Nicole Coker, an alumna of both the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Master of Architecture program and current lecturer in the School of Architecture, recently self-published a new children’s book, “Be A Builder with Beah.” Coker wrote the book to “empower young readers, especially... View full entry »
Students from the Master of Resilient Urban Design (MRUD) program recently teamed up with The Marsh Appreciation and Restoration Society for Happiness project (M.A.R.S.H.), a grassroots and community-based nonprofit located in Charleston, to develop designs for an urban ecological corridor that... View full entry »
Monica Gripko, a student in Clemson University’s Ph.D. in Design and the Built Environment program, was recently awarded The Wilbur H. (Tib) Tusler, Jr. Health Design Research Prize by the Foundation for Health Environments Research. According to the Foundation, The Wilbur H. (Tib) Tusler, Jr... View full entry »
Rayshad Dorsey, a Clemson University alumnus and current lecturer in the School of Architecture, was recently named among the 2024-2025 recipients of the Faculty Fellowship to Advance Equity in Architecture. According to The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), the fellowship... View full entry »
Two students from Clemson’s Master of Architecture program have been named among the Society of American Registered Architects New York (SARA NY) chapter’s 2024 Design Awards. “Kit-Ura,” a project by Allysa High and Jennifer Layer, received a Design Award of Merit during the SARA NY... View full entry »
The Gunnin Architecture Library has a new addition, thanks to the work of students in a summer design-build studio. Twenty students from the class, all architecture majors, worked on the project to design, fabricate and install a new piece of furniture for the Gunnin Library. The class, taught by... View full entry »
Clemson University’s School of Architecture has announced its 2024 – 2025 Lecture Series, “Collective.” The fall series will feature six distinguished speakers, three of whom will present at the Clemson Design Center in Charleston. The series will approach its theme, “Collective,”... View full entry »
During the 2024 Summer semester, Clemson’s School of Architecture launched the inaugural session of the new Historic Preservation Summer Minor at the Clemson Design Center, Charleston (CDC.C). The new minor, aimed at undergraduate students, teaches historic preservation in one of North... View full entry »
Acclaimed Appalachian novelist and Clemson alumnus Ron Rash will keynote Clemson University’s Upstate Symposium on April 4-5 at the Barnes Center. Through a series of round table discussions by cross-disciplinary panels of Clemson staff, faculty and students, the event will explore how... View full entry »
The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) recently appointed Cierra Davies, a Master of Architecture student, as the National Chair of the Society for American Registered Architects Students (SARAS). For Davies, the journey to this position has been filled with advocacy and support... View full entry »
The School of Architecture is launching a new lecture series, “Alternative Careers in Architecture.” The first lecture in the series will be held on March 27, 2024, at the Clemson Design Center in Charleston, from 12:20 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sponsored by Jeff and Melissa Pitts, the new lecture... View full entry »
The School of Architecture’s Bachelor of Arts in Architecture program is working to connect undergraduate architecture majors with architecture mentors through a new mentorship initiative for students, alumni and licensed architects. Dubbed the SoA Mentorship Program, the first program of this... View full entry »
Andreea Mihalache and David Franco, co-directors of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program at Clemson’s School of Architecture, have been awarded an LS3P Foundation’s Design Interventions Grant. They are recipients in the grant’s first cycle ever. The LS3P Foundation, founded in... View full entry »
The Office of the Provost is launching a national search for the inaugural dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Construction. The new College of Architecture, Art and Construction (CAAC) at Clemson University launched its first semester in Fall 2023, welcoming 1,199 majors and graduate... View full entry »
In 1988, the dean of the College of Architecture— future Clemson University President Emeritus Jim Barker — had a vision for students to learn in one of the finest urban landscapes in America: Charleston. To lead the newly formed Clemson Architecture Center, Charleston (CAC.C.), he appointed... View full entry »
Joe Pazdan, ’82, a South Carolina architecture community legend, is being honored by his former partners with the establishment of an endowment — and a challenge — in his name for the Clemson University School of Architecture. Brad Smith, Founding Principal and Chad Cousins, CEO of McMillan... View full entry »
Clemson Master of Architecture students have been named among the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) 2023 Student National Design Awards winners and in the Society of American Registered Architects New York (SARA NY) chapter’s Design Awards. “Vertical Porosity,” a project by... View full entry »
The Center for Health Facility Design and Testing (CHFDT) received a Touchstone Award from the Center for Health Design (CHD), which was presented to Anjali Joseph, director of the Center for Health Design and Testing and David Allison, the director of graduate studies in Architecture + Health, at... View full entry »
The South Carolina Botanical Garden has dedicated a new attraction for birders everywhere—a Birding Garden. After four years, a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic and hundreds of student and faculty man-hours, the South Carolina Botanical Garden (SCBG), The School of Architecture and the... View full entry »
This isn’t exactly how Katherine Harland envisioned her college experience. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, her dream was to be in an urban environment. And not necessarily one ripe with rabid devotion to its college football team. “Now that I’ve been here, I can’t imagine being... View full entry »
Swati Goel, a doctoral student of Clemson’s Ph.D. in Planning, Design and the Built Environment (PDBE), recently became the Foundation for Health Environments Research (FHER) 2023-24 Griffin/McKahan/Zilm (GMZ) Graduate Fellow. The GMZ fellowship was established to encourage research related to... View full entry »
Devi Soman, a student in Clemson University’s Planning, Design and the Built Environment Ph.D. program, was recently awarded the Joseph G. Sprague New Investigator Award (NIA) by The Center for Health Design (CHD). “The Joseph G. Sprague New Investigator Award from the Center for Health Design... View full entry »
For the seventh year in a row, Clemson Master of Architecture (M.Arch) students were named among the winners of the American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), 2023 AIA COTE Top Ten for... View full entry »
The Clemson University College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities and Clemson Architectural Foundation is kicking off a year-long celebration of the Charles E. Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies’ 50th anniversary. Best known as “The Villa” to alumni and friends of the... View full entry »
Clemson University’s Master of Science in Historic Preservation program is the recipient of two grants that will support local community organizations working to preserve African American history in South Carolina. “In both cases, we’re leveraging our expertise to help communities to protect... View full entry »
Architect’s gift opens doors for underrepresented graduate students The Clemson University School of Architecture is honored to announce a newly endowed fellowship for historically underserved and underrepresented students, thanks to a grant from architect and Clemson alumnus Thomas Phifer... View full entry »
On December 9, members of the West Ashley community gathered with students in the Clemson University School of Architecture to celebrate a transformation of a new park in the Ardmore-Sherwood Forest community. “People used to call it the ‘duck pond,’” said Ken Waring, who represents the... View full entry »
A new endowment created to support students in Clemson University’s School of Architecture will honor Professor Kate Schwennsen, former director of the school. The Kate L. Schwennsen Scholarship Endowment for Architectural Excellence is being established in Kate’s honor with a lead gift from... View full entry »
Aspiring architects couldn’t hope to study in a better place than Charleston, South Carolina. A jewel of the South, Charleston’s tree-draped streets stretch through one charming, movie set-worthy neighborhood after another. The city boasts more than 2,500 historical buildings spanning eight... View full entry »
A prestigious national competition focusing on architectural innovation has once again recognized Clemson Master of Architecture students for their work on sustainable design. For the fifth year in a row, Clemson students have been honored by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the... View full entry »
