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Students developing long-term housing prototypes for refugees

Grad students seek long term refugee housing solutions

posted October 25, 2012
Students in a graduate architecture studio at Texas A&M are developing solutions aimed at improving the quality of life for long-term inhabitants of refugee camps located in Chad, Kenya and Thailand.
Students' sustainable doghouse designs win Brazos AIA contest

Students win AIA's Bark & Build contest

posted October 24, 2012
Former and current design students from Texas A&M’s College of Architecture incorporated “green” techniques in the design and construction of winning entries in Brazos Bark & Build, a sustainable doghouse competition sponsored by AIA Brazos.
Weeklong collegewide charrette takes aim at local thoroughfares

Charette aims to reshape local thoroughfares

posted October 24, 2012
Students from all four departments at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture will join in a weeklong charrette early next semester to create unifying, practical and affordable proposals in two areas along one of College Station’s main thoroughfares.
Special events staged to raise diversity awarness at college

College ushers in Year of Diversity

posted October 24, 2012
A forum, a workshop and a number of special exhibits were staged this fall to usher in the Texas A&M College of Architecture's “Year of Diversity” and more events, arranged by the college’s diversity council, are in the works.
Walkable community’s influence on physical activity investigated

Zhu heading physical activity study project

posted October 23, 2012
A research project examining the effect of pedestrian and activity-friendly communities on residents’ health led by Xuemei Zhu, assistant professor of architecture, is part of a new American Institute of Architects’ initiative to fund projects leading to design solutions addressing challenges in public health.
Entrepreneurial design group leaving its mark at Texas A&M

Entrepreneurial student designers tackle local projects

posted October 12, 2012
A entrepreneurial team of senior environmental design majors who bonded in a freshman studio is leaving its mark at Texas A&M tackling projects that include a countertop with design cues from campus' landmark Century Oak.
Scott & White selects student's garden design for new hospital

Hospital to build student's healing garden design

posted October 12, 2012
A contemplative space featuring a water fountain and aromatic flora designed by Yucheng Wang, a Master of Landscape Architecture student, was the winning proposal for a healing garden in the new Scott & White Hospital in College Station.
Lafayette, collaborators shaping creativity institute at Texas A&M

New director shares vision for Institute for Applied Creativity

posted October 12, 2012
An institute promoting the study and application of creativity and innovative thinking at Texas A&M and throughout a network of partners is under development at the College of Architecture.
Professorship benefactors tour construction science facilities

Professorship donors tour CoSci facilities

posted October 8, 2012
Dallas-area homebuilders Nicole and Kevin Youngblood toured Texas A&M’s College of Architecture Sept. 28, where a professorship endowed in their names is making a difference for students at the college.
Wright Gallery exhibit featured work by young Spanish architects

Exhibit showcased work of emerging Spanish architects

posted October 8, 2012
An exhibit showcased the extraordinary work of Spanish architects, whose designs made their nation a global point of architectural reference by the end of the 20th century, Nov. 6 – Dec. 10, 2012 in the Texas A&M College of Architecture's Wright Gallery.
More firms recruiting students at CoSci dept. fall 2012 career fairs

More compaines seeking construction students at job fair

posted October 5, 2012
Students seeking jobs and internships in the construction industry had considerably more companies to choose from than in recent years at the Texas A&M Department of Construction Science's fall 2012 career fairs.
Acclaimed author Chris Kraus reads selections from her novel

Noted author Kraus lectures Oct. 17

posted October 5, 2012
Acclaimed author, filmmaker, editor, curator and art critic Chris Kraus, whose new novel, Summer of Hate, addresses what she sees as today’s glaring disparities between expectations and consciousness, did a book reading Oct. 17 in the College of Architecture's Preston Geren Auditorium.
Outstanding alumni discuss education’s role in their careers

13 outstanding alums share how college aided their success

posted October 3, 2012
Outstanding alumni of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture discussed how their education paved the way for successful careers and professional accomplishments at a public panel discussion Oct. 26 in the Wright Gallery.
Doctoral student's system reduces steel needed for heavy structures

Student's system reduces steel needed for heavy structures

posted September 28, 2012
A new structural system with the potential to significantly reduce the amount of steel required to construct bridges, arches, domes and columns is being developed with cues from nature by Michael Bunch, a Ph.D. architecture student at Texas A&M.
Glowacki discusses Aphrodite, Eros at San Antonio art museum

Glowacki discusses Greek gods in S.A.

posted September 28, 2012
Rituals developed by ancient Greeks to sustain relationships with their gods was discussed by Kevin Glowacki, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M, Oct. 9 at the San Antonio Museum of Art.