“There are valued times in almost everyone’s experience when the world is perceived afresh.” This is the opening statement from…

Architecture is built not only of brick, steel, and glass, but also of memory, collaboration, and mentorship. In fall 2024,…

After a long, prolific, and creative life, Robert Terry Renfro, AIA, an architect and senior lecturer at the University of…

In conjunction with the 32nd Building Communities Conference and Trade Show, held at South Padre Island by the Lower Rio…

In 1923, Governor Pat Neff tasked the newly established Texas State Parks Board to travel throughout the state in search…

As I reflect on my year serving as president of the Texas Society of Architects, I am filled with gratitude—for…

The name Page has had a storied presence in the world of Texas architecture for more than 125 years. In…

Driving down FM 969 in Austin, one would never imagine that just off the road lies one of the world’s…

Just after midnight on June 4, 2021, flames cut through the heart of downtown Marfa, smoke curling up from the…

The sudden and untimely passing of JuanRaymon Rubio, Assoc. AIA, this past December left a profound void in the hearts…

For more than 40 years, the Architectural League of New York has supported emerging talent in architecture, landscape architecture, urban…

From April 4 to 6, 2025, the dusty West Texas town of Marfa became the site of a rich interdisciplinary…

Texas Tech University’s Huckabee College of Architecture (TTU HCOA) continues its proud tradition of recognizing excellence through its annual awards…

For the first time since 1978, and after six years of meticulous effort, Preservation Austin finally has a home of…

As architects, we intuitively understand how design affects the way people feel in a space. Yet it can be difficult…

“Brewing Art” is the fitting and playful slogan of the beloved San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA), cleverly tying together…

In downtown El Paso, one feels a slight charge in the atmosphere—a quality mostly absent from its regional neighbors but…

Create state-of-the-art facilities or honor cultural heritage? This question is at the heart of a debate over the 10-year campus…

On September 12 and 17, 2024, Design Austin and the Trail Conservancy hosted WaterWork, a first-of-its-kind large-scale projection installation at…

This year’s SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin continued to cement its place as a global nexus for innovation, creative technology,…

Research for a book on the Mediterranean house drew me to Texas, and to the work of O’Neil Ford, FAIA,…

In Houston’s Second Ward, a former incinerator site south of Buffalo Bayou operated from the 1920s to 1960s to burn…

The hardest ticket to acquire in Texas architecture this past year was for the TxA Design Conference in Mexico City,…

In the fall of 1998, I got to know John Poston White as a senior colleague, mentor, and friend, and…

The Black Home as Public Art exhibition and symposium, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture…

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, 45 architects toured the mid-20th-century modern architectural highlights of Harlingen as part of the 2024…

There may be no place on Earth better suited to address the questions of modern urbanism than Texas. Despite global…

Texas has lost one of its architecture giants. Ron Wommack, FAIA, one of the most celebrated architects in the state,…

I remember a day I spent with my grandfather in the summer of 1988. He wanted to stop by a…

Texas’s Big Bend region is a landscape of expansive exposure. Its treasures, however, are often difficult to spot, serenely camouflaged…

Four years after workers shifted out of downtown, investment trends have followed and seek a stronger thesis. A slew of…

On May 2, IKEA US unveiled a prototype of a permanent supportive housing unit (Small Home) at IKEA Live Oak.…

While Donald Judd’s artistic output was a matter of public concern during his lifetime, revealing the extent to which he…

Last October, six winners were recognized for their innovative designs for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), also known as casitas or…

Following the 2021–2022 survey Expanding Access to Architectural Education and the identification of transfer-friendly practices, the Association of Collegiate Schools…

Packed with people, panels, and protests, this year’s iteration of Austin’s signature spring festival, SXSW, continued to spotlight society’s most…

Mid-November in Austin is home to a beloved community tradition, where thousands of visitors descend on the downtown Red River…

In a time and place where the paving over of green is the norm—and celebrated as progress, development, and growth—we…

Recently, Texas Architect writer Alyssa Morris spoke with the new dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of…

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, 155 years after it was first celebrated. The holiday marks June 19, 1865,…

Like the title of the famous children’s books says: Everybody poops. So why is it so hard to find a…

Getty Street in Uvalde is bustling. Families gather on the street expectantly. It is June 29, 2023, the day of…

Participants in the 30th annual Building Communities Conference and Trade Show, organized by the American Institute of Architects Lower Rio…

As a representation of calmness and well-being, water has often influenced design through its dynamic and fluid nature. In certain…

At the north edge of Ray Miller Park, a small 15-acre park in the Energy Corridor District of Houston, is…

Urban design has always occupied the intersection of politics, social science, and economics. In an age where the town square…

In conjunction with last year’s Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference & Design Expo, the Texas Tech Design Leadership Alliance…

More than a year ago, Texas families were forced to face the unimaginable. Nineteen defenseless third- and fourth-grade students and…

As a part of the 88th Legislative Session, 90 architects representing 14 chapters from across the state gathered at the…

Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, our nation’s fourth largest city, in 2017. In the almost six years since, the city has…