Delight often comes from the unexpected. I’m reminded of moments I’ve experienced in places like Siena, Italy, or San Miguel…

South by Southwest has long occupied a memorable and influential position in the cultural landscape of Austin. Since its founding…

In November 2025, the Department of Education proposed stripping the professional designation from architecture degrees. This reclassification would limit the…

Last February, San Antonio became the epicenter of a growing global movement when experts in circular design and implementation gathered…

When people think about disabilities, the images are often those of people with mobility impairments—wheelchair users, scooters, walkers, and the…

“Don’t be ashamed of being human, be proud! Inside you vault opens behind vault endlessly.You will never be complete, that’s…

On the Invisible Forces and Narrative Logics of Art and Design

An East Austin studio rises above the rest.

Redefining Suburban Recreational Architecture

Thermal Delight in Architecture and the Continued Work of Lisa Heschong

A Watering Hole for the Ages

Cinematic drama meets fine cuisine.

Total Design for a New Era

While things are moving—albeit slowly—in the right direction, AIA continues to struggle with diversity, a problem that is particularly visible…

Bruce Goff: Material Worlds
Art Institute of Chicago

The House of Dr Koolhaas
Françoise Fromonot with editor Thomas Weaver
Park Books, 2025

The rounded edges of these products align with the growing trend toward incorporating more organic, softer shapes and curves into hospitality interiors.

Driving east from Dallas along State Highway 276, the landscape opens into the Blackland Prairie. Fields stretch out from the…

In a profession defined by change, gathering is not optional—it is essential. It is how we learn from one another,…

On the corner of East Cesar Chavez and Comal streets in East Austin sits a three-story neo-Brutalist office building, aptly…

Charles Albert “Al” York, FAIA, an accomplished architect and partner at Austin’s powerhouse firm of McKinney York Architects, died on…

There is a moment in every architect’s career when preparation stops being theoretical and starts becoming real. It is not…

Recently, architectural historian Stephen Fox spoke with Dr. Michelangelo Sabatino, Hon. FRAIC. Sabatino is the director of the School of…

Supporting Ecological Evolution in the Anthropocene

A Home Designed for the Decades

An Argument for Creative Reuse Over Preservation

A Historic Structure Updated for Next-Gen Commerce

Expanding a 1930s Bungalow for a Modern Family

Evolving the Profession for a Changing World

A Houston Garage Remade as a Culinary Destination

Adaptive Reuse at Pullman Market

Building With Fruit Waste Matter

Oblique Experiments
Igor Siddiqui
Applied Research & Design, 2025

The Type V City: Codifying Material Inequity in Urban America
Jeana Ripple
University of Texas Press, 2025

These new LED lighting fixtures for spaces from tabletops to stairwells offer flexible illumination for residential and commercial spaces.

Measure Twice was an undergraduate design studio taught by Emerging Scholar in Design Andrew Bako in the Fall 2025 semester…

As I reflect on my year serving as president of the Texas Society of Architects, I am filled with gratitude—for…

In 1923, Governor Pat Neff tasked the newly established Texas State Parks Board to travel throughout the state in search…

In conjunction with the 32nd Building Communities Conference and Trade Show, held at South Padre Island by the Lower Rio…

After a long, prolific, and creative life, Robert Terry Renfro, AIA, an architect and senior lecturer at the University of…

Architecture is built not only of brick, steel, and glass, but also of memory, collaboration, and mentorship. In fall 2024,…

“There are valued times in almost everyone’s experience when the world is perceived afresh.” This is the opening statement from…

Housing Policy and the Quest for Shelter

A new model for neonatal care

Austin’s Stealth House defies convention.

The making of El Paso’s Temple Mount Sinai

A bustling community center for Northwest Austin

Exploring new possibilities for green burial

A new home for a West Texas church

The first phase of UT Dallas’s new arts complex revealed