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With modern Charleston building off the table, Clemson looking to lease space for its architecture center

2015-07-20T13:15:00-04:00

Clemson University plans to lease space in downtown Charleston to house all of its locally based architecture and historic preservation programs until it decides on a permanent location. The decision comes about eight months after the university scrubbed plans for a contemporary architecture center at George and Meeting streets. The proposed building’s sleek design sparked a lawsuit by neighborhoods and preservation groups.

Previously: Clemson scraps its modern building plan

Quo vadis, Charleston architecture?

2015-01-23T14:15:00-05:00

Long accustomed to basing its reputation on the grandeur of its old buildings, the city now finds it almost impossible to agree on how to build new ones. In recent months, traditionalists have blocked efforts to introduce contemporary architecture in the historic core [...]. Modernists are rolling their eyes at new buildings that copy traditional styles, arguing that they pervert a record of architectural progress long documented in mortar and stone.

Don't miss these heated discussions on the subject matter:

Clemson scraps its modern building plan

2014-11-20T14:07:00-05:00

Clemson University has backed off its plans to build a modern architecture center at Meeting and George streets - a project applauded at first but later bitterly fought by two neighborhoods and preservation groups. Clemson announced its decision to change course on its $10 million Spaulding Paolozzi Center in the wake of a recent lawsuit filed challenging how the city's Board of Architectural Review handled its approval.

Previously: Charleston groups sue over approval of Clemson architecture center's proposed design

Charleston groups sue over approval of Clemson architecture center's proposed design

2014-07-25T14:32:00-04:00

Last month, the Board of Architectural Review voted 4-2 to give preliminary approval to the Spaulding Paolozzi Center design by Portland, Ore., architect Brad Cloepfil. The vote marked the second level of approval in the city's three-step review. [...] This week, the Historic Charleston Foundation, the Preservation Society and the Charlestowne and Historic Ansonborough neighborhood associations took their fight to another venue: Charleston County's Court of Common Pleas.

Previously: Clemson architecture center gets city approval; residents pan design

Clemson architecture center gets city approval; residents pan design

2014-06-26T15:07:00-04:00

Charleston's Board of Architectural Review voted 4-2 Wednesday to allow what may be the most strikingly contemporary building ever placed before it. Architect Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture said the board's approval of the proposed Clemson Architecture Center design may reverberate beyond its site at George and Meeting streets. "What's exciting to me is it's a moment in this city. It's a pivot point," he said. "It just elevates the discussion of architecture [...]."

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Get Lectured: Clemson School of Architecture, Spring '14

2014-03-24T12:56:00-04:00

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.

Our next poster comes from the Clemson School of Architecture, with two lectures left in April for the season.

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

Lectures will take place at Lee 111 auditorium at 1:30 pm.

April 4
Rocío Pina, Carmelo Rodríguez / PKMN (PAC-MAN) Arquitectura - Madrid

April 18
Tom Leader / Tom Leader Studio - Berkeley, CA

Recordings of previous lectures can be found here.

For further details, click here.

Get Lectured: Clemson School of Architecture Fall '13

2013-09-26T10:22:00-04:00

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. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our list for today is the Centennial Lecture Series from the Clemson School of Architecture, who is celebrating its 100-year anniversary.

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

All lectures will be at 1:30 pm at Lee 111 Auditorium, unless noted otherwise.

AUGUST

August 22
7 pm
Michael Murphy / MASS Design Boston
Special A+H at 45! Lecture. Fall Convocation.

SEPTEMBER

September 20
Betsy Beaman, AIA, IIDA, SEGD
Kimberly Stanley, AIA / Stanley Beaman & Sears, Atlanta

OCTOBER

October 4
Mark Carroll
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa/NYC

October 18
The Arch...

After hailstorm of complaints, board approves Clemson design

2012-10-11T14:17:00-04:00

Audience members sat on the floor and stood in the aisles in the packed third-floor conference room where the BAR holds its hearings. Numerous neighborhood associations and preservationists had come to weigh in on the design, but the size of the crowd was also partly due to College of Charleston professor David Payne, who brought his historic preservation and community planning class to observe the melee.

From yesterday, New Clemson University architecture building set to test Charleston's limits on context.

Clemson selects Allied Works and e.e. fava for new architecture center building

2012-02-20T18:48:00-05:00

The school announced Friday that it has selected Allied Works Architecture of Portland and e.e. fava architects, etc. of Charleston to design a new three-story building at George and Meeting streets. Richard Goodstein, dean of Clemson's College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, said the firms were chosen "because of their deep experience in urban design, their commitment to sustainability and their demonstrated sensitivity to place and context."

KVA: Clemson Center

2005-11-28T13:05:00-05:00

Kennedy & Violich have run into some strange roadblocks down at Clemson. The issue, oddly: many residents decried the plan for its modern design and for its impact on the neighboring condos. | cpost