Catalyst
Q&A: What Makes a New Community Work?
11.24.2025
Austin developer Greg Weaver worked with his team and the City of Austin to help build Mueller, the mixed-use, mixed-income, master-planned development that has created...
A Stage for Somerset
A new performing arts center is the final piece of a 10-year master plan effort that transforms the district’s facilities and provides a new home...
Strategic Landscape
Landscape architects are often the secret weapon in targeted, multidiscipline interventions that find value in underutilized spaces on corporate campuses....
Releases
Sophia Razzaque Joins LPA as Managing Director of Austin Studio
08.28.2025
2025 AIA Architecture Firm Award honoree adds influential local designer who has helped build communities throughout central Texas....
LPA Awarded ONEder Grant to Study AI-Enabled K-12 Learning Spaces
08.4.2025
Integrated design firm’s researchers will explore design strategies to accommodate AI in personalized learning experiences, while preserving human social connections....
LPA BOOK CHALLENGES AEC INDUSTRY TO DO BETTER, “NO EXCUSES”
06.25.2025
New release from LPA Design Studios, “No Excuses: Integrated Design for a Sustainable Future,” offers a ‘road map’ for a new generation of integrated design...
News
LPA’s Ellen Mitchell Named Chair of AIA’s Committee on the Environment
11.25.2025
Sustainability leader will help guide national efforts to provide better design tools and resources to address climate action and climate justice....
Advocate: Texas Community and LPA Plan New Library
On Saturday, Nov. 8, neighbors gathered at Preston Royal Branch Library for a community meeting on what they would like to see once the library...
Wendy Rogers Named to Orange County Business Journal’s List of Influential Leaders
WHY: Heads OC’s second-largest architecture firm with $76.5M in local billings, an 8% increase from the year prior. Ongoing projects include buildings for Sage Hill...
Videos
Lee Martinez Elementary School
12.1.2025
Elementary School Includes Daycare Center to Support Teachers and Staff...
AIA Firm Award 2025
07.9.2025
The American Institute of Architects recognized LPA Design Studios with the 2025 AIA Architecture Firm Award, the national organization’s top award for an architecture practice....
AIA 2025 National Architecture Firm Award
04.9.2025
Research
No Distraction
07.12.2024
Windows are not the enemy of focus. Studies highlight the importance of fine-tuning views and connections to nature to enhance attention spans and productivity....
Promoting Social Connections
01.3.2024
Designing welcoming and comfortable spaces can boost a sense of belonging, community and trust....
Preparing Expert Learners
06.6.2023
Learning is a skillset. A love for learning can be developed and nurtured, giving students the tools for lifelong growth and adaptation....
