There’s a running joke that the best time in Austin was whenever you first moved to the city. I returned…

Swiss-American Urs Peter “Upe” Flueckiger was born in Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland. He is a full professor and currently serves as the…

Like most Western towns, Marfa’s history is in turns celebrated, exploited, contested, forgotten, ignored, and most enthusiastically traded privately among…

The Texas Society of Architects announced its 2022 Honor Award recipients on August 17. These awards recognize exceptional members, firms,…

“Architecture is cladding on two sides of a cavity.” So said one of my professors, distilling the essence of modern…

From its inception in 1963 and completion in 1965, through its subsequent expansion in 2006, NorthPark Center was envisioned as…

Without the leadership of the El Paso Community Foundation (EPCF) on major catalyst projects in El Paso, the city’s downtown…

The Texas Society of Architects Studio Awards recognize real or theoretical projects demonstrating excellence in design. The program accepts submissions…

Animal SanctuaryJeff Garnett Architect The 23,500-sf Animal Sanctuary is an animal adoption center and equestrian facility that focuses on the…

Center for Transforming LivesBennett Partners Architects completed a pro bono study to assess the existing facility of the Center for…

Preston MosqueAgenda Architecture In this design for a new mosque, the sahn, or courtyard, is the archetype — a physical…

Ranch House for a NaturalistMax Levy Architect The site is a 4,000-acre working cattle ranch in Cooke County, and the…

School With Porches and PortalsCameron Osborn The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture At this school for children ages…

SLOWSPACEHKS Design Fellowship: Jiming Chen, Zachary Orig, Joey Tan Downtown Dallas is experiencing a renaissance of growth, yet many of…

A Tower of TreesAgenda Architecture A treehouse adjoins a large silver lime tree located toward the eastern edge of London’s…

I grew up in North Carolina. Tobacco was everywhere (it was the 1960s and everybody smoked) and a mainstay of…

In this photo essay, Furmansky captures the uncanniness of a vacant downtown Houston in the early days of the pandemic.

The Theresa Passive House in Austin is a case study in single-family sustainability.

Authentic tumbled stone, bird-saving glass, and historically inspired metal panels are some of the latest cladding and facade options for…

Awards are significant because they reveal who we uplift and what type of contributions are valued in our profession. Receiving…

Henry Trost’s hotels of the Trans-Pecos offer lessons in building resilience through community.

Office and retail design are reconsidered on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A historic post office in Houston gets a 21st-century makeover.

The Austin Proper Hotel & Residences offers a master class in modern luxury. Client The Kor GroupArchitect Handel ArchitectsInterior Design…

Houston’s Texas Tower reimagines the ground-floor experience. Client HinesArchitect Pelli Clarke & PartnersArchitect of Record, Fire & Life Safety Consultant,…

The Stack brings modern office space to Dallas’ Deep Ellum. Client and Developer Hines, Westdale, and Ivanhoe CambridgeArchitect 5G Studio…

The Credit Human and Oxbow towers bring old-world principles to contemporary sustainable design. Clients Silver Ventures and Credit Human Federal…

For more than half a century, 800 Bell has graced the skyline of downtown Houston. The tower’s distinctive 44-stories of…

In 448 B.C., what is widely believed by historians to be the first professional design competition in recorded history was…

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Phase 2 of the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center addresses the need for a visible cornerstone for the…

Louis I. Kahn was 65 and at the height of his capacities as an architect when he was hired in…

On May 14, at the headquarters of the iconic local company Acme Brick, the Fort Worth chapter of the American…

Open Range CollectionMannington Commercial The Open Range rubber plank flooring collection offers enhanced performance and acoustics for healthcare, education, office,…

There’s a rapid time lapse happening at the intersection of East 7th and Chicon streets in East Austin: Low-slung industrial…

Oppenheimer’s installation is the latest acquisition by The University of Texas at Austin’s public art program, Landmarks.

Meet Kate Aoki, AIA, head of exhibition design at the Dallas Museum of Art and president-elect of AIA Dallas.

Many UT students are renting windowless rooms in the brand-new buildings in West Campus, and apparently, it's perfectly legal.

The Texas Society of Architects Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architectural and urban design projects by architects practicing in Texas…

“Through its clear and clever design that is highlighted by the artful use of color, the architects have made the…

“Through inventive site planning strategy, this is an exemplary project that fosters a collaborative, healthy workplace while transforming a ‘leftover’…

“Small in scale, each home contributes to a mid-block stepped public space — a true urban fabric project that achieves…

“A great street building that shapes a portal to the courtyard garden world behind. In terms of the adaptive reuse…

“Thoughtful planning and design at multiple scales add to the extreme gestures and proportions of the architecture to create a…

“This finely executed expansion is an exemplary expression of the vernacular-inspired spirit of West Texas.”— Paul Danna, FAIA Location El…

“Visionary in its emphasis on the microclimate and creation of public space and public presence inside and outside the facility.…

“An exciting and innovative approach to preservation. The careful restoration preserves the structure, contributing to the scale of the neighborhood.…

“This rigorous and artful composition of an architectural ‘kit of parts’ achieves a sense of substance, individuality, and community in…

“Dignity and sense of place marked this project as distinctive. This project’s reading of vernacular ‘truck stop’ typology coupled with…

“Carefully designed buildings and a sensitive site plan set up a structural timber building supporting a low embodied energy approach…