San Diego—Dec. 14, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) is pleased to announce that three of the school’s alumni have been recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 2012 for outstanding contributions while in the early stages of their careers. Shari... View full entry »
Contact: Trevor Miller, College of Design, 612.625.6566, tamiller@umn.edu; John Cary, PublicInterestDesign.org, 510.757.6213, john@publicinterestdesign.org University of Minnesota to Host Inaugural "Public Interest Design Week" New York Times Architecture Critic Michael... View full entry »
Award-winning Architects, Designers, Artists Featured in Noteworthy Lectures and Exhibitions Admission to SCI-Arc events is always free (L to R): Tod Machover/MIT Media Lab, Marcelyn Gow/servo Los Angeles, Tom Gilmore/Old Bank District The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)... View full entry »
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design distinguished professor, Thom Mayne, has received the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal, considered to be among the profession’s highest honors an individual architect can receive. Mayne will be honored in March 2013 at a special event... View full entry »
Italian architect and interior designer Paolo Giachi is teaching a class at NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego. Photo courtesy of Paolo Giachi. San Diego—Dec. 6, 2012—NewSchool of Architecture and Design’s (NSAD) new global design education initiatives are now... View full entry »
PublicInterestDesign.org in association with the College of Design and funding partner Tandus Flooring introduce the "Public Interest Design 100." This first-of-its-kind list profiles individuals or teams in each of 10 categories, including ambassadors, connectors, educators (no. 32 Dean Tom... View full entry »
The Städelschule Architecture Class wishes to thank all participating alumni and guests for a fantastic afternoon and evening in the German Architecture Museum and the Städelschule. SAC's annual Graduation Dinner and its second Alumni Reunion were a big success with a great number of... View full entry »
ARID seeks written submissions from independent scholars, writers, researchers, and journalists that showcase innovative, compelling, and intellectually rigorous storytelling. We also encourage visual, film, and audio submissions including photo essays, illustrations, cinema, soundscapes, music... View full entry »
SAC congratulates Prof. Gabriela Seifert and Götz Stöckmann of Formalhaut as winners of the Baukunstpreis 2012. Their project, the Living Room, outside Frankfurt, was celebrated for the underlying, unique and trans-disciplinary design vision. In addition, Prof. Claudio Vekstein, Prof... View full entry »
The Arid Lands Institute is involved with two Foodprint Project events coming up in December Below is the information from the Foodprint Project site: Foodprint LA is the fourth in a series of international conversations about food and the city. With LA’s pioneering Food Policy... View full entry »
The Arid Lands Institute is involved with two Foodprint Project events coming up in December Below is the information from the Foodprint Project site: For Foodprint LA, we are adding two new events in addition to our regular program: an afternoon foodscape-mapping walk that will... View full entry »
Michael Speaks, Dean of the College of Design, served on a committee to shortlist five design firms for the development of Town Branch Commons, a two-mile stretch of green space to be included in Lexington's arts and entertainment district. As part of the new Rupp Arena and Lexington Convention... View full entry »
As part of UK/CoD's River Cities Project, professors Filson and Rohrbacher led the Atomic Cities Research Group to investigate prosperous futures for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP). The PGDP was once the sole source of uranium enrichment for the US nuclear weapons and energy programs... View full entry »
UCLA Architecture's new IDEAS platform to encourage research collaboration with industry Frank Gehry, Greg Lynn and Thom Mayne to lead expanded UCLA Architecture and Urban Design master's program at new satellite location Shilo Munk, smunk@arts.ucla.edu 310-825-4140 UCLA Architecture and... View full entry »