Welcome Students and Community!
As the new Director of the School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P) in the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, I am excited to welcome students and the entire community as we begin the academic year in our new location on San Antonio’s iconic River Walk. One Riverwalk Place, a repurposed 19-story glass tower now home to the SA+P, is an integrated part of UTSA’s Southwest Campus, with the historic Ursuline Academy, the San Antonio Public Library and the Tobin Center as our neighbors. From this new urban platform, we plan to collectively re-imagine more livable, more resilient, and more beautiful cities.
The School of Architecture + Planning is a laboratory for design and interdisciplinary research. In addition to degrees in Architecture (BS and MArch), Interior Design (BS) and Urban & Regional Planning (MS), we offer graduate certificate programs in Historic Preservation (CERT), High-Performance Design & Sustainability (CERT), Urban & Regional Planning (CERT) and an undergraduate certificate in Design Communication and Fabrication (CERT). Faculty-run centers and labs offer opportunities for students to participate in design research and community engagement.
Our talented faculty offers a place-based educational model that engages students to solve contemporary design challenges in creative dialogue with the layered histories of the built and natural environment of San Antonio, the greater Texas region, and beyond. Undergraduate architecture and interior design students in the School of Architecture + Planning participate in a Signature Experience program based in Urbino, Italy, whose modern university campus, nestled in a historic Italian hill town, provides a unique firsthand experience of how the past and present can co-exist in creative dialogue. Graduate study abroad is currently offered in Rome.
We believe that, while transforming the built environment, architects, interior designers, and planning professionals should embrace preservation, conservation, and adaptive reuse as a means of reenergizing our cities. UTSA is leading by example by expanding its Southwest campus in downtown San Antonio. Our new location in the heart of the city helps us better serve the profession as well as the diverse members of our community. Working together, let’s envision what the future of San Antonio might look like for both long-time residents and the ones yet to arrive.
Visit us at our new location! Reach out with questions about our programs or with ideas for future collaborations.Michelangelo Sabatino, PhD, Hon. FRAIC
Incoming Director of the School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P)
Roland K. Blumberg Endowed Professorship in Architecture
Incoming Director of the School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P)
Roland K. Blumberg Endowed Professorship in Architecture
Big news for SA+P students!
Starting fall 2025, the School of Architecture + Planning will move to a new home at One Riverwalk Place.
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