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Raymond Gomez ‘64, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, won first-place honors for his painting “Night City.” Gomez’ piece was chosen as the best work in a New York art guild’s “Home Away From Home” exhibit, on display at the Manhasset Public Library through March 29, 2012.

The Bryan-College Station Eagle spotlighted "The Design Process," one of the most popular classes taught at the college, in its Dec. 25, 2011 issue. Led by Jorge Vanegas, dean of the college and Rodney Hill, professor of architecture, the class, wrote the Eagle’s Caroline Ward, is the essence of unorthodox.

Environmental design students studying abroad last fall in the small Tuscan town of Castiglion Fiorentino reimagined the town’s piazza, creating proposals that included an international university, a culinary school and restaurant, theater, gallery, hotel, apartments and shops.

In the next edition of KAMU-TV’s “Brazos Valley Magazine,” artist Robert Schiffhauer, a professor of architecture at Texas A&M University, will discuss his acclaimed “Torchbearers” portrait series featuring prominent figures in African-American history.

Gene Summers FAIA, who left his design imprint on some of the world’s most recognizable Modern landmarks, a protégé of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, died Dec. 12 in a California hospital from liver cancer.

Liliana Beltrán, associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M, is part of a global effort to lead renewable energy technology education, development and implementation as a new board member of the International Solar Energy Society.

Barry Mosesman, president of Montecito, Calif.-based HFP Architects, died Dec. 7, 2011. Mosesman, who earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1966 and a Master of Architecture degree in 1967, led more than 200 of the firm’s award-winning healthcare planning and design projects.

Future winners of a prestigious honor bestowed by the Engineering and Construction Contracting Association will receive a trophy designed by accomplished sculptor, welder and woodcarver Rodney Hill, professor of architecture at Texas A&M.

Rodney Hill, a Texas A&M professor of architecture, has been named one of 2012’s “25 Most Admired Educators” by the Design Futures Council, another teaching honor for his already bulging trophy case.

The Texas A&M Department of Architecture is recruiting members for its newly formed Architecture Council of Excellence, which is committed to supporting and enhancing architecture program excellence, building relationships with students, and bridging gaps between the academic and professional worlds.

“Arlecchino,” the colorful, floral-patterned architectural installation adorning the wall and floor of the College of Architecture’s Azimuth Cafe, has helped earn its designer, Los Angeles artist Elena Manferdini, a $50,000 United States Artists Fellowship.

It’s been a notable fall 2011 for Texas A&M environmental design graduate Russell Buchanan ‘93, whose Modern house design is making waves in an upscale Highland Park neighborhood while his furniture designs were featured in a retrospective at one of the most respected galleries in the U.S.

A group of environmental design students are contributing to a weeklong flurry of construction for the TV show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition,” building a brand new home for a Bastrop County family.

Bachelor and master’s degree programs in landscape architecture and the Master of Architecture program at Texas A&M were recently ranked among the nation’s best by the Design Futures Council.

No textbooks, no tests, no scantrons — Prof. Rodney Hill’s creativity class doesn’t have a trace of the elements found in a traditional college course, instead relying on discovery and innovation; it’s not every class that requires students to sign a non-disclosure agreement before attending lectures.