Director
Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research
Contact
- DB 2.306E
- ian.caine@utsa.edu
- Urban Platform
Bio
Ian Caine is an Associate Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Principal in URBAN PLATFORM, and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research explores the forms, processes, and impacts of urban growth, appearing in journals like MONU, Scenario, Log, Housing Studies and popular press outlets like The Discovery Channel, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Texas Public Radio. His design collaborations have received awards from the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, and international competitions including Rising Tides, Build-a-Better-Burb, Dry Futures, and Modular Home Edition #2. His drawings and designs have been exhibited in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Toronto, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Caine is a dedicated educator, having received the 2017 ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award, 2017 UT Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award, 2016 UTSA President’s Distinguished Teaching Award and 2017 CACP Outstanding Teaching Award, as well as selection for the Architecture 2030 Pilot Curriculum Project, which highlighted a curriculum developed with Dr. Rahman Azari as one of seven nationwide that “transform the culture of sustainable design education.” In 2018 Caine was visiting faculty in urban design at Washington University. He holds degrees from MIT (SMArchS) and Washington University (MArch), where he received the AIA School Medal.
