The School of Architecture - TSOA

The School of Architecture, in partnership with the Taliesin Institute , is excited to share a special Lecture Series event featuring renowned Dutch photographer, Iwan Baan , who will share his recent works.
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Reception at 5:30pm
Lecture at 6pm

Taliesin West Music Pavilion
12621 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
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1 AIA CE credit (Pending)

Lecture Series Sponsor:
‍Swaback Architects + Planners
Series Co-Sponsor:
Arizona Architecture Foundation

RSVP Required: tsoa.edu/lecture-series

Photo credit: Iwan Baan

M.Arch applications for 2026-27 are due January 15th!
Be part of the boldest living experiment in architectural education. ✨ Learn more at tsoa.edu/apply or email [email protected]
Pictured: work from Andrew Gonzales ’s studio by Kelly Vigil , Daniel Fedorka, and Stacy Wu

Today is the last day to register for our Spring 2026 immersion program!
Register today at tsoa.edu/apply/immersion
Join our 4- or 8-week program kicking off January 20 and don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn about desert materiality, see a project through to fruition, audit MArch classes, be part of an incredible studio culture, attend lectures and other events and field trips, join our Community Life, be inspired by our MArch students and amazing faculty, and so much more!
For more information contact [email protected]

The School of Architecture (TSOA), Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright

Final days to double your impact!

Your year-end gift to TSOA directly supports student scholarships, helping talented students—regardless of financial background—learn by doing, build at full scale, and shape the future of sustainable design.

Give by December 31 and your contribution will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $35,000 by TSOA’s Board of Governors.

🫶Give today at tsoa.edu/donate or via the link in our bio.

DesignBuild SustainableDesign

Eric McCune ( ) is an M.Arch II student in his final year at TSOA, working towards his final design-build thesis shelter.

Featured are three projects, each building on the last to reinforce the potentials of locality and natural materials.

His first studio project at TSOA features adobe construction through a Center for Material Culture and Experimentation, establishing a foundation in earth-based making, climate responsiveness, and regional craft at TSOA.

His project for the Integrated Design Studio proposes a new TSOA campus at Cattle Track that uses locally specific adobe while integrating new technologies and materials, bridging tradition with innovation.

His upcoming thesis design-build synthesizes earlier lessons by exploring resilience, impermanence, and dust as a cyclical material metaphor, testing how architecture can participate in time rather than resist it.

Follow to keep up to date with more of our students exciting works!

This Giving Tuesday comes at a moment of extraordinary momentum for TSOA.
Enrollment is rising, applications are increasing, and our students are building projects that reflect sustainable, community-engaged design.

Your gift today directly supports student scholarships, opening the door for more emerging designers to learn, build, and serve our communities.

Help us open doors for the next generation of citizen designers.
🫶Give today at https://www.tsoa.edu/donate or via the link in our bio.

Jaime Inostroza Campos graduated from TSOA in 2016 (then the School of Architecture at Taliesin) with his M.Arch and is currently a professor at the School of Architecture at Valparaiso Chile where he is working on his PhD while also establishing his own architectural practice.
Jaime believes in a balanced approach to architecture. “Pursue the work, the research, and the pedagogy”. 
A few of his work highlights:

1) “Little Maps” was a collaborative effort with the 2015 Taliesin West class under professor David Tapius. Design and built in just 12 weeks and a budget of only $2000, this desert shelter was built and attempts to mitigate the harsh desert climate while also balancing and displaying rich architectural concepts and forms. 

2) Atalaya (Shelter) meaning ‘crows nest’ is designed elevated to create a connection between dwelling and the desert horizon. It acknowledges place through considerations of orientation, Sonoran sunsets, and local flora and faunas.

3) Lookout Ñielol self describes its program. Its orientation links Ñielol hill with the opposite side of the city Temuco, the Cautín River. Just like the Atalaya Shelter, Lookout Ñielol captures the picturesque views of its place. Its exposed wood interior can only be appreciated if one takes the journey up the stairs, through the doors, and is framed inside the timber structure and Temuco.

We are honored and proud of our Alumni’s and all they have shown in practice the principles of ‘Learning by Doing’. Follow us for more information and updates on what makes our school so bold!

REMINDER! TSOA’s virtual open house is happening in a few hours TODAY! At 4pm MST (Arizona time)

We can’t wait to see you!

Come see how we are upholding the principles of learning by doing. See in person what makes our school so BOLD.

Join us!
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ote-ycmh-ahj
Or dial: (US) +1 470-222-8201 PIN: 432 482 010 #

Reminder! Our Virtual Open House is TODAY at 4pm (MST)
We can’t wait to meet everyone!
Com see how our school is upholding the principles of learning by doing, see in person what makes our school so BOLD.

JOIN US!
Link: https://meet.google.com/ote-ycmh-ahj
Or dial: (US) +1 470-222-8201 PIN: 432 482 010 #

Following TSOA’s successful Open House on October 28, Lindsey Wikstrom of closed out the evening with a public lecture, Care is Choreography, on the potentials of mass timber building. Through discussions of its lifecycles, logistics, and multigenerational imaginations, Lindsey offered concepts on how a holistic understanding of environmental relationships can enrich our ecosystems and perceptions of sustainable building.

TSOA’s 2025-26 Lecture Series is generously sponsored by Swaback Architects and The Arizona Architecture Foundation