The farm-to-table is actually being celebrated in a type of space that patrons will come to without thinking about the…

Oh! Many a widow, many an orphan cursed The building of that fane; and many a father, Worn out with…

In the past decade, several cities in Texas have opened important downtown parks and public spaces. Their purported purpose has…

One year after Hurricane Harvey, TA checks on Houston's resiliency response. We round up the funding incentives available to motivate…

According to some views, Tyler and Laredo represent very different versions of Texas — the former, an East Texas hub…

Unfired earth building materials — rammed earth, adobe, compressed earth block — are a plentiful, structurally robust, and natural alternative…

“Lamar Union was an extraordinary example of how to re-create public space. Every city in Texas, and every city in…

“It looked like it could be a very functional commercial office building, and we were convinced it would be a…

“The Highland Campus is incredible because it takes a typology that all cities have — especially North American cities, which…

“The architects were very skillful in inserting an entirely new and modern facility within the structure of the historic. That…

“This particular project is part of a new wave of how we think about our existing towers and existing cities.…

“This project opened the curtain a little bit and showed the messy interaction — the vibrancy of the project —…

“We felt that it was really important to recognize this project for the accomplishments it was able to achieve, which…

“The Tumbleweed Residence, I think, we all feel like we all just want to move in. In the span of…

“The roof, which is what connects parts of the building, opens up and allows the tree to be embraced by…

“The Joy House is one of my favorites. I thought it really played up the dialectic between inside/outside; public/private; light…

“The Sombreada Hasta was just so elegant. There’s an economy of means — it’s a shipping container; it’s some raw…

“The West Lynn Studio is effectively a minimalist white cube. It took an existing building and sheathed it and did…

“The Community First! Micro House attracted the attention of the jury as one of the few projects that really took…

“I was really, really impressed by the ‘Tracing the Line’ execution for educating the public about Waller Creek with very,…

Freedom and individual choice underpin the Montessori curriculum, and those ideals motivated the design of this new school in Austin.…

The new Big Brothers Big Sisters houston headquarters is a shining example of big-idea architecture done on a budget. Sited…

The Charlotte and Donald Test Pavilion at the Dallas Arboretum, set within the park’s edible gardens, provides a flexible space…

Frit technology provides a flexible means of increasing the performance of glass building envelopes while maintaining transparency. Here, a Dallas…

The Concho Center in Midland is a gem of a corporate headquarters that has used its economic weight for the…

The population of Texas continues to grow rapidly, but the state’s electricity infrastructure hasn’t kept pace. Meanwhile, stricter energy codes…

To meet increasingly rigorous energy codes, architects use modeling tools throughout the design process. These tools and strategies are becoming…

For four decades, the Seaholm Power Plant generated electricity for Austin. After decommissioning, it sat mostly vacant for the next…

Nearly every town in Texas, big or small, has at least one historically significant structure. Preserving this built heritage ensures…

The Austin Central Library is the most important Central Texas building in more than a decade. Designed to be a…

The Austin Central Library is the most important Central Texas building in more than a decade. Designed to be a…

The character of Texas’ major cities is defined more by the priorities of developers than by any design process. If…

The separation between architectural design and construction that began during the Renaissance and was consolidated after the Industrial Revolution has…

Big Bend has the most diverse deposit of fossils — spanning the longest period of time — of any National…

Chip and Joanna Gaines of hit TV show “Fixer Upper” fame may trade in the sort of Countrypolitan kitsch that…

A Houston architect, historian, and critic discovers a mid-century architect-designed home in an unassuming East End neighbor- hood. He buys…

Starting from the basic premise that knowing what not to do is as important as knowing what to do, Furman…

In the course of nearly a century, the building at 700 Congress Avenue in Austin has been a theater, a…

Even a cursory glance at recent real estate trends will reveal that something is wrong with the building market. Everywhere…

Casa de las Lomas is not a cheap house. While it could be derided as an example of conspicuous consumption,…

At the tattered fringe of East Austin, where a rough-and-tumble neighborhood ends at a busy highway, stands an architectural gem.…

Similar in size, geography, and climate, Austin and San Antonio might as well be sisters. However, they take notably different…

“The estuary is a very delicate ecosystem, and the delicate nature of the wood detailing and the filigree of the…

“The Cistern project is as much about what the architect didn’t do as what they did do.” — Andy Tinucci,…

“The way that the interior design of the space and the architecture of the space merge seamlessly into one is…

The MATCH is a great project. It has a wonderful breezeway/outdoor civic space that functions as a lobby to the…

“Every interior space had an appropriately scaled outdoor space to give out onto, and really achieved an amazing sort of…

“It’s a great example of an accessory dwelling in an urban context. It’s very well sited; it has its own…

“It creates this structural box and clamps on an end piece that’s glazed on three sides, so it’s kind of…

“It actually has this sort of extraordinary sense of being in a special place — but it’s a bathroom.” —…