The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture’s Fall 2022 Lecture Series explores a range of issues vital to the study and practice of architecture, design, and the built environment. Featuring a dynamic slate of speakers each semester and with all lectures open to the public, this series plays an integral role in fostering intellectual curiosity and the open exchange of ideas, both inside and outside the classroom.
Murray Legge, Murray Legge Architecture
Murray Legge, FAIA, is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Architecture in New York City. He is the founder of Murray Legge Architecture, a collaborative architecture studio based in Austin, Texas, and the co-founder of Legge Lewis Legge, an interdisciplinary collaborative based in Austin and New York that focuses on large-scale installations, public art, and civic projects. Legge’s lecture will focus on his firms’ recent works including houses, schools, and installations—several built in Austin, Texas. As a city, Austin presents a unique context with its combination of rising population, sharply increasing property values, and the early and middle twentieth-century ideals embedded in its residential code. The city is changing fast while remaining resistant to change. These conflicting forces have given rise to a new context.
