech-Austrian Modernist Adolf Loos, architectural critic Martin Filler cites Professor Christopher Long’s decades-long research and analysis of the controversial figure.
For Whites exhibition

“For Whites” Exhibition on Display through April 14

March 23, 2023
Organized by Assistant Professor Tara Dudley, the exhibition places the “For Whites” signage discovered in Battle Hall within the complex, yet previously unexplored, history of Black craftsmen and laborer’s contributions to The University of Texas at Austin’s built environment.
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Q&A with Charles L. Davis II

March 9, 2023
Texas Architect Magazine interviews Associate Professor Charles L. Davis II whose research focuses on the role of racial identity and race thinking in architectural history.
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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
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Celebrating Black History Month at UT Austin

February 3, 2023
School of Architecture highlights include a lecture by Charles L. Davis, Tara A. Dudley's upcoming "For Whites" exhibition, and Dudley's exploration of the contested history of UT Austin's built environment.
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Spring 2023 Visiting Faculty

January 18, 2023
Joining us are Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, Alex Schweder, Jonathon Anderson, and Dr. Nelly Robles Garcia.
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."
Fernando Luis Lara

The Ones Who Inspire Us

October 12, 2022
Fernando Luiz Lara shares his reading recommendation for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Three headshots in a row. From left to right, Ria Bravo, Charles Davis, Tyler Swingle

Welcoming New Faculty Members

August 18, 2022
New faculty include Assistant Professor of Interior Design Ria Bravo; tenured Associate Professor and architectural historian Charles L. Davis; and our 2022-24 Emerging Scholar Tyler Swingle
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Call for Papers | CROSSROADS: Uncovering the Histories of the Built Environment in the Americas and the Global South

June 9, 2022
On February 17 and 18, 2023, the Ph.D. students of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture will host CROSSROADS, a symposium that invites critical discussion with respect to broadening the limits of authorized narratives in the canon.
Black and white photo of the Gold Dollar Building

One of Austin’s first Black communities has largely been erased. This building tells its tale.

March 3, 2022
The Texas Standard speaks with Dr. Tara Dudley about Austin's Wheatville freedmen community and The Gold Dollar Building in West Campus.