The Master of Environmental Design graduate on gaining international experience while at UCalgary and finding a surprising interest in robotics Matt Walker just earned his third degree from the University of Calgary. All of them helped him grow his computational design skills and appreciation for... View full entry »
First of several naturalization projects takes shape, supporting native biodiversity while transforming our campus environmentThe University of Calgary is returning to its prairie roots with the naturalization of its campus landscape. In October, the Office of Sustainability hosted Naturalizing... View full entry »
The final installment of RISD’s African Food and Culture series focuses on the African Alliance of Rhode Island’s newly expanded Bami Farm.“When I cook the food I grew up with in Jamaica, I can feel my mother and my grandmother with me,” says Brown University alumna Lauren Campbell... View full entry »
RISD Interior Architecture students propose innovative designs for adding pedestrian and cycling lanes to the suspension bridge connecting Newport and Jamestown, RI.When the state of Rhode Island completed the iconic Newport Bridge in 1969, the massive steel-framed suspension bridge connecting... View full entry »
Interior Architecture sophomores work with community developer I. Lanre Ajakaiye on plans to transform a blighted Providence building into a multicultural gathering place. How do successful designers work within their communities to effect positive and meaningful change? Why is it important to... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A research team led by Benay Gürsoy, assistant professor of architecture and director of the Form and Matter (ForMat) Lab in the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, was awarded the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Upjohn Research Initiative grant to advance... View full entry »
Tonight, November 30, the Chicago Architecture Biennial resumes its virtual program series, InDialogue, featuring this evening’s discussion taking place online at 6:00pm, entitled Data at the Crossroads, which asks, “Can technology and data support empowerment?” The panelists reflect on... View full entry »
Numerous Sam Fox School faculty and alumni are recipients of 2021 AIA St. Louis Design Awards, which were announced during a ceremony on November 17. The Design Awards program was founded with the mission of recognizing outstanding achievements in all areas of design and construction in the St... View full entry »
On November 18, SCI-Arc released the newest episode of its podcast, The Arc. Taking on the culture of the authentic copy in art and fashion, the role of authorship in artificial intelligence, and why an architect might draw inspiration for contemporary housing in LA from Neolithic forms, this... View full entry »
Washington University in St. Louis will work alongside 10 other local organizations in a newly formed coalition designed to reduce racial, economic and spatial inequities in the St. Louis region. The St. Louis Anchor Action Network (STLAAN) comprises universities, institutions, businesses... View full entry »
New York Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Design has launched major new initiatives in computational technologies and digital fabrication with a $2 million grant from the IDC Foundation. The initiatives comprise three major components: the opening of the IDC Foundation... View full entry »
Stephanie Guadalupe Ibarra is a developing multidisciplinary artist and designer from Compton, California. She is a soon-to-be graduating senior at California Baptist University College of Architecture, where she will receive her B.Arch.Stephanie knew nothing about what architecture was or could... View full entry »
When looking for ways to help reinvent the future of Bayonne, N.J., Paul Garcia (B.S. ’15) immediately thought of his alma mater and the real-world projects that New York Tech students have taken on inside and outside the classroom. Garcia is co-founder of Rethink Urban Design (RUD), a... View full entry »
The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM), a nonprofit organization, was formed to help assist underrepresented groups (African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans) at the masters and doctoral levels in engineering and the... View full entry »