“It’s funny how we appreciate agricultural buildings and the way they sit in the landscape. They are perfect references for…

“There’s always the money shot, and for us it was the room that had this two foot repetition of trusses…

“What we’re awarding here is not an art installation and not a piece of architecture, but the potential for architecture…

Climate change. Environmental depredation. Population explosion. Dwindling resources. There’s no doubt about it: The existing mode of suburban development must…

The cultural and economic forces that continue to shape the American suburb are larger than architecture. But the profession could…

“Playa Lubbock,” a proposal by William Truitt, AIA, and Marsha Bowden, AIA, suggests a more ecologically sensitive means of developing…

The Domain is a mixed-use development of residences, shopping, and offices that creates a node of walkable density at the…

A UTSA ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR AND HIS STUDENTS MAP THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORSHIP AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT THEY FIND IS A…

FOR MANY AMONG THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARCHITECTS, “TRADITION” IS NO LONGER A DIRTY WORD. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR…

The Philip Johnson-designed Thanks-Giving Square and Chapel was commissioned in the wake of the Kennedy assassination, as part of a…

Architects have intuitively understood and designed awe-inspiring spaces for millennia. Now, a new body of research in the field of…

White Oak Music Hall is an only-in-Houston project, a ground-up rock club that seeks authenticity by way of its elemental…

Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel are home to the nation’s second-busiest port, its largest petrochemical complex, and a…

In the Gulf Coast DesignLab at UT Austin, Coleman Coker takes a dozen students on a 15-week journey to design…

The concrete walls of the dormant Seaholm Intake dip beneath the waters of Lady Bird Lake. This abandoned work of…

Re-engineering a modern megacity like Dallas-Fort Worth to create the sort of dense, walkable urbanism favored by 21st-century planners is…

in 1979, John Hejduk was visiting critic at the University of Houston College of Architecture, leading the school’s Honor Studio…

Architecture was the world’s first broadcast communications platform. But in the modern era, the practice largely abandoned its narrative approach…

For the first time in its history, UT Austin has a medical school. The building that houses it — the…

Having just completed its third consecutive year, Creek Show — a series of light-based art and architecture installations at Waller…

The City of El Paso Quality of Life Bond Program, passed in 2012, has instigated a number of public projects…

After a five-year revitalization effort, Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park has taken its place among the city’s top public green spaces.…

The Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston may be the only venue in the country created specifically to provide affordable…

Dallas’ Fire Station 27 is designed to facilitate the speedy deployment of emergency responders, but it serves the public in…

Security, ventilation, and durability compose the bottom line when it comes to public restroom facilities. The Heron Creek Restroom on…

“It’s great just as a path that a human would take naturally, wanting to sort of look in certain directions,…

“I think, on one hand, how you make a house very simple with this idea of a box, a box…

“It’s a respect for the existing building resources, And I think it’s admirable for that. We shouldn’t always be knocking…

“One approaches something which is earthen, soft, and naturalistic. and you open this crevasse and you find this crystalline reflectivity,…

“It could be, literally, a big, dumb pre-engineered building. In this case, the notion was to try to give some…

“It’s all handled in a very modest, controlled way, with quite a beautiful materiality to the walls.” – Clive Wilkinson,…

“It’s just a very fine example of how to add to a historic building in a way that is of…

“This is one of those places that is so well done as an ordered plan within a very powerful landscape,…

“They really let the building breathe, and at the same time, you can see the hand of the new architects,…

“I think this building is really a work of poetry as much as it is architecture.” – Thomas Hacker, FAIA

Smiley is like a lot of small Texas towns on the Eagle Ford Shale: As its fortunes rise and fall…

For a prime example of 21st century urban design thinking, look no further than Austin’s Second Street District. In the…

This little town in West Texas now exerts a tremendous amount of cultural influence, and The opening of the Hotel…

The North Houston Highway Improvement Project has been in the works since the late 1990s, and may remain on the…

Expander Lab, a “think/do-tank” at the UTSA College of Architecture, construction, and planning led by assistant professor Antonio Petrov, has…

Project Harrell House Architect Murphy Mears Architects Design Team Kyle Humphries, AIA; Kirby Mears, AIA; Walter Murphy, AIA Photographer Kyle Humphries, AIA Formalism, one…

Project Casa di Luce Architect Morrison Dillworth + Walls Design Team Lionel Morrison, FAIA; Joanna Hampton, AIA; Wesley Tunnell Photographer Charles Smith, AIA In…

Project Bluestem Client Norman Ward, AIA Architect Norman D. Ward Architect Design Team Norman Ward, AIA Photographers Charles Smith, AIA; Ralph Lauer In 2004, Norman…

Project Ridge House, Jackson Hole, Wyoming Client Kay and Bill Jones Architect Welch Architecture Design Team Clifford Welch, AIA; Dean Bowman, John Wheeler Photographer Dror…

Project Franklin Mountain House Architect Hazelbaker Rush Design Team Dale Rush, AIA; Darci Hazelbaker, Assoc. AIA Photographer Casey Dunn The Franklin Mountains are the…

Project Hart Woodson House, Austin Client Dr. Maggie Hart and Patrick Woodson Architect Malone Maxwell Borson Architects Design Team Michael Malone, AIA; Ryan Thomason,…

Project Rolex Building Client Harwood International Architects Kengo Kuma and Associates, design architect; Harwood Design Factory, architect of record When Rolex opened its…

Project Linda Pace Gallery Client Linda Pace Foundation Architects Adjaye Associates, design architect; Alamo Architects, architect of record. Linda Pace was a woman…

Project Ceverine School Client Stiller Strong, Save the Children Architect Architecure West with Archietcure for Humanity Design Team Tommy Stewart, AIA, Design Architect; Eric…

Project Bispebjerg Somatic Hospital Client The Capital Region of Denmark Architects KHR Arkitekter, WHR Architects Design Team KHR: Lars Kragh, Mikkel…