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April 22, 2026

Alumni Spotlight: Fallon Marie Barrett, NOMA, Assoc. AIA (B.S. '08 & B.Arch. '13)
March 30, 2026

Constructing a Legacy: Year Five
March 27, 2026

Alumni Spotlight: Jackie Barry (BFA '89 & M.Arch. '92)
March 17, 2026

Rising Designers, Changing Landscapes
February 25, 2026

“Superstructure Ecology” Earns International Design Award Recognition
February 24, 2026

New On Board: Kirksey Executive Justin Winchester
- Architecture
- Community
February 24, 2026

Alumni Spotlight: Rashmi Murthy (M.Arch. '05)
February 2, 2026

Three Hines College Faculty Projects Receive ACSA National Awards
January 28, 2026

Alumni Spotlight: Rodrigo Marron (B.Arch. '14)
- Architecture
- Alumni
January 14, 2026

Saving What Shapes Us: The Future of Preservation
- Architecture
- Community
January 14, 2026

From Studio to Systems
- Architecture
- Research
- Alumni
- Awards
December 19, 2025

The Fall 2025 Issue of DIMENSION Magazine is Now Available!
December 18, 2025

Bold New Visions
December 9, 2025

Structures of Imagination: Turning Vision into Award-Winning Work
November 25, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Gregg Kalba (B.Arch. '93)
- Architecture
- Alumni
November 21, 2025

The Un-missable Un-gala
October 29, 2025

Weaving History into Design
October 22, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Mariam Fallah (M.Arch. '17)
- Architecture
- Alumni
September 30, 2025

Building Blocks of a Career
- Architecture
September 29, 2025

Hines College Shines at AIA Houston Design Awards
September 25, 2025

Preserve, Plan, Innovate
- Architecture
- Industrial Design
September 24, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Sam D'Amico, FAIA (B.Arch. '81)
- Alumni
September 8, 2025

Getting WithIt
- Architecture
- Awards
August 27, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Yuliana Hernandez (M.Arch. '16)
- Alumni
August 7, 2025

Future Foundations
- Architecture
- Awards
August 7, 2025

Designing Minds, Building Futures
- Architecture
- Awards
July 30, 2025

OPEN-GROUND: Public Space as Climate Infrastructure
- Architecture
- Awards
July 10, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Emine Canak (M.Arch. '16)
June 18, 2025

Designed to Make You SIT Up
- Industrial Design
- Awards
June 17, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Claudia Morles (B.Arch. '19)
- Architecture
- Alumni
June 16, 2025

NOMAD Project Secures International Design Acclaim for PXD LAB
June 11, 2025

Good Design FITs Everyone
- Industrial Design
- Awards
May 29, 2025

Resilient by Design: A New Blueprint for Urban Futures
May 28, 2025

Fueled by Determination: Class of 2025
May 28, 2025

Resilience First: Gulf Futures Studios Lead Change
May 27, 2025

Merging Climate Action into Architecture Education
May 26, 2025

Stitching Together Third Ward's Soul
May 26, 2025

Quiet Inspiration, Bold Design
- Industrial Design
- Awards
May 22, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Claudia Joskowicz (B.Arch. '91)
- Architecture
- Alumni
May 21, 2025

The New Issue of DIMENSION Magazine is Now Available!
April 28, 2025

Just Getting Started
April 22, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Russell G. Clark (M.Arch. '91)
- Architecture
- Alumni
April 15, 2025

A Future Built on Flexibility
March 25, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Mariana Marquez Keymolen (B.S. '21)
- Industrial Design
- Alumni
March 20, 2025

Is Housing Still Housing?
- Architecture
- Research
March 13, 2025

Form, Function, and Four Wins in a Row
February 26, 2025

11th Annual Cougar 100 Honors Hines College Alumni
February 26, 2025

11th Annual Cougar 100 Honors Hines College Alumni
February 20, 2025

Award-Winning Design Within Environmental Contexts
- Architecture
- Awards
February 18, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Justin Taplet (B.Arch. and B.S. '08)
January 22, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Vishwesh Panchal (M.Arch. '16)
- Architecture
- Alumni
December 18, 2024

Retail Ready: Design Students Take Their Skills to Market
- Architecture
- Industrial Design
December 17, 2024

Forging a Future: The Birth of BUILD+
December 17, 2024

OpenHOUse on the Move: From Houston to an Innovative Future in Housing
December 10, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Jes Deaver, AIA (M.Arch. '16)
- Architecture
- Alumni
December 9, 2024

Hines College Student Organizations You Should Know: American Institute of Architecture Students
- Architecture
- Community
November 25, 2024

Creating Connections: Honors Society Shapes UH Design Students’ Futures
- Architecture
- Community
November 20, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Kadmiel Konan (B.S. '23)
- Industrial Design
- Alumni
October 29, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Valdez (B.Arch. '14)
- Architecture
- Alumni
October 21, 2024

Hines College Professors Launch Shaping the Gulf Coast of Tomorrow Studio Tackling Regional Climate Challenges
October 18, 2024

Planting a Seed of Community and Sustainability
- Architecture
- Awards
October 17, 2024

Illuminating Safety
September 25, 2024

Drafting Dreams: Laying a Foundation for Career Success
- Architecture
September 24, 2024

Unboxing Gentrification
September 20, 2024

Transformative Travels Abroad
- Architecture
September 17, 2024

“Six”-cessful Designs with Impact
September 16, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Mariel Piña (B.S. '11)
- Industrial Design
- Alumni
August 26, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Nicholas Orchard (B.S. '18)
- Industrial Design
- Alumni
August 20, 2024

New On Board: New Leadership Council Members Advance Key Goals
- Architecture
- Community
August 20, 2024

Imagining a Plan to Power Up Houston’s Near Northside Community
August 13, 2024

New Faculty Shaping College Curriculum
- Architecture
- Interior Architecture
July 30, 2024

Hines College Professor Receives Texas Society of Architects Educator Award
- Architecture
- Awards
July 25, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Tarek Moubayed (M.Arch. '23)
- Architecture
- Alumni
June 26, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Andres A. Pacheco (M.Arch. '03)
- Architecture
- Alumni
June 20, 2024

SITting at the Top
- Industrial Design
- Awards
June 4, 2024

Mind Matters
- Interior Architecture
- Community
June 4, 2024

Linking Up for Community Health
May 31, 2024

Going #NoFilter with UH Close Up
- Architecture
- Community
May 29, 2024

Fit to Win
- Industrial Design
- Awards
May 28, 2024

All in the Details
- Architecture
- Awards
May 13, 2024

Pursuing a Worthy Future: Class of 2024

Top Stories

March 30, 2026

Constructing a Legacy: Year Five

Hines College students continue their award-winning momentum, earning top honors at the 2025 AIA Fort Worth Student Design Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Recognized for projects that address real-world challenges through innovation, sustainability, and cultural awareness, these works reflect the College’s commitment to design as a socially responsive and forward-thinking practice.

March 17, 2026

Rising Designers, Changing Landscapes

This spring, METROPOLIS Magazine named two students from the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design to its Future100 list: fifth-year architecture students Elvia Karina Delgado and Kimhour Lor. Their recognition reflects both the strength of their individual design work and the broader commitment at the Hines College to addressing environmental and social challenges through architecture.

February 25, 2026

“Superstructure Ecology” Earns International Design Award Recognition

"Superstructure Ecology," a speculative research project by plodes® studio led by Roya Plauché, Hines College interim director of environmental design, received an Honorable Mention at the International Design Awards in Bangkok. Selected from entries representing more than 70 countries, the project was recognized for reimagining architecture as ecological infrastructure rather than a static object.