View of the UT Tower in front of bright blue skies and buttery clouds

Students Recognized at UT Honors Day

April 6, 2023
Forty-four of the School of Architecture’s highest achieving undergraduate students will be celebrated on Saturday, April 15 at the university’s 75th annual Honors Day
Dean Almy

Q&A with Professor Dean Almy

March 31, 2023
To celebrate Dean Almy's recent promotion to full Professor, we caught up with him to learn more about his background, interests, and his views on the field of urban design.
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.
Dean Michelle Addington speaking at SXSW

Dean Addington Recognized for Leadership in Architectural Research

March 22, 2023
The Architectural Research Centers Consortium’s James Haeker Award for Distinguished Leadership is given to those with a record of sustained and significant research leadership at the national and international level.
UTSOA's HUD competition student team at the site in Chicago, Illinois

Student Team Named Finalists in HUD 2023 Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition

March 14, 2023
A multidisciplinary team of students from UT Austin is one of only four selected for their plan to redevelop a public housing site in Chicago, Illinois.
Daniel Koehler

Symposium stakes out initial signposts for architecture’s future with artificial intelligence

March 13, 2023
The Architect's Newspaper recaps the school's "Architecture After AI" symposium and exhibition, organized by Kory Bieg, Daniel Koehler, and Clay Odom.
Plume by Clay Odom and Kory Bieg at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport

Digitally Fabricated Public Art by Kory Bieg and Clay Odom

March 10, 2023
Part of the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places program, PLUME is tied firmly to its place at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport while reaching skyward. Interweaving both the digital and the handcrafted, the work evokes the complexity of air travel, the ephemerality of jet contrails, and the intricate iridescence of grackle feathers.
Charles Davis Headshot

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.
Student work from UTSOA Micropolitan America studios

Micropolitan Urbanism

March 9, 2023
Texas Architect Magazine looks at a series of studios led by Lecturer Kyriakos Kyriakous exploring smalltown America.
Techo by Jorge Pardo

Renowned artist Jorge Pardo visits campus

March 7, 2023
Join the school for Pardo's public lecture on Wednesday, March 29, part of a larger week-long engagement with interior design students.
Housing development under construction

These five issues could be key to solving Texas’ housing affordability woes

March 3, 2023
Jake Wegmann interviews with the Texas Standard about housing affordability in Texas and ways to address it.
Carmen Valdez and Miriam Solis

Prescription for a Healthier Future: Climate Justice

February 28, 2023
Dell Medical School profiles the work of Community and Regional Planning Assistant Professor Miriam Solis and Dell Med's Carmen Valdez as they work to promote climate justice in the Rio Grande Valley.
SXSW 2023 graphic

SOA at SXSW

February 24, 2023
Dean Michelle Addington and Community and Regional Planning Associate Professor Junfeng Jiao contribute their expertise to SXSW panels on housing and sustainability, and smart cities and emerging technology.
Juana Salcedo Headshot

Meet Juana Salcedo, Assistant Professor of Practice

February 22, 2023
An architectural designer and scholar working at the intersection of architecture and urbanism, Juana Salcedo joined the School of Architecture in Fall 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Practice.
Lifeworks building in East Austin

Juan Miro Receives Texas Medal of Arts Award

February 17, 2023
The biannual award celebrates contributions by Texans in all disciplines of the arts, and recognizes Miró's professional practice, Miró Rivera Architects, for its body of work in Texas and beyond.
Backs of students seen looking at a colorful mural

Promoting Environmental Equity in the Gulf Coast

February 16, 2023
Assistant Professor Miriam Solis will use funds from the Gulf Research Program's Early Career Research Fellowship to advance environmental justice in the Rio Grande Valley by engaging youth perspectives in environmental planning.