As Austin continues to grow, it is inevitable that its unique character will change. But as efforts to save a…

The Lyric Centre Garage shows that, while often considered a necessary urban evil, the design of a parking garage can…

How society views those experiencing mental health issues — and the facilities architects have designed for those individuals — has…

As we close out on a year that offered as much fear and despair as hope and optimism, members of…

For those on the autism spectrum, the design of the physical environment plays an important role in their mental well-being.

Designing a built environment that provides protection from the undead calls for programmatic requirements not usually included in the standard…

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

The TxA 2021 Design Awards jury met virtually on May 7 to review 177 submissions, selecting 15 projects for recognition.

In the spring of 2020, I was studying abroad in Spain and having the time of my life. Like many…

Oklahoma Contemporary, a uniquely progressive cultural institution not only for Oklahoma but for the region, has opened its new campus…

Austin’s new Waterloo Park is set to open this fall. Both futuristic and familiar, it hopes, through a carefully calculated…

Houston Audubon’s Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary at High Island, designed by SWA and SCHAUM/SHIEH, is a case study in the…

The campus of Rice University is one of Houston’s premier bubbles of development, whose accretion of buildings represents a century-long…

Lubbock has master plans in the works to invigorate and connect downtown and the Canyon Lakes, plans that put the…

Mass timber is dawning on the Texas market as a viable alternative to reinforced concrete and steel construction. Here, two…

Today, there is a wide range of carbon-negative materials on the market that can help building projects make a positive…

Once a building material of humble economy used by autochthonous peoples of the Southwest, adobe has become fashionable among Marfa’s…

THE BROCKMAN HALL FOR OPERA AT RICE UNIVERSITY PACKS PROFESSIONAL ACOUSTICS AND AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNOLOGY WITHIN A HISTORICIST SHELL INSPIRED BY…

WITH WINKING FORMAL ALLUSIONS AND WELL-TUNED SPACES, BUDDY HOLLY HALL PROMISES TO CONNECT LUBBOCK TO THE WORLD BEYOND THE LLANO…

Recenter is a Houston nonprofit that provides programs and services to individuals experiencing homelessness and addiction. Its new facility transcends…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Nancy and Rich Kinder Building delivers spatial excitement without overwhelming the art on display.

Long urban walks connect people to place and reveal the intertwining of nature and culture.

Gillespie County is home to one of the largest existing collections of 19th-century American rural common schools.

Houston’s East End is currently the focus of a parks and development master plan. Here, three long-time residents tell their…

The Rothko Chapel is 50 years old this February, and it has never looked better, thanks to a studious update…

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

Major transportation projects across Texas show competing visions for the state’s future.

What is the relationship between housing equity and space architecture? Not sure? Just consider the new frontiers of 3-D-printed buildings.

Artificial intelligence is coming for design, presenting both opportunities and perils for the future of architecture.

To see and experience Donald Judd’s work in depth, we in Texas have two options: Travel to Marfa, or see…

Postmodern historicism has been the predominant architectural language of baseball since at least 1992. Now, the Texas Rangers’ newly minted…

One goal of architectural postmodernism has been to accommodate more variety than was typically addressed in high modernism, an objective…

In the 1980s, Houston became the archetypal postmodern city. Many of the architectural monuments of that time remain. Here, we…

In “Architecture Beyond Experience," Michael Benedikt, director of the Center for American Architecture and Design at UTSOA, advances the idea…

What are we missing out on by underrepresentation of people of color? What do minorities have to contribute to architecture?…

The Texas Society of Architect's 2020 Design Awards jurors — Stella Betts; Dan Kaplan, FAIA; Kirsten R. Murray, FAIA; and…

Installed at various locations throughout Austin, “Parkspace” is a straightforward but playful outdoor solution for encouraging social distancing.

El Segundo Barrio in El Paso is the site of tenement apartment buildings constructed in the early 20th century to…

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

The capitalist economy has many strengths, but strict adherence to market principles does not lead to the creation of transcendent…

On the other side of the patron coin is the crank: an individual, a group, or a force that prevents…

In today’s rapidly developing Texas cities, it’s common to see large apartment blocks being constructed entirely of dimensional lumber. At…

When a museum-quality residence catches fire, the architect finds that best-laid plans don’t always turn out as expected.

Legge Lewis Legge’s “Amphibious” is a new kind of monument for the city of Austin. Composed of 35 life-sized bronze…

The Arrive Hotel disguises its identity behind an aggressive architectural screen and a wrapper of wining and dining, fitting perfectly…

The design of Willow House in Terlingua sets an intriguing mold for hospitality: a gathering of concrete boxes that can…

Texas’ hardened international frontier garners most of the headlines, but its porous state-to-state border, the one legislated to absorb as…

According to United States law, being in the country without proper authorization is not a criminal offense. So why are…

El Paso-Ciudad Juárez is the second largest binational metropolitan region on the U.S.-Mexico border (behind San Diego-Tijuana). While much of…

With Arabella, the majority of whose 99 units are unique, the weirdly shifting mirage of Houston’s high-rise luxury residential development…