UTSA Studio Course Continues Focus on Binational River Conservation Project as a Model for Fostering Inclusive Community Engagement and Sustainable Design Following a successful Spring 2023 semester and summer break, the UTSA + Overland Graduate Advanced Technical Studio is underway for Fall 2023, welcoming back 15 UTSA School of Architecture graduate students from across Texas Read More
Mission Statement Unlocking the Embedded PotentialTM by modeling how we should live and influencing the world through our practice of architecture. At Overland Partners, we believe in the transformative power of design. This conviction shapes our culture, guiding us to work with courage, passion, and a deep sense of responsibility to create places that care for Read More
Sustainability Leader Overland is recognized as an authority in sustainable design with 65% of our staff registered as LEED Accredited Professionals, and is among the top five companies in the world with the most Living Future Accredited Professionals. Since 1987, Overland was integral to the green movement and has been at the forefront of high Read More
Happy Earth Day! More than three decades ago, Overland pioneered sustainable design with a project that established a benchmark for natural resource conservation. In the early 1990s, the concept of sustainable architecture was just gaining traction with the establishment of the U.S. Green Building Council in 1993. Still years from LEED standards and advocacy for Read More
Texan by Nature’s network of business members is essential to achieving our mission of advancing conservation, and the sustainability professionals in these organizations are important allies in connecting industry with conservation. Professionals such as Sandra Montalbo, Design Performance Manager at Overland Partners, are transforming communities and organizations from within through raising Environmental, Social, and Government (ESG) actions. Read More
“We are so honored to be selected once again as a TxN 20 firm. It affirms the work Overland is doing to conserve the beauty of Texas and empowers us to realize an even more vibrant and equitable future for our state.” – Rick Archer, FAIA, Founding Principal Companies Operating Across the State of Texas Read More
Overland Architect Jake Hyde Brings Energy to Design Practice, Firm Programs and Teaching UTSA Architecture Students Resiliency Resounds in His Career and University Coursework Everything architect Jakob Hyde, RA, WELL AP, does is humancentric. As a young designer, he strives to make architecture approachable, bringing together inspiring design with functionality. Such practice involves a high Read More
Amid calls to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Rick Archer is working to build a park. Archer — a local architect and CEO of Overland Partners, a design firm — is leading an effort to draw plans for the Binational River Park, which would span 6.3 miles along both sides of the Rio Grande Read More
This article is also available in Spanish Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas, Mexico—known colloquially as Los Dos Laredos—were a single city divided by the Rio Grande River until 1848, when a treaty established the international border in the river, leaving one half in the United States and the other in Mexico. But the cities Read More
A new generation Napa resort driven by active and bold experiences, connection with nature, an inspiring culinary scene, and total wellbeing Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts Collection opens today on 712 acres of vineyards and ranch land – a destination unto itself of unprecedented energy and rare beauty that welcomes a bold new dawn for this iconic Read More