2025 Spring Lecture Series: Kevin Alter

Professor Kevin Alter explores recent work from Alterstudio Architecture, where he is a Founding Partner, offering a thoughtful examination of how these projects contribute to constructing meaning within the field of architecture. The lecture begins with a set of conceptual proposals aimed at framing a lens through which the work can be understood. Following this foundation, Professor Alter presents a selection of recently, built projects, highlighting their design intent and contextual relevance. Recognizing the distinctive pedagogy of Boston Architectural College (BAC) — where students are actively engaged in professional practice — the lecture places special emphasis on the buildings' construction and detailing. This focus will illustrate how materiality, assembly, and craft play a critical role in shaping architectural significance.

Join us in person at Cascieri Hall or virtually on April 16, 2025, at 6PM EST.

Kevin Alter is a graduate of Bennington College and Harvard University. He is the Sid W. Richardson Centennial Professor of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, where he served as Academic Director for Architecture Programs & Associate Dean for Graduate Programs from 2001 – 2014.

His professional practice, Alterstudio Architecture, has received more than two hundred design awards, including twelve National AIA Awards. His work has also been widely published including Alterstudio Architecture: 6 Houses ,from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as well as the recent book Highland Park: Alterstudio, from Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers’ Masterpiece Series.

Professor Alter has edited twelve books, curated sixteen exhibitions and organized many symposia. He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University and the Catholic University of America, and he was the Favrot Visiting Professor at Tulane University. He has also been a visiting critic, reviewer and lecturer at dozens of institutions around the world.