Human activities—construction first among them—thrive on minerals. Vital to our lives today, they were once an essential support to life’s emergence. And yet—as Vladimir Vernadsky first intuited in 1928—living matter has been, in turn, perpetually reforming those minerals since then. Life makes geology! What’s more, it makes the atmosphere—as James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis gambled it later— “breathable” as well!
Join UTSOA alum, John Paul Rysavy, from SHoP for a virtual presentation on the firm, current work and hiring practices on November 4. The event will be held at 11:00am CST on Zoom for students (link to be emailed out and shared in the newsletter).
A pioneer blurring the boundaries across art, architecture, technology and design, British-born Australian Lucy McRae has a finely tuned ability to imagine other ways of being and, crucially, other possibilities for how human biology might be augmented by a mixture of physical design, modification of genes and emotions.
Join Perkins&Will on October 28 at 11:00am for a presentation on the firm, current work and hiring practices. The event will be held on Zoom and Livestreamed to the Texas Architecture YouTube channel.
The Material’s Lab continued the ‘Materializing Design’ series with a virtual presentation from Coleman Coker. Coleman Coker is a Professor of Practice at the School of Architecture and the director of the Gulf Coast DesignLab.
Operating a studio in the mountains, far off the next city, can be challenging. Specially setting it up as a young couple with big dreams, but no clients. Now, 4 years and one pandemic later, we can reflect on those dreams, those challenges, failures and benefits. And we can wonder what opportunities lay ahead for a new generation of architects.
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Chris Precht is a father to son Tio, a husband to wife Fei and an architect at Studio Precht in the mountains of Austria.
Please join School of Architecture faculty and friends to celebrate the multitude of publications they have produced since March 2020. The SOA Book Fair will include 22 titles, including five volumes produced by CAAD and from notable publishers such as Penguin Random House, Rizzoli, and UT Press. Authors will be present to sign copies and discuss their respective books, with all publications available for purchase. CAAD damaged book backstock will also be available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
October 22, 10am–2pm, Goldsmith Courtyard
When a derelict early 18th Century townhouse in Central London was given to an obscure Swiss charity, Assemble was invited to come up with an idea of what to do with it. The house had belonged to the artist, cyberneticist, beekeeper, campaigner and polymath Annetta Pedretti, whose energetic spirit we seek to maintain in the house, whilst creating a space for grassroots resistance to decades of top-down redevelopment projects. In this talk Louis will discuss the ideas behind the project and the amazing woman that lived and died in the house.
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