Web-ACSANewsSept09 by Pascale Vonier

september 2009 volume 39 number 1

acsaNews publication of the association of collegiate schools of architecture

ACSA Goes to St. Louis for the 2009 Administrators Conference Read more starting on page 10

in this issue: 2

President’s Message

Call for Nominations: ACSA 100th Anniversary

From the Executive Director

ACSA and Diversity

Call for Nominations to 2010 ACSA Board

NAAB Report on Accreditation

ACSA Resources

Call for Proposals: 2010 ACSA Fall Conferences

2009 ACSA/NCAA Administrators Conference

98th ACSA Annual Meeting: New Orleans

ACSA 2010 Teachers Seminar

99th ACSA Annual Meeting: Montréal

ACSA Fall Conferences

ACSA Awards Program

AASL Column

REGIONAL NEWS

ACSA Calendar OPPORTUNITIES

from the president

Hitting the Reset Button by thomas fisher

acsaNews may mean for us as educators and for our students and professional colleagues.

Pascale Vonier, Editor Editorial Offices 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006, USA Tel: 202/785 2324; fax: 202/628 0448 Website: www.acsa-arch.org ACSA Board of Directors, 2009–2010 Thomas Fisher, Assoc. AIA, President Daniel S. Friedman, PhD, FAIA, Vice President Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, Past President Mitra Kanaani, AIA, Secretary Nathaniel Quincy Belcher, AIA, Treasurer Patricia Kucker, East Central Director Brian Kelly, AIA, Northeast Director Phoebe Crisman, Southeast Director Ursula Emery McClure, AIA, LEED AP, Southwest Director Stephen Meder, West Director Gregory Palermo, FAIA, West Central Director Michael Jemtrud, Canadian Director Brett Roeth, Student Director Judith Welch Wegner, Public Director Michael J. Monti, PhD, Executive Director ACSA Mission Statement To advance architectural education through support of member schools, their faculty, and students. This support involves: • Serving by encouraging dialogue among the diverse areas of discipline; • Facilitating teaching, research, scholarly and creative works, through intra/interdisciplinary activity; • Articulating the critical issues forming the context of architectural education • Fostering public awareness of architectural education and issues of importance This advancement shall be implemented through five primary means: advocacy, annual program activities, liaison with collateral organizations, dissemination of information and response to the needs of member schools in order to enhance the quality of life in a global society. The ACSA News is published monthly during the academic year, September through May. Back issues are available for $9.95 per copy. Current issues are distributed without charge to ACSA members. News items and advertisements should be submitted via fax, email, or mail. The submission deadline is six weeks prior to publication. Submission of images is requested. The fee for classified advertising is $16/line (42-48 characters/line.) Display ads may be purchased; full-page advertisements are available for $1,090 and smaller ads are also available. Please contact ACSA more information. Send inquires and submission via email to: news@acsa-arch.org; by mail to Editor at: ACSA News,1735 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006; or via fax to 202/628 0448. For membership or publications information call ACSA at: 202/785 2324. ISSN 0149-2446

My architect-grandfather lived through the Great Depression, and I grew up hearing him tell stories of how unemployed architects tried to find related work—as he did managing apartment buildings— or gave up on the profession altogether. I thought I would never experience anything close to that in my lifetime, but I was wrong. With unemployment among architects in some cities now as high as 40%, with many recent graduates entering the worst job market since the 1930s, and with many architecture schools facing budget cuts of unprecedented proportions, our economic situation has begun to feel a lot like what my grandfather went through. Some have called this the Great Recession, but I prefer the term coined by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft: the reset economy. As Ballmer said to the U.S. House of Representatives in February, “The economy is going to have to re-establish itself at a level of spending that reflects the real value of underlying assets … (and) return to growth that’s built on innovation and productivity, rather than leverage and private debt.” This reset will have profound effects on the built environment, on the architectural profession and construction industry, and on architectural education, and I want to use this year to assess what it

I don’t see the situation as all bad. The design and construction industry remains highly wasteful, fragmented, and inefficient, with relatively low levels of compensation and a high level of litigation within the profession, and with an excessive consumption of resources, generation of pollution, production of waste, and cost of construction characterizing too many buildings. Just as our field emerged from the 1930s much different than before, so too will the current reset dramatically change what we do and how we do it—for the good, I hope. Good or bad, however, we will have little choice but to change. I see at least four factors affecting that change, which I think of as the four “E’s.” The economy, of course, represents the first “E.” While it has had the most immediate and visible impact through budget deficits, endowment drops, bank failures, home foreclosures, and widespread unemployment, the economy serves more as a signal and a symptom of deeper problems that need addressing. As Ballmer argued before Congress, we need to move toward innovation and productivity and away from leverage and debt. While architects benefited from the overly leveraged development practices of the last decade, which led to the over building of almost every type of structure, our discipline will benefit even more from a focus on innovation and productivity, leading to better quality and more carefully considered investments in the built environment. This represents an opportunity for the schools. We could do a better job communicating the innovations that emerge from our laboratories—design studios—and a better job assessing the productivity improvements that result through post-occupancy evaluations.

Higher education needs re-imagining, and there lies another opportunity for our discipline. The design thinking ability that resides in our faculties has great value to the universities in which we work, regarding not just our campuses and facilities, but also the structure of our institutions and the spatial location of people and resources. Our schools could be much more pro-active in reaching out to upper administration, offering our programming, envisioning, prototyping, and analyzing skills as a resource when universities discover that they need organizational redesign. One reason we should do so involves the third “E”: equity. With only 33 percent of young people completing college in the U.S., we will never innovate our way into the future with so many people left behind. The same applies to the physical conditions of the world’s population, in which a quarter have no access to clean water, a third live in substandard housing, and half have inadequate sanitation facilities. Survivability trumps productivity for most of our fellow human beings. These numbers should prompt action, not just out of remorse, but also because they reveal the unrealized opportunities – and responsibilities – we have as educators. How might we deliver relevant knowledge to people across the planet? How might our pedagogy change were we to take the entire world’s population as prospective clients? How might we structure architectural practice to provide design services for the impoverished communities that need them the most? At a time when our field finds itself with diminished demand among the world’s wealthiest, we would do well to declare, from this moment on, that the purview of our practice needs to encompass the entire globe.

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There are many reasons to do so, not least of which is the fourth “E”: the environment. Biologists find us in the midst of a “sixth extinction,” in which the designed environment— with its accompanying destruction of habitat, fragmentation of ecosystems, and pollution of air, water, and soil – has led to the extraordinary eradication of three species every hour. As the first species to live outside of nature, we have unknowingly driven a huge number of species off the planet, and may have unwittingly set the scene for driving ourselves off as well. Architecture has always exemplified a good life according to particular people in a particular place and time, but buildings, landscapes, and development patterns that extinguish so much life cannot be good, for us or anyone else. The great challenge—and chance—we have before us lies in completely re-imagining what constitutes a good life in the midst of the sixth extinction. What kind of physical environments do we need to create not only to accommodate our own exploding human population, but also to preserve as much viable habitat for all the others who we share this planet with —while we still have something to share? No small task. But that is why the world’s having hit the reset button has benefited us all. Had we continued on as we were going, we would have simply pushed ourselves closer to the cliff that lie ahead. Nor can we continue on, now, trying to keep doing what we have done, with just less money, fewer resources, or shrinking opportunities. Simply moving more slowly to the cliff should offer us no solace. Instead we need to reset our direction as educators and reset our sights on what a more economically viable, socially equitable, and environmentally responsible world would be like. I want to explore that with you over the course of this year, in our conferences and in this column. Some may resist or even resent such a conversation, which is fine; healthy intellectual ecosystems like the ACSA should accommodate a range of perspectives. But the reset has happened, and the only real question is: how should we respond?

ACSA 100th Web Exhibition CURATOR call for nominations

Deadline: October 1, 2009 The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture proposes to create a cutting-edge website to promote the value that an education in architecture can bring to students, citizens, and the communities in which they live and work. The project is planned as a centerpiece for the 2012 centennial anniversary of the ACSA, the membership organization for schools of architecture in the United States and Canada. ACSA is seeking nominations (candidates may be either self-nominated or nominated by a colleague) for the position of curator who will serve as the primary contact with individuals, schools, and other organizations that are portrayed in the web site. The curator should have significant knowledge of architectural education as well as a working knowledge of digital media. ACSA sees this as an opportunity to sponsor creative work of a talented faculty member who will work in collaboration with the ACSA 100th Anniversary Steering Committee, the ACSA Board of Directors, and a professional web designer in two phases under two separate contracts. This is a part-time position. For a complete description of this position and the web exhibition project visit: www.acsa-arch.org/100

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That leads to a second “E”: education. Just as the economy may force the building industry to become more efficient, integrated, and innovative, it may force the same to happen in higher education. The structure and procedures of most universities have become obstacles to the high-speed, highly fluid, interdisciplinary way in which learning and the discovery of new knowledge now occurs. Our institutions have become as much barriers to academic freedom as they have been protectors of it.

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from the executive director

Form and Content in Focus for the ACSA

a guide to acsa publications

by michael j. monti

As a new school year begins, the ACSA staff and board are greatly mindful of the challenges our member schools will face this year, with increasing workloads and expectations, diminishing budgets, and even seemingly diminishing prospects for graduates. Our focus as a membership organization continues to be delivering maximum value to our members, with engaging programs delivered efficiently and with a high degree of quality. The ACSA Board of Directors meets three times each year to review and plan the organization’s activities, looking at what we’ve done, what we’ll do this year and next, and what we might do in the next five years. This group relies heavily on input from the members, and in the next couple of issues of ACSA News I will be reporting out on some of these efforts to solicit responses. We believe ACSA performs a vital role for architectural education as a forum for publication of our members’ scholarly work and as a source of various kinds of information. So in March and April, ACSA surveyed our members to find out their opinions about ACSA’s various publication outlets. The survey, initiated by the ACSA board’s Publications Committee, received responses from more than 300 members, about 8% of those invited to take the online survey. The results are now a focus of discussion for the various bodies involved in ACSA publications.

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The survey was divided into five sections. After collecting demographic information, the survey asked respondents about their opinion of the Journal of Architectural Education, both as a possible venue for publication and for reading. We wanted to know how often you read JAE, what other journals you read and submit

work to, and what more should JAE consider doing. The responses to this part of the survey were probably the most varied and will give Executive Editor George Dodds and the JAE Editorial Board plenty of information to digest, as they meet in the coming year. The voices of support for recent changes to JAE were frequent, while at the same time our members provided many constructive comments about areas of focus—both what they thought was missing and what they found too prevalent. If the comments about the JAE were as diverse as the content you’ll find in perusing past volumes, then the ACSA News comments were perhaps the inverse. A chorus of commenters suggested the publication go entirely digital, reducing the 6-week deadline for submissions and opening up opportunities for more interaction and more timely content. Comments on perking up the design— enough gray for you?—also seemed rather frequent. The ACSA website, Guide to Architecture Schools, and other publications made up the remainder of the survey. We learned that our members are probably not as aware of what we publish as they could be. And as the year continues we will reexamine the amount and ways that we promote our publications. But perhaps more importantly is that the ACSA staff and board will take a hard look at what, why, and how we publish things like our website, newsletter, and books. We think we have some opportunities to strength the ways we server our members through our publications, and we will use this year to evolve and enhance these outlets.

Next month: schools of architecture and K–12 education.

JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION JAE is now publishing two issues per volume year? No change in total number of pages in a volume, just better release times for our readers and more flexibility for the editors to assemble stimulating content.

You can read full-text JAE articles online. Visit the ACSA website and log in with your password and link to the online content from our JAE web page under Publications. WEBSITE ACSA Proceedings are now online! ACSA Annual Meeting, International Conference, and Technology Conference proceedings from 1995 forward are now in a full-text, searchable database. This is something members have asked for, and we’re glad to oblige and, in the coming year, add to it with more content. Find the ‘ACSA Index’ under the Resources section of our website. GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS The Guide is always up to date and searchable online. Visit www.archschools.org and see if your school is up to date and make sure you check your school information regularly—all head administrators can log in online and edit their school’s listing. ACSA News Each issue is online in PDF format. Download what you missed by visiting the Publications section. And if you’re looking for job ads, check the latest positing under the Resources section of the website. Other Publications Did you read our annual 2008-09 Awards book online? Check out the cool new format for reading books. Visit www.acsa-arch.org/awards.

ACSA members get the best prices for Writing Urbanism and The Green Braid by buying from ACSA’s website.

DESIGNING DIVERSITY by brian kelly

To put things into perspective, in 1968, civil rights leader Whitney Young was invited to address the AIA. Young chided those present with these words, ”...as a profession, you are not a profession that has distinguished itself by your social and civic contributions to the cause of civil rights, and I am sure this has not come to you as any shock. You are most distinguished by your thunderous silence and your complete irrelevance.” Those were strong words but they were backed up by facts. In 1968 only about 1% of the number of registered architects were African American. Of course, that was “then,” welcome to “now,” where according to the 2000 census, 2.7% of registered architects in the U.S. are African American and within the ranks of AIA 1% of the membership is African American (AIA Members as of March 4, 2009: www.aia.org/about/ initiatives/AIAS076703). The plight of African Americans in our profession is indicative of wide reaching and systemic problems facing the academy and the profession that cause us to fall considerably short of achieving

But to reduce diversity to a numbers game would risk missing a bigger point. Admittedly we need to increase the number of individuals from underrepresented groups in our schools and in the profession. In order to do so, we need to ask hard questions about how others outside of architecture and academia see us. In short, are the messages we are sending to a broader diverse audience relevant, or do we continue to portray our world through an antiquated lens of abstract form, hermetic symbols, and elitist language? A casual look at architecture school websites will probably yield the impression that there is considerable homogeneity. Whether this is actually reflective of the school’s actual environment is another matter, but many of our websites seem preoccupied with media and all of its dynamic potential. In many cases our web sites place issues concerning the academic community, diversity, social relevance, and civic engagement in a background or nonexistent position. My mantra is: after arriving at the school’s home page, if you can’t find these topics after three clicks then it probably isn’t part of the school’s public image, and by inference it may not be an important part of the life of the school. Over the course of this academic year, ACSA News will host a series of articles titled “Design-

ing Diversity.” We hope that these articles will present the many dimensions of diversity and provide readers with useful insights and tools that can be used in their programs. We hope to illustrate diversity as not simply being about numbers, it is not a “one size fits all” proposition, and it is not defined in the same terms geographically or across institutional boundaries. Diversity is a sustainability issue for all ACSA member schools. That is, unless we accept Whitney Young’s challenge to be relevant through social and civic contributions, we risk becoming a more marginalized profession.

We hope also to portray diversity as a core issue to our academic communities. Diversity is intimately interwoven with the ideals of studio culture, collegiality, and civility. Over the course of this year we will challenge readers to look closely at their academic communities and to ask difficult questions. Do the learning environments of our schools provide foundations of trust for underrepresented groups? Do we understand what it is like to be a minority student in our schools? Are our learning environments nurturing for African Americans, Hispanics, Women, Gay and Lesbian students, and so on? And, what about our faculty and staff colleagues? Do we as faculty and administrators even ask these questions, or are we too involved in the quotidian business of teaching and administrating to pause and inquire? Next month’s contributor Robbin Chapman, Manager of Diversity Recruitment for the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT, will pen an article tentatively titled, “Designing Diversity: Inclusive Excellence.” Future installations will include diversity in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, perspectives from the Women’s Leadership Council, addressing Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender topics in your institution, and discussion on the value of community colleges as vehicles for increasing diversity. More information about diversity and tools for assisting you to advance discussion on the topic at your institution are available at: https:// www.acsa-arch.org/faculty/diversity.aspx.

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In August 2008, the ACSA Board of Directors resolved to renew the organization’s commitment to diversity by benchmarking member schools’ diversity plans, programs, and initiatives and by offering various venues for exchange of information on the topic. ACSA’s commitment paralleled similar actions taken by, then AIA President, Marshall Purnell, FAIA, to address the architecture profession’s historic under-performance with respect to diversity.

the ideals of diversity. Recent NAAB data (2008 Report on Accreditation in Architecture) shows African American enrollment to be at 6%, while those graduating with accredited degrees fall to 4%. Similar low percentages are found within the ranks of African American faculty (3%). When we look at the statistics of women and other underrepresented groups, we find comparable disturbing statistics. For example, according to the US Census data for 2000, women comprised 50.9% of the U.S. Population. Enrollment of females and degrees awarded by architecture schools to women in 2008 was 41%. While AIA data shows that 33% of its associates are women, only 14% of its female membership are licensed architects. More disturbing is the fact that within our own ranks only 26% of the professoriate are women and, like the profession, even fewer hold leadership roles.

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call for nominations

2010 ACSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2010 ACSA REGIONAL DIRECTOR EAST CENTRAL AND WEST

The ACSA Nominations Committee invites nominations for two national officers positions on the 2010 Board of Directors. The offices are President-elect and Secretary.

East Central Region—The East Central Region of ACSA is now accepting nominations for the position of Regional Director for the 2010–2013 term of service.

The president-elect will serve a three-year term; one year each as vice president, president, and past president; presiding at meetings of the Association and is responsible for calling meetings of the Board of Directors, preparing an agenda for such meetings, and presiding at such meetings.

West Region—The West Region of ACSA is now accepting nominations for the position of Regional Director for the 2010–2013 term of service.

deadline: october 15, 2009

The president coordinates activities of the board, Association committees, and liaison representatives, provides liaison with the officers of the American Institute of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the National Architectural Accrediting Board, and the American Institute of Architecture Students, and serves as representative to the Five Presidents’ Council. The president also prepares a brief report of activities of the Association and the Board of Directors during the term of office for dissemination to the constituent associations. The secretary serves for a two-year term, and keeps minutes of all meetings and distributes copies of the minutes to all members of the board. The secretary maintains the bylaws of the association as well as all other documents required by corporate law, incorporating revisions and additions as required by action of the Association and Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee is chaired by Marleen Davis additional members include Stephen Meder, ACSA West Regional Director; Phoebe Crisman, ACSA Southeast Regional Director; & Donna Robertson, Illinois Institute of Technology (outside member). Nominations should include a CV, a letter of interest from the nominee indicating a willingness to serve, and a candidate statement. The deadline for receipt of nominations is October 15, 2009.

Qualifications Each Regional Director shall be a full-time and/or tenured or tenure-track faculty member of a full member school and shall be on the faculty of a school in the region represented. Terms and Duties The term of office shall be three years beginning July 1, 2010, and extending through June 30, 2013. Regional Directors serve the ACSA in at least three ways – as members of the Board of Directors, on a variety of national committees, and as executive officers of their regional constituent associations. In this latter role, the Regional Director sets the agenda and chairs meetings of his or her regional council. He or she maintains a file of regional records, correspondence, and minutes of regional meetings. The director is responsible for the fiscal affairs of the constituent association and is accountable to his or her regional council for these funds. He or she provides assistance to regional schools and organizations applying for institutional membership. The Director prepares annual reports of regional activities for publication in the Association’s annual report and provides updates to the constituency on both regional and national matters of note. He or she administers the nomination and election of the subsequent Regional Director and performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. Regional Directors are required to attend three Board meetings a year: a fall meeting which typically occurs after the Administrator’s Conference, a spring meeting which typically occurs after the ACSA Annual Meeting, and a summer meeting. The Nominations Committee will review applications received and develop a slate of not less than two nor more than three candidates. Ballots will be mailed to all full member schools in the appropriate region by mid-January, 2010. The results of this election will be announced at the ACSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans in 2010. Candidates will be notified of the results in mid-February.

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Interested parties, for the position of East Central or West Regional Director 2010-2013, should submit their CV and a brief statement of interest –or– letter of nomination, including qualifications by October 15, 2009.

Nominations should be sent to: ACSA, Board Nominations 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Email: eellis@acsa-arch.org

2008 Report on Accreditation in Architecture Education by LEE W. WALDREP, NAAB ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

As stated by NAAB President Douglas L. Steidl, FAIA, “This report represents a new step for the NAAB: proactively presenting information on accreditation actions and accredited programs on an annual basis.” The decisions represented in this report were all made on the basis of visits and Visiting Team Reports submitted in 2008; these decisions were all effective January 1, 2008. There were 29 accreditation visits and eight focused evaluations in 2008 involving over 135 volunteer team members. The data summaries are based on information submitted in the fall of 2008 through the NAAB’s Annual Report Submission (ARS) system. For the first time, 100% of accredited programs submitted statistical data to the NAAB. Notwithstanding minor adjustments that will be made in time for the 2009 annual reports, the ARS represents a significant step forward in the NAAB’s ability to collect and present data that is consistent, rigorous, verifiable, and comparable. Annual Report Submission (ARS) System As was done last year, the NAAB will launch the Annual Report Submission (ARS) system in midSeptember to collect annual reports (statistics and narrative) from accredited and candidate architecture programs and those overseas programs designated as substantially equivalent. Architecture Programs will submit their annual report will be submitted via the web, by the deadline of November 30, 2008. As stated in the 2009 Procedures for Accreditation, the NAABAnnual Report Submission questionnaire comprises two parts. Part I (Annual Statistical Report) captures statistical information on the institution in which an architecture program is located and the degree program. For the purposes of the report, the definitions are taken from the glossary of terms used by the Integrated Postsecondary Education

Data System (IPEDS). Much of the information requested in Part I corresponds to the Institutional Characteristics, Completion and 12‐Month Enrollment Report submitted to IPEDS in the fall by the institution. Data submitted in this section is for the previous fiscal year. Part II (Narrative Report) is the narrative report in which a program responds to the most recent Visiting Team Report (VTR). The narrative must address Section 1.4 Conditions Not Met and Section 1.5 Causes of Concern of the VTR. Part II also includes a description of changes to the program that may be of interest to subsequent visiting teams or to the NAAB. In addition, this part is linked to other questions in Part I for which a narrative may be required. If a program had zero “not mets” in the most recent VTR or was “cleared of future reporting” in subsequent annual reports, no report is required in Part II. In preparation of submitting a program’s annual report, administrators are encouraged to contact the individual who completes IPEDS Reports and begin collecting data from the 2008-2009 academic year and begin drafting the narrative report of NAAB-ARS. For the most part, the data requested for Part I are parallel to last year. Refinements include changes to the questions regarding ethnicity for students and faculty. These are in response to changes that will go into effect for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) in 2009. In 1997, the Office of Management and Budget revised the categories used to describe “groups to which individuals belong, identify with, or belong in the eyes of the community.” The categories do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. The designations are used to categorize U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible non-citizens. These new categories were first used by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000 and take the form of a two-part question: Individuals are asked to first designate ethnicity as: Hispanic or Latino or Not Hispanic or Latino. Second, individuals are asked to indicate one or more races that apply among the following: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White. Because the NAAB-ARS uses IPEDS definitions for many of the questions in Part I of the report, and because

many colleges and universities are now making the transition to collecting and reporting data using these categories, the ARS will use them as well beginning this fall. In addition, the NAABARS will now collect data on both pre-professional and post-professional degree programs. If program administrators need assistance with their annual report, please contact NAAB at forum@naab.org.

2009 Conditions for Accreditation At its summer board meeting, the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) approved the 2009 NAAB Conditions for Accreditation. The 2009 Conditions will be effective for architecture programs visited in 2011 and beyond. The NAAB is extremely pleased with what we believe to be a significant revision from the 2004 edition. These new conditions were ultimately a combination of all previous input from collateral organizations, individual comments and the findings of the 2008 Architectural Review Conference (ARC). We believe that when reading the 2009 Conditions for Accreditation, the architectural community will find a great deal that is familiar. Nevertheless, much has been reorganized and refined compared to previous editions. The NAAB Directors are unified in their support for this new edition and are grateful for the contributions of a wide variety of individuals and organizations to its development. They hope you will appreciate both the effort and the substance this edition represents. 2009 ACSA Administrators Conference The NAAB will be hosting a series of sessions at the upcoming ACSA Administrators Workshop to be held in St. Louis, MO from November 5-7, 2009: Team Training/Orientation, Annual Report Submission, Team Room Preparation. In addition, program administrators with visits in 2011 or 2012 are invited to a special, breakfast session to review the 2009 Conditions and the preliminary draft of the 2010 Procedures. This session is designed to orient those program administrators that will be the first to be visited under the new 2009 Conditions. Although targeted for programs visited in 2011 and 2012, all are invited to attend.

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The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) is pleased to announce the release of the 2008 Report on Accreditation in Architecture Education. This report, to be produced annually, shares the accreditation decisions made by the NAAB in the previous year, provides a review of the aggregated statistics provided by each accredited program, and reports on other activities. The report is available at www.naab.org.

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acsa resources

ACSA releases second edition of junior faculty hanDbook The Junior Faculty Handbook on

Tenure and Promotion

2nd edition

Robert Greenstreet and Marvin Malecha 2009

Guide to Arch schools

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Free searchable online database of all professional architecture programs in the United States and Canada Find tuition and admissions information, related degrees and specializations The 2009 print edition is now available

archschools.org Published by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture .

ACSA, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning, published the second edition of The Junior Faculty Handbook on Tenure and Promotion with expanded content and in a free downloadable digital format. Former ACSA Presidents, Marvin Malecha and Bob Greenstreet launched the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Junior Faculty Initiativeâ&#x20AC;? in 1995 and this handbook is the culmination of over 12 years of workshops and other material offering guidance to faculty working their way toward tenure and seeking to excel in teaching, research and service. The 77 page guide is an excellent introduction to the concept of tenure and advancement in the over one hundred and thirty architectural programs in the United States, both private and public, covering topics such as strategies for success, balancing teaching, research and service, and making the pitch for tenure. Go to www.acsa-arch.org/resources to download The Junior Faculty Handbook.

looking ahead to 2010 We are again looking ahead to a year packed with programs and opportunities for our members. As always, the national office staff are available to assist you. We have slightly altered our work assignments to better serve the membership. Please see staff member contact information below and some key areas where they may be of help. Jean Parker Accounting 202/785 2324 x1 accounting@acsa-arch.org

Kevin Mitchell Advertising, Publications Orders 202/785 2324 x5 kmitchell@acsa-arch.org

Mary Lou Baily Conferences/Sponsorship 202/785 2324 x2 mlbaily@acsa-arch.org

Michael Monti Executive Director 202/785 2324 x7 mmonti@acsa-arch.org

Eric Ellis Competitions, Awards 202/785 2324 x3 eellis@acsa-arch.org

Danielle Washington Accounts Payable, ACSA Task Forces, Membership, Web Access 202/785 2324 x9 dwashington@acsa-arch.org

Pascale Vonier ACSA News, Communications 202/785 2324 x4 pvonier@acsa-arch.org

2010 ACSA FALL CONFERENCES ACSA West Region (Stephen Meder, ACSA West Regional Director) ACSA West Central Region (Gregory Palermo, ACSA West Central Regional Director)

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ACSA Fall Conferences are smaller than the national conferences and tend to be thematic in focus. They are most often held at the school itself, or some combination of the school and local venues, for cost control as well as to give our constituents the opportunity to really get to know the school, students, and faculty at the host location. Fall conferences also tend to be a bit more flexible and/or inventive than the national version. Collaboration between schools is encouraged where appropriate. Fall Conferences are an opportunity for the host school to bring educators from across the association to their campus, demonstrate education excellence to upper administration, and provide an exceptional venue for student learning. They are often times a significant visibility opportunity for programs. Please visit the ACSA website https://www.acsa-arch.org/conferences/regionalmeetings.aspx to find a digital copy of the ‘Guide to Planning ACSA Fall Conferences’. If you might be interested in hosting a 2010 ACSA Fall Conference, please read through the booklet and feel free to contact your Regional Director directly with any questions, or contact Eric Ellis at the ACSA national office. Typically, Fall Conferences pay for themselves by conference fees and contribution from the host school and ACSA. Proposals to host a 2010 Fall Conference should be submitted by SEPTEMBER 24, 2009. They may be submitted via mail or email and should be submitted to your Regional Director and copied to Eric Ellis at the national office (eellis@acsa-arch.org). Proposals should include, at a minimum: • Conference chair or co-chairs • Proposed dates (late September or October, typically a Thursday - Sunday. These dates will be coordinated through the national office to exclude overlapping fall conferences. The conference also includes the regional meeting which should be coordinated with the RD.) • Possible theme/topics • Possible locations/venues • Letter of institutional support. Submissions will be reviewed by committee including the Regional Director, past fall conference co-chairs, and Eric Ellis as staff support. Recent history of Fall Conference host schools: ACSA West Region 2008 – University of Southern California (Material Matters: making architecture) 2006 – Woodbury University (Surfacing Urbanisms: Recent Approches to Metropolitan Design) ACSA West Central Region 2008 – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ([ARCHITECTURE] in the age of [DIGITAL] reproduction) 2006 – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Reconciliation | Remediation: Post-Industrial Transformation)

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If you would like to discuss this further feel free to contact your Regional Director—ACSA West Region Director – Stephen Meder, smeder@hawaii.edu; ACSA West Central Regional Director –Gregory Palermo, gpalermo@iastate.edu, or Eric Ellis (eellis@acsa-arch.org).

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November 4-7, 2009 St. Louis, Missouri

2009 ACSA/NCAA Administrators Conference

ECONOMIES:

ART+ARCHITECTURE Establishing new directions for creative leadership, education and practice The first joint conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the National Council of Art Administrators (NCAA)

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Host School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Peter MacKeith + Carmon Colangelo Chase park Plaza Hotel 212 N. kingshighway Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63108 Rate $165

The first joint conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the National Council of Arts Administrators (NCAA). Economies allows for expansive and inclusive interpretation – promoting rich dialogue between both groups about current issues facing leaders in the fields of art, architecture and design education. This timely theme will serve as a catalyst in the discussion of broad areas such as strategic planning, entrepreneurship, faculty and career issues, finances, new structures and degrees, environment and sustainability, art and social practice, craft and technology.

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The ACSA provides a forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in ACSA member schools. The association maintains a variety of activities that influence, communicate, and record important issues. Such endeavors include scholarly meetings, workshops, publications, awards and competition programs, support for architectural research, policy development, and liaison with allied organizations. The NCAA is an organization of academic professionals dedicated to creating and maintaining a vital network of arts administrators. An affiliate of the College Art Association, it promotes communication among institutions and provides meaningful collaborative opportunities for arts administrators within academia as well as with leaders in related arts organizations. This year’s conference will be relevant, engaging and enjoyable — promoting camaraderie and collaborations while showcasing the vibrant cultural richness of St. Louis to an influential group of art and architecture leaders including university presidents, deans, chairs and faculty from across the United States and Canada.

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Skandalaris Award for

Excellence in Art + Architecture This award will honor an artist, architect or designer whose individual or collaborative works, innovative projects and creative research have inspired new ideas and made a profound and lasting impact on society, culture, or the environment on a local, national or international level

Skandalaris Awards for

Entrepreneurship in Design & Visual Arts For individuals who have demonstrated entrepreneurship in the fields of Art + Design + Architecture on a local, national or international level by promoting or establishing innovative understandings of “economy,” particularly through communitybased and/or sustainable practices.

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John Maeda, Rhode Island School of Design Named in 2008 as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine, John Maeda is an award-winning artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and educator whose career reflects his philosophy of humanizing technology. Before assuming the presidency at RISD in June 2008, he taught media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 12 years and served as associate director of research at the MIT Media Lab. Throughout his career, he has worked to integrate technology, education and the arts into a 21st-century synthesis of creativity and innovation. Rick Lowe, Founder, Project Row Houses Lowe is the founder of Project Row Houses, an arts and cultural community located in a historically significant Northern Third Ward of Houston, TX, one of the city’s oldest AfricanAmerican communities. PRH is founded on the principle that art- and the community it creates- can be the foundation for revitalizing depressed inner-city neighborhoods. Mr. Lowe is also involved with the Watts House Project in Watts, CA, a large-scale artwork-asurban development engaging art and architecture as a catalyst for expanding and enhancing community. In addition, Mr. Lowe is part of Transforma Projects, a collective of artists and creative professionals formed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The initiative explores how art making can intersect with other sectors such as education, health, environment and community development.

Anna Rubbo, Founder, Global Studio Rubbo is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney and is being recognized for her leadership of Global Studio, an innovative, interdisciplinary program, established in 2005, that engages design students in participatory action research, community development and design. The program develops skills of importance in meeting the challenges of global poverty and social exclusion in cities. A member of the UN Task Force on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers, Dr. Rubbo went on to develop global Studio as a response to the need for new modes of education and practice for design and planning professions in relation to sustainable urbanization. John Bielenberg, Founder, Studio M Bielenberg is a partner and co-founder of the San Francisco-based design firm C2, has built his practice around a creative exercise that challenges our brain’s synaptic connections. Called “Think Wrong,” the process encourages participants to cast off embedded assumptions and approach design with a fresh perspective. In 2003, Bielenberg, founded Project M, an intensive immersion program meant to inspire designers, writers, filmmakers and photographers to use their work for impacting communities. He seeks to bridge the gap between design for design’s sake and its ability to change lives. ProjectM-ers have left their marks in East Baltimore; Belfast, ME; New Orleans; Costa Rica; and Ghana. Together they have worked to transform urban parks, preserve rainforests, promote micro financing, and help Gulf Coast designers displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Team Training/Orientation ARS Review Team Room Prep

Special breakfast session for program administrators with visits in 2011 and 2012 to review the 2009 Conditions and preliminary draft of the 2010 Procedures. This session is designed to orient those program administrators that will be the first to be visited under the new Conditions. The session is open to everyone.

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Sessions

Art + Architecture in the University: New Structures / New Degrees The last decade has seen the emergence of new academic structures for architecture and art programs across the country, in public and private universities, as well as the initiation of a variety of new degree curricula across conventional disciplinary boundaries. Whether by force of financial pressure, declining enrollments or endowments, the need to maximize resources – or for well-intentioned educational reasons – the administrative restructurings have occasioned a wide variety of responses and outcomes. Equally, new degree curricula – at both the undergraduate and graduate levels – have been initiated, often involving an expanded idea of “design.” Collaborations and dual degree programs across art, design, architecture, business, law, engineering, and social work are all possible and are gaining increasing enrollments. This special NCAA/ACSA session explores these two aspects of “economies” inside of the university.

Beyond the Studio: The New Landscape of Social and Situated Practices This panel focuses on situated practices -those modes of engagement that are ordered by the conceptual and physical contingencies that arise from the specific conditions of their site of production, display or distribution, and social practices –varied forms of public engagement, participatory intervention and projectbased public work that inspires progressive social, cultural, and/or environmental change. Technology and Craft

Art + Architecture in the Environment: Creativity and Sustainability The role of design and the arts in the determination of the environmental future is often less understood or supported by the research university and society at large. As architects devote themselves increasingly to working beyond conventional LEED standards and artists direct their work towards deeper understandings of the environmental crisis, the role of creative response can gain a new spotlight. Innovative design and sensitive expression possess a renewed vitality in a time of such environmental challenges. This special ACSA/NCAA session explores this positive trend of thinking and making, and seeks to posit a new “creative economy.”

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Art + Architecture Administration in a Time of Necessity For new and experienced administrators of all disciplines. Four workshops will focus on, Finances, Careers, Faculty, and Strategic Planning. They each will run three times throughout the conference allowing for smaller more intimate discussions. Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts (Tadao Ando) Exhibition: “Gordon Matta-Clark”

Contemporary Art Museum (Brad Cloepfil) Exhibition: For the Blind Man Group Show

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Submissions Due: September 30, 2009 The following call for submissions is the result of the first stage of a two-stage, refereed process. Full topic descriptions are available at:

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Bruce Goodwin, Tulane University Judith Kinnard, Tulane University

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Bridging the Gap Between Qualities and Quantities in Design Practice Franca Trubiano, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Overview

What is the role of the building in architectural discourse today? As schools engage in cross-disciplinary dialogues that are essential to the expanded field of architectural practice, does the art and craft of building design remain central to our curricula? Sophisticated technologies now allow us to preview the appearance and predict the performance of proposed buildings. Our traditional conception of design is challenged as decision-making can be automated and building parts can be cut, routed or printed to exact tolerances. Yet the ecological, economic and cultural contingencies that surround each project are increasingly complex. Recent events have exposed the fragility of buildings as objects in the face of natural and man-made forces and the critical role of infrastructure has been made increasingly apparent. The 2010 ACSA Annual Meeting will engage multiple themes associated with the changing art of building both as artifact and as process in architecture and related disciplines. The theme encourages debate on how we might balance traditional definitions of aesthetics, urbanism, preservation and construction with innovative practices that shatter the boundaries of architectural thinking.

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These debates will be informed by the city of New Orleans. More than 3 years after Hurricane Katrina the process and results of the re-building efforts at work in this most vibrant and unique of American cities will be an important point of reference and topic for discussion.

Despite conditions of need and crisis, many false and unproductive characterizations continue to shape the teaching of design in schools of architecture. Most evident is the divide that separates qualitative and quantitative descriptions, and measurements of space and matter. This session encourages the presentation and discussion of architectural projects, student or otherwise, theoretical or built, conceived and executed using analytical processes predicated on the evaluation of specified data-scapes.  The adoption of verifiable processes, whether in service to structural design, environmental sustainability, energy measurements or systems management, can contribute to the definition of a building’s performance and as such begin to bridge the present divide. Papers are sought which make evident the use of analytical processes in the reconceptualization of architectural design.

Constructs and Concepts:  Building in the Design Studio

Scott Murray, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In recent decades, architectural practice has traditionally been marked by a pervasive and perhaps necessary, though one might say unnatural, separation of the process of design from the act of building. This divergence is codified in the terminology of practice: the transition from the design development phase to construction documents technically marks a clean break at the end of a project’s design and the beginning of its construction. The rise of construction management, as a profession outside of architecture, has further entrenched the architect’s disassociation with building. These distinctions are perhaps just as evident in architecture schools, where design studios do not typically address the issues and challenges arising from construction, ideas more often tackled in technology courses which may or may not be related to studio work. This session invites papers and projects that explore diverse strategies for integrating the physical act of making into a broader definition of design.

The term “detail” itself has undergone many changes in meaning and identity and is in need of special attention. Architecture schools do not teach how to develop building details—even though the majority of offices will charge entry level employees with precisely this type of architectural production. We seem to agree that once young architects have acquired problem solving skills they will be able to master the specifics of detail on their own. This question, however, has not been adequately discussed as a theoretical subject. The proposed session attempts to reinvigorate the discourse of the detail as part of architectural education, as a practical issue and as an ethical and philosophical quest.

Disaster as Design Moment in New Orleans and Beyond Jacob A. Wagner, University of Missouri-Kansas City

This session seeks papers that address the concept of a “design moment”  in the wake of disasters, including Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  The idea of a “design moment” suggests an uncommon opportunity to create significant interventions in the basic urban form of a particular city. In contrast to the incremental growth of a city, design moments are characterized by dramatic alterations of urban form in a short period of time that may accelerate existing trends or radically transform building practice.  Design moments provide a critical juncture in the life of a particular city that reveal both continuity and conflict with the urban past. Beyond the impacts to the physical city, a design moment can alter the social structure, act as a catalyst for new approaches to design education, or foster new schools of thought that influence the design professions for several decades.

Energy and Environmental Simulation in the Design Studio

Ute Poerschke, Lisa D. Iulo, and Loukas N. Kalisperis, Pennsylvania State University

The most important decisions related to energy are made in the early design stage, for example the building’s siting and orientation, its main materiality and construction. Since this stage is rarely accompanied by consultants for reasons of cost and time, architects increasingly perform energy and environmental simulation in order to receive alternative input for the idea generation process. The session seeks papers that discuss the role of energy and environmental simulation in the architecture and urban design curricula. The main intent of this session is to collect, exchange, and compare teaching experiences of implementing energy and environmental simulation in architectural undergraduate and graduate courses in order to further enhance integrated strategies and inspire curriculum refinements.

Flood Architecture

Eduard Epp, University of Manitoba

Flood Architecture addresses cultural settlement ideals and practices in geographic regions temporally affected by extreme hydrological/climatic cycles, primarily in river basins. It is constituted and determined by geophysical, technological, and socio-cultural systems working inter-dependently in time, space, and formal constitution. Flood Architecture recognizes and addresses the [potential] leadership role of the design disciplines [architects, industrial designers, landscape architects, urban designers] as ‘agents of positive change’ together with other allied disciplines including politicians, civic administrators, engineers, community activists, and so on. The opportunity arises for leading academics, practitioners and students to address Flood Architecture in relation to these sub-themes through both poetic and purposeful design proposals and works and to provide evidence through a very significant academic setting.

Flow and Contemporary Architecture Practice Nana Last, Rice University

One of the prevailing constructs of contemporary architecture practice is that of flow. Appearing in and around various discussions from smooth space, to systems theory, material logics, emergence and temporality, the construct of flow is nearly as ubiquitous as it is broad. This makes the intersections between flow and architecture at once obvious and ill-defined, potentially potent and transformative yet too frequently associated solely with specific types of formal manipulations. The construct of flow, however, is positioned to serve as more than a design tool for architecture: it is situated in a position to open up issues of deep concern to architecture’s own definition, functioning and practical limits. This panel seeks papers that examine models, constructs and phenomena of flow in modern and contemporary architecture, landscape and urban practices. Papers on all aspects of this topic that examine how flow contributes to or reimagines the discipline and practice of architecture.

Honorable Mention:  Losing to the Competition Michael A. McClure, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

This session aims to interrogate the value of competition entries that did not make the cut, and the role of competitions in design practice and education. Specific ‘losing’ entries are important examples of the working practices of particular emerging and established designers. The schemes of academic design competitions that did not win or place nonetheless hold great value for the students, the school, and the larger academy.The session welcomes debate regarding their role within larger contexts; social, practical, historical, pedagogical; it welcomes pedagogical approaches, historical and contemporary practices, multi-disciplinary comparisons that engage competitions as an active agent in the work

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Alexandder Ortenberg and Axel Schmitzberger, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Teaching Architecture - Perfecting Pedagogy Robert J. Dermody, Roger Williams University

Every day, professors of architecture strive to teach, inspire and engage their students in various subjects from history and studio, to technology and theory.  They explain, share, convey, and impart knowledge using a wide variety of formats and methods.  They do this as both accrediting bodies and the profession require increased knowledge and skills from graduates of architecture programs.   This session seeks papers that share best practices of teaching all courses in architecture degree programs in today’s more technically demanding environment.  As schools attempt to satisfy increasing NAAB requirements, and accommodate students’ desire for more technology teaching methods must evolve.  Presentations in this session will offer an opportunity for faculty members of all levels to engage in a dialogue about the craft of teaching architecture.

The Common Benefit Of Common Good Design-Build Anselmo G. Canfora, University of Virginia

In more recent times, architecture schools across the US have contributed substantially to humanitarian efforts to mend or improve the built environment for populations in dire need.  Building on the activism and the hands-on teaching of the late Samuel Mockbee, many design-build programs have focused a lot of energy, effort, and resources on helping residents of underserved communities regain a sense of dignity by helping design and build housing, schools, and community facilities.  A number of notable organizations like Architects Without Frontiers, Architecture for Humanity, Design Corps, and Habit for Humanity have formed collaborative partnerships with schools of architecture on the frontline of this massive and complex effort to assist those in need. This session seeks papers and presentations examining design-build programs and projects that effectively integrate humanitarian directives and comprehensive pedagogical frameworks.  While raising the level of understanding, consciousness and ethics of the architectural academic community.

Open Session

ACSA encourages submissions that do not fit into one of the above topics.

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ern, non-Western, and national/regional traditions. At a time when architectural technology, pedagogical approaches, and historical methodology are changing rapidly, how might history and theory coursework be reconceived? This session aims to examine strategies by which architectural history and theory courses can address contemporary developments in architectural history, practice and pedagogy. This session invites papers that question the content, role, and goals of courses in architectural history and theory.

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Integrating Sustainability Into Architectural Education: Are We There Yet?

Making Sense of the Architectural Production of ‘Others’

John B. Hertz, University of Texas at San Antonio

Sabir Khan, Georgia Tech

Sustainability is now a key issue in the ethical and technical concerns of practicing professionals. This session will measure the progress of the integration of these same concerns into the broader architectural curriculum. This session will ask participants to take part in a discussion about the pedagogical changes that are integrating sustainability into the broader curriculum, including technical areas as well as studio, history/theory, and others. While case studies are important as a snapshot of where we are, papers should also reflect on how individual course experiences relate holistically to other academic offerings and to the curriculum as a whole. It is also open to more encompassing viewpoints regarding the greening of architectural education, including the role of external forces, such as accreditation criteria or calls by the AIA for greater responsibility in the preparation of future professionals.

For a number of well-intentioned, if under-reflected, reasons - globalization of practice, cross-cultural awareness, NAAB criteria, curricular breadth - there is general agreement that courses on the architecture of people, periods, and places outside the Greco-Roman diffusion stream ought to be included in the curricula of US architecture schools. This session proposes to give these courses - and the theoretical and pedagogical questions that their presence in architectural curricula raises - the comprehensive appraisal they rarely get.  This session invites papers that unpack courses on architectural production in the ‘non-West’ in order to engage and map underlying epistemological and methodological questions. The larger goal of this session is to sponsor a clear-headed conversation about the relationship of such courses to architectural curricula and to architectural practice today.

John Enright, University of Southern California

Material Making: The Process of Precedent

Re-Generating Form: New and Old Methods of Conceiving, Finding, Generating, Composing, and Iterating Forms in Architecture

Intersecting Infrastructures: Public Works and the Public Realm Katherine W. Rinne, California College of the Arts

Infrastructure is the foundation of every community and it is the quality and extent of that infrastructure that determines in large part the economic and social health of towns and cities. Clean water, good schools, affordable housing, and reliable public transportation are all essential components of city building and for the creation of a stimulating and open public realm. This session will focus on architectural, landscape, and urban research, practice, and teaching that promotes deeper understandings of the connections between the construction of civic infrastructures and the construction of a public realm in cities and towns, and the creation of social equity. Papers that address how infrastructures can be used as generator of design thinking (rather than as afterthoughts left to engineers) are especially welcome as are those that address the rebuilding and restoration of existing or failed infrastructures as opportunities to create a more just environment.

Is Architecture Critical?

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Marc J. Neveu, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Within the context of natural, designed, economic, environmental, and other disasters, the justification of architecture has been understandably put into question. What guides the making of architecture? Is it an immediate response to a crisis; the desire for long-term social well-being; the effect of building on natural resources; or is it simply an economic opportunity? What role does theory, if any, still play? This session asks the question: Can architecture still be critical? This session seeks papers that argue for, or against, demonstrate, reveal, or castigate architecture as a critical project. Papers may relate to projects that are historical, contemporary, future oriented, academic or professional.

Gail Peter Borden, University of Southern California

Making is a fundamental process of architecture. Material is essential to the activity of design as well as the resultant of the process. The role of making and the dialogue of a design with material is the focus of this session. The session will illuminate the potential of new materials, provide a re-interpretation of common “everyday” materials, and embrace the process of making as a generative mechanism of form. Papers should look at the particular the role of materials in architecture and their influence on precedents [both contemporary and historical] of design process, fabrication methodology, construction procedures and legibility and influence on built work. As in any case study method, papers should look for the deeper didactic lessons of the precedent.  The lessons may be practical and technical in nature, or may address qualitative and aesthetic realms. Papers for this session should be founded in materials with the desire to identify lessons from their innate qualities and the process of their use through design precedents.

Public-Interest Architecture Elizabeth Martin, Southern Polytechnic State University

Architects and all design professionals are undergoing a major transformation that is both proactive (searching for roles with greater relevance) and reactive (responsing to the humanitarian and environmental crisis facing the world). The collaborative projects or research studies explored in this session takes the point-of-view that an architecture of public-interest might emerge in partnership with practice, ie, public health, environmental advocacy groups, or design/build clients. This session will demonstrate the modest, yet we believe productive ways to prepare architecture students to serve as stewards for our communities.

Re-Building Mobility: Mobile Architecture and the Effects on Design, Culture, Society and the Environment This topic addresses mobility and prefabrication in architecture and seeks proposals that examine new models and research that further the discussion of how mobility and prefabrication are affecting design and education. It has been fifty years since a group of Airstreams caravaned through Africa.  Since that time, the notion of mobility in architecture has had a rich history, from Fuller’s early work involving mobility and pre-fabrication to today’s preoccupation with digital technologies. The recent Hurricane Katrina disaster produced the “FEMA trailer,” as provisional housing that remained for months as urban reminders of the tragedy. This topic asks for contributions that address the breadth of mobility and prefabrication in architecture from high-end prefab techniques and strategies, to possibilities involving efficient alternatives for disaster relief, to new paradigms in design technology and education.

William T Willoughby, Louisiana Tech University

As we rebuild architecture today, each era of designers must generate forms that best reflect their times’ available technology. Today, generative scripting for 3-D modeling application and tools allow designers to parametrically adjust, transform dynamically, and evolve forms that improve performance based on environmental or programmatic demands. The transparency of tracing paper allowed past generations of designers to overlay, deliberate over change, and explore subtle iterations of design. Computational equivalents now allow architects to explore, analyze, and generate variations in building form dynamically. In an attempt to critically assess new and old methods of form finding and responses to building performance issues, this session seeks current scholarship on form generation as well as historical examples of iterative design methods.

Shrinking Cities Syndrome: Agendas for ReBuilding  Andreas Luescher, Bowling Green State University Sujata Shetty, University of Toledo

Cites all over the world are facing the prospect of declining populations, collectively becoming part of a global shrinking city phenomenon. While much of the discussion of shrinking cities has focused on Europe, the challenge is acute in the U.S., where, following suburbanization, many cities now present a classic ‘doughnut’ form – a sparse core surrounded by rings of smaller cities.   Cities in the U.S. industrial mid-west are facing the additional consequences of the decline of the manufacturing industry and the housing foreclosure crisis. The session takes advantage of the conference themes to reflect on the challenge of preserving and reusing urban fabric with architectural and cultural interest within shrinking cities.

Marc J. Neveu and Don Choi, California Polytechnic State University

Almost every school of architecture offers a suite of courses in architectural history and theory. But what purposes do these classes serve? After all, the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) requires not that such history courses be taught but simply that students learn about Western, non-Western, and national/regional traditions.

S u bm i s s i on R e q u i r e m e n t s All papers will undergo a blind peer review process. Session Topic Chairs will take into consideration each paper’s relevance to the topic and the evaluation furnished by three peer reviewers. Authors may submit only one paper per session topic. The same paper may not be submitted to multiple topics. An author can present no more than two papers at the Annual Meeting as primary author or co-author. All authors submitting papers must be faculty, or staff at ACSA member schools, faculty or staff at ACSA affiliate schools or become supporting ACSA members at the time of paper submission. Papers submissions (1) must report on recently completed work, (2) cannot have been previously published or presented in public except to a regional audience, and (3) must be written in English. Submissions should be no longer than 4,000 words, excluding the abstract and endnotes.

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S u bm i s s i on P r o c e s s The deadline for submitting a paper to a session for the Annual Meeting is September 30, 2009. Authors will submit papers through the ACSA online interface. When submitting your paper, you will be guided with the Web interface, through the following steps. 1. Log in with your ACSA username and password. 2. Enter the title of your paper. 3. Select the Session Topic for your submission. 4. Add additional authors for your paper, if any. 5. Upload your paper in MS Word or RTF format. Format the paper according to these guidelines. * Omit all author names from the paper and any other identifying information to maintain an anonymous review process. * Do not include an abstract in the file. * Use endnotes or a reference list in the paper. Footnotes should NOT be included. * No more than five images may be used in the paper. Images (low resolution) and captions should be embedded in the paper. 7. Click Submit to finalize your submission. Note: Your paper is not submitted unless you click the Submit button and receive an automatic email confirmation.

Accepted authors will be required to complete a copyright transfer form and agree to present the paper at the Annual Meeting before it is published in the proceedings. Each session will have a moderator, normally the topic chair. Session moderators will notify authors in advance of session guidelines as well as the general expectations for the session. Moderators reserve the right to withhold a paper from the program if the author has refused to comply with those guidelines. Failure to comply with the conference deadlines or with a moderator’s request for materials in advance may result in an author being dropped from the program, even though his or her name may appear in the program book.

In the event of insufficient participation regarding a particular session topic, the conference co-chairs reserve the right to revise the conference schedule accordingly. Session topics must receive a minimum of 6 reviewable submissions in order for the session to continue in the review process. If a session receives fewer than 6 submissions, the session will be canceled, the papers referred to the Open Session topic and grouped with other open papers on similar subjects for standard review. Chairs of canceled sessions will be invited to chair an Open Session and continue overseeing the peer review process and make decisions on papers. Accepted papers will be published in a digital proceddings avialable for free download from the ACSA website and a printed version on the proceeddings will be availbale for purchse after the meeting. Authors whose papers have been accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings are required to register for the Annual Meeting.

T i m e l i n e September 30—Paper submission deadline October—Accept/reject notifications sent to authors with reviewer comments. Accepted authors revise/pprepare papers for publication November 20—Final revised papers and copyright forms due December 16—Paper presenter registration deadline Contact Mary Lou Baily, ACSA Conferences Manager, with questions about paper submissions (mlbaily@ acsa-arch.org, 202.785.2324 x2)

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All submissions will be reviewed carefully by at least three reviewers. Official acceptance is made by the session topic chairs. Selection is based on innovation, clarity, contribution to the discipline of architecture, and relevance to the session topic. All authors will be notified of the status of their paper and will receive comments from their reviewers.

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Call

For Posters

Submissions Due: November 19, 2008 Poster sessions are a fixture at many scholarly meetings. They offer an informal setting for thinkers and scholars to share emerging research and speculators to explore new directions. From a number of general areas in which architectural scholars work we have identified several that we hope embrace the research and creative work of a majority of our members. Because each of these areas utilizes distinct methods of inquiry, we encourage the submission of posters relying on textual, quantitative, graphic and/or spatial evidence. We recognize that research is often done in the context of studio teaching and such research is also encouraged.

Architecture in an Expanded Field, From Interiors to Landscape

Scholarship and design-based investigations situated at the architectural scale often slip toward the space of the room or the expanse of the site. Indeed some of the most often studied projects of recent years operate within this larger field of space making. This topic seeks to provide a home for work beyond the precise scale of the building.

Building Behaviors

Sustainability has led to a renewed interest in the behaviors of buildings, particularly related to energy usage. In addition, lighting, acoustical responsiveness and structural stability are increasingly at the foreground of public interest.

Design Research in the Studio Context

The studio is the traditional core of the architecture school. The 1996 Boyer Report on architectural education described it as the “holy of holies” of architectural education: “these studios scruffy though they may be are models for creative learning that others on campus might well think about.” Since the Boyer report was written design has become a hot trans-disciplinary phenomenon, putting the architecture studio in an enviable position relative to our peers in the academy. This topic might include research done on the design studio or research done in the design studio.

Histor/Theory

Scholarship on historic architects, settings, periods and themes occurs in a variety of research modalities. In addition ideas of design epistemology are often reflected in essays falling under this broad rubric.

Housing

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As the planet’s population grows it becomes increasingly imperative that housing effectively provide appropriate shelter with reduced means. Housing research varies from historic and emerging typologies to urban and social concerns to evolving family types, all set in a global arena of cultural confluences. Research and design projects in all these areas are encouraged.

Materials

In recent years the convergence of new manufacturing processes and new materials has led to a proliferation of material studies with spatial, economic and societal implications. In addition, traditional materials and their methods of fabrication continue to hold interest for researchers and offer new information to the construction industry.

S u bm i s s i on R e q u i r e m e n t s Authors will submit a 500-word abstract and a PDF of the poster (not to exceed 20” x 30” portrait orientation). Abstracts need to be formatted for blind peer review, as well as the posters. Accepted poster authors will have a 20” x 30” (portrait orientation) space on a tack board on which to post materials. Authors must stand at their posters during presentation time to discuss them with other participants. Posters are not required to be mounted; a flat tackable surface and tacks will be provided. Other materials for presentation are the responsibility of the authors. Accepted authors will be notified by December 3, 2008 and must register for the conference by January 14, 2009 in order to be included in the proceedings.

Media Investigations

Theories and practices of media and representation, ranging from historic drawing techniques to contemporary digital modalities, are critical to the production of architectural ideas. Scholars and designers often focus their inquiries on this key link in the design process.

Urbanism

Designers and scholars study and engage the differences between private and public, individual and societal spaces, incorporating buildings and public space in a variety of scales and densities within an increasingly global context. Two welldeveloped research trajectories are smart growth and new urbanism, and we solicit posters from our members working in these areas. In addition, we are seeking proposals that redefine architecture, urban design, city planning, and life in the cyberage, in unexpected terms. We recognize that positions taken today may be located on the periphery of the architectural discourse but are poised to make a significant impact tomorrow.

Re.Building

This session is meant to engage multiple themes associated with the changing art of building both as artifact and as process in architecture and related disciplines. The theme encourages debate on how we might balance traditional definitions of aesthetics, urbanism, preservation and construction with innovative practices that shatter the boundaries of architectural thinking.

Open Session

ACSA encourages submissions that do not fit into one of the above topicS.

T i m e l i n e November 19—Poster submission deadline December 3—Accept/reject notifications sent to all authors with reviewer comments. January 14—Poster presenter registration deadline

ACSA Teachers Seminar â&#x20AC;˘ Summer 2010 â&#x20AC;˘ Detroit, MI Co-Chairs

John Cary, Executive Director, Public Architecture Susan Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis Marvin Malecha, Dean, North Carolina State University; AIA President

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Public-Interest Design is centered on the conviction that design can impact social change, evidenced by contributions from the growing fields of humanitarian, community, pro bono, and universal design. As these fields continue to gain relevance as legitimate and sought-after forms of practice, they cast new light on the role of designers in the world. The 2010 ACSA Teachers Seminar will attract and unite educators, practitioners, foundation and nonprofit leaders, as well as clients and people served by publicinterest design. Together, conference participants will reveal, test, and inspire new possibilities for the practice of public-interest design. Participants will address public-interest design as a field of practice, but also as a discipline and a potential profession modeled after the professions of public defense, public health, and public policy. The conference will seek to establish a baseline understanding of past, current, and future models in the practice of publicinterest design. What roles do schools, design centers, and mainstream firms have to play? What are the opportunities for collaboration between these stakeholders and others? What, if anything, should our professional codes of ethics say about designing in the public interest? What will it take and mean for our current (or totally new) education and licensure systems to truly support public-interest design?

Location The key themes around which Public-Interest Design will be organized are as follows: 1. Shared Values: What are the core values of public-interest design? 2. Emerging Models: Where is the field moving? What are the opportunities and challenges? 3. Practice & Project Case Studies: What lessons can be gleaned from current and evolving practices and projects? 4. Detroit as a Case Study: How is and might a city like Detroit benefit from public-interest design? 5. Crucial Partnerships: What areas outside of the architecture and design fields might inform the way forward?

Attendees will stay at the Inn on Ferry Street, where four mansions and two carriage houses built from 1886 through 1892 have been transformed into a delightful 40 room inn, located on a quiet residential street near the Detroit Institute of Arts. Owners worked diligently to restore the place to period grandeur, polishing Victorian turrets, grand fireplaces, and ornate staircase railings. The Inn on Ferry Street is a text book example of adaptive use of historic houses. The Inn has contributed both to the revitalization of the Ferry Street Historic District and to the enrichment of Detroit`s Cultural Center. In a city were preservation is often considered an impediment to economic development, the Inn on Ferry Street is an excellent example of how preservation can facilitate economic development by creating an amenity that could simply never exist without the use of historic buildings.

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Where Do You Stand ACSA 2011 Montréal 99th Annual Meeting

co-chairs

Alberto Pérez-GÓmez McGill University

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Université de Montréal

Annie Pedret

University of Illinois Chicago

Proposals for session topics related to the conference theme are requested, as are proposals related to the full range of subject areas within architecture, its related disciplines, and its allied professions. Session Topic proposals may be broad in reach or sharply focused. In either case, each proposal should clearly identify its subject and its particular approach to it: the premise, scope, and ambitions underlying the session should be clear to the reader. Authors of Session Topic Proposals submit a 500-word (maximum) description of the session, suitable for blind review, and a 2-page (maximum) curriculum vitae that demonstrates the author’s expertise in the proposal’s area of focus. Session Topic Selection Process Each Session Topic proposal is blind peer reviewed by a minimum of 2 external reviewers. Co-chairs review the ratings and comments provided by the external reviewers, the proposals themselves, and the 2-page curriculum vitae supplied by the proposal author.

Call for Papers Deadline: September 15, 2010 The Call for Papers will list the final Session Topics and will be announced in the April 2008 ACSANews as well as on the ACSA website. All papers will undergo a blind peer review process. Session Topic Chairs will take into consideration each paper’s relevance to the topic and the evaluation furnished by the three peer reviewers. Typically, each session will be composed of three or four presentations, with time for discussion. All papers will be submitted through an online interface and must meet the general criteria identified in the call for papers and in the submission guidelines. Each author will be limited to one submission per Session Topic. All authors submitting papers must be faculty, students, or staff at ACSA member schools or become Supporting ACSA members at the time of paper submission.

The selection process takes into consideration the merits of the Session Topic proposals – the subject, premise, and scope of the proposed Session Topics should be clearly stated – the expertise of the Session Topic authors, as well as the importance of organizing a diverse set of sessions for the Annual Meeting. The authors of the Session Topics selected in the first stage will serve as Session Topic Chairs for their respective sessions. Working in collaboration with the conference co-chairs, their responsibilities include: maintaining a blindreview process for all papers submitted during the entire review process; enlisting three blind reviewers for each of the papers submitted to their Session Topic; recommending final papers for presentation; and moderating their respective sessions during the Annual Meeting.

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The ACSA Annual Meeting serves as a forum for discussion and speculation related to the meeting theme, as well as the exploration of a broad scope of research, scholarship, and creative activity. Faculty members have the opportunity both to propose session topics and to submit papers related to a range of given topics.

Call for Session Topics Deadline: January 6, 2010

Eligibility Prospective Session Topic Chairs are not required to be members of ACSA when submitting their Session Topic proposal. If their proposal is accepted all topic chairs must become supporting ACSA members by September 1 of the academic year during which the Annual Meeting will occur.

In the event of insufficient participation regarding a particular session topic, the conference co-chairs reserve the right to revise the conference schedule accordingly. Authors whose papers have been accepted for presentation will be required to register for the conference before the conference

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October 15-17, 2009 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Host School: University of New Mexico & University of Texas Arlington Co-chairs: Tim Castillo, Phillip Gallegos, Kristina H. Yu, University of New Mexico | Brad Bell, Kathryn Holliday, Wanda Dye, University of Texas at Arlington

Conference Theme

schedule

Understanding the value of “place” and cultural specificity bring a unique design, technical, and economic responses that challenges traditional canons of practice and pedagogy.

Thursday October 15, 2009 Keynote Speaker: UNM Sponsored Opening Reception

The contemporary world is undergoing a major shift in cultural process, global culture is a ubiquitous condition that is a product of media and emerging networks defined by new technologies. As designers we are asked to respond and shape the future utilizing new tools to create designs that will respond to fluid transformation of built environment. As we begin to understand the future of design as a convergence of disciplines, culture and technology, a new paradigm for creating space can emerge. As schools of design begin to recalibrate, the profession continues to explore the interdisciplinary collaboration as a means of execution. Shifting design identity intends to explore this new paradigm influenced by culture, context, sustainability and technology while exploring these transformations occurring in pedagogy and practice in the global environment. Within the context of practice and pedagogy of design, the conference title Shifting Design Identity will seek to address international and regional southwest responses to key questions:

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• Design Identity: Design roles are in a tumultuous world of collaboration, competition, and collegiality with many disciplines. A principal question to explore is the definition of “design” and “role” where professions have lost much of their force for change to global pressures in the Southwest. • Economic: The global economy is shifting its priorities to address depleting resources and environmental conditions. Designers today are faced with emerging challenges to develop new models for practice and pedagogy that address the needs of our global environment. • Cultural: The Southwest, in particular, and the North American-Latin-Indigenous community, in general, characterize a region of parallel worldviews, cultures, history, contemporary agendas, and contradictions. Can the inconstancy of land, cultural territories, and technologies form meaningful relationships thru design? • Technologies: Given that design is not stable by nature, cans the range of realities: virtual to the real, and the tools that help create it, reconcile shifting sense of space and place?

Friday, October 16, 2009 Culture and Inhabiting the Everyday Landscape 8:30 – 10:00 Session 1: Kristina Yu, UNM 10:30 – 12:00 Session 2: Wanda Dye, UTA Lunch Emerging Technologies 1:30 – 3:00 Session 3: Tim Castillo, UNM 3:30 – 5:00 Session 4: Bradley Bell, UTA Keynote Speaker: UTA Sponsored Saturday, October 17, 2009 Community Engagement 8:30- 10:00 Session 5: Kathryn Holliday, UTA 10:30- 12:00 Session 6: Phillip Gallegos, UNM Lunch Afternoon Tours: Los Alamos & Acoma

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2009 ACSA SOUTHEAST FALL CONFERENCE OCTOBER 8–10, 2009 SAVANNAH, GA

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Dennis Oppenheim, keynote speaker

Terence Riley, closing speaker

Dennis Oppenheim earned a B.F.A. from the School of Arts and

Terence Riley was the Philip Johnson chief curator of architecture

Crafts in Oakland, Calif., and an M.F.A. from Stanford University.

and design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, before joining

The artistic trajectory of Dennis Oppenheim has always been

the Miami Art Museum as its director in March 2006. Riley is a

characterized by its incorrigible discontinuity, motivated then

founding partner in the architecture practice K/R (Keenen/Riley).

as today by an intensely adventurous curiosity.

He studied architecture at the University of Notre Dame and

Auldbrass Plantation tour

Columbia University.

Auldbrass, a plantation in Yemassee, S.C., is the only plantation

Presentation and panel discussion on Oren Safdie’s

“Private Jokes, Public Places”

off and on, for more than 20 years. This tour of the buildings, since

Capturing the full character of architectural discourse, “Private

restored after falling into disrepair, features the main house, play-

Jokes, Public Places” offers a disturbing and humorous glimpse

room, caretaker’s house, pool, stables and one of the guest cabins.

inside the contemporary world of architecture.

Additional tours Savannah tours SCAD tours School of Building Arts tours

For detailed conference and hotel registration information visit: www.acsa-arch.org/conferences/09SEFallConf.aspx

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2009-2010 ACSA Awards Program Call for Nominations & Submissions NEW ONLINE SUBMISSIONS

2008-09 Faculty Design Award Recipient, Kiel Moe, Northeastern University, Project: TUBEHOUSE

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Each year the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture honors architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service. The award-winning professors inspire and challenge students, contribute to the professionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge base, and extend their work beyond the borders of academia into practice and the public sector. Please visit the ACSA website for more information. www.acsa-arch.org/awards

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association of architecture school librarians

CORE LIST OF PERIODICAL TITLES FOR A FIRST-DEGREE-PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE by barbara opar, jane mcmaster, and susan bobo

“While it is clear that every architecture school library needs a healthy assortment of periodicals, it is not always clear which titles are essential and which are not.” These words preface the 1995 version of AASL’s core list of architecture periodicals. The Association of Architecture School Librarians has again revised and updated its core list of periodical titles.

NAAB Conditions for Accreditation for Professional Degree Programs in Architecture require documentation of sufficient information resources to support the school’s architecture program. AASL’s 1995 list was revised in 1998 and again in 2002. The latest version of the core list follows and is also posted at: www.architecturelibrarians.org/corelist2009.html

CORE: 306090 A + U (Architecture and Urbanism) = Kenchiku to toshi AA Files Abitare Arca Architect Architects’ Journal (AJ) Architectural Design (AD) Architectural History: the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Architectural Record Architectural Review Arkitektur DK ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly Arquine AV Monografias Baumeister Canadian Architect Casabella Competitions Crit, the Journal of the American Institute of Architecture Students El Croquis Detail (Munich) Domus Environment and Behavior GA Document GA Houses GreenSource Grey Room Harvard Design Magazine ID (International Design) Interior Design Japan Architect (JA) Journal of Architectural and Planning Research Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) Journal of Architecture

Journal of Green Building Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH) Journal of Urban Design Landscape Architecture Landscape Journal Log Lotus International Metropolis Perspecta Places Planning Praxis: Journal of Writing and Building Preservation (membership includes Historic Preservation Forum and Forum News) Quaderns d’arquitectura i urbanisme RIBA Journal (Royal Institute of British Architects) Thresholds Urban Land Werk Bauen und Wohnen SUPPLEMENTARY: 2G A-10 A +T ACSA News Architect’s Newspaper Architectura: Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der Baukunst Architectural Science Review Architectural Theory Review Architecture Today Arkkitehti: Finnish Architectural Review Arkitektur

Arkitektur N ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly Arquitectura Viva [Aula: Arch. and Urbanism in Las Americas] Azure Bauwelt Blueprint Center DesignIntelligence Deutsche Bauzeitung Dwell Form: Pioneering Design GA Architect Hunch International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC) JoLA- Journal of Landscape Architecture Journal of Architectural Engineering Materials Monthly AMC: le Moniteur Architecture Next American City, The Old House Journal The Plan: Architecture and Technologies in Detail Planning Planning Perspectives Proekt Rossiia = Project Russia: Journal on Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Technology ‘scape Topos UME Urbanistica Vernacular Architecture Forum Newsletter Volume Wallpaper Women & Environments

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SOUTHeast auburn University Rod Barnett joins the faculty of the School of Architecture as the new chair of the landscape architecture program. Barnett comes to Auburn from the School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture at Unitec New Zealand. Assistant Professor David Hill will also be joining the faculty of the landscape architecture program. Hill comes to Auburn from practice with D.I.R.T. Studio of Charlottesville, VA. Assistant Professor Carla Keyvanian joined the architecture program faculty in the spring of 2008. Prof. Keyvanian will coordinate the architectural history curriculum. Her previous appointments include service at Iowa State University, the University of Connecticut, and MIT. Visiting Assistant Professor Margaret Sledge will join the faculty at Auburn’s Rural Studio for the 2009-2010 year. She joins the faculty from professional practice in New Haven, CT. Assistant Professor Justin Miller and students in the architecture program completed the DESIGNhabitat 3 Studio in the spring of 2009. Miller and his students collaborated with the Alabama Association of Habitat Affiliates to develop a portfolio of Energy Star prototype homes for use by Habitat affiliates in Alabama. Professor Tarik Orgen completed his appointment as a 2009 Fulbright Scholar at Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. Orgen also led 14 Auburn architecture students on an international study program at ITU for the spring semester.

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Associate Professor Magdalena Garmaz completed a two-week term as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in May. Architecture faculty David Hinson and Christian Dagg received a Merit Award in the AIA Montgomery Design Awards program for their collaboration on a custom residence project, the “House on Turtle Creek”. The project also earned the Member’s Choice Award at the chapter’s annual design awards event.

Steel Tongue Chair, by Andrew Sribyatta. Photo credit: PIE studio.

Architecture faculty member and Director of the Rural Studio, Andrew Freear, earned promotion to Professor. Charlene LeBleu of the landscape architecture faculty earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Anne Marie Decker and Roy Decker, of Duvall Decker Architects, Jackson, MS completed an appointment as the 2009 Paul Rudolph Visiting Faculty during the spring semester. florida international university Thomas Spiegelhalter, R.A., E.U., ACE, ISES, LEED AP, has joined the faculty as an Associate Professor. Spiegelhalter’s research demonstration work in Europe and the US includes numerous solar, zero-fossil energy, passive and low-energy building projects. He has been engaged in largescale sustainability master planning, redevelopment projects for abandoned post-industrial architectures and landscapes, engineered suspension bridges, preservation, and revitalization projects. Many of his completed projects have been published in international anthologies of European and American Architecture. Since 1990, he has worked with a number of EU and US universities on multi-disciplinary ecological engineering projects. Spiegelhalter has received

52 prizes, awards, and honors in European and US sustainability competitions, both individually and in collaboration with landscape architects, and engineers. Claudia Busch has been appointed as Lower Division Coordinator, with the rank of Assistant Professor. She has handled coordination duties for the School of Architecture’s Lower Division, which includes the first four design studios for architecture, interior design and landscape architecture, since 2005. A graduate of the Advanced Architectural Design program at Columbia University, Busch has worked as a designer in the offices of Zaha Hadid, Carlos Zapata, Richard Meier and Bernard Tschumi. Jason Chandler, AIA, has been granted tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. In December 2008, his firm, Chandler and Associates, received an Honorable Mention in the Dawntown Waterworks Competition. The competition, which drew 143 entries from competitors worldwide, was organized by the architecture schools at Florida International University, the University of Miami and Miami Dade College, the Miami Mayor’s Office, and the Miami Art Museum, and sponsored by the Miami Downtown Development Authority, the Knight Foundation, Akerman Senterfitt, Burt Hill, Home Miami, Brickell Financial Centre and Everglades on the Bay.

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Professor John Stuart received the 2008 Silver Medal for Non-Fiction from the Florida Book Awards for The New Deal in South Florida: Design, Policy, and Community Building, 1933-1940 (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008). The book was co-edited by John F. Stack, Jr., and featured contributions by Mary N. Woods, Cornell University; Marianne Lamonaca, The Wolfsonian-FIU; and Ted Baker, formerly of FIU. Assistant Professor Roberto Rovira was named Landscape Architect of the Year by the American Institute of Architects – Miami chapter. He will present a paper, “Warping the Green Edge,” at the 46th International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) World Congress on Green Infrastructure: High Performance Landscapes, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2123, 2009. Rovira’s collaborative design for the Oakland Interstate-880 Gateway (I-880) project will be featured in Keith Moskow, Urban Interventions (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010). Rovira presented “Transgressive Practices: Engaging the Margins of the Field” in the Rhode Island School of Design Spring 2009 Lecture Series. Associate Professor Camilo Rosales’s award winning “Hammock House” was selected for publication in the AIA Architectural Guide to Miami. Architectural Digest published his “Pla-

ya Honda” house, which was built in Costa Rica last year, under the title “Natural Sympathies” in the August issue. Adjunct Assistant Professor Elite Kedan, along with co-editors Jonathan Dreyfous and Craig Mutter, recently completed Provisional – Emerging Modes of Architectural Practice USA (New York: Princeton Architectural Press Fall, 2009). The book profiles nine innovative architecture firms – through interviews, essays and a selection of work organized by process – illustrating the defining elements of contemporary architectural thinking and making in America. Adjunct Assistant Professor Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta and his firm, PIE studio, were recognized with a Best of Year Award 2008 by Interior Design Magazine for their Sushi daybed and received the Best of the Best Award for green products by Florida International Magazine in 2008. Sribyatta’s Steel Tongue chair was added to the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2006. The FIU School of Architecture study abroad center in Genova Italy will have 22 students in residence during the fall semester, the largest enrollment in the center’s five-year history.

Savannah College of Art and Design Professor Alexis Gregory, RA recently became a paper referee for the Journal of Architectural Education in March 2009 and she also recently completed an article with a fellow Clemson University School of Architecture alumnus in the 2009 South Carolina AIA Magazine. The article is entitled “Architecture Looks to It’s Feminine Side” and was based, in part, on her Master of Science research at Clemson University. Professor Gregory also presented a paper entitled “Assembling Community Through Design: The Adel Street Project” at the 2009 BTES Conference: Assembling Architecture held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 6-8, 2009. Tuskegee university The Department of Architecture’s BArch Program was recently accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). The NAAB Visiting Team Report cited the significant progress attained by the Department since the previous accreditation visit, including: (SOUTHEAST continued on page 28)

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Sushi Daybed, by Andrew Sribyatta. Photo credit: PIE studio

The Carl Small Town Center at Mississippi State University College of Architecture Art and Design has been busy in the last few months. A CSTC project “Bike Starkville! and Walk too!” was selected by the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. for inclusion on their Green Buildings exhibit (http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/green-community/green-community. html). The work will be on display in the museum until October 2009. Houston, Mississippi was selected by the CSTC and the CREATE Foundation as this year’s CREATE Common Ground city, taught by Assistant Director, Cari Varner. Eight students will work with a steering committee of involved citizens and Mayor Stacy Parker to develop design solutions aimed at improving Houston’s built environment and strengthening their downtown. Professor John Poros, Director and the CSTC staff are also working with the Cupkovic Architects LLC and Comvest and Nicolas Propoerties to develop a pedestrian and bicycle plan for the CottonMill Marketplace, a mixed-use redevelopment project adjacent to MSU (http://www.cottonmillatmsu.com/).

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• Improved administrative stabilization with the appointment of Dr. Richard K. Dozier, AIA as Associate Dean and Head of the Department of Architecture. • Recent $4,000,000 renovation of the Willcox A building • New 20 station computer lab and output equipment including plotters and a laser cutter • Substantial improvement in meeting student performance criteria The Department received a 3-year accreditation term, the maximum allowable for a candidate program. At the annual Department of Architecture awards banquet, 5th year student Dara Eskridge received the Alpha Rho Chi Medal and 5th year student Reginald Bell received the Henry Adams Medal. Graduating students accepted at graduate programs include Ms. Etheridge, accepted to the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning; Desai Henderson, who will attend Parsons School of Design and Preston Martin who will attend Savannah College of Art and Design. Student NOMAS/AIAS officers were the guests of the Alabama Council of Architects at the State AIA awards program held in Birmingham. The Tuskegee Chapel designed by Paul Rudolph in collaboration with Fry and Welch was selected by the Alabama Architecture Foundation to receive their Distinguished Building Award.

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Mark McGlothlin was promoted with tenure to Associate Professor of Architecture. Professor McGlothlin teaches in all levels of Architectural Design, Materials and Methods of Construction, and Structural Aesthetics. His research interests are varied and intertwined, falling chiefly under the singular umbrella of design communication. This notion of design communication fundamentally involves the ability to disseminate design ideas through visual, written and spoken methods. Much of his work has been studying the impacts of digitalization within design visualization, and he has also explored the nature of col-

laboration between the disciplines of engineering and architecture. He received his Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 2001. He also holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, both from Kansas State University. In addition to teaching at UF, Mark has worked on a variety of projects with internationally recognized firms, ranging in scale from large civic and infrastructure projects to modest residential work. Assistant Professor Paul O. Robinson has received the 2009-2010 J. William Fulbright Research/Lecturing Award in Architecture to study in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Robinson will be continuing his research concerning Interventional Architecture, which he describes as a ‚…constituent of a broader architectural schema proposing contemporaneously derived interventions into existing buildings and their supportive infrastructures. The process simultaneously posits connections to embedded cultural identities and the necessary transmutation of those construed identities into authentic contemporary forms.. The primary objective in Slovenia is to develop critically inventive approaches and scholarly and professional relationships between students, faculty and practitioners concerning the need for an awareness of Interventional Design and its inherent connection to ideas of cultural and environmental sustainability. Visiting Professor Gregg Pasquarelli and SHoP architects have been awarded the 2009 National Design Award for Architecture Design, given by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Pasquarelli conducted an Advanced Graduate Design Studio titled ‚Versioning: Stadia Densitas. in association with of SHoP partner Jon Maille and Assistant Director of Graduate Program/Associate Professor Nancy Clark. Visiting Critics included Douglas Gauthier of Gauthier Architects and Lindy Roy of Roy Design in New York. Marlon Blackwell was the 2009 Ivan Smith Eminent Visiting Professor conducting an Advanced Graduate Design Studio titled ‚Hybrid Typologies. in association with Assistant Director Graduate Program/ Associate Professor Nancy Clark. Students were challenged to develop a hybrid which combined different architectural elements. The repetition of this hybrid led to the design of a library in Marfa, Texas.

Visiting critics included T. Kelly Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor Harvard GSD, Wendell Burnette, Wendell Burnette Architects, Phoenix, and Assistant Professor Bradley Walters. Four G/SoA advanced mArch students were finalists in the international competition ‚Design for the Children.. Their designs were developed as part of Nancy Clark’s advanced graduate 3 studio. Amy Luddy (M.Arch ’09) was in the top 10; Kirk Bauer, Jeffrey Cango and Peter Spooner (M.Arch ’09) were in the top 25. Their work was exhibited in Seattle, WA as a part of the competition sponsored by Fight for the Children, Architecture for Humanity Seattle, and AIA in Seattle. Visiting Critics included 2004 Aga Kahn Award recipient Diebedo Francis Kere and Associate Professor Donna Cohen. Director Martin Gold’s Advanced Graduate 2 Studio evaluated Workspace. Companies responding to the expectations of a new highly skilled, motivated ‘creative class’ find the work environment more important than salary and career building when recruiting. Students evaluated innovative office design and visited companies including Google, IDEO and Intel. Ecologically sensitive design proposals, for local contexts were developed and reviewed by civic leaders. Guest critics include Shivjit Sidhu and Kim Tanzer. The work was sponsored by the Gainesville Council for Economic Outreach. University of Miami The School of Architecture has introduced three new academic programs: the Master of Real Estate Development and Urbanism, the Bachelor of Architecture/Master of Business Administration (accelerated), and the Certificate in Historic Preservation. This spring, a team of five graduate students from the School of Architecture and the School of Business Administration was among the four finalist teams among 98 entries in the Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, with the project “Alameda – A New Sustainable Urbanism” for a site in the City of Denver. Dr. Charles Bohl, Director of the Master of Real Estate Development and Urbanism Program, and Professor Jaime Correa, Coordinator of the Suburb and Town Design Program, were team advisors.

Professor Bohl, awarded tenure last year, and Professor Jean-Francois Lejeune are the editors of the book Sitte, Hegemann and the Metropolis: Modern Civic Art and International Exchanges, Routledge, 2008. Professor Roberto Behar directed the seminar Building Stories for the Seminario de Teoria, Historia y Critica de Arquitetura Masters & Doctoral Program, Arquitetura Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Professor Jaime Correa has published two books, Self-Sufficient Urbanism: a Vision of Contraction for the Non-Distant Future and Seven Recipes for the New Urbanism both by Lulu Enterprises: North Carolina, 2008. He was the keynote speaker of the Congress for the New Urbanism New England Chapter Summit in New Hampshire, and he coordinated the Latin America Session at the Congress for the New Urbanism XVII in Denver. Professor Jean-Francois Lejeune, now Director of Graduate Studies for the School of Architecture, and Professor Allan Shulman, FAIA were guest curators of the exhibit Interama: Miami and the Pan-American Dream at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. He has been appointed a member, for a second term, of the Scientific Committee of the Association Centro Studi dell Architettura Razionalista, CE.S.A.R. (Study Center of Rational Architecture) in Rome. Two essays were published in Italy last year – “Machine-Made Driving America” in the catalogue of the exhibition Macchinette: Le Bubble cars Nel Design del Novecento (Roma, Palombi); “The Metaphysics of the Everyday: Antonioni’s EUR and the Eclipse of Architecture” in the book EUR è Cinema (Palombi, Roma).

From left to right: Warren Bane, UM Master of Business Administration student; Benyameen Ghareeb, UM Master of Architecture in Suburb and Town Design student; Victor Santana, UM Master of Real Estate Development and Urbanism student and leader of the UM team; Jared Sedam, UM Master of Architecture student, and Jeff Hall, UM Master of Architecture and Master of Architecture in Suburb & Town Design student. The UM team placed among the top four at the prestigious annual Urban Land Institute (ULI)/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition ‘09.

Professor Carmen Guerrero, Director of the School’s Rome Program, was the managing editor for The Miami Special Edition of AAA Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana magazine (published in the Dominican Republic since 1996). Visiting Professor Gustavo Luis Moré was the director/editor and Professor Teofilo Victoria was the editor invitado. This new U.S. edition is centered on the architecture of Miami of the last 10 years. Professor and Associate Dean Denis Hector and Visiting Critic Alex Wall, chair of Urban Design at the Institute for the Design of City and Landscape at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, jointly conducted a studio on climate change in South Florida. Professor Jorge Hernandez has been appointed to the board of trustees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With a studio focused on the re-use of the Miami Marine Stadium, one of the National Trust’s 11 most endangered historic places, he has played an important role in the preservation of the structure. Professor Richard John is the author of “Vitruvian Symmetriae: The Debate about Method,” in The Persistence of the Classical: Essays on Architecture Presented to David Watkin, F.E. Salmon, ed., Philip Wilson: London, 2008. He was co-organizer and moderator for the symposium, “Intra Moenia: Palladio and the City,” in New York City.

He was recently appointed editor of The Classicist, which in a new format will be a peer-reviewed journal. This spring he served as the chair of the jury for the Philip Trammell Schutze Awards, the major architectural awards recognizing traditional work in the Southeastern United States. Virginia Tech University Professors Dr. Dennis Kilper, RA, D.Des. and Dr. Joseph Wang, Ph.D. have retired from the faculty of the School of Architecture + Design at the end of the academic year 2008/2009. Professor Kilper has been teaching at Virgina Tech since 1975 and was the T.A. Carter Professor of Architecture. He served as the chair of the graduate programs in architecture as well as one of the chairs of the then-department of architecture during his tenure. He was bestowed with several awards for his teaching. He is the recipient of several awards from the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects for his continued architectural practice. Professor Wang has been teaching for no less than 44 years, beginning his tenure at Virginia Tech in 1965. He served as the chair of the graduate programs in architecture and as the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. An expert of Chinese architecture, Dr. Wang was a Winterthur Fellow and a recipient of a Graham Foundation grant. (SOUTHEAST continued on page 30)

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Professor Rocco Ceo is the School’s new Director of Undergraduate Studies. He served as the ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture) representative of an NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board) appointed Architecture Accrediting Team that visited the University of Minnesota School of Architecture’s Master of Architecture Program in Minneapolis from April 4-8. He was invited by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to serve as a juror for the 9th annual ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition.

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Associate Professor Heiner Schnoedt is the new chair of the 4th and 5th years of the professional degree Bachelor of Architecture program. He joins Associate Professors Kathryn Clarke Albright, AIA (1st year) and Michael Ermann (2nd and 3rd years) as chairs of the undergraduate program. Associate Professor Steven Thompson, RA continues to chair the graduate programs in architecture (M.Arch. I/II/III, M.Sc. in Architecture, Ph.D. in Architecture and Design Research). The School of Architecture + Design has hired new faculty for the academic year 2009/2010. Dr. Elisabeth Grant, Ph.D., RA has been hired as a tenure-track assistant professor to teach environmental building systems, architecture systems integration, environmental design research, and architecture design studio. She obtained her Ph.D. at Virginia Tech. Newly hired visiting faculty are: Michael Ezban, who has received his Master of Archtecture degree from University of Michigan, and Markus Bonauer, a recent fulbright fellow and graduate of UCLA’s Master of Architecture

program, will be teaching teaching undergraduate third year architecture design studio, while Andrew Balster, who was graduated from Einburgh University with a Master of Architecture, will be teaching undergraduate second year architecture design studio. Associate Professor Terry Surjan, founding chair and member of design industry collaborative CUP (Competitions Unte People), has had exhibited his Suitcase Pavilion 1.0 and 2.0, a digitally component driven system, at the London Festival of Architecture and at the WIRED’s NEXTfest in Chicago’s Millenium Park during the academic year 2008/2009. Surjan was announced a competiton winner by Edificial Architecture, A Brutal (but Constructive) Architecture & Design Tabloid for his design for a Waiting Room for Unemployed Architects. Surjan and CUP have been invited as a program partner of the Burnham Plan Centennial for Fall 2009. CUP and Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture + Design will install the project 100 Columns +, a temporary memorial to Danial Burnham. Surjan also acted as undergraduate architecture student Meredith Barbar’s faculty

advisor. She was awarded a $10,000 2009 Kohn. Pederson.Fox Fellowship. Assistant Professor Dr. Markus Breitschmid, Ph.D., S.I.A., had an article published in the German journal Internationale Zeitschrift zur Theorie der Architektur (Cottbus) tited “Between Object and Culture”. The themed issue on the theory of interpretation appeared in December 2008. Assistant Professor Dr. Hilary Bryon, Ph.D., had an article published in the British journal Architectural Research Quarterly (Cambridge) titled “Revolutions in space: parallel projections in the early modern era” in its number 3-4 issue of December 2008. Visiting Instructors Keith Zawistowski and Marie Zawistowski design for the Arritt House, an extension of a two hundred year old house in the Appalachian Mountains, was published in the French magazine Architecture Bois & Dépendance (Nantes), a journal spezialized for architecture constructed in wood, in its Spring 2009 edition.

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Lawrence Technological University Assistant Professor Constance Bodurow, Assoc. AIA, AICP, is leading the Value Densification Community Mapping Project (VDCmp), a multidisciplinary, collaborative, funded urban design research project. The Research Team includes Civil Engineering Professor Calvin Creech, PE, LEED, and Research Assistant Jordan Martin of Lawrence Technological University and Dr. Alan Hoback, PE, Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. In conjunction the Southwest Detroit community, and supported by multi-year funding through the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the VDCmp was developed to explore how aspects of the post-industrial city can be understood, communicated, and leveraged in service of equity and sustainability, and to use technology to reveal data about the city in order to convince community, political, and economic

leadership to embrace a broader interpretation of value. The research team is collaborating to create a unique “free-ware” digital interface incorporating and merging components of Google Earth, Sketch Up, and ERSI ArcGIS to model physical and social density and value in three dimensions. The resultant digital interface empowers the community through asset identification and creation of an accessible tool to assist in envisioning its environmental, social, and economic future. This academic year, the VDCmp has been accepted for peer-reviewed dissemination at the Urban Affairs Association’s Annual Meeting, in Chicago, IL; the ACSA Annual Meeting in Portland, OR; the APA National Planning Conference in Minneapolis, MN; the AIA National Convention in San Fransisco, CA; the ESRI Users Conference in San Diego, CA; and the CityFutures Conference in Madrid, Spain. During the fall 2008 term, students at the Detroit Studio Community Outreach Program par-

ticipated in the Balduck Park master plan and community center project in collaboration with local communities in Detroit. The Detroit Studio is directed by Associate Professor Joongsub Kim, Ph.D., AIA, AICP. Some of the Balduck Park master plan proposals by graduate students are currently exhibited at The Design Exchange (DX) Museum in Toronto and are part of an international exhibition entitled “Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture” sponsored by the Center for Studies in Food Security and the Department of Architecture at Ryerson University in Toronto. Professor Kim received a seed grant from the American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C., to support the Detroit Studio’s program in sustainable urban development, urban agriculture, and youth education in collaboration with the Hope District in Detroit. The program is scheduled to take place in Fall 2009.

Several Lawrence Tech professors presented papers at the ARCC Spring Research Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Professor Kim gave a paper entitled, “Linking Theory with Practice, and Student Projects with Applied Research: Case Study in Detroit.” Assistant Professors Anirban Adhya, Philip Plowright, and James Stevens co-authored “Rethinking Models of Architectural Research: We don’t do objects.” Associate Professor Dale Allen Gyure, Ph.D., was invited by the World Monuments Fund to a meeting of preservationists and historians at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. The meeting allowed participants to exchange ideas about the preservation of concrete blocks on the Frank Lloyd Wright campus, which was included with other Wright structures on the 2008 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites. Dr. Gyure’s book on Wright and Florida Southern College will be published in 2010. University of Michigan University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning announced Dr. Peter von Bülow was promoted to Associate Profes-

sor with tenure. He teaches courses in structural frames, reinforced concrete, and wood structures. von Bülow presented work from his frame structures class at the 2nd Sino-Italian Workshop on Bridges and Special Structures, IUAV, University of Venice in December. This project is a cooperative effort between the University of Michigan and TU Delft. The course presented an initial trial use of Bentley’s generative components with a genetic algorithm for the exploration of structural form. STAAD-Pro FEA software was used for analysis.

Arquero de Alarcon has a joint appointment in architecture and urban and regional planning. She is a Spanish licensed architect and urban designer. Her most recent work focuses on the interface between landscape and urbanism, and the issues of interpretation and representation. She received a degree in Architecture from the ETSA Madrid, a Master in Landscape Architecture from the ETH Zurich, and a Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University GSD.

The Architecture Program welcomes five new faculty members: Geoffrey Thün, Associate Professor; and Kathy Velikov, Maria Arquero de Alarcon, McLain Clutter, and Jen Maigret, Assistant Professors.

Clutter’s work includes design, design-research, and scholarship. He is particularly interested in developing design techniques that instrumentalize the effects of visual media on the subjective experience of architectural space and form. He earned a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Syracuse University and a post-profession MED from Yale University. His essay entitled, “Imaginary Apparatus: Film Production and Urban Planning in New York City, 1966-1975,” was featured in Grey Room 35, Summer 2009.

Thün was an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. His research ranges from the scale of regional ecologies and infrastructures to the development of high-performance prefabricated building systems. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Western Ontario, B. Environmental Studies and a professional B.Arch. from the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Urban Design from the University of Toronto. Current research is funded by the US Department of Energy / NREL, NRCan, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). Velikov was an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and Chair of the Canada Green Building Council’s Academic Education Committee. Her work and research focuses on complex ecological, economic, and social structures and processes and built environments that are shaped by advanced materials and technologies. She holds a professional B.Arch. from the University of Waterloo and a Master of History of Art and Architecture from the University of Toronto. Thün and Velikov are partners in RVTR, founded in 2006, a Toronto, Canada, research–based practice. They were recipients of a 2008 Young Architects Forum Award for their portfolio of design from the Architecture League of New York. The firm was awarded the 2009 Canadian Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture to work on design research for northern-climate sustainable housing by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Maigret taught previously at the Washington University-St. Louis. Her initial education and professional experience within the field of biology inform her current interests in exploring architecture as a component of broader environmental and social ecologies. She earned a B.A. in biology from Hartwick College, a MSc in ecology and evolutionary biology and a M.Arch. from the University of Michigan. Associate Professor Lydia Soo presented “A Restoration Academy: The Places of Architectural Discourse in Late 17th Century London;” at the meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians in Pasadena in April. Associate Professor Will Glover won the 2008 American Institute of Pakistan Students (AIPS) Junior Book Prize for his book Making Lahore Modern. Professor of Practice in Architecture Harry Giles’ conference paper submission, “Prefabricated Construction Using Digitally Integrated Industrial Manufacturing” to the joint 2008 EAAE/ARCC International Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark was awarded an honorable mention by the Architectural ResearchCentersConsortium (ARCC).

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Professor Kim is completing a study on national identity in architecture and urban design, funded by the Graham Foundation. He is also conducting international joint research with researchers in Sweden, Japan, Korea, England, Australia, Ireland, the USA, and Canada regarding community participation in urban revitalization. The project and its book publication are funded by Yonsei University in Korea and the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs. Dr. Kim is writing a chapter of that book to be published in Fall 2009. His paper on New Urbanism and its health benefits is under review for publication in the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. “The value of urban agriculture in urban design and development” has been published in the ACSA National Conference proceedings in March 2009. Other ongoing research projects for peer-reviewed journal publications include “the role of urban agriculture in architecture and planning,” “urban design as a catalyst for architectural pedagogy,” “exploring design reviewers’ practices: four roles,” “children and community-based architectural education: case study in Detroit,” and “assessing thematic urbanism in Korea and the USA.”

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SOUTHweST Texas A&M University In spring 2008, the J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries at the Memorial Student Center of Texas A&M University hosted the traveling exhibition, “Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project”. Arrangements to being this exhibition to College Station, it only venue in Texas, were made by Department of Architecture faculty Dr. Kevin Glowacki and Dr. Nancy Klein in cooperation with gallery director Catherine A. Hastedt. Glowacki, who specializes in the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, introduced the exhibit with a public lecture about the restoration efforts and importance of the Acropolis. The exhibition was supported by the J. Wayne Stark Galleries, the Center for Heritage Conservation, the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University.

Living Research Program. “We’re trying to learn what kind of environment would encourage children to walk to school each day, instead of being driven, as a way to stay physically active and healthy,” said Zhu, who received a Ph.D. in architecture from Texas A&M and joined the Aggie faculty in 2008. The mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is to contribute to the improvement of health and health care of Americans. For more information about the foundation, visit www.rwjf.org. Dr. Susan Rodiek has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, with tenure. This will take effect on 1 September 2009. Dr. Rodiek is focused on the professional practice of architecture, especially design for aging and healthcare settings, with an emphasis on human-behavior research. She is a registered architect with NCARB certification. She joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2005.

A lecture, “From Academia to Practice,” by Dr. Mardelle Shepley, director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M University, is featured (when?) in Healthcare Design magazine’s online video interview series. In the presentation, Shepley describes her adventures moving from the academic setting to an architectural practice for several months, and what the experience taught her about the information needs of practicing architects wanting to pursue evidence-based design. Designers, she said, are much more comfortable once they realize evidence-based design doesn’t mean taking the art out of architecture, and are very adept at translating scientific data into design guidelines.

Dr. Peter Lang has been promoted to the rank Associate Professors, with tenure. This will take effect on 1 September 2009. Dr. Lang’s principal field of study is post-war Italian contemporary architecture and design history. He has written extensively on the sixties Italian Radical design movement and organized major exhibitions in this field. Active in urban theory, Lang has worked on recent trends in globalization and their impact on the city and in suburban contexts. His other interests include the evolution and documentation of informal architectural and urban productions in Asia, Europe and the United States and U.S. suburban regions. Dr. Lang joined Texas A&M faculty in 2001.

Dr. Xuemei Zhu, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture and a Faculty Fellow at the college’s Center for Health Systems & Design, is heading a study to learn about how personal, social, physical and environmental factors affect children’s walkingto-school behaviors. The study, “Safety, Health, and Equity for Active School Transportation: Interactions among Multi-Level Factors and Specific Needs of Low-Income Hispanic Children,” has received a two-year, $186,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Active

Dr. Wei Yan, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M University, has teamed up with researchers at Idaho National Laboratory to investigate a new application of ice thermal storage (ITS) in cooling nuclear power plants. If feasible, the ITS system could provide substantial operational savings and even benefit the environment. Dr. Yan is a co-principal investigator on the feasibility study funded by a $200,000 U.S. Department of Energy’s Lab Directed Research and Development grant. He’s researching the use of Building Information

Modeling in the early design, modeling, and estimating of ITS buildings. Yan’s research is supported by part of the grant through a subcontract with Idaho National Laboratory. university of arkansas The papers of famed Arkansas Architect Fay Jones are now open for research at the University of Arkansas Libraries’ special collections department. The formal opening of the collection was announced by Carolyn Allen, dean of libraries, during the April 4 dedication and renaming of the Fay Jones School of Architecture. The collection contains biographical information, correspondence and drawings for projects, business and academic records, slide and photographic images, books and working models. The records were donated to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Fay Jones and his wife Mary Elizabeth “Gus” Jones between 1997 and 2009. The task of processing and organizing the papers was a six-year project, resulting in a collection of 606 linear feet of material. A finding aid for the collection is available online, in addition to a project catalog containing information about the projects and illustrations of them. Jones was an internationally known architect and educator who won the American Institute of Architecture’s highest honor, the AIA Gold Medal, in 1990. Working from his small studio in Fayetteville, he practiced architecture from 1954 to 1998, designing more than 200 projects, including residential buildings, chapels, pavilions and intricate metal structures. His most acclaimed structure is Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs. Of the projects for which records exist, 129 were built, 84 of which were in Arkansas. Jones met his mentor, Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1949. Both Jones and his wife Gus became members of Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship in the mid-1950s. Wright’s most lasting influence on Jones was in the application of the principles of organic architecture: simplicity of construction, use of native materials, attention to crafted details, and seamless integration of buildings to sites.

The Fay Jones collection is a complete record of Jones’ teaching, his practice, his philosophy of architecture, and his skill as an artist. Personal materials include biographical information from Jones’s childhood through his World War II service. The collection includes numerous carefully kept appointment books, registration certificates, sketch books and phone messages that provide details not found elsewhere. Printed resources include posters from seminars and meetings, clippings, magazines featuring Jones’ work and portions of his own library. Materials documenting more than 200 building projects from 1950 to 1998 include correspondence, construction schedules, notes, sketches, reports and product literature. Over 22,000 separate sheets of drawings illustrate the development of projects from conceptual drawings to presentation and construction drawings. More than 20,000 slides and photographs record Jones’ architectural creations and travels. Recorded interviews and audiovisual items featuring Jones and his works are in VHS and DVD formats. His academic records include lecture notes, class rosters and University of Arkansas School of Architecture administrative records. Tom W. Dillard, head of the special collections department, observed, “Fay Jones was an Arkansas treasure, and I believe his archive will be a treasure to future generations. I anticipate the collection will be used extensively as architects and architectural historians seek to determine the full scope of the brilliance of this Arkansas architect and teacher.” A selection of Jones’ sketches, models and plans is on permanent display in the Libraries’

architectural archives in Mullins Library 126. The recent renaming of the School of Architecture in honor of Fay Jones was made possible by a generous gift from Don and Ellen Edmondson of Forrest City, Ark., who also supported the processing of his papers in special collections. Another gift from the Edmondsons produced four display cases for models, as well as a large brass emblem for the architectural archives door in Mullins Library. For further information on the Fay Jones Collection, visit http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/mc1373/ or view the extensive project catalog at http://libinfo.uark. edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/FayJones/ projects.asp. University of houston Assistant Professor Michelangelo Sabatino, PhD, of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture co-edited (with Rafael Longoria, ACSA Distinguished Professor) a theme issue of Cite – The Architecture + Design Review of Houston 78 (May 2009) on “Texas Reaches for the Stars.” Sabatino co-edited with Prof. JeanFrançois Lejeune (University of Miami) a book entitled Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean: Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities forthcoming with Routledge in October 2009. University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana’s BeauSoleil Louisiana Solar Home (2009 Solar Decathlon entry), led by Associate Professor Geoff Gjertson, is nearing completion with a scheduled date for roll-out of August 24, 2009. The home embodies the TEAM’s concept of a sustainable, prototype for housing on the Gulf Coast in the wake of the hurricanes of 2005 and 2008. The BeauSoleil Home employs a hybrid strategy of active and passive systems. The active systems are best exemplified by the 9 kW photovoltaic electric system which will generate a surplus of power to be returned to the grid The dogtrot or transitional porch epitomizes the passive systems providing ventilation for the home while creating a flexible space that can convert from

interior to exterior and back. A primary concern to the TEAM is conveying the Cajun culture of southwest Louisiana through a home which generously facilitates our lifestyle of entertaining, cooking, music and dancing. The Home and the TEAM will leave for Washington DC in late September where they will compete against 19 other universities in the 2009 Solar Decathlon.

The Community Design Workshop, led by Professor Thomas Sammons, is working on multiple grants including a housing grant from the DOTD in Delcambre, Louisiana, an urban design proposal for the Oil Center in Lafayette, Louisiana from LEDA and a grant to model the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus as part of a Homeland Security grant. Additionally, the CDW is working on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus masterplan. Sammons presented several papers in the spring semester including a presentation at WSSA and the International Making Cities Livable Conference. This spring Associate Professor Corey Saft became a registered architect and a LEED Accredited Professional. Additionally, Saft was promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor. Professor Hector LaSala and Saft were selected to be one of three presenters for the Walter Wagner Forum at the 2009 AIA National Convention. Saft was a moderator at the 2009 National Conference on the Beginning Design Student. He is currently working on an anticipated LEED Platinum home. Professor and Director Robert McKinney AIA, LEED AP, CSI of School of Architecture and Design was elected Executive Officer of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Faculty Senate. McKinney also received a grant from the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation to prepare HABS documentation on the Academy of Scared Heart Chapel at Grand Coteua, LA. The Academy of Sacred Heart school founded in 1821 is the oldest school west of the Mississippi, River. For 2009-2010 Professor McKinney and the Architecture program at UL Lafayette was the sole grant funded for HABS documentation in the State. (SOUTHWEST continued on page 34)

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Jones inspired and educated generations of Arkansas architects and lectured widely throughout the United States. After a teaching stint at the University of Oklahoma, Jones returned to the University of Arkansas in 1953 where he began his twin careers of teaching and maintaining an architectural practice. In 1966 he became chair of the university’s architecture department, and in 1974 he was named the first dean of the new School of Architecture. Jones died in Fayetteville in 2004.

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University of texas at arlington Assistant Professor Wanda Dye was recently awarded a national AIA Education Honor Award for teaching excellence in her course titled “The Everyday City”. The purpose of the award is to discover and recognize the achievement of individuals who serve the profession as outstanding teachers. The jurors seek evidence of exceptional and innovative courses, initiatives, or programs that deal with broad issues, particularly in cross-disciplinary collaboration and/or within the broader community; contribute to the advancement of architecture education; have the potential to benefit and/or change practice; and/or promote models of excellence that can be appropriated by other educators. Jurors included Randy Byers,

Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, President of AIA and Assistant Professor Wanda Dye, UT Arlington

Robert Campbell, Julie Eizenberg, Deana Moore and Kate Schwennsen. The award winning work was exhibited at the 2009 National AIA Convention in San Francisco and published in the 2009 Association of Collegiate Schools of

Wanda Dye joined UT Arlington in 2007. She teaches design studios and a seminar titled “The Everyday City”. She received degrees from Auburn and Columbia University, has taught at Georgia Tech and Mississippi State University, and has worked in the offices of Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects. Present teaching, writing, and creative practice explore problems of sameness within the everyday landscape, in particular, those associated with public space and prototypical design. More information on her creative work and teaching can be viewed at: Project on the Everyday Landscape.

northeast City College of New York The School of Architecture at City College, formerly the School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, has been renamed the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture in recognition of the generous $25 million dollar gift from the Spitzer Foundation. The gift coincides with the school’s move from it’s second home in George B. Post’s venerable Shepard Hall to it’s new Rafael Viñoly designed home on the City College South campus.

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In addition to the 5 year B. Arch program the school now offers a newly accredited Master of Landscape Architecture and M.Arch I, M.Arch II and MLA II Programs while maintaining both the Urban Design Program and City College Architectural Center. Professor Achva Benzinberg Stein directs both the MLA and CCAC programs. Professor Brad Horn directs the M.Arch Programs and Teddy Cruz served as 2009 interim Director of the UD

program while prolific writer-director Michael Sorkin was on Sabbatical leave. 2009 newly tenured faculty include Professors Marta Gutman representing history/theory on the Curriculum Committee and Fabian Llonch, Coordinator of B. Arch 2nd year studios and Director of the summer “GoBarcelona” Program in Catalonia. Recent distinguished Visiting Professors to the School include Hillary Brown, Karen Bausman, Sara Caples, Teddy Cruz, Victoria Meyers, among others. This year the school welcomed the following tenure-track faculty to it’s full time roster: Jacob Alspector, Jeremy Edmiston, Julio Salcedo-Fernandez, Elisabetta Terragni, June Williamson, and Christian Volkmann. Professors Carmi Bee and Garrison McNeil both became Professors Emeritus and are continuing to teach as adjunct faculty.

The School of Architecture faculty is the most published faculty at CCNY. In the academic year 2008-2009 the following have been published: Professor Lance Jay Brown co-authored the new book Urban Design for an Urban Century (Wiley, 2009). Other recent publications include: “Urban Design: Small-Scale Projects Make A Big Difference” in OCULUS 70:2, summer 2008; “Material Matters” in Architecture: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future, edited by Nancy B. Solomon, AIA; contributions to “Downtown 2020,” a 2008 report of the Downtown Future Group (w/ Rosemary Scanlon, Hugh Kelly, Robert Geddes, et al), prepared by The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College; and contributions to the AIAS “Perspectives for A 2020 Vision.” Also, with great sadness, he wrote an Obituary in The Architect’s Newspaper for School of Architecture colleague Steven A. Kliment (1930-2008). Professor Lance Jay Brown, Distinguished Professor Michael Sorkin, Professor Marshall Berman, Visiting Professor Teddy Cruz and Associ-

ate Professor June Williamson each contributed commentaries on aspects of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC to The New York 2030 Notebook, edited by Jeff Byles and Olympia Kazi and published by the Institute for Urban Design. Adjunct Assistant Professor Timothy Collins’ work was published in the book Architects Draw: Freehand Fundamentals (Princeton Architectural Press), by Sue Ferguson Gussow, and included in an accompanying exhibition at the Arthur A Houghton, Jr. Gallery at the Cooper Union in October 2008. His competition entry (with Roger Goodhill) for White House Redux was exhibited at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in October of 2008 as well as published in the corresponding book. Adjunct Assistant Professor Gonzalo Cruz published an article in the magazine Topos about Erie Basin Park in Red Hook, Brooklyn, designed by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Lee Weintraub.

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Drexel University Students participating in the 2nd annual Department of Architecture and Interiors Design Charrette.

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Pennsylvania State University Brian Orland has been appointed interim director of the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape

Drexel University Students participating in the 2nd annual Department of Architecture and Interiors Design Charrette.

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Drexel University’s Department of Architecture + Interiors hosted its 2nd annual interdisciplinary design charrette, An Urban Oasis, over the first weekend of April, 2009. Organizing co-chairs Lauren Karwoski-Magee and Debra Ruben, along with committee members Dr. Ulrike Altenmüller, Judith Bing, Dr. Mark Brack and Rena Cumby coordinated this event that teamed up seventy students from diverse majors including Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Biomedicine, Entertainment and Arts Management, Graphic Design, Information Systems, Digital Media, Environmental Health, Legal Studies, Economics, Biomedicine, Architecture and Interiors. Student teams collaborated on the design of public outdoor spaces for relaxation and refuge on presently derelict sites in communities throughout Philadelphia. The charrette culminated with a review of the work by invited professionals, community members and educators and an exhibition of the final projects at the AIA Center for Architecture in Philadelphia.

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to the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture to be used to foster academic collaboration in the education of architects and landscape architects. (See the December 2008 ACSA Newsletter for additional information about the gift.) Scott Wing, associate professor of architecture, has been named the interim head of the Department of Architecture. Professor Wing joined the faculty at Penn State in 2000 and received tenure in 2004. His teaching and research center on materials, construction processes and design-build as a mechanism to teach ethics in architectural education. Some of the children wearing their new uniforms at the opening day ceremony. Photo by Mircea Popa.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced May19 that Evan Douglis, chair of the Undergraduate Department in the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute and principal of the contemporary architecture and design firm Evan Douglis Studio, will join Rensselaer as dean of the School of Architecture. The appointment is effective August 1.

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“As architecture students and faculty at Rensselaer continue to move into forward-looking areas of sustainable building, digital design, materials creation, and artistic expression in the 21st century, we will look to the innovative leadership of Mr. Douglis to guide the School of Architecture into a new era of national and international prominence,” said Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson. “Mr. Douglis is widely known for his computer-aided design and interdisciplinary approach to contemporary design. His scholarship, research methodologies, and professional experience combine design, function, computation, aesthetics, and an interest in new materials and technology in bold new ways.” As the dean of architecture at Rensselaer, Douglis will be responsible for leading the undergraduate and graduate educational programs and research of the School of Architecture. Douglis will continue the development of interdisciplinary initiatives, as well as the appointment, promotion, and development of faculty and staff.

Evan Douglis Studio is an internationally renowned architecture and interdisciplinary design firm committed to a culture of beautiful and benevolent design. The research of the firm into computer-aided digital design and fabrication technology, new materials and multimedia installations as applied to a range of diverse gallery installations, commercial projects, urban redevelopment schemes, and more recently a new generation of building components has elicited international acclaim. Douglis’ work offers unique insight into the role of smart materials in sustainable design, mass-customization for prefab construction, and the next generation of architectural skins integrating structure and ornament. Prior to his appointment at Pratt, Douglis served as assistant associate professor at Columbia University, the director of Columbia University’s Architecture Galleries, and as a visiting professor at The Cooper Union. Douglis also has taught at various programs both nationally and internationally, including the International University at Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Hubei Fine Arts Institute in Wuhan, China; SCI-Arc Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles; and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. More recently, in 2008 he was awarded a Distinguished Professorship from the City College of New York. Douglis’ awards include: a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, a Design Vanguard profile by Architectural Record, an I.D. Maga-

zine Honorable Mention, a FEIDAD Design Merit Award, a finalist nomination for the North American James Beard Foundation Restaurant Design Awards, a fellowship in the European Ceramic Work Centre’s Brick Project Residency Program, and an ACADIA Award for Emerging Digital Practice. In May 2009 he will receive the Presidents’ Citation Award in Architecture from The Cooper Union. His work has been exhibited at the Swiss Architecture Museum (SAM), ARCHILAB in Orléans, France, the MOCA Museum at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, Artist Space in New York, and the Rotterdam and London Biennales. His Helioscope project is in the permanent architecture collection at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France. His work has been included in the publications Sign as Surface; INDEX Architecture; The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century; the 2004 ARCHILAB Exhibition Catalog titled Naked City; and the 2005 Phaidon publication titled 10 x10_2. His work has also been showcased in the competition catalog Distinguishing Digital Architecture; the SAM catalog Re-Sampling Ornament; the book Protoarchitecture: Analogue and Digital Hybrids; and the book Programming Cultures: Design, Science and Software. His work has also appeared in the books FURNISH: Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st Century; Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging Talent; and Architecture Now 5. His book Autogenic Structures was released in December 2008.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union and his master of architecture degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He will succeed Mark Mistur, who has served this year as acting dean of the School of Architecture. Mistur will return to his academic position as an associate professor in the School of Architecture.

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The first phase of the work involved constructing two, open-air classrooms and a unique, “hygiene court” featuring compost toilets and a rain-water retention tank adapted for handwashing, a village first. Undertaking the project as a true collaborative exercise (for instance, those from Early Childhood Education worked directly with those in Architecture and Interior Design to conceive an appropriate classroom environment), a number of sub-teams were formed and, on a rotating basis, made responsible for each significant aspect of the work, from siting, excavation, and the laying of foundations, to erecting the structural frame and building walls and roofs, to completing the latrines and landscape. While some team members were in charge of building material selection, procurement, and delivery

The old kindergarten in Kpedze Todze. Photo by Mircea Popa.

An exterior view of the hygiene court. Photo by Rev. Maxwell Adu.

(the team set the goal that all building materials, supplies, and tools be indigenous to Ghana and sourced within a thirty-kilometer radius of the site), others undertook more particular aspects of the work, such as the design of the childrens’ uniforms, the selection of textiles employed in the classrooms as ceilings, the conception and manufacture of school furnishings, and the production and editing of a documentary film that is to be made available on YouTube.

Syracuse University Professor Randall Korman has been named Associate Dean of the Syracuse University School of Architecture. A faculty member at the school for the past 30 years, Korman served as interim Associate Dean from 2005-08. As Associate Dean, Korman will serve as a senior member of (NORTHEAST continued on page 38)

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Five Ryerson University departments collaborated this past Spring with the chiefs, elders, and townspeople of Kpedze Todze, a rural village located in the Volta region of southeastern Ghana, to design and build the first phase of a kindergarten school complex that will accommodate some fifty children and their teachers. Thirty students, faculty, alumni, and friends from the departments of Architecture, Interior Design, Early Childhood Education, Fashion Design, and Film Studies participated in this monthlong, cross-disciplinary, design/build experience abroad. From the outset, the team desired not only to realize a new kindergarten building for the children of Kpedze Todze, but to realize a model kindergarten complex, one that would raise the bar on the design of school facilities in Ghana as a whole. When completed this December, the project will feature two classrooms, latrines, teachers’ offices, and sleeping room arranged around a walled and gated courtyard and connected by a colonnade.

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ture, July 9 through July 17. The panel entitled ‘Architecture, vision and power,’ included Pier Vittorio Aureli, Felicity Scott, Peter Wilson and focused on large scale architectural projects and the relationship between architectural imagination and consensus strategies imposed by an increasingly aggressive advanced capitalism.

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the Dean’s cabinet and help further the school’s academic and fiscal agendas. Korman received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the Cooper Union and a graduate degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He was a graduate intern at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City and worked in the architectural offices of Kenneth Frampton, Peter Eisenman and Michael Graves. He established his own practice, Randall Korman, Architect, in 1975, with a range of work including commercial, institutional and residential projects. At Syracuse Architecture, Korman has served as head of both the undergraduate and graduate architecture programs and played a significant role in support of architectural study abroad. Between 1980-82, he established the Syracuse University Florence architecture program, and served as its director in 1989. In 2007, he was instrumental in establishing Syracuse Architecture’s program in London. He has also organized short-term study programs in Austria, Italy, Great Britain and Russia and has been a visiting critic at the University of Texas and Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan. During a sabbatical in the spring of 2009, Korman was the Batza Visiting Professor of Art and History at Colgate University - the first architect awarded that position. Professor Francisco Sanin moderated a panel on July 9 at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, Italy as part of the ‘Beyond Media’ symposium and the 9th annual Visions Festival for Architec-

Assistant Professor Anda French recently developed an interactive text-messaging project to encourage exploration of the city of Syracuse. City residents participated in this innovative project, developed as a fun way to explore the city as they received installments of a text-messaging novel about Syracuse via cell phone. From April 10th through May 8th, short pieces of the story were available at 26 different locations in the city and on Syracuse University’s campus. The first chapters were released on April 10 and subsequent chapters were released every Tuesday and Friday during the four-week project. A website featuring complete details of how it all worked included interactive maps, release dates, and all twenty six locations, as well as an opportunity for readers to provide feedback on the story. Participants sent a text message with the code found on signs at the locations and received a chapter of the story. Different chapters were sent depending on where the code was found, giving the reader a role in how the story unfolded. The project’s name, Sibylline TXT Syracuse, was taken from Virgil’s “Aeneid.”The priestess at the Oracle of Cumae, the Cumaen Sibyl, reveals her prophecies on oak leaves sent from her dwelling, the cave with one hundred mouths. The sequencing of the oak leaves as they scatter creates varying stories. Similarly, the use of cell phone text messaging in this project allowed for a variety of stories and encouraged the public’s engagement. University at Buffalo Mark Shepard presented concept sketches for his project “Sentient City Survival Kit” in The Global Polis: Interactive Infrastructures, an exhibition curated by Nader Vossoughian and organized by the Center for Architecture, New York. The exhibition was on view from May 15 to August 31, 2009. He also presented the project as a work-in-progress at the Subtle Technologies Symposium in Toronto, Canada in June. In addition, he is curating “Toward the Sentient City”, an exhibition of new projects commis-

sioned by the Architectural League of New York that critically explore the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing and urban architecture. The exhibition runs September 17 - November 7, 2009.

A Women’s Berlin: Building the Modern City (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) by assistant professor Despina Stratigakos has been awarded the $1,000 Milka Bliznakov Prize by the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) Center, in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies. The prize is awarded to scholarly or creative work that furthers the knowledge of women in architecture and the related design fields. Stratigakos’ scholarship and activism focus on issues of diversity in architecture and in this book she explores a largely forgotten metropolis created by and for women. Robert Shibley, the Director of The Urban Design Project (UDP) reports four new awards to the Project. One is the Congress for the New Urbanism’s “2009 Charter Award” for an ensemble of plans produced by the UDP over the past decade. The honor went for the Buffalo Comprehensive Plan framework including The Queen City of the 21st Century: Buffalo’s Comprehensive Plan; The Queen City Hub: A Regional Action Plan for Downtown Buffalo; The Queen City Waterfront – the Buffalo Waterfront Corridor Initiative: A Strategic Plan for Transportation Improvements; and, The Olmsted City – The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century. The award was presented at the 2009 meetings of the Congress where the Comprehensive plan set was given one of two awards in the Charter category of “Region.” A second award was presented by the Preservation League of New York State at the their annual meeting in New York City in May for “Excellence in Historic Preservation.” The award recognizes both Professors Shibley and Lynda Schneekloth as project directors and co-editors of the The Olmsted City. A third award is the “2009 Best Practice – Implementation Award” from the APA’s Western New York Section for the successful Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway Nomination developed by Elizabeth Cheteny, the UDP Director of Planning with Bill Smith, Jr and Sean Brodfuehrer. A fourth award from the APA Section was the 2009 Comprehensive Planning Award for The Olmsted City.

WEST central Eric Ellingsen, Studio Assistant Professor and Assistant to the Director of the Landscape Architecture Program, co-designed and built a 23-foot interactive “Vertical Farm Model” featured at the Museum of Science and Industry (September 2008). http://www.verticalfarm.com/ Associate Professor Frank Flury’s Design/Build studio is working on a small field chapel to be constructed this summer in Boedigheim, Germany. The studio will visit the site over spring break and return in May to start construction. Assistant Professor John Ronan was awarded the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Institute Honor Award for the Gary Comer Youth Center in Chicago. This 74,000-square-foot youth center, located in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, demonstrates a commitment to social progress in providing a constructive environment for area youths to spend their afterschool hours. Noted German structural engineer and architect Werner Sobek is the Mies van der Rohe Visiting Professor for the 2008-2009 school year. Arturo Vittori, founder of the architecture design team Architecture and Vision, joined the College of Architecture as an Adjunct Associate Professor for the Spring 2009 semester. Susan Conger-Austin, Thesis Director and Assistant Professor, was a recipient of the Fulbright Specialist Grant to teach at Mayor University in Santiago, Chile in Summer 2008. Iowa State University The Bridge Studio led by Nadia M. Anderson received the NCARB Grand Prize for Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy. In the Bridge Studio, students develop prototypes for affordable housing that incorporate sustainable building and neighborhood design strategies. They work with clients, budgets, contractors, and architectural practitioners to develop comprehensive projects that can be directly implemented by project clients

and serve as models for future work. The Bridge Studio and the interdisciplinary Green Iowa Communities studio led by Professor Anderson and Landscape Architecture Assistant Professor Carl Rogers have been selected for the ACSA/AIA Innovation in Design and Research program highlighting projects that can engage President Obama’s Economic Reccovery Act. Nadia M. Anderson will be moving into a new position within the architecture faculty at ISU in fall 2009 as an Assistant Professor. Ms. Anderson has been teaching at ISU for four years as a full-time Lecturer, leading a number of successful initiatives in sustainable design, community outreach, and design/practice interface. She came to ISU in 2005 after 12+ years in architecture and urban design practice in Chicago, Warsaw, Poland, and Vienna, Austria and her work engages a systems-based approach to building and urban design with an emphasis on the integration of sustainability and affordability in housing and neighborhood design. Kevin Nordmeyer, an architect and partner at RDG Planning and Design in Des Moines and an adjunct faculty member in Iowa State’s Department of Architecture, is the new director of the Iowa Energy Center. The Iowa Energy Center’s mission is to increase Iowa’s energy efficiency and use of renewable energy, model state efforts to decrease dependence on imported fuels, and sponsor energy-related research, education and demonstration projects. The center also administers the Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program for the state of Iowa. Thomas Leslie has been awarded a Sabbatical Fellowship by the American Philosophical Society to continue work on his study of historic skyscraper construction in Chicago. He will spend Spring, 2010 in residence as an Eshbach Scholar at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Washington University in St. Louis Bruce Lindsey, AIA, Dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design and E. Desmond Lee Professor of Community Collaboration, has been named

one of the Most Admired Educators of 2009 by DesignIntelligence. Robert McCarter, the Ruth & Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, was appointed chair of the Architecture Graduate Program. His article on “The Villa Mairea of Alvar Aalto” was included in the commemorative 50th issue of the Slovenian magazine Hise (“Houses”). He also gave two invited lectures: “Embossings of the Sky: Louis I. Kahn and the Light-Giving Wall,” at the AIA New York Center for Architecture and “Louis I. Kahn: The Eternal and the Circumstantial” at Kansas State University. His book Louis I. Kahn was published by Phaidon Press in a new, softbound edition. Another book, Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Lives, published by Reaktion Books, has been released in several new international editions, including Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and German.

Bob Hansman, associate professor of architecture, received an award in December 2008 from the Missouri History Museum and the St. Louis Coalition for Human Rights commemorating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Stephen Leet, associate professor of architecture, received 3 first place awards in the 2008 St Louis at Home magazine “Architect and Design Awards.” for the renovation of a mid-century modern house, the Stinson House (collaboration with Susan Bower). The 3 categories were best contemporary design, historical preservation, and re-models less than 1,000 sq. ft. Eric Mumford, Ph.D., associate professor of architecture, history, and art history, has published a book Defining urban Design: CIAM Architects and the formation of a discipline, 193769 with Yale University Press. He also lectured at the “Reassessing Rudolph” symposium at the Yale School of Architecture and at “The Artist and the Architect: Hofmann and Sert” at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. He also lectured on “CIAM and Team 10” at the Getty Research Center conference and at the (WEST CENTRAL continued on page 40)

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International Union of Architects Congress in Turin, Italy. Igor Marjanovic, assistant professor of architecture, participated in a panel discussion at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis titled “Art + Perception: The Flavin Conversation,” was an interdisciplinary dialogue about Dan Flavin’s artwork at the Pulitzer. Marjanovic also participated in a panel discussion on the architecture of Bertrand Goldberg at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Marjanovic also gave a talk on portfolio design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the invitation of the American Institute of Architecture Students. Three architecture faculty members received the 2008-09 Sam Fox School Faculty Creative Activity

Research Grants ($5,000 each). Jenny Lovell, assistant professor of architecture, received a grant that will help the production of her book Building Envelope: ‘elements’ Toward an Integrated Approach, under contract with Princeton Architectural Press. Jen Maigret, assistant professor of architecture, received a grant for “An Architecture of Water Courses” that will help fund the development of a prototype tiling facade system that uses complex three-dimensional surface tessellations to slow rainwater flow rates and aid in localized infiltration in urban environments. An assembly of tiles will be produced using rapid prototyping technology and tested through a full-scale mock-up at the Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St Louis. Heather Woofter, assistant professor of architecture, received a grant that will support a publication in conjunction with her exhibition “Metabolic City” at the Kemper Art Museum in fall 2009.

Liane Hancock, lecturer in architecture, organized the exhibition “Perret and Le Corbusier: A Dialogue in Reinforced Concrete,” which was exhibited in Avery Hall at Columbia University in conjunction with the conference “Solid States: Changing Time for Concrete.” The exhibition included 22 of Hancock’s original photographs of Le Corbusier’s and Auguste Perret’s concrete buildings and reflected upon the dynamic relationship between these two architects by examining their correspondence through both private letters and articles in the press. Hancock also presented a paper on the same subject at the 2008 ACSA fall conference on “Materials Matters: Making Architecture” and at the American Concrete Institute 2008 National Convention in St. Louis.

projects are featured in the exhibition through drawings, photographs, and models fabricated by CCA architecture students. CCA faculty Ila Berman, Kory Bieg, Andre Caradec and Andrew Kudless directed, curated, designed and oversaw the project installation.

UC Berkeley, The MAK Center, and SCI_Arc. He lectured recently at the University of Toronto on his research in Urban Void Networks.

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CCA URBANlab in partnership with AIA San Francisco opened the exhibition “10x10 CITIES” at the 3A Gallery as a part of the 2009 National AIA convention. Ila Berman, Director of Architecture, and Mona El Khafif, Project Coordinator of the URBANlab, generated the exhibition concept. El Khafif worked with CCA architecture students on the exhibition materials — a comparative datascape of 10 cities analyzed through a matrix of 10 measurements of sustainability and a selection of green architectural strategies. The installation, which also includes materials mounted on bus shelters throughout the city, follows the principals of material sustainability and programmatic flexibility. The CCA/m.lab recently mounted the exhibition “Flux: Architecture in a Parametric Landscape” — an exploration of contemporary architecture and design through its relationship with changes in design technologies such as parametric modeling, digital fabrication, and scripting. 50

Adjunct Professor, Stan Field’s firm Field Architecture won two Progressive Architecture (PA) awards: The PA Honor award for the Ubuntu community and HIV treatment center in South Africa, and a PA award for the Bodega Bauer winery project in Mendoza, Argentina. Adjunct Professor, David Fletcher recently published the essay “Landscape Urbanism” in Landscape Architecture Journal; the essay “Proving Ground” ArcCA; and a chapter on Urbanized Watersheds for The Infrastructural City, published by Actar. His office, Fletcher Studio, placed 2nd in an international design and planning competition, “A New Infrastructure”, sponsored by SCI_ Arc and the Architects Newspaper. His work is currently on exhibit at the University of Toronto,

Assistant Professor, David Gissen recently published the essays “The Architectural Production of Nature: Dendur/New York” in Grey Room 34; “Debris” in AA Files 57; “Marathon” in Volume; “History Reloaded” in the TBA21 catalog of the Venice 2009 Biennale; and “Energy Histories” in AD. He spoke this past year at the Architectural Research Colloquium, UC Berkeley; The Stanford/ Berkeley City Group, and Postopolis! LA. Recently, he was appointed to the advisory board of the University College London’s Urban Laboratory. Katherine Rinne, Adjunct Professor, published the book Architecture for a Hybrid Landscape: Proposals for the California Delta (2009: San Francisco). The book documents the work done in the spring 2007 advanced Architecture studio course at CCA led by Katherine Rinne and includes essays by Rinne, Eric Bloom, Jennifer Cambra, and Charles Goodnight.

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Bruce Tomb, senior adjunct professor, exhibited “Ant Farm Media Van v.08[Time Capsule],” commissioned by SFMOMA for “The Art or Participation, 1950 to Now.” The piece will be included in the Estuarie Nantes/Saint-Nazaire Biennale. A new work about the Ant Farm Media Van v.08/ Time Capsule — “Time Capsule Triptych” —completed with Chip Lord and Curtis Schreier will be exhibited at the Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco. And in June, “The (de)Appropriation Project “ will be featured in the book Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, Abrams. California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Thomas Fowler and Barry Williams were awarded a National AIA Education Honor Award for their collaborative work in integrating Arch 352 Design Studio & Arch 307 Environmental

Controls Systems Activity Courses for over a four year period. Barry and Tom will receive their award at the ACSA’s Annual Meeting in Portland, March 26-29 , and will have (2) 30”x 30” presentations boards displayed at the AIA National Convention in San Francisco, April 30-May 2, 2009. Doug Jackson’s project “The Wormhole House” will be published in the forthcoming GA Houses Project 2009 issue, to be released this spring. Additionally, the project will be on exhibit at the Gallery MA in Tokyo during March 2009. Dr. Marc J. Neveu had a co-authored paper accepted at the 12th CSU Symposium on University Teaching at Cal Poly May 2nd, 2010. The paper, “Assessing Interdisciplinary Learning Styles” presents preliminary findings from research aimed at understanding the relationship between learning styles and assessment across disciplines. The research is ongoing and includes faculty from engineering, political science, the social sciences, and urban planning. Marc Neveu’s essay “The Indole of Education: The Apologues of Carlo Lodoli.” was recently published in the Getty Research Journal, Edited by Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Katja Zelljadt. The Getty Research Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that showcases work by scholars and staff associated with the Getty

Research Institute and the other programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Michael Lucas gave a paper at the 5th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Environment, Space and Place, April 23-25 at Towson University in Maryland. The conference theme was ‘Forbidden Place’ and the paper was entitled “Forbidden Morro Bay’ The paper discussed issues involved in necessary confidentiality of Chumash and Playano Salinan cultural practices and record of material culture and conflicts with public understandings, planning, and construction in Morro Bay. Michael Lucas had two collaborative papers accepted at the 12th CSU Symposium on University Teaching this year at Cal Poly May 2nd, 2010. This is a system-wide meeting on pedagogy and strategies: Tom Di Santo, Karen Lange and Michael Lucas presented a paper entitled “Interrogating the Real’ about our Fifth Year Studio experiments in developing knowledge through making and large scale installation and realization. Mark Cabrinha and Michael Lucas presented a paper ‘Look Before Leap: The Architecture Summer Career (WEST continued on page 40)

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Adjunct Professor, Virginia San Fratello of Rael San Fratello Architects exhibited “Planter Brick” in “Vertical Gardens,” Exit Art, New York City, an examination of experimental gardens created to combat the lack of urban flora. Her design for the Hydro Wall, an advanced thermal mass and building enclosure, is included in the exhibition “Out of Water,” at the University of Toronto. A catalog of the exhibition will be published by Birkhauser.

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Workshop’ about the techniques developed over the years of the workshop and outreach to K-12 education. Troy Peters presented a paper “Using High Dynamic Resolution Photography As A Design Tool” at the 2009 American Solar Energy Society Conference (ASES) in Buffalo, NY, May, 2009. Parallel to this paper, Troy had organized and ran a forum titled “Real Stories from Real Buildings” which featured student work from Cal Poly-Pomona, University of Oregon, Ball State University and Oxford Brookes University. Troy co-organized a Workshop titled “SBSE Toolday” which taught architects and other building professionals how to use handheld tools to perform a one day building investigation at the same conference. Troy was the invited judge for the Trimjoist Competition at Mississippi State University on Wednesday, February 4th 2009. The competition had approximately 150 entries divided into 4 year level categories and focused on sustainability. Stephen Phillips received a Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship for six months to live and study in Washington D.C. at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Stephen has been invited by the selection committee for residential grants at the Getty Research Institute to join the 2009-2010 scholar year devoted to the “Display of Art.” Stephen received a $5000 grant award from the Graham Foundation for research towards a new book titled New LA Schools: A Site of Massive Change.

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Tom di Santo has been invited to write a paper this summer on the subject of “Total Design” for the Elizabeth Diller Urban Edge Studio at the UWM/School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Elizabeth Diller is a principal and founding member of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) and a Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. Tom has been invited to teach several watercolor seminars at the University of Oregon, on both their Portland and Eugene campuses. The seminars will take place in Oregon during the Fall of 2009 (October). Keith Wiley presented a paper at the 25th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student at the College of Art and Design, LSU, in Baton Rouge, LA, March 12-14, 2009.

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Chris Yip presented a paper titled “Connecting Architecture and Transcendence: the work of Nelson Wu,” at the 15th Asian Studies Development Program National Conference, Mar. 7, 2009, Philadelphia, PA. University of Arizona The 2008-9 academic year concluded with a series of retirements and new hires. One of the longest standing members of the UA faculty, Charles “Corky” Poster, has retired from his position as executive Director of the Drachman Institute, the “social-justice-based-design” outreach arm of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. In the 29 years that he has been affiliated with the college, Corky has twice served as Acting Dean of the College as well as teaching Planning and Architecture, and founding and directing the Drachman Institute. He was the first recipient of the UA Distinguished Professor of Outreach award in 2004. He will continue to participate in Drachman Institute projects as Senior Fellow for Affordable Housing Design and will continue in his practice of planning and architecture through his firm Poster Frost Architects. Stepping into the leadership of the Drachman Institute will be R. Brooks Jeffrey, who has served as Assoc. Dean of the college since 2004 and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Preservation Studies (since 2000). Brooks has been teaching courses on preservation and

research methods. His publications include the Guide to Tucson Architecture (UA Press, 2002, with Anne M. Nequette) and CrossCultural Vernacular Landscapes of Southern Arizona (Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2005, co-edited with Laura Hollengreen). In 2006 he received the “Excellence in Resource Stewardship” award from the National Park Service for his students’ work creating design guidelines at Petrified Forest National Monument. Susan Moody, Assistant Dean, has retired after many years of service to the school. Initially, Susan taught history and theory courses, and architectural programming. In recent years she has served as Assistant Dean, overseeing Student Affairs, Scholarships, Advising amongst many other responsibilities. Professor Mary Hardin will be stepping into the role of Interim Director of the School of Architecture for the coming academic year. She has taught at CALA for ten years, directing many of the school’s Design/Build studios for which she and colleagues have won several AIA awards. Newcomers to the faculty this fall will include Associate Visiting Professor of Practice Pavel Getov, AIA. Getov graduated from the Higher Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria (Diploma in Architecture ‘88) and holds a Master of Architecture degree (’93)

In the area of Digital Technology, new faculty will include Associate Professor Susannah Dickinson and Assistant Professor Patrick Hwang. Susannah Dickinson studied architecture at the University of Liverpool, University of Oregon and received her Master of Architecture Degree from Cal Poly Pomona. She comes to teaching with a decade of experience working in the offices of Frank O. Gehry + Associates, on projects such as the Museum of Tolerance, in the office of Cesar Pelli in New Haven, and on several LEED certified projects with SHoP in New York City. As principal and partner of M + D, she is currently consulting on the façade design for the Erdos Museum in Mongolia for MAD Architects. Patrick Hwang, who received his B Arch from RISD and Masters of Architecture from Columbia, brings to teaching over a decade of experience working in the offices of Frank O Gehry, Michael Malzman and Rafael Viñoly. This fall will see the construction completion, delivery and testing of the SEED pod, the UA Solar Decathlon Team’s submission, on the National Mall. Professor Larry Medlin will direct the studio for this final phase of the project. Many other faculty and staff have participated in the realization of the project and are acknowledged on the project website (www.uasolardecathlon.org). University of California Berkeley Jennifer Wolch, noted sustainability scholar, has been named as the ninth dean of College of Environmental Design. Harrison Fraker stepped down in 2008 to return to teaching

architecture after 12 years as dean. Sam Davis, a UC Berkeley emeritus professor of architecture, served as interim dean until Wolch began her post at Wurster Hall. Jennifer Wolch, a leading scholar of urban analysis and planning, assumed the duties of dean of the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design on July 1, 2009. She left her post as professor of geography and urban planning at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles and became the college’s ninth dean and UC Berkeley’s fourth current woman dean. Professor Walter Hood, principal of Hood Design of Oakland (with EDAW Atlanta) has been awarded the landscape design for the new Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. The $125 million museum and center for social change is expected to open at Centennial Olympic Park in late 2011. The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco chapter (AIA SanFrancisco) announced the winners of the 2009 AIA San Francisco Design Awards program. Emeritus Professor Stanley Saitowitz principal of Saitowitz/Natoma Architects won an honor award for Congregation Beth Sholom Synagogue and a merit Merit award for Architects for Unit No. 5.

in Montreal . His presentation “The Impact of Information Technology on Architectural Design in the 21st Century” analyzes information technologies’ promise to change design processes, practices, and products. David Baker (CED March ) principal of David Baker and Partners Architects associated with Fletcher Studio have been selected as one of the three finalists with the project Greenways Xero Energy in the competition Re:Vision DALLAS. The aim of Re:Vision is to to create a prototype for an innovative, sustainable urban community. More information at www.revision-dallas.com The Watershed: A Writing Studio designed by Erin Moore CED-M.Arch 2003), principal of FLOAT and assistant professor of architecture at the University of Oregon is in the Sp/Su issue of FINE HOMEBUILDING. Prof. Moore began developing this project while a student at CED.

Joe Pang M Arch 09 was awarded first prize in the competition 2x8:SHIFT 2009 organized by the AIA/LA this Spring with the project Algae Detoxification. During the Fall 08 seminar Material BioIntelligence (Professor Paz Gutierrez) Joe Pang designed an innovative algae membrane system for indoor air detoxification aimed to work synergistically with existing mechanical systems. University of Colorado

Professor Rene Davids FAIA principal of Davids Killory architects together with Taylor Medlin a graduate student received a citation award in the Unbuild Design Award for Plug-In Pavilion. The schemes were published in the April /May edition of California Home and Design and were exhibited in the AIA National Convention. The Wood Design & Building magazine has awarded Voussoir Cloud designed by Lisa Iwamoto, principal of IwamotoScott is recipient of the Honor Award for cutting-edge wood design in North America. The project consists of 2,300 rounded cloud-like / petal-like modules which are attached together and give an ethereal appearance. This installation piece composed of vaulted forms made out of micro-thin wood veneer and long fiber paper laminate. The atmosphere created by these wooden pieces is both luminous and light. Professor Yehuda Kalay will be the keynote speaker at CAAD Futures2009 this coming June

Joe Juhasz, Professor of architecture, has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Division of International Psychology, “an honor bestowed upon members who have made an unusual and outstanding contribution or performance in the field of psychology.” Joe Juhasz, Professor of Architecture, was a faculty member at the 2009 SKKU International Summer Semester at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, from June 28-July 18. He taught a course called Globalization, Humanity and the Environment. Rick Sommerfeld, Senior Instructor and Associate Chair of Architecture, received the James M. Hunter Scholarship for travel to participate in the eighth Glenn Murcutt Architecture Masterclass at Riversdale, Australia, July 12-26. He was among the 32 national and international students in this (WEST continued on page 44)

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prestigious residential program sponsored by the Architecture Foundation Australia. Taisto Mäkelä, Associate Professor of Architecture, was a visiting professor in May at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, Romania. Taisto delivered a paper titled “Reima Pietilä: Conjuring the Authentic” at the Architecture and Phenomenology Conference in Kyoto, Japan, June 26-29. His review of an architectural exhibition titled “Raili and Reima Pietilä: challengers of modern architecture” (Helsinki, February 27-May 25, 2008, Museum of Finnish Architecture) was published in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians in June 2009. Tamarah Long, Architect and Instructor, presented to the City Council of Boulder on May 19th, 2009. Ms. Long proposed work on behalf of her Studio 3 students. The Studio’s program was a 20,000 sf Arts and Science Center in Residence. The student’s projects for a site in Boulder aimed to use less building materials, maximize indoor and outdoor spaces on the site, and examine passive strategies for heating and cooling. Ms. Long plans to continue to ask her students to make “Green” building more than just the buzz work of the decade. Kyle Doman and Breton Lujan, B.Envd students working with Michael Jenson, Associate Professor of Architecture, have been awarded Honorable Mention in the 2008-09 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition – Open (Category II). For this year’s challenge, students designed a school for the 21st century that critically examines life cycle and proposes an innovative solution in steel. The award consists of a cash prize of $250 awarded to the sponsoring professor and a $375 prize awarded to the students.

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University of Idaho Professor Bruce Haglund was named a Fellow of the American Solar Energy Society, and has helped conduct zero-energy design charettes for professional architects and engineers at the University of Oregon Portland and at the AIA Convention in San Francisco with colleagues Walter Grondzik (Ball State University), Alison Kwok (University of Oregon), Nick Rajkovich

(Pacific Gas & Electric), and Mike Utzinger (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). Associate Professor Sherry McKibben had a paper accepted and gave a presentation at the Congress for European Urbanism’s Conference on Climate Change and Urban Design: Science, Education Policy, and Best Practice, in Oslo, Norway on 14 -16 September 2008. Assistant Professor Román Montoto’s paper, “Search for a New Pre-disciplinary, Transdisciplinary Core,” co-authored by Associate Professor Phillip Mead, was presented at the 24th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, he presented paper entitled “archiTECTONICS: pre- and transdisciplinary reference in beginning design” at this conference which was also part of the 3rd International Conference on the Arts in Society, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Birmingham, England in July of 2008 and has been accepted in the International Journal of the Arts in Society vol. 3 which is currently being published. Professor Montoto also participated in the 8th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations at Cambridge University in England by presenting a paper titled “Situational Prototyping: architecture & law organizational practicum” in August of 2008. The article was co-authored with Michael Satz, Associate Professor of Law, and discusses the theoretical foundation and development of a seminar engaging architecture and law graduate students around issues that commonly arise in professional practice. This article has also been published in the 2009 International Journal of Knowledge, Culture & Change Management, vol.8. The article entitled “archiTECTONICS: trans-disciplinary dynamics of film & architecture” was presented by Montoto at the 2008 Biennial Conference of Film & History in Chicago, Illinois, in October and was also selected for the 4th International Conference on the Arts in Society at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, in Venice, Italy. Here he discusses pre-, inter- & transdisciplinary mechanisms in the design process to instill disciplinary awareness and agility for architectural design. This overall topic continues in Montoto’s next series of articles that include “Design Syntax: beginning processes,

developments, and equilibriums,” accepted as part of the 25th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student at Louisiana State University, “archiTECTONICS: studies in equilibrium for reasoning, form, and design,” and “Install: understanding, consilience, and communication,” both part of the 2009 Biannual Design Communication Association Conference at Southern Polytechnic State University. “Install” was also included at the 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, UDK University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany. Montoto was invited to participate on a panel that included Associate Professor Phillip Mead, Associate Professor of Art & Design Sally Machlis, and Associate Professor of Art & Design Delphine KeimCampbell to discuss “Finding Common Ground: the shaping of a college-wide foundation curriculum” at the 2009 Biannual Foundations in Art: Theory & Education Conference in Portland Oregon. “Infinite: flow of perception & operation in architectural design,” authored by Montoto and presented at the 2007 Biannual Design Communication Association Conference at Ball State University, was selected to be part of The Journal of the Design Communication Association: Representation 2007-08 and has just recently been published. Assistant Professor Matthew Brehm received the Shari Park-Gates Juror’s Award in the 2009 Juried Design Communication Exhibition, which was held concurrently with the Biannual Conference of the Design Communication Association, held at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, GA. Professor Brehm also presented his paper “Mapping the Tapestry of Technique” at the conference, and presented another paper entitled “Analog or Digital: Gathering Student Points of View” at the joint conference of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium and the European Association for Architectural Education, held at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Brehm will be presenting a paper entitled “Instilling Productive Processes for Architectural Design” in early July at the 16th International Conference on Learning at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and another paper entitled “Pre-Conceptual Actions in Architectural Design Education” in late July at the 4th International Conference on the Arts in Society at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze,

of Computer Aided Design international meeting in Antwerp Belgium and presented two papers at the same venue. The first paper was ‘Architectural Toolkits,” which he co-authored with Joerg Ruegemer, and the second paper was “Sadness, Anger, Fear, Despair, Emotion,” which deals with conveying emotion in digital architectural design presentations. Tony’s digital realization of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City will also be the centerpiece of an exhibition on Aztec culture, to be held at the British Museum this coming September.

University of Nevada Las Vegas Professor Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez received from the Nevada Chapter of the USGBC the 2008 Leadership in Research Award. This award was given to his Natural Energies Advanced Technologies (NEAT) Laboratory “for its exceptional leadership as a green building advocate in Southern Nevada.” Prof. Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez introduced at the Watersmart Innovations Conference a sevenpoint, integrated building water management approach developed in conjunction with Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. This approach, published in March of 2009 by the Living Architecture Monitor, encourages on-site water harvesting of all economically available sources for subsequent on-site reuse. For more information on this approach please visit: http://www.nxtbook. com/dawson/greenroofs/lam_2009winter/#/0 University of Utah Prescott Muir, award-winning architect practicing in Salt Lake City, Utah and southern California since 1976, is the new director of the School of Architecture at the University of Utah. The School of Architecture is a department in the College of Architecture + Planning. Dean Brenda Case Scheer has been named to the Executive Committee of the Board of Envision Utah. She recently completed service as a board member of the Utah Chapter of the APA and has been elected a director of the Utah AIA Chapter. Brenda is also working on a forthcoming book about the development of urban form. Professor Tony Serrato-Combe recently chaired a session at the European Association

Professor Julio Bermudez recently exhibited his sketches at an art gallery in Santa Fe, Argentina. He has also co-founded and now is coorganizing the inaugural Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Symposium in Oregon He is also writing a Book on extraordinary architectural experiences and co-edited the JAE theme issue Immateriality in Architecture that just been published. He recently presented scholarship in France at the international Conference on Designing Atmospheres and lectured in Argentina and Canada on the role and ethics of beauty in architecture. Associate Professor Robert Young received a Presidential Citation from the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) for work as book review editor for the APT Bulletin from 2004-2008. His book Historic Preservation Technology was a finalist for the APT Lee Nelson Award, which is presented every three years for best new book on preservation technology subjects. Bob also lectured and was a panelist for the Center for Heritage Conservation 10th Annual Historic Preservation Sympoisum “Building on Green: Preservation and Sustainability” held at Texas A&M University in February. Assistant Professor Ryan Smith published a paper in the Journal of Architectural Education titled “Apple Store 5th Avenue: simulacra + spectacle”, vol. 62:2 November 2008, and served on a national jury in Washington D.C. in May for the American Institute of Steel Construction ACSA Competition. Has has designed two zero energy houses in Pima County, Arizona that will be featured in a documentary on green building (the first LEED Gold homes in Pima County), and was a finalist in the Raphael Vinoly Grant Program with Alejandro Moeriera (Toto) for a proposal on architectural technolo-

gy transfer in developing countries. Ryan is also working with Joerg Ruegemer on a year-long grant project to simulate and monitor green building production housing in Park City. The grant is funded by Consol a consultant for the Department of Energy Build America Program. Professor Bill Miller served on the NCARB’s Procedures and Documents Committee this year, and was named to the new AIA Committee on Education. He will be moderating the Walter Wagner Forum, entitled “Architecture Education in a Complex World—How Diversity is Preparing our Future Practitioners”, at this years AIA Convention in San Francisco. In addition, he served as an observer on the NAAB accreditation team visiting the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. This summer, as the result of two grants, Bill will spend three weeks in Iceland engaging in research on Icelandic architecture for both his Scandinavian architecture course, and his longstanding work on Scandinavian modernism.

Professor Joerg Ruegemer received an International Competition Merit Award for his design of a small Shopping Center for the city of Rohrbach in Heidelberg, Germany. He also participated in an international competition for an Elderly Housing Project in Egg, Austria. As an invited member of the jury, Joerg reviewed the submissions for the 2009 German Façade Prize in Munich. He also chaired the first AIA Utah 2009 Sustainable Firm Competition, was a reviewer at the 2009 CAADRIA conference in Asia, and served his annual duties on the Board of the Academic Selection Committee of the German Academic Exchange Service. He was also invited to lecture at the University of Southern California USC in Los Angeles. In his area of research on sustainable architectural design and strategies, he will present a paper at the 2009 Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) conference in Quebec, CN. Together with his colleague Ryan Smith, and in cooperation with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Joerg Ruegemer started to work on a recently funded research project on low energy housing at the Park City Snow Creek Project. As a highlight in his teachings, Joerg took a group of graduate students to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Conferences / Lectures 8/25/09-10/7/2009 The Creative Photograph in Archaeology: From the Traveling Photographers of the 19th Century to the Creative Photography of the 20th Wright Gallery, Langford Architecture Center, Bldg A, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. OPENING CEREMONY Thursday, Sept. 3, 6:30 pm. Introductory gallery talk by Dr. Kevin Glowacki, Dept. of Architecture, Texas A&M University. For more information please contact Dr. Nancy Klein, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University (nklein@tamu.edu). 9/30/09 DESIGN EXCHANGE AWARDS 2009 Ryerson University, Canada’s leader in innovative, career-focused education, and the Design Exchange – the foremost agency promoting the importance of design to everyday life in Canada – are pleased to announce an international design competition requesting submissions from students enrolled in schools of architecture and allied disciplines for an exemplary, state-of-the-art university residence building. The competition site is located on the Ryerson University campus in downtown Toronto Please refer to www.dx.org for details. 11/15/09 48TH INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE ON TRUE URBANISM: PLANNING HEALTHY, AND CHILD-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, Charleston, SC, Oct. 17-21, 2010 Co-Sponsors: City of Charleston & IMCL Council. Those wishing to present papers should submit a 250 word abstract for consideration before Nov. 15, 2009. Please submit online, following the Call for Papers Guidelines and Topics on the web at www.LivableCities.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Your application form should state title of paper, name of author, affiliation and full contact information. Paper abstracts must be prepared for blind peer review: they should include title of paper, and omit identifying information. Notification will be

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Competitions / Grants 11/17/09 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2011 SOLAR DECATHLON RFP DATES ANNOUNCED The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the following dates for the 2011 Solar Decathlon Request for Proposals (RFP): Issue date: On or before August 18, 2009; Issue location: Solar Decathlon Web site, www.solardecathlon.org; Due date: November 17, 2009; Notification date: December 18, 2009. Colleges, universities, and other post-secondary educational institutions worldwide are welcome to submit proposals, which determine entry into the biennial Solar Decathlon design competition. All proposals are reviewed, scored, and ranked. Subject to the quantity and quality of proposals, a limited number of teams will be selected for entry. Institutions considering the submission of a proposal are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the 2009 Rules, which are posted at www.solardecathlon. org/rules_regs.html. Please note that changes to the Rules are typical from one competition to the next. Please submit questions regarding the RFP process to Jeffrey.Soltesz@nrel.gov.

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The School of Architecture invites applications for a teaching position in architectural design teaching, with an additional concentration in building technology, in one or more of the following areas: structural design, sustainable environmental systems and/or building components. Knowledge of digital design media is required. This is a full-time, probationary tenure-track or tenure-track appointment at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor, based on experience. The candidate will be expected to teach core courses in architectural design and building technology at the undergraduate and graduate levels, develop electives in their area of expertise, and supervise graduate theses. Willingness to collaborate with colleagues in curriculum development and participate in administrative duties is also expected. Following appointment, the School encourages each faculty member to develop either an area of funded research or a profile in design practice, and will provide mentoring to this end. The successful candidate will have demonstrated achievement in the practice and teaching of architecture, and promise for excellence in design, teaching, and research. The portfolio of work should demonstrate a creative integration of building technology and architectural design, in practice and in teaching. A professional degree in architecture and either an advanced degree in a field related to the position, or eligibility for architectural registration in Canada is required. Applications must include: (1) a statement of teaching and research orientation; (2) a full curriculum vitae including address, telephone and e-mail; (3) a portfolio including design work, teaching and publications; and (4) original letters of reference, sent under separate cover, from at least three referees (and their contact information if it is not evident in the letter). The Committee will begin consideration of applications on 15 September 2009. The process will continue until the position is filled. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity / Affirmative Action employer. We encourage applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, and women. Send application packages to:

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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Department Head of Architecture

South Dakota State University seeks outstanding candidates for the position of Department Head for a new program in Architecture. This program will include a BA/BS in Architectural Studies and a Master's in Architecture. The new program in Architecture expects to enroll its first undergraduate class in Fall 2010, with the first cohort of M.Arch. students admitted in 2013. The position offers the unique opportunities to grow a new program from its inception, to develop a new curriculum that focuses on sustainable and renewable design, and to interact with the university's other existing design programs and the community of practicing architects. Responsibilities: The Head will provide overall leadership to the development of the new architecture program, will direct administrative and academic operations of the program, and will serve as liaison across disciplinary lines on campus and to the architecture industry in the region. As the new program grows, the head will be responsible for the recruitment, development and review of faculty; the supervision of support staff; the management of budgets; the stimulation and supervision of curricular planning, revision and implementation; accreditation processes; strategic planning; and the scheduling of courses and co-curricular activities to broaden the knowledge and visibility of architecture education on the campus. The Head also will be responsible for the leadership of faculty into academic research and creative activities in architecture. There will also be an expectation to teach one to two undergraduate/graduate courses per semester within area of expertise. Minimum Qualifications: Candidates must possess a minimum of a Master's in Architecture from an accredited institution and professional registration. The ideal candidate will be an innovative, resourceful and experienced academic leader with substantial teaching and administrative experience, experience with the NAAB accreditation process, and familiarity with licensing requirements. He/she should possess a distinguished record of nationally or internationally recognized work in teaching, research and practice. The candidate should demonstrate progressively responsible management in architectural education, the ability to articulate and implement the mission and vision of the program; budget development and management expertise, a commitment to rigorous educational quality and practice-based outcomes, an understanding of emerging trends in architectural and design education and accreditation, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, administrators and practitioners. Application Deadline: Open until filled with a review of applicants to begin August 17, 2009

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Application Process: SDSU accepts applications through an on-line employment site. To apply, visit: http://yourfuture.sdbor.edu, search by the position title, view the job announcement, and click on “apply for this posting.” The system will guide you through the electronic application form. The employment site will also require the attachment of a cover letter, resume, and reference page which should include three current professional references with phone numbers and addresses. Please contact SDSU Human Resources at (605) 688-4128 if you require assistance with this process. For inquiries regarding the position, contact Dr. Jerry Jorgensen at Jerry.Jorgensen@sdstate.edu, or 605-688-4723. South Dakota State University is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its faculty, staff and students. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Arrangements for accommodations required by disabilities can be made at TTY (605) 688-4394. SDSU prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected class in the offering of all educational programs and employment opportunities. Individuals with concerns regarding discrimination should contact: For any questions regarding the application process, please contact the SDSU’s Equal Opportunity Officer/Title IX Coordinator, Human Resources, Administration 324, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007. Phone: (605) 688-4128.

FACULTY POSITION IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM The University of Miami School of Architecture seeks candidates for a full-time, tenure/tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Professor. Candidates must hold a terminal graduate degree in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design or Planning, and must have a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching, research and/or creative practice. Candidates must be capable of teaching in the core and elective design studios, and advanced seminars, while conducting research in their area of expertise. Interdisciplinary research abilities are valued highly, as is publication at the level of national and international peer-reviewed journals. The School of Architecture is engaged in several areas of interdisciplinary teaching and research including the graduate program in Urbanism, the newly launched certificate in Historic Preservation and graduate program in Real Estate Development and Urbanism, and ten years of collaboration with the Miller School of Medicine in the area of health and the built environment. The School is also engaged in community outreach through the Program in Community Building and the Center for Urban and Community Design. The School’s participation in New Urbanism, the Institute for Classical Architecture and Classical America, the Centro Studi Architettura Razionalista, and the Historic American Landscapes Survey among others provides further opportunities for interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration. The School seeks to develop new knowledge in the disciplines of architecture and urbanism through the academic programs, collaborations with students and faculty, and original research. The School offers a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Architecture as professional degrees and a Master of Suburb and Town Design (New Urbanism), and Master of Real Estate Development and Urbanism as post-professional degrees. 60 graduate students and 320 undergraduates participate in the School’s numerous programs abroad, including a semester in Rome. The University of Miami is an equal opportunity employer with a demonstrated record of diversity among faculty and students. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The Faculty Search Committee is currently reviewing applications. Applicants may send a digital portfolio along with a letter of interest addressing coursework and research or creative practice interests, curriculum vitae, and 3 references to: Joanna Lombard Chair, Faculty Search Committee University of Miami School of Architecture jlombard@miami.edu

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The College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) at The University of Arizona (UA) invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the School of Architecture. The School seeks a dynamic leader in the field of design education with a commitment to collaborative interdisciplinary teaching, scholarship, and outreach within a collegial and diverse learning environment. CALA is at the forefront of design for environmental sustainability and has had a long tradition of preparing its graduates for positions of leadership in professional practice. Located in the oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States, Tucson, Arizona, CALA combines knowledge from a culturally rich history with cutting-edge environmental research and new technologies to envision global arid communities of the future. Faculty and students contribute solutions to the major challenges facing humankind and the globe â&#x20AC;&#x201C; designing for energy and water conservation, and planning for urban infrastructure, health care, and the preservation of cultural heritage. The University of Arizona is ranked 21st among all research universities nationwide and is an international leader in environmental science and policy, global climate change, and solar energy research.

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Director, School of Architecture College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture The University of Arizona

The School of Architecture is committed to a design sensibility honed in the edge conditions of an extreme climate on a major international border. In the practice of appropriate design and scholarly methods, UA Architecture students and faculty respond to the local context of the Sonoran Desert and its communities while developing a process of analysis and creation that is portable to other locales. Our high desert setting thus offers inspiration and guidance in the study of delicate and unique ecologies worldwide. Supported by one of the largest materials research laboratories in North America, the UA School of Architecture emphasizes the development of skills in the synthesis of theory, technology, materials, and context. The UA Bachelor of Architecture program was ranked 12th by Design Intelligence in 2008. In collaboration with the faculty, the Director is responsible for academic visioning; personnel and budgetary management; interdepartmental collaboration and interdisciplinary activity; external relations with the profession and the community; curriculum development; faculty and student development; fund raising; and internal relations within the larger university. The Director also serves as a member of the college leadership team giving strategic guidance to the college. The directorship is a twelve-month, full-time position involving administration, teaching, and continuing scholarship and/or practice. It is anticipated that the candidate will be appointed at the academic rank of Professor. The Director reports to the college Dean.

All applicants should submit a letter of interest outlining experience and educational vision, curriculum vita, and five references. Send applications and nominations to: Drachman Institute Director R. Brooks Jeffery, Search Committee Chair, School of Architecture, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, The University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210075, Tucson, AZ 85721-0075.

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Candidates must possess a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Architecture and maintain professional architectural registration. Preferred candidates will possess a distinguished record of professional practice and/or scholarship. Prior academic administrative responsibility and experience with international programs is preferred.

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