UT Law Residence Hall

Status: In Construction expected summer of 2028

Strategically positioned at a key campus entrance at the corner of Dean Keeton and Medical Arts, The University of Texas School of Law Residence Hall serves as a dedicated hub for first-year law students, addressing a critical need for affordable student housing and community focused amenities to reinforce the law school’s academic and social identity. The U-shaped massing wraps around existing Live Oak trees, which form the centerpiece of a large activated courtyard that connects visually to the campus. The east portion of the building, limited to 5 stories to adhere to Austin Capitol View Corridor restrictions, features a roof deck that nestles into the tree canopy. The remaining west and north portions of the structure rise to 14 floors, with the top floor featuring a generous skylounge and a roof deck that offer panoramic city and campus views. 

Large, 15-foot plaster and limestone vaulted arches define building entrances and create a pass-through connecting to the courtyard, paying homage to the arch colonnade at the Law School entrance across the street and reference the traditional stone buildings on campus.

The building provides 280 units and 340 beds, consisting of studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms, with residential floors sandwiched between interior and exterior amenity spaces. The ground floor hosts a public-facing coffee shop, an expansive main lobby, a large-scale fitness center with a dedicated yoga studio, and a series of resident service spaces including a secure mail and package room. The 5th floor features a sunken rooftop lounge with lush planting zones, integrated study nooks and a fire pit, all of which provide peaks out to the courtyard and campus. The 14th floor amenity spaces are centered around a wood-barrel vaulted skylounge, which functions primarily as a library and study area for students that can be adapted to a 50+ person conference room for board meetings and seminars.The skylounge and adjacent skydeck provides a series of gathering spaces with unobstructed views across campus and beyond, connecting it back to the UT Law School and UT Campus. 

Client: UT School of Law

Builder & Developer: Greystar

Design Architect & Interiors: Lemmo Architecture and Design

Architect of Record: Meeks and Partners

Landscape Architecture: TBG

Structural: VSM squared

MEP: CFI Companies