2022 ASLA Student Awards : Honor Award : Communications Project Statement In the western United States, wildfires are becoming bigger, hotter, and more frequent due to the effects of climate change. During the summer of 2021, as smoke from western fires stretched across the country, the first and... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Penn State-designed window screen system that automatically changes its shape based on indoor and outdoor environmental conditions is part of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal through Dec. 5. The responsive building façade system features... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Architectural scientist, designer and educator Mae-ling Lokko will discuss her work as the founder of Willow Technologies, Ltd. in Accra, Ghana, which upcycles agricultural waste into affordable bio-based building materials and for water quality treatment applications, at... View full entry »
Gabrielle's Lecture "Changing the Face of Design" will begin at 7:00 pmin Ahmanson Hall 507, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90045, and via ZOOM. The lecture and parking are free and open to the public.On-campus attendance is limited to 40 attendees.Zoom... View full entry »
As student teams apply to compete for large cash prizes by designing real-world solutions to complex environmental problems, organizers of the Wege Prize 2023 student competition have named two new experts to its extensive roster of judges. Both new judges hail from the acclaimed Grand Rapids... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State will host a virtual international research symposium focused on embodied carbon, which is the term for the greenhouse gas emissions that arise from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal of building materials, and its effect on... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Coastal cities such as Baltimore expect to see increased impacts of climate change, such as severe flooding, heat stress and increased energy consumption, particularly in low-income communities. Researchers from Penn State’s Hamer Center for Community Design are part of... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, principals of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, will join the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School virtually at 6 p.m. on Oct. 19 as part of the school’s Lecture and Exhibit Series. Co-sponsored by the Department of... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Felecia Davis, associate professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, has been recognized by the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architectures (ACADIA) for her work exploring the use of computational textiles as the... View full entry »
A $400,000 gift from a Southern California couple committed to architecture education rewards the efforts of Cal Poly Pomona students designing real-world projects in a comprehensive housing design studio. The gift, which provides 10 $5,000 merit awards to architecture students, is to honor the... View full entry »
Professor Margarita Jover of the Tulane School of Architecture received a grant of over $250,000 from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program to pilot a new interdisciplinary design studio investigating challenges along the coast of the Gulf of... View full entry »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An architectural proposal for disaster relief and emergency assistance that was designed by faculty members from the College of Arts and Architecture and the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State is featured in the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) at the... View full entry »
The Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture Public Programs presents: MATERIALITYFALL 2022 - SPRING 2023 Materials shape the spaces around us. This series of events examines the tactile, structural, and visual qualities of the materials used in architecture practice. Events are free... View full entry »
Graduate students studying architecture, real estate, and historic preservation at Tulane School of Architecture (TuSA) will soon have a new space to call home in the vibrant Central Business District of New Orleans. The school is taking over 25,000 square feet of classrooms, studios, offices... View full entry »