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 …
Puro |ˈpo͝orō|
The statement San Antonio is “Puro” is possibly a provocation. A city the size of San Antonio with all itscultural layers is so much more than one term could describe, …
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 …
UTSA architects, panelists to explore meaning of Puro at Feb. 21 symposium
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Architecture, Construction and Planning (CACP) invites the community to a symposium to explore the many meanings of Puro. The event, …
Transitioning Natures: Robert Schuller’s Garden Grove Experiment
The world interior of capital is not an agora or a trade fair beneath the open sky, but rather a hot house that has drawn inwards everything that was once …
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 …
“1000 Parks and a Line in the Sky: Broadway, Avenue of the Future” exhibited at ITC
Hosted by the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures is “1000 Parks and a Line in the Sky: Broadway, Avenue of the Future.” The exhibition features a 50-foot-long model of Broadway, …
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 …