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Picture-Perfect Charm Along the Texas Gulf Coast

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Star Land was built by thousands of choices that favored money over people and progress before research. The only option…

I remember a day I spent with my grandfather in the summer of 1988. He wanted to stop by a…

Texas has lost one of its architecture giants. Ron Wommack, FAIA, one of the most celebrated architects in the state,…

There may be no place on Earth better suited to address the questions of modern urbanism than Texas. Despite global…

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, 45 architects toured the mid-20th-century modern architectural highlights of Harlingen as part of the 2024…

The Black Home as Public Art exhibition and symposium, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture…

In the fall of 1998, I got to know John Poston White as a senior colleague, mentor, and friend, and…

Illuminated Wood Panels, Inserts for Brick Walls, and Fixtures Made from Recycled Plastic, Mycelium, and Hemp

Home, Heat, Money, God: Texas and Modern Architecture
Text by Kathryn E. O’Rourke
Photographs by Ben Koush
University of Texas Press, 2024

Big Little Hotel: Small Hotels Designed by Architects
Donna Kacmar, FAIA
Routledge, 2023

I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture
M+ Museum, Hong Kong

Founded in 1986, Casa Marianella is an Austin nonprofit providing shelter and support for asylum-seeking refugees and other immigrants. Low…

Exciting new changes are afoot. Next year will mark Texas Architect’s 75th year of production. To celebrate this significant milestone,…

As the final quarter of 2024 approaches, I have been reflecting on the past year and the accomplishments within the…

The Texas Society of Architects announced its 2024 Honor Awards on July 17. These awards recognize exceptional members, firms, individuals,…

Nestled at the center of the University of Dallas’s small campus lies the Church of the Incarnation, mostly unchanged since…

Campus represents legacy of empowerment, resilience, and design

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Honoring the past while building for the future

Interplay of materials now on view at the famed architect's Connecticut property

The Art of Architectural Grafting
Jeanne Gang, FAIA
Park Books, 2024

Shigeru Ban: Timber in Architecture
Edited by Laura Britton and Vittorio Lovato
Contributions by Shigeru Ban and Hermann Blumer
Rizzoli, 2022

These wall and wallcovering systems for commercial interiors offer a palette of material surfaces, including felt, wood, cork, and resin.…

On July 24, the Texas Society of Architects announced its 2024 Studio Award winners. These awards recognize exceptional design in…

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African American MemorialHINES Architecture+Design “The memorial itself is the part of the project that’s the most compelling to me, in…

The Elephant ArchiveJunjie Fu, Assoc. AIA, and Zixiao Huang “The proposition of the project to use the section as a…

GreenHouseStudents: Paige Frost and Olga SobkivProfessor: Jesus VassalloRice University “Part of its intelligence is that it is replicable, that you…

Littoral MultiplicityGrace Andrews and Yuan-An Ju, Assoc. AIARice University “The way it plays between the interface of land [and] water—the…

Regolith HousePlume Design Lab: Kory Bieg, AIA, and Clay Odom “It’s one of the most convincing arguments I’ve seen for…

Sparks Oasis Community CenterStiphany Sowell Architecture + Urbanism “There’s an economy of means deployed in this project which thoughtfully recognizes…

Uvalde Youth CenterEric Grossman / Grossman Design Build “The roof as an infrastructure—as the space of gathering—and the actual tectonics…

Roberto de Leon, FAIAde Leon & Primmer Architecture WorkshopLouisville, Kentucky Roberto de Leon, FAIA, is partner and cofounder of DPAW,…

On the 2024 jury selection and submissions

“The transformation of this project afforded the jury an opportunity to celebrate the notion of renovation and restoration in a…

“I love the fact that the architect resisted the temptation to just be verbose in the use of color and…

“Block 185 is an extremely thoughtful solution for the site and the context in which it sits. it responds urbanistically…

“I was drawn to the fact that there was a kind of ad hoc and improvisational nature to it. The…

“This project deploys several strategies … inviting a sense of discovery and light through color, through scale, through experiential moments,…

“Ghost Hangar is probably one of the most clever and astute executions of the notion of the Texas shed and…

“The project creates a series of joyful spaces for learning, both indoor and outdoor.”— Roberto de Leon, FAIA “There are…

“I was most impressed by the creativity of the renovation in terms of the found spaces—the idea that they not…