A program of Design Austin and AIA Austin, the Guide to Austin Architecture offers insight into the city’s unique places and spaces with walking tours, texts, and images curated by local architects and designers.


Authors

Contributor credits are provided throughout the Guide. The Guide is led by committee chair and author Bud Franck, AIA.

Bud Franck was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, where he received the Texas Exes President’s Leadership Award and the Henry Adams School Medal from the American Institute of Architects. Bud is a registered architect and Associate at Austin-based Miró Rivera Architects, where he has worked on a range of award-winning residential and commercial projects, including Miró Rivera Architects: Building a New Arcadia, a monograph celebrating two decades of work by the firm. Bud is an avid traveler, graphic designer, collector, and photographer.


Resources

The authors of the Guide to Austin Architecture wish to acknowledge the following resources and publications. Visit them for additional information about Austin’s architecture, history, and culture:

Atlas Obscura
The Austin Chronicle
Austin History Center
The Austinot
City of Austin
Culture Trip
Curbed
Emporis
KUT
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Placenotes
The Portal to Texas History
Preservation Austin
Preservation Texas
Texas Historical Commission
Texas Historic Sites Atlas
Texas State Historical Association
TOWERS
Visit Austin
Wikipedia