Students from the College of Design just returned from the remote village of Igarai, Brazil where they spent two weeks living and working on an organic sustainable coffee farm. In addition to working in the village, students spent a week in Sao Paolo, Brazil's largest city, studying the... View full entry »
Tabitha Darko, a first-generation immigrant from Ghana and a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, architecture student, hopes to unite her cultural heritage with her passion for design to create meaningful architecture. As a winner of the Gensler Diversity Internship and Scholarship, she is now... View full entry »
Bachelor of Architecture Student Noah Kelly’s entry in Young Architects Competition proposed design solutions for a shipyard in Pesaro, Italy San Diego—Aug. 30, 2013—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) architecture student Noah Kelly was named a finalist in the... View full entry »
Waitsfield, VT., August 29, 2013—Yestermorrow Design/Build School recently announced the hire of Eric Cook as its Semester Program Director. Mr. Cook will lead the school’s Semester in Sustainable Design/Build, both as teaching faculty and program director. He recently moved to... View full entry »
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World Renowned Architects, Designers, Artists Featured in Noteworthy Lectures and Exhibitions Admission to SCI-Arc events is always free SCI-Arc is pleased to announce its schedule of public lectures, discussions and exhibitions for Fall 2013, when the school welcomes an international roster of... View full entry »
Francesca Vargiu of the renowned Domus Academy of Milan, Italy, and Elena Pacenti, Director of the Domus Academy School of Design at NSAD, will hold a discussion on Italian Design approaches to interior settings at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) on Thursday, Aug. 8, from 6 p.m... View full entry »
Bill Gruen, a noted architectural lighting engineer and long-time SCI-Arc trustee passed away on Sunday, July 14 at his home in Northridge, Calif. He was 96 years old. Gruen was a lifelong fan of architecture and collaborated with a number of noted architects and interior designers to create... View full entry »
Everyone makes mistakes. But when seemingly minor blunders are made in designing and building structures, the results can be catastrophic. Read about some of the more infamous architectural failures in history, and what we have learned from those mistakes. The example above is from one of the... View full entry »
San Diego—June 26, 2013—Architect Benjamin W. White was named NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) 2013 Alumnus of the Year for his sustained contribution to the profession, the quality of his designs and his commitment to the school and community. White, who received the award... View full entry »
2013 update: New website; Hi-Res Stormwater model; Celebrando; ARID journal; Watershed Based Planning; • ALI’s new website, a collaboration with UrbanInsight and SwettShop, will launch in Fall 2013. The new website will host a rich library of drylands studies... View full entry »
The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has named Lawrence Scarpa, an internationally celebrated architect, as its BarberMcMurry Professor, the first endowed professorship in the college’s history. Scarpa, a Fellow of the American Institute of... View full entry »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE LAUNCHES CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN The first of its kind in the country, the Center for Public Interest Design is funded by a $1.5 million anonymous gift PORTLAND, Or. (20 May 2013) – Portland State... View full entry »
PORTLAND, Or. (4 April 2013) – Portland State University’s School of Architecture has announced that its professional Master of Architecture program, established in 2009, has received initial accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board. "We've had many... View full entry »
