UT Austin plans $205M “Engineering Discovery” building

As the University of Texas at Austin attracts more students to its engineering and science programs, it is hoping a top-notch facility will hook ’em.

The university filed plans Wednesday to construct the “Engineering Discovery Building” at 304 East 24th Street. The structure will span 210,000 square feet and cost an estimated $205.4 million, according to filings. It will support research at the Cockrell School of Engineering and host the university’s departments of chemical engineering and petroleum and geosystems engineering.

The Engineering Discovery Building will replace the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering building, which went up in 1985. That facility now suffers from “inadequate and end-of-life mechanical and electrical systems,” according to the university’s website.

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The new building will rise on the site of the Services Building, which is slated to be demolished as part of the project. Work is slated to begin at the end of January and run through April 2026. UT Austin did not respond to requests for comment.

Jesus Lardizabal, owner of accessibility consulting firm Altura Solutions and a graduate of UT’s structural engineering program, filed the new building form. Los Angeles-based CO Architects, which specializes in education and science buildings, is the design architect.