A Restaurant by Olson Kundig Recedes into the Background
Cladding of black brick, glass brick, and steel conceal rather than broadcast the Austin eatery's program.
Austin
In Lake|Flato’s Eco-Conservation Studio, Sustainability and Education Go Hand-in-Hand
Green building was always part of the firm's DNA, though a little more than ten years ago Lake|Flato formed an internal studio that would focus on landscape and resource management.
Architect Michael Hsu Keeps Design Weird and Wonderful in Austin, Texas
His firm, founded in 2005, puts a Texan spin on sophisticated designs that range from mixed-use condos to offices and hotels.
In Austin, A New University Medical Center Stays True to its Motto: Rethink Everything
The design of this new Austin, Texas, medical training facility encourages academic excellence with spaces for collaboration.
Experience Design Is Essential for Cities to Thrive in the 21st Century
Metropolis’s director of design innovation, Susan Szenasy, led a panel at the Gensler-designed 500 West 2nd Street tower examining how certain experiences (both physical and digital) now drive urban design.
How Austin's Growth Can Be Sustainable and Equitable
Lake|Flato hosted a Metropolis Magazine Think Tank discussion on the risks and benefits the expanding city faces.
Ellsworth Kelly’s Last Artwork Was a Building
Titled Austin, the structure features colored windows that shine a variegated spectrum on a granite-floored interior.
Students From Texas and Germany Team Up for Solar Decathlon 2015
The innovative design NexHaus, created by a team of students from University of Texas in Austin, Texas and Technische Universität München in Germany for the Solar Decathlon, is on display at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California, from October 8-11 and 15-18.
