Photo by Michael Hsu
Bud Franck, RA was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture as a Texas Excellence and National Merit Scholar. In addition to two design excellence awards, Bud received the Texas Exes President’s Leadership Award and the Henry Adams School Medal from the American Institute of Architects upon graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture "with highest honors" in 2010.
During college, Bud completed a six-month professional residency with Bade Stageberg Cox in Brooklyn. Since 2010, he has worked at Austin-based Miró Rivera Architects on a range of award-winning residential and commercial projects in Austin and New York City—including the Texas Exes Alumni Center, Circuit of the Americas, Chinmaya Mission Austin, and Box House. Bud is also the editor and co-designer of Miró Rivera Architects: Building a New Arcadia, which explores two decades of the firm’s work through texts, drawings, and original photography (available at University of Texas Press and Amazon).
In January 2017, Bud became a Registered Architect in the state of Texas. In addition to his work as an Associate at Miró Rivera Architects, Bud is an avid photographer, traveler, graphic designer, and collector. His architectural photography has won awards from the American Institute of Architects and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Bud is a member of the inaugural class of the AIA Austin Leadership Collective and co-author of the AIA/AFA Guide to Austin Architecture.
