Honoring the past while building for the future

One of Texas’s first charitable organizations settles into a new satellite office. Project SunsetLocation San AntonioClient H. E. Butt FoundationArchitect…

A secluded retreat holds promises of reconnection to the austere beauty of the Hill Country. Project Chertecho Tree TowerLocation FredericksburgArchitect…

Emilio Ambasz: Curating a New NatureBarry BergdollRizzoli New York, 2022 Barry Bergdoll’s “Emilio Ambasz: Curating a New Nature” is neither…

The Alamo City gets its fourth federal courthouse. Project San Antonio Federal CourthouseLocation San AntonioDesign Architect Lake|Flato ArchitectsArchitect of Record…

Nikolas Olic crafts novel visual compositions using the forms and patterns of the built urban fabric. 

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

I have lived within a mile of the McNay Art Museum for most of the two decades I have called…

On March 3-6, some 90 architects descended upon the small Wyoming town of Jackson for the 10th Annual Texas Society…

The cast-iron veranda of Ashton Villa has witnessed changes to the political, economic, and environmental climate of Galveston.

After two years of compromised, constrained, or completely cancelled travel plans, this past winter break my family and I finally…

Dr. Tara A. Dudley is an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture with a…

The creators of Six Flags Over Texas hoped to create a uniquely Texan combination of history and thrills.

In the previous issue of Texas Architect, outgoing TxA President Audrey Maxwell, AIA, compared her role to that of a runner…

Over the last two decades, the Texas Department of Transportations has built a network of rest stops that are as…

Last year when we chose the topic of “mental health” for this issue, we thought this whole global pandemic thing…

Excitement surrounds most buildings when they are new. But after the ribbons have been cut and the photographs have been…

In June of this year, Sara Bronin, AIA, was nominated to chair the United States Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.…

In the summer of 1993, “Jurassic Park” was in the theaters and Bill Clinton was in the White House. I…

Texas Architect's Interim Editor Brantley Hightower, AIA, speaks with Alfred Vidaurri about the profession and the role NCARB plays in…

Texas celebrated its Centennial in 1936 with a spate of monument building. These structures memorialized a limited version of history…

Pleasanton Elementary School capitalizes on its site’s existing live oaks by blurring the boundary between inside and out. Architect LPA…

Pine House in San Antonio is a model of affordable infill residential design and another case for the reintegration of…

On October 18, the San Antonio City Council voted to move ahead with its planned overhaul of Alamo Plaza. This…

A sculptural concrete canopy made with digitally designed and fabricated formwork creates shade and captures rainwater in a San Antonio…

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

Just west of I-10 in downtown San Antonio, VIA Centro Plaza is a bus rapid-transit center that also serves as…

After building military bases and oil refineries during the Second World War, Harmon Dobson became a serial entrepreneur. He sold…

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