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  1. Aggie-founded architecture program thriving in Bangladesh
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    Aggie-founded arch program flourishing in Bangladesh

    posted April 30, 2012
    More 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.
  2. Columnist recalls contributions of Aggie landscape architect Gripon
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    Galveston columnist lauds late Gripon ‘49

    posted March 24, 2012
    Oak trees provide greenery and shade at an elementary school and along a farm-to-market road in League City, examples of the civic-mindedness of the late Lynn Gripon ’49, a former Texas A&M University landscape architecture student who passed away in 2000.
  3. Lecturer to discuss Modernism in Japanese Architecture April 2
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    Curator, author Nakamori talks 4/2

    posted March 21, 2012
    Author, curator and Rice University art history lecturer Yasufumi Nakamori will present "Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture" at the Department of Architecture's Spring 2012 Lecture Series at 5:30 p.m. April 2 in Preston Geren Auditorium.
  4. D-Day Ranger monument saved by Aggie-led restoration effort
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    CHC-led effort saves Ranger Memorial

    posted March 13, 2012
    Visitors to Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France, can once again visit a cliffside monument honoring the World War II heroism of U.S. Army Rangers, led by a future Texas A&M president, following a $6 million site restoration based on information gathered by the university’s Center for Heritage Conservation.
  5. Exhibit co-curated by Lang named one of 2011’s top cultural events
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    Lang helped curate exhibit ranked as a top event of 2011

    posted February 6, 2012
    An exhibition retracing a landmark 1972 New York Museum of Modern Art exhibit of Italian design co-curated by Peter Lang, associate professor of architecture, was lauded as one of the world’s 2011 cultural highlights.
  6. Wright Gallery ‘Torchbearers’ exhibit salutes black history
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    Wright Gallery show salutes black history

    posted February 2, 2012
    Texas A&M’s celebration of Black History Month began Feb. 1 with an exhibit of the acclaimed “Torchbearers” series of portraits by Robert Schiffhauer, associate professor of architecture, at the Langford Architecture Center’s Wright Gallery.
  7. Outstanding alumnus recounts Aggie Ring odyssey in magazine
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    Alumnus recounts Aggie Ring odyssey

    posted January 30, 2012
    James R. Thompson ’68, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, shares a journey of discovery in the current issue of Texas Aggie magazine that began when he bought an Aggie Ring at a Waco auction house in 2008.
  8. Glowacki co-edits book of papers examining ancient Crete housing
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    Prof contributes to ancient Crete book

    posted January 26, 2012
    A new book co-edited by Kevin Glowacki, assistant professor of architecture, is deepening the understanding of ancient houses and household activities in the Greek island of Crete. Glowacki and collaborator Natalla Vogelkoff-Brogan, of Athens, Greece, also penned an introductory chapter.
  9. Summers ’49, Mies van der Rohe protégé, outstanding alum passes
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    Outstanding alumnus Summers '49 passes

    posted December 19, 2011
    Gene Summers FAIA, who left his design imprint on some of the world’s most recognizable Modern landmarks, a protégé of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, died Dec. 12 in a California hospital from liver cancer.
  10. Alumna-led YMCA building renovation almost complete
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    Former student leads YMCA renovation

    posted November 14, 2011
    The renovation of Texas A&M’s historic YMCA building, overseen by Nancy McCoy ’81, FAIA, an outstanding alumna of the College of Architecture, is mostly complete. McCoy, a founding principal at Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture, LLP, is an award-winning preservation architect.
  11. Outstanding alumnus Bolton ’41 passes away in Houston Nov. 2
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    Bolton ’41, FAIA, passes away Nov. 2

    posted November 3, 2011
    Preston Bolton ’41, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture and a member of the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows, passed away Nov. 2 in Houston. Funeral services are scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7 at First Presbyterian Church, 5300 Main Street, in Houston.
  12. Geva pens book exploring Frank Lloyd Wright’s sacred architecture
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    Geva explores Wright designs in new book

    posted November 1, 2011
    The first comprehensive study of Frank Lloyd Wright’s sacred architecture is in a new book by Anat Geva, associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M. Geva is also the first to introduce a theoretical framework illustrating the relationship between faith, form and building technology in sacred architecture.
  13. Nike designer details his creation of new water purification device
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    Nike designer kicks off lecture series

    posted September 13, 2011
    Tom De Blasis, global design director for Nike soccer and a champion of design as a vehicle for solving some of the world’s intractable problems, presents “Nike: The Game Changer,” Sept. 19 in Preston Geren Auditorium. The lecture kicks off the Texas A&M Department of Architecture’s Fall 2011 Lecture Series.
  14. Guests take tours of TRC's new fifth-floor Langford A archive
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    Open house shows off spacious new TRC archive on 5th floor

    posted September 7, 2011
    Photographs, newspaper clippings and many other items from the college archives were on display Aug. 26, 2011 at an open house in the Technical Reference Center's extension on the fifth floor of Langford A.
  15. Caffey eying rare Homer painting from Forsyth Gallery collection
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    Rare Winslow Homer painting investigated

    posted September 2, 2011
    A rare work in Texas A&M’s Forsyth Center Galleries by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), a preeminent figure in U.S. art history, is receiving its first-ever scholarly attention from Stephen Caffey, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M. Caffey said it's an important yet little-known painting.