Fall 2026 public programming: At Home In The World

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture presents At Home In the World for the fall 2026 semester starting on September 21. 

This year's lecture series, At Home in the World, explores how design and critical inquiry operate within an era defined by planetary interdependence. Bringing together architects, urbanists, scholars, artists, and interdisciplinary practitioners, it examines the relationship between specific local conditions and broader cultural, technological, and environmental systems.    

Rather than framing “home” as a bounded or inward condition, the theme positions it as a situated yet open field—one that connects the immediate and the everyday with larger disciplinary and planetary contexts. Through research, practice, representation, and theorization, the series considers design and critical inquiry as relational modes capable of negotiating and reimagining our place within an interconnected world.  

In response to the prompts of this theme, this semester’s public lectures include Frans van Vuure of UNS North America; Felipe Correa of Somatic Collaborative/Aspen Institute; Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee; Michael Maltzan of Michael Maltzan Architecture; Christy Ten Eyck of Ten Eyck Landscape Architects; and Little Wing Lee of Studios & Projects.  

On October 1 and 2, the School of Architecture hosts the symposium BLOCKWORK: Concrete Masonry Architecture of the Americas, convened by Professor Francisco Gomes with support from The Concrete Masonry Checkoff (The Beauty of Block) and the Texas Masonry Council. The BLOCKWORK symposium features architect presentations, roundtable discussions, and an in-depth look at the spatial and expressive potentials of concrete masonry.  

In addition to the lecture series and symposium, the school will host two exhibitions, beginning with StudioPaolaViganò’s The Biopolitical Garden on August 28-September 24. Beginning October 12, Johnston Marklee presents the exhibition Looks and Books.  

All events are free and open to the public and will occur in person at 5 PM in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall (310 Inner Campus Drive, Room 3.120) unless noted otherwise. 

Lectures
Frans van Vuure: September 21 at 5pm
Goldsmith Lecture Hall  

Felipe Correa: September 30 at 5pm
Goldsmith Lecture Hall  

Mark Lee: October 12 at 5pm
William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center Auditorium  

Michael Maltzan: October 26 at 5pm
William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center Auditorium 

Christy Ten Eyck: November 2 at 5pm
Harry Ransom Center Prothro Theater  

Little Wing Lee: November 9 at 5pm
Goldsmith Lecture Hall 

Special event  
Invisible Practice by Heather Woofter & Sung Ho Kim: September 9 at 5pm 
Goldsmith Lecture Hall   

Exhibitions
The Biopolitical Garden by StudioPaolaViganò: August 28-September 24 
Opening talk: September 3 at 5pm
Goldsmith Hall Mebane Gallery  

Looks and Books by Johnston Marklee: October 12
Opening talk: 6pm  
Goldsmith Hall Mebane Gallery   

Symposium
BLOCKWORK: Concrete Masonry Architecture of the Americas: October 1–2
Organized by Francisco Gomes 
Goldsmith Hall Mebane Gallery