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Mississippi State appoints Dominic Lippillo as interim associate dean at the College of Architecture, Art and Design

2023-12-28T11:30:00-05:00

Mississippi State University has announced the appointment of Professor Dominic Lippillo as the interim associate dean for the institution’s College of Architecture, Art, and Design. The photography professor takes up the position previously filled by Professor Jeffrey Haupt, who retired in November 2022.

Lippillo served as an assistant professor of photography at MSU since 2010 before earning the full rank of professor. He will take up the role of interim associate dean on January 1st, 2024, where he hopes to further the college’s “supportive atmosphere for faculty, staff and students.”

“I am really excited to be working closely with all four units of CAAD, and I’m eager to serve in this capacity,” Lippillo said about the appointment. “I want to grow as much as I possibly can, try different things, and see where I can be beneficial to the college and the university. I still love t...

Mississippi State University studio teaches the value of collaboration between its architecture and building construction science students

2022-05-20T13:27:00-04:00

Earlier this week, we explored the relationship between architecture and construction science disciplines through the lens of a Building Scientist position at Payette. While the two fields are commonly intertwined within professional practice settings, they are also being implemented in a collaborative design studio taught at Mississippi State University (MSU). Students from the school's architecture and building construction science departments worked together in a unique studio called the PCI Foundation Studio.

After receiving a special grant from the PCI Foundation in 2020 to incorporate "precast concrete into the classroom," MSU Architecture's Associate Professor Alexis Gregory allocated the $100,000 grant to be utilized within architecture courses at the school. This funding was used to develop the Spring 2021 PCI Foundation Studio.

Under Gregory's direction, sixteen teams of students from both departments worked together to develop a collaborative design-build project benefitt...

MSU hosts exhibition of Mississippi’s African American Churches

2019-09-14T18:00:00-04:00

Located in McNeel Gallery at Giles Hall, the exhibition introduces and examines the historical, socio-cultural, religious and architectural influence people and events had on the design and construction of early African American church buildings constructed between 1800 and the 1920s.

According to MSU, the exhibition is part of a broader effort to highlight African American church houses throughout the South.

MSU’s College of Architecture, Art and Design appoints Angi Bourgeois as new dean

2018-06-22T14:24:00-04:00

A highly respected faculty member and administrator in Mississippi State’s Department of Art has been named the new dean of the university’s College of Architecture, Art and Design [...]. Effective July 1, Professor Angi Elsea Bourgeois will lead CAAD after serving nearly two years as the head of its Department of Art, home to the Magnolia State’s largest undergraduate studio art program. She succeeds the college’s founding dean Jim West [...].

"An MSU faculty member since 2002, Bourgeois has taught a variety of art history courses and climbed the academic ranks with a promotion to professor coinciding with her appointment as art department head," reads MSU's announcement. "She was re-elected to a two-year term in January as secretary for the Italian Art Society, an international scholarly organization that she joined in 2004."

2015 NCARB Awardees to implement new curricula "to expand and reposition practice"

2015-11-18T14:11:00-05:00

The NCARB Award was established back in 2001 to encourage architecture schools to develop innovative curricula that integrates architectural practice and education, as well as leaves a lasting positive impact for students and faculty.

For 2015, the NCARB Award Jury selected three U.S. schools, who collectively received over $99,000 to support the implementation of their proposed programs. This year's winners will collaborate with other design disciplines, local communities, and manufacturers "to expand and reposition practice", stated 2015 NCARB Award Jury Chair Marvin Malecha, who is the dean of the North Carolina State University College of Design.

Read on for a summary of each winning proposal:

Program: Mississippi State University; College of Architecture, Art, and Design; Mississippi State, MS
Proposal: “Expanding the Agency of Architects”
Total Award: $30,048

"Through workshops, inquiry, and immersion, students will be exposed to different practice management approaches by partnerin...

Get Lectured: Mississippi State University, Spring '15

2015-02-26T13:05:00-05:00

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.

For the next featured poster, Mississippi State University's College of Architecture, Art + Design (CAAD) has a few School of Architecture Spring '15 events starting tomorrow.

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

Unless noted, all lectures take place at Harrison Auditorium, School of Architecture, Giles Hall Dates and times are subject to change.

Feb 27
1 pm
Steve Badanes / Jersey Devil Design/Build - University of Washington, WA

Mar 5
Atmos Energy Workshop
CEU energy-related public lecture and workshop
S | ARC 5th Year Jackson Center Jackson, MS

Mar 20-21
Dan + Gemma Camp / Cotton District
W...