Somebody pinch us; we are so excited to be visiting Brazil in less than two weeks! UTSOA’s Friends of Architecture [FOA] participants will explore São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Ouro Preto, Inhotim, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasília [photo, and drawing—by the late Oscar Niemeyer—above, courtesy of 33arquitectures] and will have access to private homes designed by some of Brazil’s preeminent architects—all in the good company of our Dean, Fritz Steiner, and UTSOA Associate Professor and Brazilian native Fernando Lara.

To find out how you can be invited on trips like this in the future, please contact UTSOA’s Assistant Director for Constituent Relations Lisa DeLosso at lisa [at] austin [dot] utexas [dot] edu.

Congratulations to Those Recognized at UTSOA’s Convocation Ceremony on May 18, 2013!

Awards and recipients included…

American Institute of Architects Awards, for scholarship and professional promise:

The Henry Adams Medal

  • Jacqueline Marie Fisher, Bachelor of Architecture
  • Brian Patrick Doherty, Master of Architecture

The Henry Adams Certificate

  • John Russell Beaumont, Bachelor of Architecture
  • Amarantha Quintana-Morales, Master of Architecture

American Society of Landscape Architects Awards, for scholarship and professional promise:

Certificate of Honor

  • Travis Armstrong Glenn, Master of Landscape Architecture

Certificate of Merit

  • Michelle Reynolds Bright, Master of Landscape Architecture

American Society of Interior Designers Awards, for scholarship and professional promise:

Certificate of Honor

  • Rose Wheeler Wilkowski, Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

Certificate of Merit

  • Aurora Villalpando, Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

Alpha Rho Chi Medal, awarded to a graduating student in architecture who has shown ability for leadership, performed willing service for the school, and has promise of professional merit:

  • Andrew Nolan Davis, Bachelor of Architecture

Oglesby Prize, a travel fellowship awarded each year to a professional degree candidate in architecture for distinction in architectural design:

  • John Russell Beaumont, Bachelor of Architecture

Student Awards:

Award for Overall Scholarship in Landscape Architecture

  • Michelle Reynolds Bright, Master of Landscape Architecture

Award for Exceptional Service in Landscape Architecture

  • Anne Elizabeth Bentley Palone and Jessica Ariel Zarowitz, Master of Landscape Architecture

Faculty Design Award in Landscape Architecture

  • Kevin Michael Sullivan, Master of Landscape Architecture

Outstanding Professional Report/Thesis/Dissertation/Master’s Design Study, awarded to graduating students whose terminal research projects deserve special commendation:

  • Danica Claire Adams, Master of Science in Sustainable Design and Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning
  • William John Fleming III, Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning
  • Elizabeth Lorene Frederick-Rothwell, Master of Science in Historic Preservation
  • Jennifer Suzanne Minner, Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning
  • Samantha Whitney Schwarze, Master of Architecture

Community and Regional Planning Outstanding Student, awarded to a graduating student in planning who has exhibited the best overall achievement in the classroom and in service to the school:

  • Lauren Faye Avioli, Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning

Recognition of Faculty, Students, and Staff Awards:

  • Mirka Benes, School of Architecture Outstanding Teacher Award [Lecture]
  • Danelle Briscoe, School of Architecture Outstanding Teacher Award [Studio]
  • Matt Fajkus, School of Architecture Outstanding Scholarship Award
  • Elizabeth Mueller, School of Architecture Outstanding Service Award
  • Tim Campbell, School of Architecture Outstanding Lab Assistant Award
  • Alejandra Reyes, School of Architecture Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award
  • Nick Steshyn and Kristine Stiphany, School of Architecture Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
  • Robin Dusek, School of Architecture Outstanding Staff Award

A special thank you to our presenters, Jana McCann [BArch ‘80] of AIA Austin, H. Wayne Cooper of ASLA Austin, and Margaret Norris of Austin Design Community Board for the American Society of Interior Designers.

Congratulations again to all! We are proud of you!

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Alumni and Student Network on LinkedIn

Kudos again to all our newest grads! If you’re still looking for employment, you’ll be pleased to know that our Career Services counselor, Garrett Loontjer, has just posted multiple career options in our LinkedIn group. Click the link to join the group, network with your peers, and see the latest career and job opportunities in the architecture, design, planning, and landscape architecture fields.

Current UTSOA students: you’re invited, too! Please join our group, and check out available internships across the country.

Happy networking!

New Architecture for a New World

UTSOA Associate Professor Fernando Lara will present, “NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR A NEW WORLD: CONVERGENCES IN THE AMERICAN CONTINENT” as part of their STUDIO TALK series this Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. CDT at the AIA Austin Center for Architecture [801 West 12th Street].

TOMORROW is Bike to Work Day in Beautiful Austin, Texas!

May is Bike Month, and folks all over town will be celebrating tomorrow for our city’s annual Bike to Work Day. Avoid traffic with Austin Cycling Association [ACA]. They’ll be hosting commuter bike stations on Friday, May 17, with breakfast stations and afternoon happy hour stations, both of which will have food, drinks, and live music.

Plus, ACA will hand out canvas messenger bags filled with great swag to encourage more first time riders to ride to work and to reward regular commuters for making our roadways and environment and better!

Scared about riding? No worries; join an escorted group ride! Click the link above for more information.

The weather forecast is supposed to be warm and dry tomorrow, so pump up your tires and get out there. We hope to see everyone rolling into work tomorrow bright and early!

In collaboration with the University of São Paulo Faculty for Architecture and Urbanism [FAUUSP], UTSOA is pleased to announce our fifth annual LATITVDES conference, which will take place June 13 and 14, 2013, in São Paulo, Brazil.As with the first conference, initiated by the UT Austin Center for American Architecture and Design [CAAD] and held annually since 2009, the ambition of this symposium is to explore the question of whether there is—already, still emerging, or never to be—an “American” modern architecture, that is, an architecture that transcends the North/Central/South America division and that is in some way distinguishable from European, Asian, and other models.Clearly latitude matters, climatologically, geographically, and culturally. But, what are the current challenges for American architects in contemporary metropolises now that post-colonialism and post-modern regionalism are fading into history?Prominent and upcoming practitioners from the Americas will present their recent work in roughly these terms, focusing on the development and execution of a single project in their oeuvre.LATITVDES participants include: Tod Williams, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, New York, United States 40º 42` N Kevin Alter, Alterstudio Architecture, Austin, United States 30º 16` N Carlos Jimenez, Carlos Jimenez Studio, Houston, United States 29º 45` N Luis Aldrete, estudio de arquitectura, Guadalajara, México 20º 39` N Camilo Restrepo, Camilo Restrepo Arquitectos, Medellín, Colombia 6º 14` N Jean Pierre Crousse, Sandra Barclay, Barclay & Crousse, Lima, Peru 12º 42` S Carlos Alberto Maciel, Bruno Santa Cecilia, Arquitectos Associados, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 19º 55´S Smiljan Radic, Santiago de Chile, Chile 33º 28` S LATITVDES is curated and organized by Maria Cristina da Silva Leme [FAUUSP vice-chair], Angelo Bucci [professor at FAUUSP] / Juliana Braga [FAUUSP Ph.D. candidate], and Barbara Hoidn [UTSOA adjunct associate professor and associate of the Center for American Architecture and Design].
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In collaboration with the University of São Paulo Faculty for Architecture and Urbanism [FAUUSP], UTSOA is pleased to announce our fifth annual LATITVDES conference, which will take place June 13 and 14, 2013, in São Paulo, Brazil.

As with the first conference, initiated by the UT Austin Center for American Architecture and Design [CAAD] and held annually since 2009, the ambition of this symposium is to explore the question of whether there is—already, still emerging, or never to be—an “American” modern architecture, that is, an architecture that transcends the North/Central/South America division and that is in some way distinguishable from European, Asian, and other models.

Clearly latitude matters, climatologically, geographically, and culturally. But, what are the current challenges for American architects in contemporary metropolises now that post-colonialism and post-modern regionalism are fading into history?

Prominent and upcoming practitioners from the Americas will present their recent work in roughly these terms, focusing on the development and execution of a single project in their oeuvre.

LATITVDES participants include:

LATITVDES is curated and organized by Maria Cristina da Silva Leme [FAUUSP vice-chair], Angelo Bucci [professor at FAUUSP] / Juliana Braga [FAUUSP Ph.D. candidate], and Barbara Hoidn [UTSOA adjunct associate professor and associate of the Center for American Architecture and Design].