Rice Magazine

For over 20 years, Rice School of Architecture Paris has offered an immersive learning experience in a global design capital.

Here are a few of the talented writers and photographers who contributed to the Winter 2026 issue.

Is your conscience in the cloud? A first-year writing seminar examines philosophical questions through the dystopian lens of the Netflix anthology series.

Rice alum Rusty Ludwigsen spent a year diving into the science and politics of marine habitat restoration.

In 2001, the Russian president arrived on campus to pitch a new era of openness.

From Astros games to the Texas Capitol, Mariachi Luna Llena has become the university’s most vibrant musical ambassador.

Now Reading: A landmark new history by Alexander X. Byrd and W. Caleb McDaniel reveals how the long fight for integration reshaped Rice.

Folding art into engineering, Larissa Novelino uses origami to shape smarter, safer structures.