ACSA Update 8.14.15

September 9, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

Aug 14, 2015

Exhibit at the 2015 College + Career Expo

ACSA invites your school to participate in the annual Expo, on November 21, 2015, by reserving an exhibit booth or premium sponsorship. The deadline for exhibitor registration is Friday October 23, 2015.

Timber in the City Student Design Competition

The second Timber in the City Competition challenges participants to design a mid-rise, mixed-use complex with affordable housing units, a NYC outpost of the The Andy Warhol Museum and a new and expanded home for the historic Essex Street Market.

Exhibit Review: Latin America in Construction Architecture 1955-1980

After a long 60-year absence, Latin America returned to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), continuing the “intense involvement” of the institution with that region, as Glenn D. Lowry indicates in his foreword to Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980.

What Should JAE 70:2 Be About?

We are asking you to tell us what the topic should be for JAE 70:2. What is the next important question in the architectural discourse of professional practice and/or education? What burning issues should the JAE be addressing? Submit your proposals by September 1, 2015.

ACSA CAREERS

PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

PROGRAMS MANAGER
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH + INFORMATION
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 8.28.15

September 9, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

Aug 28, 2015

ACSA Steel Competition Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the 2014-2015 ACSA/AISC Steel Student Design Competition winners. In July, the jury selected 6 prize winners and 10 honorable mentions out of over 500 entries.

ACSA 104: Call for Papers

ACSA invites paper submissions under 23 thematic session topics plus an additional open category. Authors may submit only one paper per session topic. The same paper may not be submitted to multiple topics. Deadline: September 23, 2015.

What Should JAE 70:2 Be About?

We are asking you to tell us what the topic should be for JAE 70:2. What is the next important question in the architectural discourse of professional practice and/or education? What burning issues should the JAE be addressing? Submit your proposals by September 1, 2015.

Call for Session Proposals: Intersections

The focus of next year’s Intersections conference is on technologies; specifically innovative technologies and unknown areas that will revolutionize the built environment. Submit your proposals by September 11, 2015.

AASL Online Resource Review: Tectonica-online

Read a review of “Tectonica,” a website that bills itself as “the first […] to associate construction details directly with products.”

ACSA CAREERS

TEACHING FELLOW IN RESIDENCE
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH + INFORMATION
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 8.7.15

September 9, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

Aug 7, 2015

Call for Session Proposals for Second Annual Intersections Between the Academy and Practice Conference

The AIA and ACSA are pleased to announce the focus of next year’s Intersections conference: technologies; specifically innovative technologies and unknown areas that will revolutionize the built environment. We invite practitioners and researchers to share their investigations on impactful technologies, ideas in testing stage, or profound mechanisms that have the potential to reform the design and building industry by September 11, 2015.

Early Registration Open for 2015 Fall Conference

Syracuse University School of Architecture is hosting this year’s ACSA Fall Conference, October 8-10. Register by August 19, 2015 and save $135 off full registration.

What Should JAE 70:2 Be About?

We are asking you to tell us what the topic should be for JAE 70:2. What is the next important question in the architectural discourse of professional practice and/or education? What burning issues should the JAE be addressing? Submit your proposals by September 1, 2015.

The Tools at Hand: Using Citation Metrics Databases for Assessing the Impact of Scholarship in Architecture and Design-related Disciplines

In Maya Gervits’s article "Citation Analysis and Tenure Metrics in Architecture and Design-Related Disciplines," she articulately defines the issues surrounding the growing trends in citation metrics and analysis and how they apply to architecture faculty. Her article acknowledges that many existing systems of citation metrics do not provide as complete a view of the scholarly output of faculty in architecture and design-related disciplines as they do of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplines. – Read more

ACSA CAREERS

PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

PROGRAMS MANAGER
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH + INFORMATION
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 7.31.15

September 9, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

July 31, 2015

What Should JAE 70:2 Be About?

We are asking you to tell us what the topic should be for JAE 70:2. What is the next important question in the architectural discourse of professional practice and/or education? What burning issues should the JAE be addressing? Submit your proposals by September 1, 2015.

ACSA 104: Call for Papers

Next year’s ACSA Annual Meeting will take place March 17-19, 2016 in Seattle, WA. ACSA invites paper submissions under 23 thematic session topics plus an additional open category. Authors may submit only one paper per session topic. The same paper may not be submitted to multiple topics. Submission Deadline: September 23, 2015.

Submit to the 2015-16 Architectural Education Awards

This year, ACSA and the AIA are excited to announce a new award: Practice + Leadership, recognizing best practice examples of highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach in the areas of professional practice and leadership. Deadline for submissions is September 23, 2015.

The Tools at Hand: Using Citation Metrics Databases for Assessing the Impact of Scholarship in Architecture and Design-related Disciplines

In Maya Gervits’s article “Citation Analysis and Tenure Metrics in Architecture and Design-Related Disciplines,” she articulately defines the issues surrounding the growing trends in citation metrics and analysis and how they apply to architecture faculty. Her article acknowledges that many existing systems of citation metrics do not provide as complete a view of the scholarly output of faculty in architecture and design-related disciplines as they do of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplines. – Read more

CDC Releases New Built Environment Assessment Tool

The Built Environment Assessment Tool (BE Tool) measures the core features and qualities of the built environment that affect health, especially walking, biking, and other types of physical activity.

ACSA CAREERS

PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

PROGRAMS MANAGER
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH + INFORMATION
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 7.24.15

September 9, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

July 24, 2015

Submit to the 2015-16 Architectural Education Awards

Each year, the Architectural Education Awards honor educators for their exemplary work. This year, ACSA and the AIA are excited to announce a new award: Practice + Leadership, recognizing best practice examples of highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach in the areas of professional practice and leadership. Deadline for submissions is September 23, 2015. Learn more about eligibility and how to apply at acsa-arch.org/awards.

What Should JAE 70:2 Be About?

We are asking you to tell us what the topic should be for JAE 70:2. What is the next important question in the architectural discourse of professional practice and/or education? What burning issues should the JAE be addressing? Submit your proposals by September 1, 2015.

Timber in the City Student Design Competition

ACSA is pleased to co-sponsor the second Timber in the City Competition for the 2015-2016 academic year. The competition is a partnership between the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design, and ACSA.

A Society for All Ages Student Design Competition

The 2016 “Integrated Communities: A Society for All Ages” Student Design Competition, held by the International Council for Caring Communities, invites architecture students around the world to apply their creative talents in developing solutions, which integrate older persons into the fabric of the community and fully include them in all social, cultural, and productive activities. The entries are due on or before September 15, 2015. Register electronically at www.international-iccc.org.

ACSA CAREERS

HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
University of Arkansas

PROGRAMS MANAGER
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 7.17.15

September 8, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

July 17, 2015

Call for Submissions: JAE 70:1

The first issue of JAE’s 70th volume will be a non-themed issue. Essays can be across a range of topics to including, but not limited to: …agency . atmosphere . beginningdesign . body . construction . color . designbuild . demolition . energy . education . fabrication . form . global . ground . health . house . interiors . intention . journals . joint . knowledge . kitsch . line . labyrinth . making . meaning . narrative . notation . order . operation . place . precedent . quality . quantifiable . representation . responsibility . structure . sustainability . technique . technology . urbanism . utopia . vernacular . void . wallpaper . watershed . x-axis . xeric . yard . yoke . zoning . ziggurat…

Early Registration Open for 2015 Fall Conference

Syracuse University School of Architecture is hosting this year’s ACSA Fall Conference, October 8-10. Register online now and save $135 off full registration.

Explore ACSA Data Resources

Explore a number of reports and interactive graphics on topics such as budgets and enrollment, gender diversity, community design, and more.

What Is Your School Making?

What are you and your students making this summer? Use the hashtag #IMadeThat to share your work and we will feature it on IMadeThat.com as part of an upcoming campaign to show what it means to study architecture.

ACSA CAREERS

HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
University of Arkansas

PROGRAMS MANAGER
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 7.10.15

September 8, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

July 10, 2015

ACSA 104: Call for Papers

Next year’s ACSA Annual Meeting will take place March 17-19, 2016 in Seattle, WA. ACSA invites paper submissions under 23 thematic session topics plus an additional open category. Authors may submit only one paper per session topic. The same paper may not be submitted to multiple topics. Submission Deadline: September 23, 2015.

Meet the New ACSA Board of Directors

This month, seven new members join the ACSA board of directors. The newest directors represent a range of interests and experiences within the academy and will serve one- to three-year terms.

Feminism and Architecture: Second Thoughts

Read the continuing discussion of "Feminism and Architecture," the conference held recently at Parsons New School of Design. Panelist Marta Rodriguez responds to Deborah Richmond’s JAE review, and Richard responds.

Free Web-based Resources to Add to Your Quiver of Tricks

The AASL recommends some resources to help keep up with trends and developments in architecture and design-related disciplines as well as preparing for the next semester of teaching, research and academic ventures.

ACSA CAREERS

HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
University of Arkansas

PROGRAMS MANAGER
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 5.29.15

September 8, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

May 29, 2015

Early Registration Open for 2015 Fall Conference

Syracuse University School of Architecture is hosting this year’s ACSA Fall Conference, October 8-10. The goal of the conference is to use a debate-style, cross-examination to find the potential of a new architectural object that can be informed by the tension between opposing views and changing realities that offer new, dynamic conditions.

Submit to JAE 70:1

The first issue of the Journal of Architectural Education’s 70th volume will be a non-themed issue. Deadline: August 1, 2015.

What Is Your School Making?

We are encouraging students and faculty to use the hashtag #IMadeThat and share what they are making in architecture school. Tag it, and we will feature it on IMadeThat.com.

ACSA CAREERS

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT — COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Iowa State University

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 5.15.15

September 8, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

ACSA Update

May 15, 2015

ACSA Launches #IMadeThat Campaign

ACSA has launched an exciting new initiative: #IMadeThat. Our member schools are doing important work and we want the world to see it. #IMadeThat is phase one of our communications campaign to show the impact of studying architecture and to showcase the talent of students, alumni, and faculty. #IMadeThat will be the basis for building awareness for prospective students, parents, and others, and ultimately for connecting them back to our member schools’ websites and admissions information.

We are encouraging students and faculty to use the hashtag #IMadeThat and share what they are making in architecture school. Tag it, and we will feature it on IMadeThat.com. Please consider sharing your end of year projects right away. These visuals will also become part of phase two of the communications campaign this fall.

Visit IMadeThat.com to learn more.

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ACSA CAREERS

HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Texas A&M University

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

ACSA Update 5.8.15

September 8, 2015/in ACSA News /by Matrix Admin

May 8, 2015

Architecture Schools Advancement Development Forum

The 2015 ACSA Architecture Schools Advancement | Development Forum will take place on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 during the AIA National Convention in Atlanta, GA. Registration is $135 and includes all the day’s activities: breakfast, lunch, and closing reception.

Intersections Conference

This inaugural conference will focus on the nexus between architectural education and practice—specifically, how applied research can directly advance the practice of architecture. The conference will be held as a workshop before the AIA Convention on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Read the presentation abstracts and register here.

ACSA CAREERS

HEAD DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Texas A&M University

+ MORE

Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

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