15th North American Masonry Conference

The 15th North American Masonry Conference (15NAMC) will be held June 2027 in San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio features multi-cultural heritage, warm weather, southwestern charm, and has a rich tradition of stone, brick and block masonry buildings.

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The conference will be hosted by The School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, & Construction Management, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Houston (UH), The School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin (UT), The College of Architecture, Texas A&M University (TAMU).

The 15NAMC will be lead by:

  • Arturo E. Schultz* (UTSA)
  • Dimitrios Kalliontzis (UH)
  • Cisco Gomes (UT)
  • Greg Luhan (TAMU)
  • Julie Ann Hartell (TAMU)
  • Donna Coussons (TAMU)

The conference theme “The Evolving World of Masonry” conveys the rich and varied history of masonry, its breadth in contemporary buildings, and possible future scenarios as masonry continues to evolve in response to human ingenuity, societal needs and natural challenges.

The conferences hopes to highlight aspects of masonry’s history of durability, esthetics, resilience, and flexibility in is various forms, materials and constructibility among other characteristics that have and will continue to make masonry mankind’s oldest and most varied form of construction.

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University of Texas at San Antonio

The School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, & Construction Management

University of Houston

The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department

University of Texas at Austin

The School of Architecture

Texas A&M University

The College of Architecture