Hines College students continue their award-winning momentum, earning top honors at the 2025 AIA Fort Worth Student Design Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Recognized for projects that address real-world challenges through innovation, sustainability, and cultural awareness, these works reflect the College’s commitment to design as a socially responsive and forward-thinking practice.

Jackie Barry (BFA ’89, M.Arch. ’92) reflects on her journey from student to educator, shaped by a foundation in studio culture, critical thinking, and collaboration at Hines College. Now an interior design program coordinator and professor, she continues to guide the next generation of designers while remaining engaged in professional practice.

This spring, METROPOLIS Magazine named two students from the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design to its Future100 list: fifth-year architecture students Elvia Karina Delgado and Kimhour Lor. Their recognition reflects both the strength of their individual design work and the broader commitment at the Hines College to addressing environmental and social challenges through architecture.