Donna Kacmar, FAIA

Donna Kacmar, FAIA, is a National American Institute of Architects 2004 Young Architects Award recipient and was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 2009. Donna has served on multiple boards including the Houston AIA, Avenue CDC, Rice Design Alliance, Architecture Center Houston Foundation, Texas Society of Architects, and AIA Strategic Council. Donna has taught at Rice University, Texas A&M University, and is currently a Professor at the University of Houston where she teaches architecture design studio. She also founded the Materials Research Collaborative (MRC) in 2009 and directed its material focused research for ten years. Her Fisher Street House, a small 544-square-foot dwelling, received an AIA Houston Design Award and led to her first book, Big Little House, published by Routledge in 2015. Her edited book, Victor Lundy: Artist Architect, was published in 2018 by Princeton Architectural Press and her most recent book, Big Little Hotel, was published in March 2023. Donnais the principal of Architect Works, PLLC.