Faculty and Staff News As a senior sustainable building advisor for the
Professor Eugene Cizek FAIA received the
United States based Affordable Housing Institute,
prestigious James Marston Fitch Award from the
Adjunct Lecturer Casius Pealer discussed Green
National Council of Preservation Educators. The
Technology and its scope in the region of Oman in
award was presented at a dinner in his honor on
an interview in the July-September 2011 issue of
October 21, 2012 at the National Trust for Historic
Dossier. Additionally, Pealer was selected to serve
Preservation annual conference in Buffalo, New
as a “Design Expert” for the AAF Sustainable Cities
York.
Design Academy in San Francisco April 11-13, 2012.
Cizek has practiced historic preservation since the
Adjunct Lecturer Will Bradshaw was honored
mid-1970’s, beginning with his pioneering advo-
at the White House as part of President Barack
cacy work and restoration projects in the Faubourg
Obama’s “Champions of Change” program, which
Marigny, located adjacent to the Vieux Carré in
recognizes people for outstanding contributions
New Orleans. In 1997 Cizek founded the Master
to their communities. Bradshaw, president and
of Preservation Studies graduate program within
co-founder of Green Coast Enterprises, along with
the Tulane School of Architecture. The Master of
four other New Orleanians, was recognized for
Preservation Studies program has since served
his work to strengthen the local economy, create
as a principal training opportunity in architec-
jobs and help the Gulf Coast recover from the
tural preservation in the state of Louisiana. This
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. “We could not be more
award recognizes Cizek’s keen eye for worthwhile
pleased to be recognized by the White House, and
architectural preservation projects, his wide range
thank President Obama, his administration and
of accomplishments as a teacher, his unmatched
our colleagues at the Clean Economy Develop-
enthusiasm and skills as an advocate and preser-
ment Center for their interest in our work to build a
vation planner, and his role as a mainstay of the
more energy-efficient and sustainable Gulf Coast,”
preservation scene in New Orleans and the nation.
Bradshaw said.
In July 2011, Favrot Professor and Dean Kenneth
The Arts Council of New Orleans announced
The award winning energy-efficient, two-bedroom
Schwartz FAIA was included in Fortune online in
Professor Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr. as a 2011
home designed by Harvey Wadsworth Chair in
a feature of “Green Leaders in Red States.” In the
Community Arts Awards recipient. Since 1977, the
Landscape Urbanism and Professor of Architec-
feature, Schwartz brings attention to New Orleans’
Community Arts Awards have recognized living
ture Judith Kinnard FAIA and Assistant Professor
identity through the “holy trinity” of great food,
individuals, organizations and corporations that
Tiffany Lin was under construction in Lakeview
great music, and great architecture. With an IBM
have made outstanding contributions to the arts
through the 2011-2012 school year. The SunShower
partnership and Richardson Memorial Hall renova-
in New Orleans. The 2011 award recipients mark
house, a response to the 2010 REOSE Sustainable
tions in the works, Dean Schwartz hopes to use
the 35th year of the Arts Council Community Arts
Design Competition, was collaboratively built by
architecture as a jumping off point to launch other
Awards celebration. Recipients are selected for
New Orleans companies Oceansafe, manufacturer
green initiatives within the city.
their artistic excellence, sustained contributions,
of SSIP; The ReGen Group, sustainable design
unique achievements, perseverance, and deep
consultants; C&G Construction, the contractor;
commitment to the arts and local community.
and Woodward Design + Build. This first-edition
Dean Schwartz also delivered a plenary address at the IBM Smarter Cities Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November, discussing the strategies
Digital Imaging Specialist David Armentor’s
and initiatives that Tulane School of Architecture
photography was selected to be a part of the
and Tulane University have taken in the recovery
PhotoNOLA exhibition this past fall. His work was
of New Orleans. He participated in this event with
on exhibition at the Cole Pratt Gallery on Magazine
Ginni Rometty, the new president and CEO of IBM.
Street and featured his ongoing documentation of
He also gave a talk at the same conference on the
regional sugar mills.
Richardson Memorial Hall Sustainable Strategies project for the school’s 100 year-old building. The pre-design phase has been completed by FXFOWLE and el dorado architects with a strong team of sustainable engineering and landscape consultants. The proposed renovation would be the one of the first of its kind in the United States— a 21st century update of an important historic structure on a university campus, with serious and far-reaching sustainable design goals.
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Assistant Professor Kentaro Tsubaki’s article, “Tumbling Units: Tectonics of Indeterminate Extension,” is in the new book, Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production, edited by Gail Peter Borden and Michael Meredith and published by Rutledge Press. The article explores the nature of extension and aims to raise a fundamental question about the way current architectural practice engages matter and the act of making.
is meant to be a prototype for future SunShower homes. Building materials for future houses of this design can fit into a single shipping container that can be sent anywhere in the world. The house is not only hurricane-proof but also will not collapse in a 7.2 Richter scale earthquake. Professor Judith Kinnard FAIA was also selected by DesignIntelligence as one of the 25 Most Admired Educators of 2012. The education role models were selected by DesignIntelligence staff with extensive input from thousands of design professionals, academic department heads, and students. Educators and administrators from the disciplines of architecture, industrial design, interior design, and landscape architecture were considered for inclusion.