Photo: NSAD student Julia Wong (right) will study in Berlin thanks to a travel/research scholarship. She is pictured with architect Joshua Prince-Ramus during his recent NSAD lecture. San Diego—June 19, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) has named four winners of the... View full entry »
Photo: A team of NSAD students, including Brandon Nash, worked on alternative plans for San Diego's Westfield UTC Mall during their 4th-year design studio sequence. San Diego—June 14, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) undergraduate students will present... View full entry »
San Diego—June 8, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) announced that award-winning architect Marvin Malecha, dean of the College of Design at North Carolina State University, will deliver the keynote address at NSAD’s commencement ceremony. About 140 students will... View full entry »
As part of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) lecture series, David Alan Ross, principal of Code-A in New York, will speak at the school’s campus Monday, June 11, on his current research, Animal Style. The topic explores building morphology through goal-directed, high-fidelity... View full entry »
San Diego—June 6, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) President Steve Altman delivered a keynote speech on “Design and the City” May 19 at the 31st International Young Designers’ Exhibition (YODEX), an annual exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, that attracts... View full entry »
San Diego—May 16, 2012—Gilbert D. Cooke, who served as dean at NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) from 2001–2009, has been named a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows for his contributions to the education field, in particular for his... View full entry »
NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students Kyle Peterson and John Martinez received recognition for developing and presenting conceptual designs for transportation and pedestrian access in the San Diego community of Point Loma. A representative of the Peninsula Community Planning Board... View full entry »
San Diego—May 10, 2012—A NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) team won the MCM Group Mock Firms International Skyscraper Award, the highest honor in the international 2012 Mock Firms Competition collegiate division held in Chicago May 3–4. The undergraduate team, which... View full entry »
San Diego—May 4, 2012—A team of NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students won the award for “Most Adaptable Structure” for their cube-based design during the Cal Poly Design Village competition in San Luis Obispo April 13–15, which drew a total of... View full entry »
San Diego—April 18, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students and faculty will dedicate the school’s Day of Service to preservation and enhancement efforts for the San Diego River and River Park System on April 27. The daylong event, which is being coordinated by... View full entry »
NSAD students Carlos Sandoval (left) and Brandon Nash (right) prepare for final round of 2012 Mock Firms Competition. San Diego—April 13, 2012—Two NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) teams are among six collegiate division teams that have been named finalists in the... View full entry »
San Diego—April 9, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) Landscape Architecture Program Chair Leslie Ryan is curating an exhibition that explores ideas for repurposing urban areas as sources of locally grown food. The eat here now exhibition opens April 14 at the Art... View full entry »
San Diego—March 26, 2012—Noted architect Joshua Prince-Ramus spoke to NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students and faculty members on the topic of “slow architecture” as part of the university’s acclaimed lecture series. Prince-Ramus is principal... View full entry »
San Diego—March 15, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students developed concepts for converting an abandoned bus into a community center and library for a rural community near Mexico’s San Ignacio Lagoon. The project, led by Landscape Architecture program chair... View full entry »
San Diego—March 8, 2012—Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder, addressed NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students and faculty members in February during a lecture about the importance of designing... View full entry »
San Diego—February 27, 2012— Acclaimed architect and designer Joshua Prince-Ramus, whose projects include the Seattle Central Library and the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, will deliver a lecture March 2 to NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students and faculty on... View full entry »
San Diego—February 21, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students created redevelopment concepts for Ramona, a rural community of 40,000, located about 35 miles northeast of San Diego. The project is part of a design studio class taught by adjunct faculty member... View full entry »
San Diego—February 6, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students explored tall building ideas for the redevelopment of San Diego’s historic E Street post office as part of a design studio project led by Acting Provost Kurt Hunker and adjunct faculty member Raul... View full entry »
San Diego—January 26, 2012—Miki Iwasaki, who has taught at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) as an adjunct faculty member, recently completed a motion sensor-equipped public art project at the San Diego International Airport. Iwasaki, an artist and designer... View full entry »
San Diego—December 29, 2011— NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students developed proposals outlining how Low Impact Development (LID) practices can reduce polluted storm water runoff within San Diego’s Ocean Beach community. The proposals were developed in... View full entry »
San Diego—December 27, 2011—During a one-month stay at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD), Pedro Pablo Arroyo, director of the Department of Architecture Design and Representation at the Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM), provided feedback on thesis projects and... View full entry »
San Diego—December 27, 2011—David Alan “DAK” Kopec, an associate professor at NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) in San Diego, was a panelist for two separate presentations at Build Boston 2011 in November. Kopec discussed designing interior spaces for... View full entry »
Media Contact: Anna Cearley acearley@newschoolarch.edu Tel. 1-619-684-8791 Cell. 1-619-301-3701 San Diego—Dec. 21, 2011—The NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) has named Erik Luhtala as the school’s new Materials Lab manager. The lab, previously called the Model... View full entry »
Media Contact: Anna Cearley acearley@newschoolarch.edu Tel. 1-619-684-8791 Cell. 1-619-301-3701 San Diego—November 30, 2011—Mitra Kanaani, professor of architecture at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD), was inspired by her musical background when she was asked to... View full entry »
