When Biby Dykema entered the architecture industry in 1979, she stood out in boardroom meetings in more ways than one. The first female architect in Corpus Christi and one of only two women who earned an architecture degree in her class at the University of Texas at Austin, she made waves in a male-dominated industry.

TOWERS has been covering 48 East Avenue in detail for several years at this point, complete with a few generations of renderings. Of course, I’m always glad to have another excuse to talk about this tower and its lengthy design process, which has included some revisions I have mixed feelings about.

For the crowd gathered in gorgeous gowns and suits and tuxedos Nov. 10 at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, the Art Museum of South Texas’ annual gala was a smashing success.

Stephen Levy has caught a design wave and he's sitting on top of the world. The Austin architect recently was named to the team that's creating the NLand Surf Park— a potentially world-class tourist designation east of Austin — while he has also recently finished a couple of high-profile creative office spaces.