At Kennesaw State University, architecture students are challenging what constitutes an urban space by creating outdoor furniture that is interactive and playful instead of drab and utilitarian. This fall, students taking the Tactical Urbanism course offered by the Department of... View full entry »
The Department of Architecture is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Portfolio Prize. Each year, students seeking entry into the upper division of the B.ARCH program submit a portfolio of work as part of the documentation for consideration. This recognition goes to those students whose... View full entry »
KSU Architecture alumni Chris Stailey and Jacob Mashburn (KSU B.ARCH, 2010) founded Agon Coordination, along with Micah Childs, in May 2013 in response to the growing need for BIM coordination services throughout the New York City area.While collaborating together on the Madison Square Garden and... View full entry »
Patrick Chopson has gone on to do amazing things since earning his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kennesaw State University in 2013. After receiving his Master’s in High Performance Buildings (Georgia Tech, 2014), Patrick co-founded the Energy Lab at research-based architecture and... View full entry »
Laura Sherman was working in her Integrated Design Studio class last semester when she stumbled upon a call for entries in The American Institute of Architects (AIA) student design competition that seemed perfectly suited to her latest architecture project.Her design was selected recently by... View full entry »
Plan to join us for the upcoming design communication conference at SPSU!http://www.dcaconference2014.org/ConferenceSchedule.htmWorkshops will include:- 01. Francis D. K. Ching (Freehand Drawing)- 02. So-Yeon Yoon (Digital Sketching)- 03. Edward Tim White (Site Analysis)- 04. Henry Sorenson... View full entry »
AUG 11, 2014NAAB has granted the SPSU Bachelor of Architecture Degree program an eight-year term of accreditation (the highest term allowable).Tony Rizzuto Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture, issued his thanks to faculty today for "their hard work... in... View full entry »
JAN. 13, 2014 – Although its work is just beginning, the Expanded Consolidation Implementation Committee (ECIC) of Southern Polytechnic State University and Kennesaw State University already is focusing on the creation of 13 individual colleges that will comprise the academic units of the... View full entry »
Sorry for the delay, see below for some 2013 updates! (See links below the text for more information)DEAN:Prof. C. Richard Cole has received a permanent appointment as the dean of SPSU’s School of Architecture and Construction Management (ACM), effective July 1.“After a meeting with... View full entry »
SP_ARC (Southern Poly's Architecture Department) will be hosting formal evening lectures followed by hands on workshops with each guest speaker the following morning. At the conclusion of each workshop, the work produced by the students will be on public display in the architecture gallery to... View full entry »
A collection of interesting articles, previously unposted on Archinect: Two architecture professors saluted by AIA chapter Architecture students published in magazine (see online magazine here) Prof. Richard Cole appointed interim dean SPSU launches first USGBC sustainability student... View full entry »
MARCH 7, 2013 -- Recently, a group of SPSU architecture students led by Dr. Pegah Zamani, assistant professor of architecture, had their work featured at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta as part of an ongoing partnership between the High and SPSU. The exhibit, called “A living machine: La... View full entry »
JAN. 28, 2013 -- Bronne Dytoc, SPSU professor of architecture, has been named one of the country’s “30 Most Admired Educators” by the Design Futures Council, an interdisciplinary network of design, product and construction leaders focused on innovations in and the future of... View full entry »
The School of Architecture and Construction Management’s Design II (I-2) building attracted significant state and national attention in 2011 for the innovative use of brick in its design. Now it has received national recognition for the role that exposed structural steel played in its... View full entry »
Dr. Wilson (Bill) Barnes, who retired this past June as dean emeritus of the School of Architecture and Construction Management, passed away on Sun., Sept. 9, in Pittsfield, Mass. Dr. Barnes was appointed as dean of what was then the School of Architecture, Civil Engineering Technology and... View full entry »
All lectures will be held in Building I-2 within the Design II Auditorium @ 5PM. We look forward to seeing you at SP_ARC! http://www.spsu.edu/architecture/activities/SP_ARCLectureSeries12-13.pdf Directions to SPSU and parking information may be found... View full entry »
