
The Awards Issue
TxA's 2024 Design, Honor, and Studio Awards
Austin’s Huston-Tillotson University Receives the TxA Architectural Landmark Award
In Conversation with AIA Gold Medal Winners David Lake and Ted Flato
Preserving a Place for the Living
A Dialogue Between Glass, Brick, and Paper at Philip Johnson’s Glass House Estate
Design Awards: A Reflection of the Times
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Sep 04, 2024
Exciting new changes are afoot. Next year will mark Texas Architect’s 75th year of production. To celebrate this significant milestone,…

Sep 04, 2024
As the final quarter of 2024 approaches, I have been reflecting on the past year and the accomplishments within the…

Sep 04, 2024
The Texas Society of Architects announced its 2024 Honor Awards on July 17. These awards recognize exceptional members, firms, individuals,…

Sep 04, 2024
Nestled at the center of the University of Dallas’s small campus lies the Church of the Incarnation, mostly unchanged since…

Sep 04, 2024
These wall and wallcovering systems for commercial interiors offer a palette of material surfaces, including felt, wood, cork, and resin.…

Sep 04, 2024
On July 24, the Texas Society of Architects announced its 2024 Studio Award winners. These awards recognize exceptional design in…

Sep 04, 2024
African American MemorialHINES Architecture+Design “The memorial itself is the part of the project that’s the most compelling to me, in…

Sep 04, 2024
The Elephant ArchiveJunjie Fu, Assoc. AIA, and Zixiao Huang “The proposition of the project to use the section as a…

Sep 04, 2024
GreenHouseStudents: Paige Frost and Olga SobkivProfessor: Jesus VassalloRice University “Part of its intelligence is that it is replicable, that you…

Sep 04, 2024
Littoral MultiplicityGrace Andrews and Yuan-An Ju, Assoc. AIARice University “The way it plays between the interface of land [and] water—the…

Sep 04, 2024
Regolith HousePlume Design Lab: Kory Bieg, AIA, and Clay Odom “It’s one of the most convincing arguments I’ve seen for…

Sep 04, 2024
Sparks Oasis Community CenterStiphany Sowell Architecture + Urbanism “There’s an economy of means deployed in this project which thoughtfully recognizes…

Sep 04, 2024
Uvalde Youth CenterEric Grossman / Grossman Design Build “The roof as an infrastructure—as the space of gathering—and the actual tectonics…

Sep 04, 2024
Roberto de Leon, FAIAde Leon & Primmer Architecture WorkshopLouisville, Kentucky Roberto de Leon, FAIA, is partner and cofounder of DPAW,…

Sep 04, 2024
“The transformation of this project afforded the jury an opportunity to celebrate the notion of renovation and restoration in a…

Sep 04, 2024
“I love the fact that the architect resisted the temptation to just be verbose in the use of color and…

Sep 04, 2024
“Block 185 is an extremely thoughtful solution for the site and the context in which it sits. it responds urbanistically…

Sep 04, 2024
“I was drawn to the fact that there was a kind of ad hoc and improvisational nature to it. The…

Sep 04, 2024
“This project deploys several strategies … inviting a sense of discovery and light through color, through scale, through experiential moments,…

Sep 04, 2024
“Ghost Hangar is probably one of the most clever and astute executions of the notion of the Texas shed and…

Sep 04, 2024
“The project creates a series of joyful spaces for learning, both indoor and outdoor.”— Roberto de Leon, FAIA “There are…

Sep 04, 2024
“I was most impressed by the creativity of the renovation in terms of the found spaces—the idea that they not…

Sep 04, 2024
“It evokes the idea of the primitive hut, and by separating all of the activities of a residence into different…

Sep 04, 2024
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Sep 04, 2024
“For such a large footprint, the site plan and the ability to integrate the natural features as part of the…

Sep 04, 2024
“The idea of creating a circular walk … the quality of materials, and the details involved all takes you into…

Sep 04, 2024
“This project has a great discipline about its organization, both internally and externally. The manner in which it addresses the…

Sep 04, 2024
“This project … not only conveys the fact that it is a Japanese restaurant and takes you into that atmosphere,…

Sep 04, 2024
Twelve gingko leaf-like structures now tower over the courtyard just outside the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of…