Riley Triggs

Post-Secondary Education

Rice University
Masters of Architecture
Architecture

Teaching Experience

2005-2014 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX

  • Lecturer, School of Architecture

    • Design Studios

    • Visual Communications

  • Lecturer, Design Division, Department of Art

    • Sophomore-Graduate levels

      • Design Theory and Methodology

      • Design Persuasion

      • Design Technology I & II: Images and 3D Computer Design

      • Senior Project

      • Various independent study

2009-present Austin Community College Austin, TX

  • Professor, Technical Drawing: AutoCad, 3DS Max, and SketchUp. Architectural History, Architectural Graphics, Architectural Design

Professional Experience

Registrations

  • Registered Architect, Texas #22115

  • National Council of Architectural Review Boards #90928

2019-present City of Austin, Austin, TX

  • Capital Delivery Consultant

2016-2019Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX

  • Architect Town Square Initiative | Texas Main Street Program

2014-2016 Levy Architects, Austin, TX

  • Project Architect

2014 LZTArchitects/Place Designers, Austin, TX

  • Board of Directors, Head of Austin Office

2004-present Austin Field Office, Urbanoia Design Group Austin/San Antonio, TX

  • Branding/graphic: Live Well Magazine, Block 16 Architects and Urbanists, Matt Naylor Media, Moontower Distillery

  • Sanders House Addition, Austin, TX.

  • Green Tent Competition Finalist (the anti-cell tent)

Work exhibited at gardenLab, Pasedena, CA.

  • Coney Island Pavilion Exhibition, New York, NY.

  • Urban Void Competition, Philadelphia, PA.

  • National AIDS Memorial Exhibition, Oakland, CA.

 

2004-present spurse art collaborative multi-national

  • Contributed work for The Interventionists exhibition at Mass. MoCA, May 2004-March 2005.

  • Nature Bridge Proposal, Augusta, ME.

 

2005 TAG International Architects Austin, TX

Project Manager, Designer

  • American Bank of Texas, Medical Parkway, Austin, TX.

  • American Bank of Texas, Kingsland, TX.

 

2002-2004 Riley Triggs Design Austin, TX

  • Set design for Forest Grove film, a Sundance Online Film Festival “Frontier Project” selection.

  • Madre’s House, Austin, TX.

  • RossUnit (design-build), Austin, TX.

 

1993–2001 Jackson Associates Austin, TX

Project Manager, Designer

  • Compass Bank, Medical Branch, Austin, TX.

  • Slim’s Roadside Restaurant, Austin, TX.

 

1990–1992 Arris Design (Owner) Austin, TX

  • Graphic design for a variety of clients.

  • Contributed photographic images, drawings and text for West of Union Station (CD-ROM).

 

1990 G&S Typesetters Austin, TX

  • Typesetting proofing and paste-up

 

1984-1990 (summers) Ed Triggs Design Studio Austin, TX

  • General graphic design internship

Professional Publications

2013 Once Upon a Time book chapter.

2010 Student Projects in Sustainability, UT Center for Sustainability Symposium, Proceedings

2010 Creating a Shared Mental Space for Sustainability on a University Campus, Sustainability in Design Now! LeNS Conference, Proceedings

2010 An Interdisciplinary Design Project in Second Life, International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (forthcoming, first author, refereed journal)

2009-Present Design and Two Spaces, co-blogger.

2009 Education in Second Life, by Norman Tran, GamesPlusBlog, October, 2009.

2007-2009 Editor and Art Director Layout Design Journal, international journal of model railroading design.

2009 DOCOMOMO in Central Texas, Preservation Texas Magazine, October 2009.

2009 Mid Century Modern Architecture in Austin, Your Austin Address Magazine, May-June 2009.

2009 The Architecture of the Davis-Sibley House, Your Austin Address Magazine, September-October 2009.

2009 Mid Century Architecture in Central Texas, Charrette Magazine, San Antonio Chapter A.I.A., May 2009.

2008 “When Mid Century Modernism Came to Austin”, Heritage Society of Austin, article.

2007 Van Alen Report no. 20, submission entry.

2004 AIDS Memorial Grove Competition book, submission entry.

2002 Adrenaline Vault, video game reviews.

2001 “Cross Pollination for Architects”, Platform magazine, University of Texas School of Architecture.

2001 “Great Northwestern and Pacific”, Model Railroader Magazine.

1996 Pilot Community Design Charrette, Robert Mueller Airport Rendered Master Plan, Texas Architect magazine.

1996 Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Redevelopment Master Plan, rendered plan, Metropolis magazine.

Presentations

2014 Preservation Austin, How Mid Century Modern Architecture came to Austin, Presentation

2010 Creating a Shared Mental Space for Sustainability on a University Campus, Adobe MAX Educators Conference, Los Angeles, Presentation

2010 Creating a Shared Mental Space for Sustainability on a University Campus, UT Center for Sustainability Symposium, Presentation

2010 Creating a Shared Mental Space for Sustainability on a University Campus ,Sustainability in Design Now! LeNS Conference, Bangalore, India

2010 Reel Houses of Horror, Emotionally Embodied Architecture in Film, Once Upon a Place Architecture and Fiction Conference, Lisbon, Portugal

2010 NEREUS Island, Transforming Undergraduate Education Second Life Conference, University of Texas System , Poster session

2010 Bam! A whole university system goes into Second Life, Panelist SXSW Interactive Conference.

2009 NEREUS Island, Second Life presentation,UT Southwestern .

2009 NEREUS Island, Austin Community College.

2009 NEREUS Island, Educator's Coop.

2009 Austin Cool Lecture, Austin Mid Century Modern Architecture, Austin Chapter AIA.

2009 Mid Century Modern architecture in Austin, KUT radio interview.

2009 Second Life Presentation to Faculty, DIIA UT-Austin.

2008 A.D. Stenger, Architect|Builder, Gallery Talk, University of Texas School of Architecture.

2008 “When Mid Century Modernism Came to Austin (and how it got here)”, Heritage Society of Austin.

Exhibitions

2009 Organizer: Austin Cool: Mid Century Modern Architecture in Austin, Austin Chapter of the AIA.

2008 Organizer: A.D.Stenger Designer|Builder, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.

2006 Urban Voids Competition, Van Alen Institute, New York, NY.

2006 Coney Island Pavilion Exhibition, Van Alen Institute New York, NY.

2005 Entry: National AIDS Memorial Exhibition, Oakland, CA.

2004-2005 Contributed work as member of spurse artists’ collaborative for The Interventionists, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

2004 Green Tent Competition, gardenLab, Pasadena, CA.

Film

2002 Set design and construction for Forest Grove, a Sundance Online Film Festival “Frontier Project” selection.

Grants

2010 Smart Building Initiative, University of Texas at Austin Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology (LIFT) Grant, Co-Principle Investigator $94,000.

Juries

2021 Fall - Invited Reviwer University of Texas School of Architecture

2008 Fall – Invited reviewer, Master's presentations, School of Architecture, North Carolina State University.

2008 Spring - Invited reviewer, Texas A&M Department of Architecture Master’s candidates.

2007 Canstruction competition, San Antonio Chapter AIA.

2006 Spring - Invited jury member, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.

Organizations

2009-2019 Board Member and Public Relations Officer DOCOMOMO_US Central Texas Chapter.

2009-Present Educators' COOP (Educators in Second Life), member.

2009-Present AIA Austin Gallery Committee member.

2009-Present New Media Consortium SL member.

2008-Present Second Life Data Visualization Group, member.

2008-Present Serious SLers, member.

Awards

2010 Innovative Instructional Technology Award, University of Texas at Austin

2006 National Dean’s List

2004, 2005 Chancellor’s List

2004 Green Tent Competition Finalist, gardenLab, Pasadena, CA.

2002 Alpha Rho Chi Medal, University of Texas at Austin

2002 Robert Leon White Memorial Fund Award, University of Texas at Austin

2000, 1999 Golden Trowel Award for Stone Building Design

Published: August 23, 2025