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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN NEWS

News and updates from The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture's Sustainable Design Program.

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Two sustainable design students win Green Fund Awards for their innovative proposals

December 17, 2025

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May Term Travel Opportunities

August 25, 2025

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Announcing "Planetary Imaginaries"

August 22, 2025

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Kotchakorn Voraakhom Urges Graduates to Become the “Compassion Generation”

May 12, 2025

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Congratulations to the Class of 2024

May 13, 2024

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Interdisciplinary Team Advances to the Solar Decathlon Finals

April 18, 2024

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SOA at SXSW 2024

March 1, 2024

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UT Alumnus David Lake and Partner Ted Flato Receive 2024 AIA Gold Medal

January 24, 2024

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Water in Cities

November 20, 2023

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Work by Former Professor Wolf Hilbertz at the MOMA

October 4, 2023

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In Memoriam: Steven A. Moore, Ph.D.

September 5, 2023

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Celebrate Earth Day 2023

April 20, 2023

SOA at SXSW

February 24, 2023

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What Starts Here: Highlights from Career Fair

February 10, 2023

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Michelle Addington to Conclude Tenure as Dean after 2022-23 Academic Year

September 21, 2022

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Architects Respond to IPCC’s Findings

August 8, 2022

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GreenCore Studio Designs Modular ADUs to Address Sustainability, Affordability

July 6, 2022

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Celebrate Earth Day 2022

April 19, 2022

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2021-22 Issue of PLATFORM Explores Sustainable Design in the Spaces Between Disciplines, Dichotomies, and Practices

January 6, 2022

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"Plant Potential" Conference Explores Importance of Plant-Human Relations, November 5

October 22, 2021

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Do-No-Harm, Do-More-Good: Building for Sustainability in the Galapagos

September 21, 2021

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New Stackable, Transcriptable Graduate Certificates Available Fall 2021

July 13, 2021

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OTHER NATURE Exhibit Explores New Approaches to Integrating Natural Systems into the Built Environment: On View through September 15

June 28, 2021

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Earth Day Q&A with Aleksandra Jaeschke

April 21, 2021

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Q&A with Alumna Katie Coyne

December 17, 2020

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Material Experts: Odditree

April 24, 2020

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Four UTSOA Degree Programs Now STEM Designated

April 10, 2020

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Assistant Professor Aleksandra Jaeschke Wins Harvard GSD's 2019 Wheelwright Prize

May 13, 2019

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School Welcomes New Faculty in Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Design

September 10, 2018

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Green Fund Grants Awarded to Graduate Students & Center for Sustainable Development

June 8, 2018

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Shaping Our City: Urban Design Students and Faculty Contribute to Nationally Acclaimed South Central Waterfront Project in Austin

November 22, 2017

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Dean Addington Gives Welcome Remarks at Austin Green Awards

October 26, 2017

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Light + Sustainable Design

September 7, 2017

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Sustainable Design Alumni | Kristen Fulmer

January 28, 2017

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Sustainable Design Alumni | José Latorre

January 28, 2017

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Sustainable Design Alumni | Katie Coyne

January 28, 2017

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Sustainable Design Alumni | Andrea Tosi

January 28, 2017

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Opening Ceremony Announced for the Living Wall Project

May 18, 2016

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Visit the Living Wall!

April 25, 2016

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NexusHaus featured in Popular Science magazine

October 20, 2015

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Solar Decathlon Team Wins Fourth Place and Multiple Awards

October 19, 2015

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Solar Decathlon 2015

September 19, 2014