The Houston Downtown Management District, Asakura Robinson, and Sasaki have released an ambitious master plan in the wake of Hurricane…

In program, Austin’s new East Side District is nothing out of the ordinary: a stadium and arena paired with a…

For nine nights in November, Austin was once again illuminated by the temporary light-based and site-specific art installations of “Creek…

In late August, Hurricane Harvey camped out over southeast Texas. In some places, it dumped, over the span of a…

“Trapped, A Consequence of Forced Implementations” by Munjer Hashim, a former University of Houston architecture student currently working for Sage…

Dallas’ decades-long saga of its Trinity River project reached a turning point on August 9, when the Dallas City Council…

In 1942, my grandfather joined the Army Air Corps and was sent to San Antonio for his preflight training. He…

Though I’ve practiced for 33 years and have been enriched by a plethora of unique clients and colleagues, I never…

Drawing often appears early in the lives of architects. For us, it is a way of connecting with life, a…

Frank D. Welch, FAIA, died the morning of June 22 in his Dallas home. He was 90 years old. With…

This issue of Texas Architect marks the 50th  anniversary of The Birthday appearing on the September/October 1967 magazine cover —…

When I met Frank Welch for the first time, I was so young and innocent that I had no idea…

Word came to me, by chance, less than 30 minutes after Frank Welch’s death. I was out of town and…

The gallery is intimate and dimly lit, its periphery a little unclear as one’s eyes adjust to the space. A…

Blow the Doors Off BREACH AGENCY Architecture WUHO Gallery Los Angeles, California BREACH  | Material Rituals of the Securocratic State…

The Houston Downtown Management District (Downtown District) has announced Plan Downtown: a 20-year vision that will outline recommendations for development…

As architects, many of us spend our lives in urban centers and turn our backs to the low-density landscape sprawling…

The Texas A&M University College of Architecture organized a student design contest in Fall 2016, seeking uses for the standardized…

What does the near future of Houston hold? Will driverless cars crisscross the highways functioning as mobile offices, hotels, and…

How Much House? Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin by Urs Peter Flueckiger Birkhauser, $34.95 “You want room for…

After an exhaustive hunt turned up four finalists, The University of Texas at Austin has selected Michelle Addington as the…

Things Which Can be Said You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn by Wendy Lesser Farrar, Straus and…

Driving on the highway: Everyone in Texas can relate to this activity. For a lot of people, it means congestion,…

“We’re hurtling at breakneck speed to get from somewhere we didn’t want to be to somewhere we don’t want to…

Last fall, five graduate students from the Texas Tech College of Architecture created an installation called “Spectrolines” for the student-run…

On April 30, 2015, a team of architects and landscape architects assembled by the local urban strategy firm Ash+Lime implemented…

The Rothko Chapel has hired New York’s Architecture Research Office (ARO) to undertake renovation and master planning efforts for the…

Beyond Documentation: Photography’s Role in Contemporary Architectural Production Seamless: Digital Collage and Dirty Realism in Contemporary Architecture by Jesús Vassallo…

On October 20 and 21, the Rubin Center in collaboration with AGENCY Architecture, with participation by Crossway Foundation and Angel…

Low Plains is the alias of John Redington, Assoc. AIA, a graduate architect at Clayton&Little Architects in Austin. Under this…

Jim Williamson has had a busy semester. As new dean of the Texas Tech University College of Architecture, he returns…

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has finally landed at Rice University. Like the flying saucer it vaguely resembles, the new…

The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) in the Philippines is building a new visitor center designed by Richter Architects…

San Diego, California, is one of the few cities in the United States that has an international airport at its…

Nick Srnicek is a UK-based theorist and co-author, with Alex Williams, of the book “Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a…

The theme of the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture, “Reporting from the Front,” frames the work of architects as a…

“Hello … my name is ROBERT,” begins Dallas’s architectural ’zine, an artifact of 2010, when the city was between architecture…

In 1965, Sanger-Harris opened its first new, ground-up department store in downtown Dallas as its flagship. Designed by Dallas architect…

Pedro Ayala, Assoc. AIA, wants to preserve the 1959 McAllen Civic Center in the booming Texas border city of McAllen.…

Houston’s Alley Theatre is a masterpiece. Any renovation of it, no matter how greatly needed, is sure to stir up…

On May 4, AIA Dallas announced the four winners of its 2016 Unbuilt Design Awards contest. The award recognizes excellence…

It was 1993 when I met Bill Booziotis. A friend was working in his office, and since she knew I…

“Where Are the Women Architects?” By Despina Stratigakos Princeton University Press, $19.95 When the American Institute of Architects released the…

The home of the future might only be as big as a large closet. At least, that’s what Jeff Wilson,…

The 2015 Solar Decathlon took place in Irvine, Calif. in mid-October after nearly two years of work by 14 teams.…

The pavilion that stood in the Nasher Sculpture Center’s garden from January 23 to April 17 was the centerpiece of…

Curated by Delaney Harris-Finch and Anna Mod, “Uncommon Modern” presented photographs of more than 100 overlooked pieces of Houston’s modern…

The Llano Estacado is flat And seems to go on forever Yellow fields under the blue sky Then without preamble…

On January 11, 2016, 11 Austin city leaders broke ground on a whimsical and well-appointed signifier of Texan self-regard: the…