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Former students report activities
posted August 31, 2012Former students are invited to submit items to the Class Acts section of the archone newsletter. Class Acts highlights the professional and personal achievements of former students and friends of the college. It's a great way to keep in touch with your old classmates. See the "Submit News" link in the newsletter's "featured" section or email news to prollfing@arch.tamu.edu. -
Grad student designs children’s hospital
posted April 30, 2012A family-centered environment, healing gardens and lots of visual exposure to natural environments are features of a preliminary design for a new children’s hospital in Richmond, Va. created as a final study project for a Dallas-based architecture firm by Suyong Jin, a Master of Architecture student at Texas A&M University. -
Students dominate national healthcare design competition
posted April 30, 2012Environmental design student teams from Texas A&M swept a national design contest, winning first-, second-, and third-place awards, as well as honorable mention with plans for renovating a skilled nursing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. -
Scholarship awards honor prof's parents
posted April 30, 2012A scholarship endowment gradually funded over the last 18 years by 27 community outreach projects undertaken by students in professor Jon Rodiek's Master of Architecture studios at Texas A&M University reached fruition last fall, for the first time providing scholarships totaling $14,000 for eight new MLA students. -
Fairey’s garden featured in April 18 New York Times
posted April 30, 2012The New York Times featured Texas A&M architecture professor John Fairey's beloved Peckerwood Garden, a 39-acre living repository of rare and unusual plants from the southern United States and Mexico, in its April 18 issue. -
Aggie-founded arch program flourishing in Bangladesh
posted April 30, 2012More than 50 year's ago two adventurous members of the architecture faculty at Texas A&M University traveled with their families and an associate to South Asia to establish the first architectural education program in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. -
Vanegas suggests world network for housing solutions
posted April 30, 2012Addressing tghe 38th IAHS World Congress on Housing last April in Istanbul, Jorge Vanegas, dean of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, discussed global solutions to meet the need for quality, affordable, sustainable, high-performance housing. -
Events calendar
posted April 30, 2012A list of upcoming College of Architecture lectures, meetings and special events. Submit calendar entries to Phillip Rollfing at prollfing@arch.tamu.edu. Include date, time and place; a brief narrative on the nature of the event including lecture title and synopsis, speaker's name, title and relevant biographical info; and an email address and/or phone number for event contact. -
Students pen thank you notes to donors
posted April 30, 2012Earlier this month, the Maroon Coats, student ambassadors of the Texas A&M Foundation, organized an impromptu “thank you” note-writing session for students to share their gratitude with scholarship benefactors and gift givers who support College of Architecture programs. -
Undergrad Vizzer exhibition slated for 5 p.m. Wednesday
posted April 30, 2012Art and animations created by undergraduate visualization students will be showcased May 2 in a semester-culminating exhibition at the Langford Architecture Center. -
Houston public art creator lectures
posted April 27, 2012At an early age, Houston-based artist Rick Lowe became interested in learning what he could do to improve residents’ quality of life in low-income communities. He began, he said, by creating paintings and sculptures dealing with political and social issues. -
Roldan lectures at 2012 series
posted April 27, 2012Miguel Roldán, founding principal of R+B Architects in Barcelona and adjunct professor of architecture at Texas A&M’s study abroad program in Spain, discussed his firm’s projects Feb. 27 as part of the Spring 2012 Architecture Lecture Series. -
New interdisciplinary classes to begin at Texas A&M this fall
posted April 27, 2012Visualization and landscape architecture students will be working with counterparts from numerous other disciplines working on groundbreaking projects made possible by a new interdisciplinary initiative at Texas A&M. -
AC, LEED GA credentials benefit construction grads
posted April 27, 2012Two important professional credentials sure to benefit the career aspirations of construction science graduates are Associate Constructor (AC) certification and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate (LEED GA) certification. -
Former student designs Olympic equestrian venue
posted April 27, 2012The grace and power of equestrian events at this summer’s Olympic games in London will be showcased in a venue designed by Charlie Kolarik ’04, a Texas A&M Master of Architecture graduate.