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  1. MLA students' downtown core concept wins Texas ASLA award
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    MLA project wins Texas ASLA award

    posted April 20, 2012
    A College Station area consisting of strip malls and parking lots would become a pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use, downtown core in an award-winning master plan proposed by Master of Landscape Architecture students at Texas A&M.
  2. Solar-powered umbrella design places 3rd in national contest
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    Students' solar-powered umbrella wins 3rd in contest

    posted April 12, 2012
    A solar-powered beach umbrella capable of powering portable electronic devices, built by a team of Texas A&M Design Process students, earned third place in the nationwide Innovative Design Competition sponsored by Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
  3. Aggie Workshop took holistic approach to landscape design
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    Aggie Workshop took holistic approach

    posted February 6, 2012
    Professional landscape architects shared their knowledge with students Feb. 10-11 at the Langford Architecture Center in a series of presentations, discussion panels and charrettes at the 2012 Aggie Workshop, which this year took a holistic approach to design.
  4. Research centers offer disaster- themed preservation symposium
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    Preservation experts focus on ‘Disaster’ at 13th CHC symposium

    posted January 19, 2012
    Historic preservation efforts undertaken after natural and manmade disasters were the focus of “Disaster,” the 13th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at the Langford Architecture Center.
  5. Faculty embrace the studio as the centerpiece of design education
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    Studio education: What sets us apart

    posted November 28, 2011
    As higher education leaders across the nation wrangle with budget constraints and consider reforms aimed at doing more with less, Texas A&M College of Architecture educators continue to embrace the studio, the time-tested cornerstone of design education, as the most critical component of modern design pedagogy.
  6. New center provides researchers access to nonpublic federal data
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    Data center to aid research initiatives

    posted November 23, 2011
    Valuable sociological and economic data collected by the federal government but not available to the general public will soon be available to select researchers from Texas and the surrounding region with the opening this fall of the Texas Census Research Data Center at Texas A&M University.
  7. Students’ Rhine riverfront redo designs wow Bonn mayor
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    Rhine riverfront redo wows Bonn mayor

    posted April 25, 2011
    Texas A&M students studying abroad in Bonn, Germany during the fall 2010 semester impressed the city’s mayor and staff with their presentations of a master plan for a 10-kilometer redevelopment along the Rhine River. A published portfolio of the students' work can be viewed online in PDF format.