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Monday, April 29, 2019

Spring 2019 Final Reviews Photo Gallery

On Apr. 22- 26, 2019, students presented their final projects from their Spring 2019 studios to faculty and visiting critics. On the final day of reviews, our college held the Distinguished Design Awards exhibition and…

students presenting at spring final reviews

Friday, April 26, 2019

Students Design New Master Plans for TSU

Our programs challenge students to not only design innovative and forward-thinking projects, but also, we urge our students to be civically engaged, designing with the community and changing urban environment in mind. This spring, students…

Friday, April 26, 2019

Interdisciplinary Studio Explores the Future of Healthcare

Architecture and Interior Architecture students have spent the spring 2019 semester studying healthcare architecture, an emerging concentration in the design profession. In this futuristic experience, students in Asst. Professor Liz Teston’s interdisciplinary healthcare studio, supported…

One student in the healthcare studio presents her final project for the studio and visiting reviewers

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Landscape Architecture Receives Reaccreditation

The School of Landscape Architecture has been granted reaccreditation by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) for a six-year period. In November 2018, the school hosted a team representing the LAAB for a four-day onsite…

Landscape Architecture Reaccreditation board speaking to college

Monday, April 15, 2019

Architecture Students Present Research at Undergraduate Research Symposium

Three Architecture students participated in the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Students’ Association (URSA) Research Symposium on April 5. Michael Travis and Allie Ward, 3rd-year students, and 5th-year student Katie Lamb gave 15-minute presentations about their…

Architecture student Allie Ward presenting at the URSA Undergraduate Research Symposium

Friday, April 12, 2019

Landscape Architecture Students Give Back to Local Bike Nonprofit

Students in the Landscape Architecture program have partnered with local nonprofit DreamBikes to volunteer their time and design knowledge to design signage for the DreamBikes shop and investigate repurposing nearby land. DreamBikes places bike shops…

Signage created by Landscape Architecture students for local nonprofit DreamBikes

Monday, April 8, 2019

Pop-up Museum Tells Story of Student Experiences through Archeologists’ Excavation

Prof. Brian Ambroziak and students, in conjunction with McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, displayed a pop-up museum titled “1-452: Embodied Sphere Project” (ESP) in Circle Park on Apr. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

Friday, April 5, 2019

Lidwin to Explore Architecture Around the World this Summer

Mike Lidwin, a 4th-year Architecture student, received the 2019 Aydelott Travel Award for his proposal titled, “Breaks in the Border.” The Aydelott Travel Award, which started in 2016, provides funding for students to study four…

2019 Aydelott Travel Award winner Mike Lidwin

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Brag + Blues Set for April 29

Faculty, staff and students: Come celebrate at Brag + Blues, April 29! Come together to celebrate the end of another spectacular year! Everyone in the college is invited to come celebrate at Brag + Blues,…

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Akerman Named Dudley Faculty Scholar

Architecture Assistant Professor Jennifer Akerman has been named the 2019-2021 James Johnson Dudley Faculty Scholar. Akerman’s research and creative work proposal, Living Architecture: Hybrid Ecologies in the Built Environment, challenges the “virtue of the architect’s…