Fully funded positions available to study in focus area: Design Studies This area of focus includes a range of research in social and cultural topics, please see program description at: taubmancollege.umich.edu/architecture/programs/doctoral_studies/. Standard package with acceptance includes stipend for four years and tuition for all years of study.

Assistant Professor of Sustainability, Meredith Sattler, is conducting research on human-environment-technology interactions within the constructed system of the lower Mississippi River delta. Pursued simultaneously through nested design studios, seminars, and independent scholarly research, this work has been supported by the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), a University-wide research initiative focusing on collaborative trans-disciplinary proposals for … Continue reading Human-environment-technology interactions and the lower Mississippi River delta →

Robert A. Young, Professor of Architecture at the University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning, has written Stewardship of the Built Environment: Sustainability, Preservation and Reuse (Island Press, 2012) which explores the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of preserving and reusing existing buildings.  Professor Young’s first book, Historic Preservation Technology (Wiley, 2008), was recently … Continue reading New Book: Stewardship of the Built Environment: Sustainability, Preservation and Reuse →

A team of researchers and students led by Associate Professor Hazem Rashed-Ali at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Architecture has partnered with the City of San Antonio’s Office of Environmental Policy to study sustainability throughout San Antonio. Their Neighborhood Sustainability Index offers a baseline comparison of key performance indicators outlined … Continue reading UTSA Architecture Researchers Study Sustainability in San Antonio Neighborhoods →

Professor Angela Lombardi, who recently joined the faculty of College of Architecture, University of Texas at San Antonio has published a book titled: “Lima. The Historic Center. Analysis and Restoration. Centro Histórico. Conocimiento y restauración. Centro storico. Conoscenza e restauro, Roma: Gangemi editore” . The book focuses on the endangered architectural heritage of the City … Continue reading UTSA Professor Publishes a Book About The Historic Center Of Lima, Peru. →

Assistant Professor Alexis Gregory is currently working on research and an elective course on the impact of service learning on architecture education with her colleague Associate Professor Dr. April Heiselt in the College of Education at Mississippi State University. Issues such as designing for underserved populations, integration of universal design into single-family homes, and working … Continue reading Research Projects at Mississippi State: Prof. Alexis Gregory →

Dear ARCC colleagues, It is a great honor to have been elected as President of ARCC and I look forward to your ideas on how ARCC may better forward its commitment to the expansion of the research culture and a supporting infrastructure in architecture and related design disciplines. Michael Kroelinger (Arizona State) leaves difficult shoes … Continue reading President's Letter, September 2012 →

Bridging the Gap: Public-Interest Architectural Internships, a collection of 19 essays, by contributors from across the United States, brings together the best in current practice and thinking regarding public-interest architectural internship and advocates for new models that will have the power to profoundly change the architectural profession and our communities. The volume is edited by … Continue reading New Essay Collection Investigates Public-Interest Architectural Internships →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEP Associates To Be Platinum Sponsor of Greening of the Campus IX Worldʼs Largest Closed-loop Geothermal Heat System Designed By MEP Associates To Be Dedicated On March 20 As Part of Event at Ball State University Muncie, IN – February 23, 2012 — MEP Associates, a multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm specializing in the … Continue reading Ball State and the Greening of Campus IX →

February 23, 2012, Washington, D.C. – Robert Ivy, FAIA, EVP/Chief Executive Officer of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Henry Green, Hon. AIA, President of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) are pleased to announce the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding underscoring the two organizations’ mutual interest in the design, construction, … Continue reading AIA-NIBS Memorandum of Understanding →

Integral Sustainable Design: transformative perspectives by Mark DeKay (Earthscan/Routledge 2011) This is an important, timely and significant book. It brings Integral Theory to design in a simple but profound way. –Ken Wilber, author, The Integral Vision, the world’s most published and translated living philosopher Integral Sustainable Design has been for me the single most important book … Continue reading New Publication: Integral Sustainable Design by Mark DeKay →