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Emily Grandstaff-Rice officially inaugurated as AIA 2023 President

2022-12-12T07:51:00-05:00

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has officially inaugurated Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, as its 99th president. She recently joined Perkins&Will’s Boston studio as a senior project manager and associate.

Grandstaff-Rice comes with a breadth of leadership experience under her belt with AIA National. In 2017, she was elected to serve as a 2018-2020 at-large director. She also chaired the Equity and Future of Architecture Committee from 2017 to 2020 and the Equity in Architecture Commission from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, Grandstaff-Rice was the President of the Boston Society of Architects.

Grandstaff-Rice holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Liberal Arts in Educational Technology from Harvard University.

Previously on Archinect: AIA President-elect Emily Grandstaff-Rice joins Perkins&Will's staff in Boston

“The AIA is a window that looks towards a brighter, more sustainable, and equitable future for the profession,” said ...

Former head of Gehry Technologies picked to lead Rensselaer's Center for Architecture Science and Ecology

2020-02-11T15:05:00-05:00

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Upstate New York has named Dennis Shelden as the new director for the school's Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE).

According to a press release announcing the selection, Shelden will head "a boundary-pushing organization at a critical moment for the future of the human-made environment" tasked with bringing together intellectual leaders in the worlds of architecture, science, and business "to collaborate on innovation and implementation of next-generation sustainable built environments."

The center maintains two locations, one in Troy where the Rensselaer is located, and another in Brooklyn. Text on the CASE website describes the work of the center as focused on accelerating "a more aggressively experimental process that leads to development of new systems that produce a paradigm shift in the way that our future cities metabolize energy, water, and resources."

Shelden comes to New York following a recent tenure at the Georgia I...

M.Arch Students at Rensselaer Architecture: Specializing in a Professional Degree, A Discussion on Environmental Sciences and Technology

2016-12-05T09:00:00-05:00

This post is brought to you by Rensselaer Architecture

The practice of architecture in the twenty-first century is increasingly driven by heightened cultural, social and environmental issues demanding that a greater degree of specialized knowledge be accessible in professional degrees. Rensselaer’s Master of Architecture program responds to this challenge with the integration of cutting edge research study into its coursework and studios, where students directly confront the most relevant contemporary ecological issues. The M.Arch program also offers minors in specialized areas, and enrollment into Master of Science research programs upon completion of the Master of Architecture degree.

The Master of Architecture engages innovative building science research with a full semester residency at the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) located within Skidmore Owings and Merrill’s [SOM] New York City office. The residency offers M.Arch students firsthand experience in researc...

Geofutures Master of Science in Architecture Program at Rensselaer Architecture: Student Project Wins Second Place in Archinect’s Dry Futures Competition

2016-11-16T09:00:00-05:00

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A Rensselaer student project from the Geofutures Master of Science in Architecture program at Rensselaer Architecture was selected as the second-place winner in the speculative category of the Dry Futures competition, sponsored by Archinect in 2015. The competition was designed to address the unfolding drought crisis in California. Archinect launched the competition in the summer of 2015, the fourth year of California’s ongoing drought, asking for bold design proposals that could mitigate the over-consumption of water.

The competition was divided into two categories: one for speculative projects and the other for pragmatic responses. The Geofutures “Urban Swales” project received second place in the speculative category. The project was conceived by Muhammad Ahmad Khan, a graduate student in the Geofutures Master of Science in Architecture program at Rensselaer Architecture as part of an advanced design studio conducted by Chris ...

Get Lectured: Rensselaer, Fall '16

2016-10-26T13:01:00-04:00

Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. 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. Mark those calendars!

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

Have a look at these upcoming lectures at the Rensselaer School of Architecture for Fall '16.

Oct 27
Marc Fornes + Will Laufs
“Ouvrage d'Art: The Art of Prototypica”

Nov 2
Kate Orff
“Toward an Urban Ecology”

Nov 8
Contemporary Design Conference:
Dirk Vander Kooij
Tomas Libertiny
Tuomas Markunpoika
Jolan van der Wiel
“Dark Matter and the Secret Lives of Objects“

Nov 14
Marlon Blackwell
“Figures and Types”

Unless otherwise noted, all lectures start at 6 p.m. in EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center. Contemporary Design Co...

Mark Mistur named Kent State University College of Architecture dean

2016-03-24T19:30:00-04:00

Professionally, [Mistur's] experience includes his firm, the Troy-based Mark Mistur Architect, from 1993 to present, as well as time with Mistur Riebe Architects in New York City and Glynn, Spillane, Griffing Architects PC and Crozier Associates PC, both of Albany, N.Y. Mistur said in the release that he was honored to be chosen and said the college was “by all indicators a vibrant learning community.”

Formerly an associate dean at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, Mistur hasn't announced what direction he plans to take the school in, although he did praise the university's new building (designed by Weiss/Manfredi,) as evidence of pre-existing institutional excellence.

“Opening an extraordinary new facility demonstrates a strong commitment to the college and to design excellence on the part of the university leadership and its alumni," Mistur commented. "Launching an architectural competition that attracted exceptional design firms from across the nation speaks volumes for the outstanding leadership and direction of the college.”

Curious about what's what in pedagogy? You'll undoubtedly enjoy these:

Get Lectured: Rensselaer, Spring '16

2016-03-04T14:36:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2016

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. 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.

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

Next up is the Spring '16 lecture series at the Rensselaer School of Architecture.

Listed below are upcoming events.

Mar 28
Annabelle Selldorf / Selldorf Architects
"Common Ground"

Apr 18
Mitchell Joachim / Terreform ONE
"Bio-Hacking and Urban Architecture"

May 2
Stelarc
"The Involuntary, The Automated and The Uncanny: Zombies, Cyborgs and Chimeras"

Admission is free. All lectures start 6:00 p.m. at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center: 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180.

For more info, visit www.arch.rpi.edu.

Check out previous...

Rensselaer Architecture: Graduate Programs

2015-12-10T12:48:00-05:00

This post is brought to you by Rensselaer Architecture

Here in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer, we take pride in preparing our students to become future leaders in the profession. Beyond offering a comprehensive education that leads towards licensure within our two NAAB accredited professional programs we aspire to create an environment and culture throughout the School that rewards the nobility of ideas, the roots of theoretical inquiry, the merits of social responsibility, the resounding effects of innovative design and the impressive achievement of realizable proposals that are thoughtfully conceived as benevolent gifts to the world at large.

Evan Douglis - Dean

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE I
Professional Program

The practice of architecture in the 21st century is increasingly driven by heightened cultural, social and environmental issues. In response, our top-tier program offers a comprehensive and dynamic curriculum comprised of digital design, emerging fabrication technologi...

Get Lectured: Rensselaer, Fall '15

2015-09-04T12:38:00-04:00

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 featured poster comes from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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

Lectures start 6 p.m. at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center: 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180. Free and open to the public.

Sept 16
Theodore Spyropoulos / Minimaforms
“Behavioural Frameworks”
at Theater

Oct 14
Jenny Sabin / Jenny Sabin Studio
“Matter Design Computation: Cell, Bits and Atoms”
at Theater

Oct 26
Steven Ehrlich / Ehrlich Architects
“Evolving Multicultural Modernism”
Architecture + / Lecture Series
at Theater

Oct 29
Marie-Ange Brayer / C...

Get Lectured: Rensselaer, Spring '15

2015-01-30T14:43:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session! 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.

The next featured poster comes from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture.

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

Unless noted, lectures begin at 6 p.m. at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center: 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180. Free admission.

Feb 9
RHETT RUSSO
Architecture in Surplus
at the EMPAC Concert Hall

Mar 11
JIM COLLINS, '77
"The Pursuit of Excellence in an Era of Resistance"
at the EMPAC Theater

Apr 6
Bedford Chair Symposium:
"Integrated Ideation: The Art and Science of Extraordinary Structures"
CRAIG SCHWITTER / BuroHappold
BRUCE DA...

Get Lectured: Rensselaer, Fall '14

2014-09-11T11:35:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured! As a refresher, we'll be featuring 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 comes from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture in Troy, NY.

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

Events begin at 6 pm at EMPAC: 110 8th Street / Troy, NY 12180. Admission is free.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 24
ANGELO BUCCI / SPBR
Recent Projects

OCTOBER

Oct. 1
NEIL SPILLER
"Communicating Vessels"

Oct. 16
GUY NORDENSON
"Reading Structures"

NOVEMBER

Nov. 3
FLORENCIA PITA
"#ColorForming"

Nov. 19
THEO JANSEN
"Stranbeest Evolution: A New Form of Life"

For more info, visit arch.rpi.edu

Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured Pinterest page!

Get Lectured: Rensselaer, Spring '14

2014-02-24T20:56:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Since we've been receiving more submissions lately, we're gonna show off posters more often — and so you can see what events are happening in architecture schools right now!

Our poster for the day comes from the Rensselaer School of Architecture.

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 to the public. Lectures will take place at 6:00 pm at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center: 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180.

FEBRUARY

Feb 26
Catherine Ingraham / Professor of Architecture - ...

Get Lectured: Rensselaer Fall '13

2013-11-01T13:57:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. (UPDATE: We've begun adding international schools!) Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

You can still catch two more lectures this month from Wolf Prix and Philip Yuan on Autonomous Tectonics at the Rensselaer School of Architecture for their Fall '13 lineup.

You can also check out the school's recaps of recent lectures, previous lecture posters, and other events if you click here. The list includes Peter Eisenman, a Prefab Architecture showcase, a lecture from Mark Burry (who is most known for his work on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona), and the work of young emerging talents.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to c...