The University of Texas at Austin 

School of Architecture 

Symposium: November 7, 2025    9am-6pm CST

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Paula Lupkin | University of North Texas

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Rebekah Radtke | University of Kentucky

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William Mangold | Drexel University

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Alice Friedman | Wellesley College

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Kevin Moor | Auburn University

 

Jennifer Pindyck | Auburn University

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Steven Chodoriwsky | University of Utah

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Hannah Dewhirst | University of Kentucky

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Rana Abudayyeh | University of Tennessee – Knoxville

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Stefan Di Leo | Pratt Institute

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Aniel Guxholli | American University in Paris

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Mili Kyropoulou | University of Houston

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Alberto Martinez Garcia | Yale University 

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Viola Ago | Toronto Metropolitan University 

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 Keynote Lecture

Philippe Rahm | Philippe Rahm Architectes, Paris, France

“The Anthropocene Style / Toward a Climatic Design”

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Keynote speaker Philippe Rahm is a Paris-based Swiss architect, whose internationally acclaimed work in the context of sustainability spans from physiological to meteorological realms. His practice, Philippe Rahm Architectes, has completed numerous projects, including the Taichung Central Park in Taiwan, inaugurated in 2020, and has taken part in numerous biennials, including those in Venice (2025), Tbilisi (2024), Madrid (2024), Chicago (2023) and Tallinn (2022). Rahm is the author of the books Histoire naturelle de l'architecture, Climatic Architecture and The Anthropocene Style. In 2025, he co-curated the Île-de-France and Saint-Étienne biennials. He is a knight of the Monaco Order of Cultural Merit and has been awarded the Silver Medal of the French Academy of Architecture.

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The symposium is organized by UT Austin School of Architecture faculty Ria Bravo, Tara Dudley, Nera Feliz, Allison Gaskins, Clay Odom, and Igor Siddiqui (symposium chair), in collaboration with Pratt Institute faculty Anca Lasc, Deborah Schneiderman, Keena Suh, and Karyn Zieve.

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This event will be live streamed from https://www.youtube.com/@TexasArchitecture

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Image credit: Yu-Hsuan Hsieh (BSID '24).