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 Play structures created by design students thrill toddlers at daycare

Student-designed playscapes thrill daycare children

posted December 8, 2015
When it’s playtime for children at the St. Thomas Aquinas Child Development Center, they’ll be able to frolic on four new play structures designed and built by students from the Texas A&M College of Architecture.
Competition yields designs for multifaceted community center

Design contest yields multipurpose center for historic city block

posted December 2, 2015
An almost empty lot near downtown Bryan, home to two of the city’s oldest buildings, is transformed into a new, versatile community center in several designs imagined this fall in a Texas A&M graduate architecture student design competition.
'Milky Way’ installation on exhibit through January at Bryan museum

Design prof turns milk jugs into art at Bryan museum

posted December 2, 2015
In “Milky Way,” an art installation crafted from recycled plastic milk jugs, artist Weiling He, an associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M University, demonstrates how “design and labor can transform common household waste — the ugly — into the beautiful.”
Landscape architecture programs again ranked among nation’s best

Landscape programs again ranked among best in the nation

posted November 16, 2015
Texas A&M’s landscape architecture programs were once again ranked prominently in an annual report on nation’s best design programs compiled by the Design Futures Council, a global network of design professionals.
College students created health clinics from shipping containers

Students created health clinics from shipping containers

posted November 12, 2015
Volunteers for BUILD, a service organization led by Texas A&M construction science and environmental design students, transformed shipping containers into mobile medical clinics to serve people in need around the world, including Syrian refugees in Greece.
Design prof edits book of essays exploring spirituality, design

Design prof edits spirituality, design essay compilation

posted November 12, 2015
A new book of essays co-edited by Phillip J. Tabb, professor of architecture at Texas A&M University, challenges designers to consider spirituality as an everyday part of the world, rather than as an concern primarily limited to the design of buildings for organized religion.
Former student's architecture firm ranked best in the nation by AIA

Alum's firm tops AIA list of nation's best design businesses

posted November 11, 2015
An architecture firm led by Adrian Smith ’66, an outstanding alumnus of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, heads the 2015 Architect 50, a ranking of the nation’s top architecture firms compiled annually by the American Institute of Architects.
Architecture college grads lead 14 companies on 2015 Aggie 100 list

Architecture college alumni head 14 firms in 2015 Aggie 100 list

posted November 6, 2015
The 2015 Aggie 100 list of the fastest-growing companies owned or led by Texas A&M graduates includes nine businesses headed by graduates from the College of Architecture.
College researchers investigate ‘smart’ materials in NSF study

College researchers investigate ‘smart’ materials in study

posted October 23, 2015
The characteristics of new “smart” materials that, with further development, could harvest energy, water and air when embedded in a building’s exterior, are the focus of a two-year, $240,000 National Science Foundation study undertaken by TAMU faculty and students.
Shutterbug alumnus is one of world’s top wingsuit athletes

Former student is one of world’s top wingsuit athletes

posted October 23, 2015
Texas A&M former student and U.S. Marine Kyle Lobpries is one of the world’s best at wingsuit flying, a new extreme sport in which people “fly” to earth after jumping from an airplane or mountain perch wearing a wingsuit and a parachute.
Wright Gallery features Alterstudio’s acclaimed residential architecture

Wright Gallery to exhibit award- winning designs

posted October 23, 2015
The award-winning residential designs of Austin-based Alterstudio are showcased in “6 Houses,” an exhibit running through Jan. 19, 2016 in Wright Gallery, located on the second floor of the Langford Architecture Center’s Building A at Texas A&M University.
Students to unveil designs for next-generation grocery stores

Students to unveil designs for next- generation stores

posted October 15, 2015
Prototypes of a new generation of H-E-B grocery stores created by design students at Texas A&M will be unveiled at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19 in the exhibit hall of Building B in the Langford Architecture Center.
Department of Architecture to  host Aggie Reception Nov. 5  at TSA Convention in Dallas

Architecture dept. to host reception at TSA convention in Dallas

posted October 6, 2015
Former students and friends of the Texas A&M Department of Architecture are invited to the annual Aggie TSA reception at the 76th annual Texas Society of Architects Convention and Design Expo in Dallas.
Keynote speakers focused on communication at jobsite

Symposium keynote featured jobsite research findings

posted October 5, 2015
Keynote speakers at the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s 17th annual faculty research symposium showed how visualization and communication tools can address problems at construction jobsites.
Architecture lecture series  draws design luminaries to campus

Dept. of Architecture fall lectures feature designers, scholars

posted September 29, 2015
A leading group of design professionals and educators will share their knowledge and experiences at Texas A&M’s Department of Architecture Fall 2015 Lecture Series. Lectures are on Mondays at 5:45 p.m. in the Geren Auditorium.