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Kennesaw State University names Hazem Rashed-Ali as new dean of College of Architecture and Construction Management

2023-05-05T17:02:00-04:00

Kennesaw State University has announced the appointment of Hazem Rashed-Ali as the dean of the College of Architecture and Construction Management.

Rashed-Ali currently works as associate dean of research and innovation in the Huckabee College of Architecture at Texas Tech University. His research focuses on sustainable architecture and urbanism with a focus on the design of high-performance, energy-efficient, and carbon-neutral buildings and communities.

Before Texas Tech, Rashed-Ali spent 15 years at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) where he served as an associate professor in the Department of Architecture and associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning. During his time at UTSA, he received the University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

Rashed-Ali earned a Ph.D. in Architecture from Texas A&M University. He also has an M.S. in Architecture from Oxford Brookes University in England ...

Get Lectured: Kennesaw State University, Spring '21

2021-01-20T15:44:00-05:00

Kennesaw State University's Department of Architecture welcomes an array of distinguished guest lectures for their Spring 2021 lecture series. Located in Kennesaw, GA the department "nurtures critical thinking, embraces new technologies and encourages creativity and innovation through the integration of the theory, art, technology and science of the built environment."

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lectured series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters.

With many schools holding virtual events, distance is no longer an issue when it comes to hearing from design professionals and academics within the industry. Check back regularly to keep track of 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.

On January 15th the department welcomed Lorcan O'Herlihy of Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects. February will showcase ...

Digital Demands in Architecture: Kennesaw State remedies digital expansion for students

2016-10-17T09:00:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by Kennesaw State University.

Architecture’s relationship to technology is as old as the primitive hut. Material and construction technologies have shaped design and detailing throughout history. But with the dawn of the information age came a new category of technologies that have shaped architecture in fresh new ways. Initially, these digital programs were treated as an extension of Representation theory. For architects, the debut of AutoCAD and form·Z would prove transformative similarly to the way the plan and section impacted architectural theory and practice during the Renaissance. Prospects of virtual reality in the 1990s had architectural theorists musing on the possible obsolescence of brick and mortar buildings.

By the late 1990s, computer-aided design products like AutoCAD had become a standard tool in architectural offices. In response, the academy speculated on the elimination of the traditional art studio concept with its drafting tables, opt...

Kennesaw State University: New Name for Established Program

2015-09-11T12:24:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by Kennesaw State University.

“What’s in name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”

In those lines, from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet declares that Romeo is not defined by his name but by who he is. Such was the case when in January of 2015, Southern Polytechnic State University was consolidated with Kennesaw State University to form the “New U,” making it the fourth such name change in SPSU’s 66-year history. Today, the University is named Kennesaw State University but still maintains the same academic programs offered at the institution for decades.

“For the past 50 years, we have offered architecture, and that hasn’t changed with the consolidation of the two institutions,” said Tony Rizzuto, chair of the architecture department at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta. Currently, the University offers the five-year B.ARCH degree and the M.S.ARCH degree with two concentrations, in urbanism and sustainable design, wi...