Lawrence Speck Joins LPA Design Studios
LPA Design Studios has welcomed Lawrence Speck—a respected architect, educator and leader—as a Senior Designer in the firm’s Austin office.
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Texas State Technical College Opens Construction Technologies Center
On Feb. 2, Texas State Technical College (TSTC) opened a new Construction Technologies Center to students at its Waco campus, bringing several construction-trades programs under one roof.
Round Rock ISD Cuts the Ribbon on $31 Million Early College High School
Construction was recently completed a $31 million Early College High School facility for Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas, outside Austin, moving the program from portable buildings into a new permanent campus for the Spring 2026 semester.
University of Texas San Antonio Advances Five Significant Facility Projects
UT San Antonio is heading into 2026 with a wave of facility investment that adds housing, expands downtown academic and business-support space, and upgrades athletics infrastructure. Five projects—some already in use, others nearing completion—highlight where the university is putting construction dollars to work.
Austin ISD Invests in New Oak Springs Elementary as Part of $2 Billion Bond
Construction is now underway on Oak Springs Elementary School in Austin, part of an ongoing bond program for Austin Independent School District.
Rice University to Break Ground on New Student-Focused Complex This Spring
Rice University, a private, non-profit university in Houston, will soon break ground on the new Moody Center Complex for Student Life (MCCSL), a 75,000-square-foot multi-use hub.
Lee Osborne
Architecture planning and design firm PBK has welcomed Lee Osborne, AIA, LEED AP, as new managing principal of the Fort Worth, Texas, office. Osborne has more than two decades of designing and planning experience within school districts across the state of Texas.
Texas A&M Regents Approve More Than $500 Million in Construction
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has approved multiple campus construction and improvement projects that total over half-a-billion dollars.
Microbiome Research Facility Planned for University of Buffalo
The School of Dental Medicine at the University of Buffalo (UB) has received a $7.3 million grant from the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs of the National Institute of Health for development of the new 4,000-square-foot Microbiome Center Gnotobiotic Animal Research Facility, supporting research that may provide insights into diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, osteoporosis and heart disease.
Texas Steam Center Architect Receives Prestigious Design Award
VLK Architects was recently awarded the Caudill Award for the design of the Allen ISD STEAM Center in Allen, Texas, a city of approximately 85,000, located 23 miles north of Dallas.