The University of Texas at San Antonio has launched a new initiative to help shape development in the Alamo City. The Urban Future Lab — which will operate out of …
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Texas Architect: New Sacred Geographies
A UTSA architecture professor and his students map the relationship between worship and the environment. What they find is a major contribution to the American landscape and to architectural discourse …
Texas Public Radio’s The Source: Is ‘Puro’ San Antonio’s Cultural Trademark?
What images come to mind when you think of the words “puro ” and “San Antonio”? There are layers of meaning and understanding that get to the heart of the …
Architect reaching back to past to take San Antonio into future: Antonio Petrov wants to build Skyride in SA
If a local architect has his way, the past will be a part of the future when it comes to transportation on Broadway. Dr. Antonio Petrov, from the UTSA College …
Texas Public Radio’s The Source: What Will the San Antonio of the Future Look Like?
San Antonio isn’t known for its architecture scene, outside of the historic missions that is. San Antonio’s skyline has often been targeted as lacking. The downtown’s buildings have historically reflected …
New Architectural Imaginaries
The Current cover, “New Architectural Imaginaries” was designed by Dr. Antonio Petrov and Aaron Stone. A description of their cover design is below. San Antonio’s architectural imaginary is rooted in …
Texas Architect: 1,000 Parks and a Line in the Sky
Urban Future Lab, a “think/do-tank” at the UTSA College of Architecture, Construction and Planning led by assistant professor Antonio Petrov, has developed a proposal for public space and transit in …
1000 Parks and a Line in the Sky: Broadway, Avenue of the Future
Imagine transit in the sky along Broadway “Some company recently was interested in buying my aura. They didn’t want my product. They kept saying, ‘We want your aura.’ I never …
Texas Public Radio’s The Source: New Vision Of Broadway
There’s a lot of construction and activity on Broadway these days. Apartments are shooting up and down the corridor, and the nearly completed Pearl, it isn’t likely to stop anytime …
Texas Public Radio’s The Source: Should Alamo Heights Build A Broadway Linear Park?
A new plan to improve the pedestrian character of the Broadway corridor as it runs through Alamo Heights has been proposed. A linear park, designed by students and professors at …