Murray Legge, FAIA

Murray Legge is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Architecture in New York City. His professional achievements include receiving the 2006 AIA Austin Young Architectural Professional Award as well as more than 40 design awards, including four national AIA awards and was the winner of the Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award twice.  Winner of the prestigious Lyceum Fellowship, he was also twice a finalist in Van Alen Institute competitions, including the Paris Prize. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including a project feature in the New York Times. He has been a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is an on-going visiting critic. 

Murray is also a co-founder of Legge Lewis Legge, an interdisciplinary collaborative, based in Austin and New York. With a focus on large-scale installations, public art and civic design, Legge Lewis Legge has been widely recognized including receiving the 2010 Austin Art in Public Places Community Arts Award. The studio received an honorable mention in the international design competition for the Flight 93 memorial and was a finalist in the Boston Logan Airport 9/11 memorial competition.  Legge Lewis Legge is currently working on public civic projects in Dallas TX, Fort Worth TX, Raleigh NC and Washington DC.

Lincoln Davidson, AIA

Lincoln serves as a project architect specializing in a diverse array of projects spanning schools, parks, housing, and public art.

Lincoln's architectural contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the 2023 AIA Austin Firm Achievement Award and the 2023 Texas Society of Architects Design Excellence Award for Canterbury House. His work has been celebrated by The Architect’s Newspaper in their AN Interiors Top 50 Architects and Designers list and has earned accolades such as multiple National AIA Small Project Awards and Architizer Jury Awards for projects like Little Tiger, Temporary Tiger, Canterbury House, and South 2nd.

Inspired by his global upbringing across Azerbaijan, South America, and Southeast Asia, Lincoln brings a unique perspective to his practice, exploring the nuanced intersections of culture, identity, and architecture in his work.

Katherine Odom

Katherine holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Missouri. Prior to moving to Austin, she worked for Simon Oswald Architecture in Columbia, MO and worked as a freelancer in architectural graphics. While at UT, Katherine was a Teaching Assistant for Technical Communication under Elizabeth Danze and Joyce Rosner as well as Designing for Human Behavior under Tamie Glass.

When not fantasizing about building models, Katherine enjoys eating her way around Austin and hanging out with her cat Deb.  

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Harrison received a B.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, and then attended the program in Painting and Printmaking at Yale University. After earning an M.F.A. in 1999, he moved to New York City where he maintained a studio practice, taught, and worked in galleries and auction houses. During this time, he showed his work in several exhibitions in New York and Dallas, TX. In 2008, he moved to Austin to attend the M. Arch I program at the University of Texas School of Architecture. Before moving, Harrison worked at Tod Williams + Billie Tsien in New York City, and during school he took time off to do an internship at Jean Nouvel Design in Paris. In Austin, Harrison has worked at Furman + Keil, Dick Clark + Associates, and Faye and Walker. In addition to his work with Murray Legge, Harrison continues to paint, and he keeps a studio near his home in northeast Austin. When not busy with art and architecture, he and his lovely wife Diana are usually having fun with their two young and highly energetic boys.

Maya Shamir

Maya Shamir is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in architecture and minored in history. At UT, she was nominated for design excellence in the fall of 2022 and was an editor for the annual student-run publication ISSUE. She has written for Texas Architect, the New York Review of Architecture, and the Daily Texan. Maya completed a six month professional residency at Peterson Rich Office in Brooklyn, where she worked alongside the New York City Housing Authority on community design exercises. 

Outside of the office, Maya enjoys swimming and walking her way around Austin.

ARTHUR LAM

Arthur is currently a student working under UTSOA’s Professional Residency Program, and he will soon be completing his fifth and final year in the B.Arch program. He is particularly interested in investigating how different tools, both physical and digital, impact the fabrication, assembly, and experience of architecture. During his time in school, he has been nominated for four Design Excellence awards and was a winner of The University of Pennsylvania's LA+ Creature competition. In the past, Arthur has worked as an intern at Perkins and Will, an after-school art teacher at Maplewood Elementary, and as a martial arts coach. While not busy with school or work, Arthur loves to mess around with his 3d printer and practice Wushu, a Chinese martial art, with his friends. 

LUCY LEWIS-LEGGE, DOG

Lucy grew up in the wilds of Oklahoma after escaping a puppy mill. She wound up in the Poteau Valley Humane Society, before she was adopted by her Austin family.

She enjoys spending time at the office, barking at wildlife along Shoal Creek.

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