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Tulane University

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Title: Alumnus Firm Wins AIA New York Honor Award in Urban Design

Jan 31, 2019

Tulane Architecture alumnus Derek Hoeferlin (’97), principal of St. Louis based derek hoeferlin design (dhd), received an AIA New York 2019 Honor Award in Urban Design for the firm’s project +StL: Growing an Urban Mosaic. The project was an urban and landscape proposal for St. Louis, Missouri, and was one of four multi-disciplinary finalist teams for the “Chouteau Greenway Competition” in 2018, sponsored by Great Rivers Greenway in St. Louis. Additionally, the project will be published in the Spring issue of Oculus and exhibited at the Center for Architecture in Manhattan between April 15 – June 29, 2019.

“Receiving validation from outside St. Louis, and from the highly competitive AIA New York chapter no less, not only lends credibility to the merits of our proposal, but maybe more importantly the award helps advance the vision of the long-term project, regardless of whether we won the competition or not,” Hoeferlin said. “To achieve such vision, our proposal advocates to visibly and physically join North and South St. Louis neighborhoods at the central east-west corridor that spans between the Arch/Mississippi River and Forest Park/Washington University. The +StL figure builds on connectivity and investment planning already underway by local partners, and also provides a multidimensional armature for future projects by the client, Great Rivers Greenway, and many others.”

Tulane University

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Title: Preservation Alumna Launches Online French Quarter Archives

Jan 31, 2019

Alumna Brook Tesler (MPS ’14) has launched a new online portal that archives a wide range of documents for properties, buildings and structures in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Vieux Carré Virtual Library is a map-based electronic archive of tens of thousands of Vieux Carré Commission (VCC) images, documents, and records. It is designed to preserve historic artifacts from deterioration and natural disaster, while also connecting the public to the inner archives of the VCC as an integrative educational and planning resource.

This project is an ongoing initiative of the Vieux Carré Commission Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to support the VCC in preserving and protecting not only the French Quarter’s invaluable historic architectural heritage, but also its tout ensemble, or its quaint and distinctive character and ambiance. The website project was developed in partnership with Tesler Preservation Consulting and the City of New Orleans, funded in part by grants from the Ella West Freeman Foundation and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

To view the Vieux Carré Virtual Library, click here. Hear more about the project by watching the WWL-TV news story here. Read The New Orleans Advocate story here.

Tulane University

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Title: Tiffany Lin Work Selected for Exhibition at University of Massachusetts

Jan 29, 2019

Tiffany Lin, Associate Professor of Architecture at Tulane, will have her work on exhibit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, running Feb. 4-28, 2019. The exhibit, Datum Drawing explores the use of datum in drawing as an architectural or spatial point of reference.

“I am thrilled to be a part of an exhibition that showcases speculative drawing and painting as integral to the architectural design process,” Lin said.

A datum line is a line to which dimensions are referred on engineering drawings, and from which measurements are calculated. The term datum refers to a piece of information or a fixed point of scale that serves as a reference in defining geometry of a composition and in measuring aspects of that geometry to assess its relations to another value in space.

The exhibit features two architects and two artists that employ the use of datum lines in their work. Along with Lin’s architectural art, the exhibit will also include Aaron Collier, Assistant Professor of Art at Tulane University; Perry Kulper, Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan; and Derek Lerner, an artist based in New York City.

“It is an honor to be in a group show with Perry Kulper as we often reference his work in core studio teaching and I look forward to meeting him,” Lin said.

Click here for more information about the exhibit and its related events.

Tulane University

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Title: Associate Professor Graham Owen Publishes in Architecture Philosophy

Jan 22, 2019

Associate Professor Graham Owen has published an article titled “The Anthropology of a Smoke-filled Room” in Architecture Philosophy. The essay is a critical assessment of participant-observation studies of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) undertaken from the perspective of Actor Network Theory (ANT), an approach developed by philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour.

Owen’s paper contrasts the relative absence of discussion of issues of studio labour and working conditions with their prominence in recent work by activist observers of architectural education and practice, and examines the reasons that ANT might have a “blind spot” to such issues. Owen also spoke on OMA, on the topic of the post-political, at the “Building as Service” conference held in July 2018 at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

To read the full article in Architecture Philosophy, click here.

Auburn University

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Architecture students in Prof. Matt Hall’s + Prof. Behzad Nakhjavan’s studio abroad installed an exhibit of work in the School of Architecture at Dudley Hall from their study abroad trip to Scandinavia. This spring marked the first semester of the new study abroad option for architecture students—an intensive 9-week program focused on Scandinavian culture, architecture, and design.  Matt Hall is an Assistant Professor of Architecture in APLA who recently received an Auburn University Faculty Award for Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence. This award recognizes outstanding teaching across the University and is awarded by a committee of retired faculty. Prof. Hall is the director of the Scandinavian Study Abroad Program and a principal and designer at Obstructures.

APLA Alum owned and operated Cakeitecture moves from Auburn, AL to a new location in Opelika, AL:

https://www.oanow.com/news/business/movers-and-bakers-cakeitecture-relocates-to-downtown-opelika/article_83d2a726-0631-11e9-b7a6-0f457ea85047.html?fbclid=IwAR2p5BT8R-whdPlse0tgM2OCqx7Bnm4gpqwh9NSEDuIJt94FgWmPBhScZpI

Many of the construction projects on Auburn’s campus have alumni involvement, and construction is ongoing:
https://www.oanow.com/news/auburnuniversity/no-winter-break-for-campus-construction-at-auburn-university/article_d708032a-0891-11e9-acb2-4728d1e7549e.amp.html?fbclid=IwAR1xRfFSgEWo-GyzjHCcUvI8vdMI_wroalvSH5Lf172sZrEbnRzEmNh-dEw

Rui Wang is the Outstanding Graduate Student in Landscape Architecture this year. According to her professors, Rui has demonstrated exemplary work during her time in the program. Her Alabama Lab project proposed a river boat tour which would educate citizens in Decatur about the unique ecology of the Tennessee River.

Big news!!! Rural Studio is launching a new graduate program in the fall of 2019. Join us in Hale County, Alabama while you get a Master of Science in Architecture / Option in Public Interest Design. Deadline for applications is January 31, 2019:  http://ruralstudioblogs.org/post/180595125863/big-news-were-starting-a-masters-program-at-rural?fbclid=IwAR2g8Vv94PCYOqoJd44XZEToOCcqUnSmOdYDU7Ps1PW2g6XGlTA4OwJFTDA

Read about APLA’s Rome Studio:  http://cadc.auburn.edu/architecture/news/view/616?fbclid=IwAR1sv7jmsEc5JUA21Ch-mXnFUqT36x8lYnzd_lMQLAfQY38-f5kW5hBEBOI

Corey Thomas is this year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Architecture. Corey served as an ambassador ( @au_cadcambassadors ) before graduating in the spring. According to one of his former professors, he “will never let an opportunity to explore a new idea, place, or experience slip by.”

Marlon Blackwell Architects one of top 50 firms in US:  https://www.archdaily.com/905884/architect-magazine-selects-the-top-50-architecture-firms-in-the-us-for-2018?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ArchDaily+List&kth=1%2C392%2C417&fbclid=IwAR1fG8Iwx9YnS_gq-qoQ2uid4uQb3-2OKW8UIfhoBSWJ2g5iL288SiQPTYk

Congratulations to APLA Alumna Amanda Herron Loper (05 BARCH/BI.ARCH), and her firm David Baker Architects recently named a Hive 50 Innovator:  https://www.facebook.com/ArchitectMagazine/photos/a.10150809918341273/10156454918641273/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

Read about the recipients of the 2018 CADC Awards:  http://cadc.auburn.edu/explore-cadc/news/view/610?fbclid=IwAR35xkOFJji6FUdT-QkF7aVgNhnIUSU24oGhzEL9kIS3xx6gOOPkbnW6Rzc

Rural Studio featured on Yes! Magazine online:  https://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/where-homework-means-building-affordable-houses-20181101?fbclid=IwAR0TJ_3q2OmB9QiwfLusRxOzWD9sm-_7Qd4ZYstp8rAlC9WkREkJNB7PF7A

Anna Halepaska is this year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Interior Architecture. She’s a fifth-year from Dallas, Texas, and has been described by professors as someone who demonstrates real “know how” and also “know why.”  A team of Auburn University architecture students led by APLA professor David Hinson recently finished building a custom-made home for Habitat for Humanity. (https://buff.ly/2OYopIE?fbclid=IwAR0Tfjq7Yf811tkLw_TU6NGFXQl9k6ugeaFXPByn5CY95ljhU0YXEbV16No)

APLA’s Prof. J Scott Finn names Associate Professor Emeritus (http://cadc.auburn.edu/architecture/news/view/609)

Fifth year BARCH student Jonathan Funk is this year’s recipient of the CADC Student Leadership Award. In addition to completing his thesis project focused on how immigration affects architecture, Jonathan manages to find time to lead the CADC Ambassadors as its President. Last summer, Jonathan was one of only a handful of students from across the country selected to participate in the 100 Fold Studio in Lakeside Montana. He helped complete a number of design-build projects which benefited the local community. #auarch #aucadc #designbuild Auburn University CADC Ambassadors 100 Fold Studio
APLA School Head Prof. Christian Dagg Named 2018 SEC Fellow (http://cadc.auburn.edu/architecture/news/view/606)

Many thanks to State Senator Tom Whatley for his community service grant supporting APLAs community outreach programs #cadc, #wareagle, #thisisauburn

Auburn Students Host 30th Annual Pumpkin Carve (https://www.facebook.com/AuburnUPhoto/photos/pcb.10157473747085021/10157473741855021/?type=3&theater&ifg=1)

University of Houston

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Donna Kacmar, Professor at the University of Houston, has just released her latest book, “Victor Lundy: Artist Architect.”  Victor Lundy is an important yet underappreciated figure in the history of American architecture. The first book on Lundy’s life and career documents his early work in the Sarasota School of Architecture, his churches, and his government buildings. In addition to essays on his use of light and material, many of the architect’s original drawings, painting, and sketches now held at the Library of Congress – are reproduced here for the first time.

Graduate students in the design/build studio at the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design received accolades for their design and fabrication of an Embarkation Station at Port Houston. When it is installed, the nearly 400-foot structure will provide seating and shade from the hot Houston sun for many of the 30,000 passengers who take boat tours annually. On rainy days, the station’s roof will direct rainwater to four 130-gallon tanks to lower its flooding impact. Prof. Patrick Peters was the instructor. The project won the Mayor’s Proud Partner Award, Patrick’s 15thaward for his design build projects.

University of Houston Dean and Professor, Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA, received the 2018 AIA Houston Educator of the Year Award.

 

Tulane University

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Title: Alumnus Prefab Work Wins National Awards

Jan 10, 2019Maziar Behrooz, TSA ’85, and his firm MB Architecture received several awards in 2018 for the project Bard College Center for Experimental Humanities. The building was named runner-up in Dwell magazine’s 2018 Best of Design awards in the prefab category. DrivenxDesign also gave the project awards in two categories: DrivenxDesign New York, Public & Institutional, Gold 2018, and DrivenxDesign Now, Social and Community-Oriented Design, Silver 2018.

For more information about the project on Dwell.com, click here.

Click here for the DrivenxDesign New York award page, and click here for the DrivenxDesign Now award page.

Call for Nominations: 2019 NAAB Board of Directors

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

2019 ACSA Appointee to the NAAB Board of Directors
Deadline: March 6, 2019

The ACSA Nominations Committee invites nominations for one appointee to the NAAB Board of Directors. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) is comprised of thirteen members: three appointed by ACSA, three appointed by AIA, three appointed by NCARB, two appointed by AIAS, and two public members. Currently, David Hinson, Auburn University; John Cays, NJIT; and Marilys Nepomechie, Florida International University are the ACSA appointees to the NAAB Board. With the expiration of Jori Erdman’s term in October 2018, the ACSA Board of Directors is considering candidates for her successor.

The appointment is for a three-year term (Oct. 2019 – Oct. 2022) and calls for a person willing and able to make a commitment to NAAB. While previous experience as an ACSA board member or administrator is helpful, it is not essential for nomination. Some experience on NAAB visiting teams will be considered necessary; otherwise the nominee might be unfamiliar with the highly complex series of deliberations involved in this position. Faculty and administrators are invited to nominate faculty from an ACSA full member school with some or all the following qualifications:

  1. Tenured faculty status at an ACSA full member school;
  2. Significant experience with and knowledge of the accreditation process;
  3. Significant acquaintance with and knowledge of ACSA, its history, policy programs, and administrative structure;
  4. Significant acquaintance with the range of school and program types across North America.
  5. Willingness to represent the constituency of ACSA on accreditation-related issues.
  6. Ability to work with the NAAB and ACSA boards to build consensus on accreditation-related issues.

For consideration, please submit a concise letter of nomination, a one-page CV indicating the nominee’s experience under the above headings, and a letter from the nominee indicating willingness to serve. Materials are due by March 6, 2019.

Nominations should be sent to:

Nominations should be sent to:

    Michelle Sturges (ACSA, Board Nominations)
    1735 New York Avenue, NW 
    Washington, DC 20006
    Email: msturges@acsa-arch.org

University of Arizona

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Publications

Associate Professor Lisa Schrenk authored “Design Evolution: Art Deco at the Century of Progress International Exposition,” one of five leading essays in the just released book Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America, edited by Robert Bruegmann and published by Yale University Press. To read more about Lisa’s work and the publication http://capla.arizona.edu/awards/lisa-schrenk-essay-published-new-book-chicago-art

Nader Chalfoun, PhD., professor of architecture; Ivan Gaxiola, MS.Arch alumus (2016), and Colby Moeller, architecture lecturer; have recently published their work in the “International Journal of Design and Nature Economics.” The article, “Architectural Implementation of Vegetated Cover from Agriculture and Restoring Human Thermal Comfort and Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect in Arid Regions,” is available via www.witpress.com/journals/dne

Assistant Professor Alethia Ida released a book chapter titled “Energetic Forms of Matter” on October 22 in the book publication Reusable and Sustainable Building Materials in Modern Architecture by IGI Global Press, Eds. Gulsa Koch and Bryan Christiansen. https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/book/201930

Assistant Professor Altaf Engineer’s book, Shedding New Light on Art Museum Additions: Front and Back Stage Experiences published by Routledge. https://www.amazon.com/Shedding-New-Light-Museum-Additions/dp/1138215856/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505147667&sr=1-1

Assistant Professor Jonathan Bean’s book, Taste Consumption and Markets: An Interdisciplinary Volume published by Routledge.

Residency

Associate Professor Beth Weinstein received a second Visual Arts Residency at the Cite` International des Arts, in Paris for Spring 2019. www.citedesartsparis.net/

Grants

Assistant Professor Courtney Crosson received National Institute for Transportation & Communities Small Starts grant for the research entitled, “Urban Trasportation System Flood Vulnerability Assesment with Special Reference to Low Income and Minority Neighborhoods” with Dr. Daoqin Tong at ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. http://capla.arizona.edu/awards/courtney-crosson’s-grant-funded-through-nitc

Assistant Professor Alethia Ida received $500,000 from Microsoft for the research entitled, “Cloud Infrastructure Renewal Center (CIRC)” with Microsoft Global Datacenter Design and Engineering, collaborating with Professors Bob Norwood and Dan Kilper of Optical Sciences, and Assistant Professor Kerri Hickenbottom of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/ua-and-microsoft-create-cloud-infrastructure-partnership-train-tomorrows-leaders?utm_source=uanow&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign

Awards

Assistant Professor Anna Koosmann received an Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Core Certificate of Research Excellence for the study entitled, “Evaluating the Impact of the First Filipino Design-Build University Program”. https://www.edra.org/page/2018_core_recipients

Associate Professor Susannah Dickenson’s capstone studio wins Architect Magazine Sloan Award. http://capla.arizona.edu/awards/dickinsons-capstone-studio-wins-sloan-award?utm_source=CAPLA+Connections+-+September+26%2C+18&utm_campaign=September+26%2C+18+Connections&utm_medium=email

2018 AIA Awards

Arizona

Aletheia Ida, Assistant Professor, Research Design Award entitled, “Symbiotic Matter”.

Oscar Lopez of Space Bureau, Associate AIA, Lecturer, Associates Award and Interior Architecture Award for Anello in Tucson, AZ

Dan Hoffman, AIA, Professor of Practice, Educator of the Year Award

Dust partners Jesus Robles Assistant Professor of Practice, and Cade Hayes, former Lecturer, Component Design Award

Western Mountain Region

Oscar Lopez of Space Bureau, Associate AIA, Lecturer, Design Excellence Award for Local Nomad in Phoenix, AZ and Anello in Tucson, AZ

Southern Arizona

Oscar Lopez of Space Bureau, Associate AIA, Lecturer, Interior Architecture Award for Anello in Tucson, AZ

2019 ACSA Board Candidates & Results

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RESULTS
The ACSA board of directors is pleased to announce the results of the 2019 ACSA Elections:

 

Second Vice President: Robert Alexander González, Texas Tech University
At-Large Director Position 1: Courtney Crosson, University of Arizona
At-Large Director Position 2: Jeff L. Day, University of Nebraska Lincoln
They will be joined by Adam Gregory Fogel (Illinois Institute of Technology / AIAS) as incoming ACSA Student Director.

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Candidates & Online Voting
Below is information on the 2019 ACSA election, including candidate information. Official ballots were emailed to all full-member ACSA schools’ Faculty Councilors, who are the voting representatives. Faculty Councilors must complete the online ballot by close of business, February 8, 2019.

 

+ Download a single PDF of all candidates statements & short curriculum vitae


2019 ACSA SECOND VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATES

The Second Vice President will serve on the Board for a four-year term, beginning on July 1, 2019, with the first year served as Second Vice President, the second year served as First Vice President/President-Elect, the third year served as President, and the fourth year served as Past President. The links below include campaign statements written by each candidate and short curriculum vitae.

 
 Phoebe Crisman  
 University of Virginia		Robert Alexander González
Texas Tech University


ACSA AT-LARGE DIRECTORS

The At-Large Director serves for a three-year term, beginning on July 1, 2019. At-Large Directors serve as voting members of the Board. In addition, they have the following roles and responsibilities: (A) Liaison With Member Schools, including participating in organized business meetings; maintaining contact with Faculty Councilors and others associated with member schools; assisting member schools upon request; advising candidate or affiliated schools; and advising the Board of issues and concerns raised by members; (B) Contributing to the Work of the Board through actively serving on Board committees and contributing to collective deliberations; and (C) Performing Other Duties, as provided by the Rules of the Board of Directors or requested by the Board. The links below include campaign statements written by each candidate and short curriculum vitae.

2019 AT-LARGE DIRECTOR POSITION 1 CANDIDATES

  
 Courtney Crosson 
University of Arizona 		 Taryn L. Sabia
 University of South Florida                           

                                        
2019 AT-LARGE DIRECTOR POSITION 2 CANDIDATES

  
 Jeffrey L. Day
University of Nebraska Lincoln		 Andrés Mignucci
Universidad de Puerto Rico

 

     

 

ACSA Election Process

ACSA Bylaws, Article VIII. Nominations, Elections, and Recall, Section 3: Election Process: “Elections shall be held in accordance with the Rules of the Board of Directors. Faculty Councilors of member schools shall be responsible for encouraging colleagues to express their views regarding candidates for Association elections, and shall submit the vote of the member school they represent on behalf of all members of the faculty. The Association shall announce the results of elections and appointments as soon as feasible, consistent with the Rules of the Board of Directors.”

The Faculty Councilor from each ACSA full-member school is the voting representative. Faculty Councilors must complete the online ballot by close of business, February 8, 2019.

+ Download a single PDF of all candidates statements & short curriculum vitae

 

2019 ACSA Board Election Timeline
January 9, 2019       Ballots emailed to all full-member schools, Faculty Councilors
February 8, 2019     Deadline for receipt of completed online ballots
March 2019              Winners announced at ACSA Annual Business Meeting in Pittsburgh

The Faculty Councilor from each ACSA full-member school is the voting representative and must complete the online ballot by close of business, February 8, 2019.

Contact 
Michelle Sturges, ACSA Membership Coordinator
Phone: (202) 785-2324
Email: msturges@acsa-arch.org

 

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