OPENING RECEPTION - William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming
Sat, Dec 06
|San Antonio
Join us for an exhibit opening reception
Time & Location
Dec 06, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
San Antonio, 2123 Buena Vista St, San Antonio, TX 78207, USA
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About the event
Join us for the opening of MACRI’s new traveling exhibit, William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming
Saturday, December 6, 2025
1 PM - 4 PM
MACRI Visitor Center, 2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207
William "Willie" Merriweather Peña (1919-2018) was perhaps the most important Mexican American architect of the 20th century, yet he remains largely unknown outside of the architecture field. Learn more about this remarkable trailblazer with MACRI!
This Laredo, TX native was a proud Aggie, decorated World War II veteran, author, and partner in Caudill, Rowlett, Scott, which grew to become the largest architecture firm in the world. Peña’s groundbreaking work on architectural programming, which he honed during his first two decades at CRS, became the basis for a book first published in 1969, Problem Seeking: New Directions in Architectural Programming, which he followed with Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer, now in its…