<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/architecture/newsroom/stories/2025/preserve-plan-innovate.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories>true</top-stories><pubDate>09/25/2025 08:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Preserve, Plan, Innovate</title><subtitle>Shaping Houston’s Future in Preservation, Urbanism, and UX/UI Design</subtitle><description>With three new full-time faculty this academic year, the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design is deepening its expertise in historic preservation, design and urbanism, and user experience and user interaction design (UX/UI), advancing its mission to lead and innovate in these pivotal areas.</description><author>Stephen Schad</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/architecture/newsroom/images/new-faculty-2025.jpg" alt="William Dupont, Melanie Louterbach, Chorong Park"/></image><categories>Architecture,Industrial Design</categories></item>