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The University of Arizona's School of Architecture hosts the 2019 Architecture Film Festival Tucson

2019-01-18T15:24:00-05:00

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Film has the power to bring people together – or tear them apart, spur conversation, and transform ideas. It is in anticipation of this that the School of Architecture of the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture presents “Architecture Film Festival Tucson 2019” in conjunction with invited festival Arquitectura Film Festival SANTIAGO / ArqFilmFest 2018. The Chilean festival was founded in 2012 as the first of its kind in Latin America. Its Director, Miguel Contreras, will travel to Tucson for the two-day 2019 festival which will celebrate architecture and urbanism around the world and present an opportunity for discussion of issues in contemporary design.

Held at the Center for Creative Photography at the UA’s main campus, a festival of selected award-winning films shown in previous festivals held in Santiago, London, Ven...

Get Lectured: University of Arizona, 2015-2016

2015-09-18T13:16:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next poster features the 2015-16 Craft Lecture Series from the University of Arizona | College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA).

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Free and open the public. All lectures start at 6 p.m. (reception at Tucson Museum of Art at 5:30).

Sept 24
James Timberlake / Founder + Partner, KieranTimberlake
Location: Tucson Museum of Art

Oct 15
Christopher Domin / Architect + Educator, University of Arizona
Location: Tucson Museum of Art

Nov 2
Aaron Willette / Designer, Technologist + Robotics Engineer
Location: Aerospace and Mechani...

Get Lectured: University of Arizona, 2014-2015

2014-10-10T14:40:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured, where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Today's poster features the Critical Practice Lecture Series 2014-2015 from the University of Arizona College of Architecture + Planning + Landscape Architecture.

Established in 1999, the College's lecture series continues to amplify the common ground between the arts, humanities and sciences within the College, the University, and the wider community. This year, speakers will present their individual approaches to architectural theory and practice first-hand in architecture, landscape architecture, and planning.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

All lectures are free and open to the public a...

How beetle-kill pine is fueling both the lumber industry and the southwest wildfire season

2013-07-05T17:49:00-04:00

As the dry, beetle-kill pine blew up in the West Fork fires, which have charred more than 110,000 acres, firefighters used helicopters and air tankers to divert the fire from valuable resources and dug a "dozer line" to defend the town of South Fork. In the Rio Grande National Forest, where rugged terrain presents dangerous conditions for ground crews, firefighters have battled the flames judiciously, on their own terms.

As the West Fork fires rage on in southwestern Colorado, local firefighters have come to understand the dangers involved with fighting fires in areas plagued with beetle-kill trees. Typically, after beetles attack and kill these trees, the dry needles become an ignition source. The real danger, however, comes decades after the tree has died when the rotted tree finally falls to the ground. And yet this fallen lumber has proven to be a sustainable choice for interior architecture, as no live trees need to be harvested.

The use of beetle-kill pine has thus become a popular aesthetic choice utilized for flooring, paneling, or siding applications within modern residences, businesses, and restaurants in recent years. The blue stained hue of the wood that has allured many architects and interior designers alike is caused not by the beetles themselves, but from the fungus that the beetles carry with them. Proper, a newly conceived restaurant located in Tucson, Arizona, chose to incorpo...

UA architecture students look to revitalize downtown Tucson

2012-05-31T14:49:00-04:00

For years city planners have looked at ways to revitalize downtown, now some University of Arizona architecture students may have the answer. For the past couple of years the grad students have been working on a project called "The New Old Pueblo". "We did a lot of research on successful strategies used in other cities," UA Grad Student Julia Roberts says. Roberts is one of 17 students who worked with Architecture Professor Mark Frederickson to design the plan.