On Friday, April 15th, students from FIU’s Sustainable Practices in Interior Architecture course presented their final design proposals at YWCA Miami for its “Clubhouse” and Teen Room. In a coordinated effort by Senior Instructor, Katie Rothfield and YWCA Miami, the students were asked... View full entry
Marc Hallé, an invited FIU Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design Cejas Scholar, served as professional design advisor and critic to the Graduate Design 2 studio in collaboration with Associate in Design Marta Canavés, during the 2016 spring semester.The semester studio began... View full entry
On Tuesday, April 5th, Lorraine Bragg (Interior Designer, Heery International) led a PROsession for FIU Interior Architecture students to discuss the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Certification) and its Interior Design Fundamentals Exam (IDFX). Bragg has worked as a study coach... View full entry
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On Tuesday, March 22nd, Houzz – an online networking platform for both home professionals and homeowners – conducted a workshop for students in FIU Interior Architecture and FIU Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design. This workshop stood in as a PROsession for Interior... View full entry
FIU Interior Architecture students in Adjunct Lecturer and FIU Cejas Scholar Harvey Bernstein's Graduate Design 4 Studio recently presented projects while blindfolded. Bernstein, who is a CCE Tenured Professor at Pratt Institute, assigned students this unique task not only to enhance their... View full entry
Our issue of FIU Architecture eFolio, Fall 2015 highlights some of the semester’s accomplishments made by students, faculty, and alumni of the FIU Department of Architecture. The Folio can be viewed by both The College of Architecture + The Arts family and those beyond the College and... View full entry
The City of Parkland asked the FIU School of Architecture and FIU By Design to create conceptual plans and drawings that depict different solutions for the City of Parkland Library.The current state of the library is about 13,000 square feet. The proposal created by FIU increases the area to... View full entry
On Tuesday, March 8th, Eloisa Bustos (Design Manager, Starbucks) and Lydia Kurth (A and D Account Executive, Ceramic Technics, Ltd.) spoke to students in a PROsession in Professional Office Practice, taught by Senior Instructor Katie Rothfield.The title of the PROsession was “Specifications... View full entry
In the Fall semester of 2015, the FIU Department of Architecture sent twenty-three students to study in Genoa, Italy as part of the Architecture in Genoa Study Abroad Program. The class was almost evenly split between 4th- and 5th-year graduate students who traveled abroad to gain first-hand... View full entry
On Tuesday, January 19th, FIU Interior Architecture students in Graduate Design Studio 2 visited the Facebook offices in Miami.Graduate Design Studio 2 seeks to deepen student thinking in several different areas of the design process. These include application and synthesis of... View full entry
Fifteen FIU Architecture students in Visiting Professor Neil Leach's Space Fictions seminar and design studio recently visited NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.The students were given a special guided tour by Jack J. Fox, the Surface Systems Office in the... View full entry
From January 20th to 24th, the Spring 2016 Master Project Thesis class taught by Visiting Assistant Professor Henry Rueda visited Mexico City to see architectural landmarks and historic locations.Students arrived in Mexico City on the 20th. They first visited the studio of TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA... View full entry
Get ready! The 3rd Annual Eco Couture Recycling Fashion Show happens on March 31st at 7PM!RSVP/Get tickets here: http://bit.ly/1WE3pQm View full entry
Through support from the Cejas Family Foundation, preeminent urban designer, landscape architect, artist, educator, entrepreneur and writer Professor James Richards (Fellow of ASLA) visited FIU Landscape Architecture and Environmental and Urban Design for a two-day-long urban sketching and... View full entry
On Wednesday, February 3rd, FIU LAEUD graduate students Shaylin Castillo, Karen Chu-Metz, and Dominic Mack were invited to present their project, “reTHINK | reIMAGINE Urban Infrastructure + Public Space” to theTransportation Aesthetics Review Committee of the Metropolitan Planning... View full entry
Students in the FIU Department of Architecture visited Savannah during the weekend of February 5th to 7th. Students from Graduate Design 6 and Formative Studio were joined on the trip by Team Leader Jason Chandler (Chair and Associate Professor), Henry Rueda (Visiting Assistant Professor), and... View full entry
Kemo Duddle received a Master of Interior Architecture in 2014 from Florida International University, graduating magna cum laude. Duddle is an Adjunct Faculty member at the FIU Department of Interior Architecture and has taught classes such as Art in Public Interiors, which focuses on how... View full entry
FIU Architecture Visiting Professor Neil Leach has been elected to the Academia Europaea, Europe’s most distinguished scholarly academy that boasts over 50 Nobel laureates among its members. Professor Leach is one of only two architects to have been elected to the academy.The Academia Europaea... View full entry
On Tuesday, January 19th, students in Professional Office Practice (IND 5508), taught by Senior Instructor Katie Rothfield, sat in on the first PROsession of the Spring 2016 semester.The January 19th, PROsession #1, titled “Advocacy: The Legalities of Interior Design” featured guest... View full entry
The work of FIU Architecture students Daniel Rodriguez and Sergio Rodriguez appeared in Br Magazine, which is a publication based in Ecuador that informs readers about the four main elements of the property industry: architecture, construction, decoration, and property projects.The students'... View full entry
Two FIU Interior Architecture students Monica Fuentes and Adriana Lacruz each received the NEWH South Florida Chapter Scholarship for 2015. Fuentes and Lacruz were two out of five individuals who won the scholarship in the entire South Florida region.The NEWH South Florida Chapter Scholarship is... View full entry
On Wednesday, December 9th, FIU students and faculty received three out of the six awards given at the 2015 APA Florida Gold Coast Planning Awards Ceremony, which was held at the Miami Center for Architecture & Design (MCAD).The Gold Coast Section of APA’s Florida Chapter supports quality... View full entry
Master of Landscape Architecture candidate Alexis Alvey has recently won the $1,000 Jane Vee Memorial Scholarship from the P.E.O. Chapter GT, Marco Island.P.E.O. is a philanthropic educational organization where the advancement of women is celebrated by other women. Through scholarships, grants... View full entry
This Summer and Fall 2015, students from the six sections of Comprehensive Design Studio visited an array of South Florida sites and locations that enhanced their understanding of their design curriculum.Comprehensive Design Studio involves a simulated, professional practice exercise, in which the... View full entry
From November 12-15, CARTA Associate Dean and Professor Marilys Nepomechie, 2015-16 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; and Jason Chandler, Chair and Associate Professor of Architecture; participated in Uncharted Territories, the 2015 ACSA Administrators... View full entry
Juliana Sharkey (Manufacturers Representative at 3Form) spoke to FIU Interior Architecture students in the course Materials for Interiors. Materials for Interiors, taught by Adjunct Faculty Lisette Boosooboy, is a blended learning lecture course that introduces students to the analysis and... View full entry
On Tuesday, October 20th, FIU Interior Architecture students toured The World, the largest existing, private residential cruise ship.“Imagine the ultimate lifestyle that comes with combining a private yacht and a luxury vacation home,” says the website for The World. “A home that takes... View full entry
The School of Architecture is composed of three closely aligned departments: Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Landscape Architecture. Jointly headed by the three department chairs, the School of Architecture provides a rich and diverse platform for interdisciplinary activities at the curricular and research levels.
