All physical ugliness and social ugliness have strong concomitants and roots. Incredibly, there is rampant today all manner of hate…

We are a peculiar profession. A surprising number of folks will tell you that they had always wanted to be…

Real estate development in Houston throughout its history has been mostly unremarkable, the minimum product of pro formas and adherence…

If you hop the fence for a closer look at the Seaholm Intake Building, you’ll find little bits of graffiti…

Many Austinites could be forgiven for failing to recognize their own public, classical radio station. Despite being an institution whose…

Giedion and America By Reto Geiser GTA Verlag, 2018 The title of the art historian Sigfried Giedion’s best-selling work, “Space,…

Lot By Bryan Washington Penguin Random House, 2019 Bryan Washington’s short story collection “Lot” rotates throughout the vast sprawl of…

Life is often a waiting game, but designers can make the wait as comfortable and practical as possible with these…

The Texas Society of Architects 2019 Design Award jury met on May 9 and 10 in Austin to review 247…

Two words can be used to summarize this building — joyous and delightful. The use, location, and scale of a…

We’re dealing with a basic layer of glass, but this was an example of how to get a glass facade…

This is a sensitive addition that retains the spirit of the original architect and the original building without being subservient…

A play between solid and void, in combination with the playfully disguised parking structure, animates and breaks the building’s scale.…

There’s a tenuous but beautifully well-balanced relationship between a rule of vernacular language and a certain kind of modern minimalism.…

I think there was a certain joy expressed by the architects in their singularity. — Eui-Sung Yi

Such exuberance in the way it ties back to the landscape. The beauty you get of the petal structure, and…

Public space has to make individuals feel comfortable, and this project does that extraordinarily well. It’s exuberant and surprising in…

The firm is really masterful about the proportions of the structure, so that what is thin is thin and what…

This is clean; it’s simple; it occupies its site very well. It’s a type of monument that people deserve in…

Every little detail was carefully done. I think it’s the single best piece of architecture that’s dedicated to just a…

In an era where bleachers are ubiquitous, this one looks really purposeful. — Julie Eizenberg

To me, this is an architectural version of a well-tailored suit in the sense that it’s purposeful, I understand the…

It’s crazy. In a good way! — Chris-Annmarie Spencer

We saw many masterful examples of rustic houses. This one had a particularly evocative clarity and minimalism that highlighted the…

It’s got a gentle spirit and it looks like a place you can make a mess. It’s got beautiful proportions,…

It’s almost like the building is going to pick itself up and move off or levitate, in the way that…

These don’t feel like kid spaces. They’re architecturally pleasing. — Chris-Annmarie Spencer

This is classic, rustic, Texas rural. — Carol Ross Barney

The performing and visual arts live so well with each other here, it’s impressive. It’s also a great combination of…

Their budget restrictions gave them the opportunity to do things that might not have been conventional for a homeowner to…

It’s really clean and tight; it makes you feel the way you feel when you’ve just cleaned your house. Decluttering…

I love how light the entire structure is, especially contrasted with these heavy, heavy tractors, so the architecture is floating…

I feel like it’s talking to you. It’s a highly communicative little building. — Julie Eizenberg

It’s just to say that design adds something to everything, and that somebody cared enough to do this and it…

It’s creating new spaces. You don’t create something like this for its sellability. ­— Chris-Annmarie Spencer

The farm-to-table is actually being celebrated in a type of space that patrons will come to without thinking about the…

Deep in the hills of Utopia, John Grable, FAIA, has been working with a private client for over 10 years,…