A small architectural model of a modern, multi-level building with open staircases, flat roofs, and geometric cutouts, shown on a square base with a separate ramp structure beside it.
Event status
Scheduled
Saturday March 26, 2016, 1:30 - 3:00pm

This is a two hour workshop which consists of two halves. The first half focuses on the fundamentals of photography and technical aspects pertaining to digital SLR and controlling the basic parameters in a DSLR to get the desired result.

A vintage blue car is parked in front of a modernist Cuban building with a yellow curved roof. Event text overlay reads: Cuban Architecture, 50th Anniversary of Handmade Works, Heriberto Duverger.
Lecture Series, CAAD
Event status
Scheduled
Friday March 25, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00pm

On Friday, March 25, the Center for American Architecture and Design hosted Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series.

Roughly every other Friday during the fall and spring semesters, the Center hosts the Friday Lunch Forum Series. The aim of the series is for faculty, staff, and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Recordings of each forum will be posted as they become available.

A group of people stands outside a beige building with a sign reading STEEL HOUSE LLC above a partially open garage door on a sunny day. A motorcycle and part of a white car are parked nearby.
Materials Lab
Event status
Scheduled
Thursday March 24, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00pm

We toured two local fabrication shops in South Austin, Honea Woodworks and Steel House MFG.

An open sketchbook with a pen shows a black ink architectural drawing of tall buildings. Event details for a portfolio review are typed in white text on the wooden desk surface beside the sketchbook. The Gensler logo appears in the corner.
Career Services
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday March 23, 2016, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Please join Gensler for a portfolio review and meet & greet on Wednesday, March 23. The event will be held at the firm's Austin office at 212 Lavaca Street, Suite 390, from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

A dramatic sunset sky with orange and blue hues appears above a modern building with three large domes and arched roofs. The words UNFINISHED SPACES are boldly displayed in white across the sky.
Goldsmith Talks, Goldsmith Talks
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday March 23, 2016, 5:00pm

Film screening with special guest Heriberto Duverger, one of the film's consultants and commentators.

“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961)

Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece.

Open glass doors lead to a sunny terrace with wooden tables and chairs, overlooking a scenic distant city and mountains under a blue sky with scattered clouds. The image has a split, mirrored visual effect.
Exhibition, Lecture Series
Event status
Scheduled
Monday March 21, 2016, 5:00pm - Friday April 29, 2016, 5:00pm

The exhibit displays the architectural work, drawings and sketches from Vincent Snyder’s 11-month residency resulting from his Rome Prize in Architecture (2014-2015).  Much of the work includes three (3) Texas-based projects influenced by the varied contexts of Italy, Rome, and the Academy.

A view of the New York City skyline at dusk with text listing architecture firms: KPF, Rockwell Group, Tod Williams Billie Tsien, HWKN, ARO, Archi-Tectonics, Gensler. Event details: NYC Seminar, Spring Break 2016.
Career Services
Event status
Scheduled
Monday March 14, 2016, 8:15am - Wednesday March 16, 2016, 8:15am

Join UTSOA Career Services and the New York chapter of Texas Exes this upcoming Spring Break (March 14-16) for the New York City Seminar. The program provides an excellent opportunity for students to visit some of New York's most notable design firms while networking with representatives and learning more about what it’s like to live and work in NYC. 

FIRM VISIT SCHEDULE:

Photograph taken looking up at tall, concrete modernist buildings with geometric shapes and square windows against a blue sky. Overlaid text advertises a lecture about Lina Bo Bardi by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram.
Lecture Series, CAAD
Event status
Scheduled
Friday March 11, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00pm

On Friday, March 11, the Center for American Architecture and Design hosted Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series.

Roughly every other Friday during the fall and spring semesters, the Center hosts the Friday Lunch Forum Series. The aim of the series is for faculty, staff, and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Recordings of each forum will be posted as they become available.

Two photographic enlargers sit on work tables in a photo lab, each with a yellow tray on the base for holding photo paper and alignment tools. Shelves, equipment, and a wooden stool are visible in the background.
Event status
Scheduled
Friday March 11, 2016, 9:00 - 11:00am

This workshop is closed, and make-up only.

Please contact the VRC if you have any questions.

512-471-0143 utsoavrc@gmail.com