Join Gary for a special video episode featuring architecture students from his third-year design studio at UT Austin. (Video available on Spotify.) Follow their design process and conceptual explorations in Comprehensive Studio—UT's most integrated undergraduate architecture course—where great design still reigns, but every idea must also stand up, perform, and function.

In order of appearance,

Ben Josephs and Xin Xiong, Brittany Wang and Arthur Monteiro, Lana Liang and Maya Hurtado, Caleb King and Sam Larkin, Megan Garlitos and Sana Malhotra

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Music Credit: Jon Guerra

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Continuing our conversation with Cory Gerdts, we talk about the process of design and construction of his primary residence in Clear Lake, IA

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Cory Gerdts is a current and former client of Wang Architects. He is the Director of Innovation at Protein BioSolutions and holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. In this first episode, we talk about Cory's relationship to invention, and why he asked Wang Architects to design a school in Ventura, IA.

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Introducing DesigningAustin x WangArchitects!

In this companion video, Gary Wang introduces and describes the process of designing the Lakeview residence of client Cory Gerdts. Watch this episode before Cory's for a deeper understanding of their discussion.

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Joe Buehler is an award-winning architect based in Chicago whose work demonstrates the power of architecture to serve communities. Throughout his career, he has designed projects that support inner-city youth and has championed service through architecture, creating spaces that foster opportunity, connection, and positive social impact.

See Joe's work here:

https://pfa.work/

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Leonid Furmansky is an acclaimed photographer and artist. He has an exhibit titled Beautiful City - Empty City that is showing at Gallery 200 through May 14, 2026.

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Join us for this episode where we chat with Hugh Jefferson Randolph!

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https://austinarchitect.com/

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Larry Speck is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the W.L. Moody, Jr. Centennial Professor in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the Dean for nine years, was principal of Lawrence W. Speck Associates for 20 years, and a partner at Page Southerland Page, before became Page; before it was acquired by Stantec.

See Larry's work here: ⁠

https://soa.utexas.edu/faculty/larry-speck

https://larryspeck.com/

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Today we’re joined by Camille and Ada, the principals of Jobe and Corral Architects here in Austin. They’ll share how they’ve built a partnership grounded in trust, collaboration, and shared purpose — and what it means to navigate the world of architecture as women leading their own firm. 

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In this special episode, we take Designing Austin on the road! Kim Nigro is a Chicagoan architect and was the founding principal of Studio Nigro. She was awarded the prestigious Burnham Prize and was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome. Kim led her firm for 18 years before shuttering her office and transitioning into a larger, more-established practice.

See Kim's profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-nigro-architect/⁠

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