Nature Strikes Back. A new design ethos for the climate responsive city:
Flemming Rafn, Co-founder and partner of Danish architecture studio THIRD NATURE, will introduce his office’s major works. His key concepts are driven by the notion that a coherent and optimized design creates the most powerful impact and sustainable solutions for the city as a whole, but also adds to the sensitivity to individual spaces, places and the people. A sensitivity that invites the users to a more informed, joyful and sustainable everyday life.
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Please join Career Services for a Mock Interview Workshop in preparation of this year's 2021 Career Fair via Zoom. Employers from the following firms will be assisting with this year's mock interviews: Boka Powell, Britt Design Group, Gensler, STG, DLR Group, McKinney York, GFF, Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Perkins+Will, and Studio Outside. See below a schedule.
On-Site Off-Site:
On-Site Off-Site, proposes an immersion into the processes of conception and realization of the firm’s works. Topics as diverse as the construction of the landscape or the prefabrication of the house are addressed, revealing how technologies are at times appropriated, at times invented, and at all times creatively utilized at the service of architecture.
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Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell co-founded Grafton Architects in 1978 having graduated from University College Dublin in 1974. They are Fellows of the RIAI, International Honorary Fellows of the RIBA and elected members of Aosdána, the eminent Irish Art organisation.
In Conversation with Patricia Urquiola:
Working across different scales and disciplines, Patricia Urquiola’s career spans from architecture to design, art, curatorship, art direction ,and strategy consulting. Pushing the limits of research and technology, she constantly experiments and dares to move towards better design and architecture, following her earlier mentors’ teachings such as Achille Castiglioni and Vico Magistretti.
Join UTSOA's Career Services office for a discussion on writing resumes. Learn how to write and format a more effective resume in order to stand out from the crowd.
The meeting will be held on Zoom and instructions will be emailed out. If you have further questions, please contact utsoa-careers@utexas.edu.
Multiplicity in Design as an Attitude:
Finding in the practice of everyday ways to work towards a more productive, transformative and resilient built environment.
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Please join Creative Director, Andy Lantz and Managing Studio Director, Nate Cormier from RIOS for a virtual presentation on the firm, current work and hiring practices on November 12. The event will be held at 11:00am CST on Zoom for students (link to be emailed out and shared in the newsletter). The event will also be livestreamed to the Texas Architecture YouTube Channel.