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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. -
Former student’s MSC installation debuts in late 2012
posted April 25, 2012A high-tech, permanent installation for the newly renovated Memorial Student Center portraying Texas A&M students past and present, designed in part by a former environmental design student, will debut in December. -
Viz-a-GoGo 19 slated May 3-5 in Bryan
posted April 20, 2012Was it Professor Plum in the conservatory with a wrench? You'll get a “Clue” as a board game-styled murder mystery unfolds during the interstitial segments of Viz-a-GoGo 19, the annual showcase of digital wizardry created by students in the Master of Science in Visualization program at Texas A&M. -
CoSci students view Houston's future
posted April 18, 2012Construction science students at Texas A&M recently got a peek at two alternative futures for the city of Houston in the year 2040 during a video presentation showcasing future scenarios imagined in a two-year research project undertaken by the Center for Houston’s Future. -
Architecture’s past, future contemplated
posted April 10, 2012John McMorrough, chairman of the University of Michigan’s Architecture program, whose writings on the problematics of contemporary design include treatments of supergraphics, pedestrian malls and the apocalypse, appeared at Texas A&M’s Department of Architecture Lecture Series Feb. 27. -
Lecture probes 21st Century urbanism
posted April 10, 2012Former Rice School of Architecture dean Lars Lerup, whose work focuses on the intersection of nature and culture in the contemporary U.S. metropolis, and on Houston in particular, kicked off the Department of Architecture’s 2012 Spring Lecture Series with a Feb. 13 presentation about new urbanism. -
CHC-led effort saves Ranger Memorial
posted March 13, 2012Visitors 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. -
Former Vizzers help ‘Rango’ earn Oscar
posted March 8, 2012And the Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to … “Rango,” the first feature-length animated movie created by the digital wizards — including eight former Texas A&M MS Visualization students — at Industrial Light & Magic. Aggie Vizzer Kevin Reuter worked for ILM as look development supervisor on the film. -
Brinsden guides CityCentre to institute award
posted February 6, 2012Texas A&M land development graduate Jonathan Brinsden '92 helped his firm, Midway Companies, earn a 2012 Development of Distinction Award from the Urban Land Institute for its CityCentre project. -
Potter ’78 begins term as AIA head
posted January 31, 2012Jeff Potter ‘78, is focusing on making the AIA more meaningful to emerging members of the profession and advancing the value of design during his one-year tenure as president of the 76,000-member American Institute of Architects. -
Students redesign Italian city’s piazza
posted January 4, 2012Environmental design students studying abroad last fall in the small Tuscan town of Castiglion Fiorentino reimagined the town’s piazza, creating proposals that included an international university, a culinary school and restaurant, theater, gallery, hotel, apartments and shops. -
Students help with ‘Extreme Makeover’ of Bastrop home
posted December 5, 2011A group of environmental design students are contributing to a weeklong flurry of construction for the TV show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition,” building a brand new home for a Bastrop County family. -
Hill's design class runs on creativity
posted December 1, 2011No textbooks, no tests, no scantrons — Prof. Rodney Hill’s creativity class doesn’t have a trace of the elements found in a traditional college course, instead relying on discovery and innovation; it’s not every class that requires students to sign a non-disclosure agreement before attending lectures. -
PBS interviews Brody in post-Ike report
posted November 30, 2011Sam Brody, professor of urban planning at Texas A&M, was interviewed on PBS Newshour about Galveston’s efforts to build a healthier city after Hurricane Ike. He is also the Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Coasts at TAMU-Galveston and director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores. -
CoSci intern talks about experience
posted November 17, 2011Ryan Wilhelm ’12, a Texas A&M undergraduate construction science student, talks about his internship at the company's New Orleans office in a video. Wilhelm, from Dumas, Texas, was put in charge of a group working on a portion of a half-mile long floodwall.
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