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May 9th, 2018
Landscape Architecture Foundation Honors AU Case Studies
The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) selected two case studies designed by Charlene LeBleu and students in the News Details
May 8th, 2018
AGC elects Eddie Stewart President
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA), the nation's largest and oldest construction trade association, held its annual convention in New Orleans recently. Students and faculty from the McWhorter School of Building Science at the conventi (...)
May 4th, 2018
Spotlight on Hannah Grimes, CADC's Spring 2018 Graduation Marshal
Hannah Grimes, a graphic design major with a near perfect GPA, will represent the College of Architecture, Design and Construction as its Graduation Marshal at this spring’s commencement. She served as a CADC Ambassador this past year and is acti (...)
Apr 30th, 2018
LeBleu Becomes CELA President
Stephanie Bond
After serving as First Vice-President and President-Elect for the past year, Charlene LeBleu, FASLA and associate professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA), assumed the presidency of the News Details
Mar 30th, 2018
Willkens Wins Teaching Award
Nicole Truitt
Danielle Willkens, an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, was recently honored with a 2017-2018 New Faculty Teaching Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The award (...)
Mar 14th, 2018
Students Experience Virtual Reality at McWhorter School of Building Science
Latha Bhavnani
After spending many years in the realm of ideas, Virtual Reality (VR) has now come of age. In addition to being a tool for visual exploration, it also addresses safety concerns for personnel on project sites.
Site visits for stud (...)
Mar 14th, 2018
McWhorter School of Building Science team wins Roofing Competition
Latha Bhavnani
The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress recently hosted four teams to compete in the finals of the fourth annual Construction Management Student Competition at the 2018 International Roofing Expo® (IRE) in New Orleans. The finalist teams were ch (...)
Feb 28th, 2018
Auburn Graphic Designers to Watch
Stephanie Bond
Graphic Design USA’s (GDUSA) Students to Watch™ feature has an established tradition of recognizing future leaders in the industry and those who train them. As a business-to-business information source, GDUSA keeps graphic design profession (...)
Feb 21st, 2018
Bringing Civil Rights History to Life
On March 7, 1965, 600 peaceful civil rights demonstrators prepared to march from Selma to Montgomery, championing the Selma Voting Rights Movement. As they moved south across the Alabama River and reached the apex of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the demon (...)
Feb 21st, 2018
Providing Livable Homes for Veterans with Disabilities
As of 2016, the number of veterans with service-connected disabilities was over 4 million, and of those, more than 1 million had significantly debilitating disabilities (US Census Bureau). This large population presents an urgent need for smart home co (...)
Feb 21st, 2018
Better Homes Build Better Lives
A research team from Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) has been awarded a major HUD grant for the development of housing solutions for people with disabilities and those seeking to age in place. CADC facu (...)
Feb 6th, 2018
More Top Rankings for Architecture and Industrial Design
CADC’s architecture and industrial design programs are included among the top in the nation according to The Art Career Project website. The Art Career Project, a nationally recognized resource for (...)
Feb 6th, 2018
Auburn INDD Alum Named IDSA Interim Executive Director
Stephanie Bond
Congratulations to Chris Livaudais, 2002 industrial design graduate and good friend and supporter of the program, on his appointment as the new interim executive director of the Industrial Designers Society of America. Livaudais has been an active memb (...)
Jan 31st, 2018
Moore Receives Auburn Alumni Association’s 2018 Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award
Stephanie Bond
Kevin Moore, Associate Professor and interior architecture program chair, was honored with a 2018 Auburn Alumni Association Teaching Excellence Award at its Faculty Awards Luncheon in November. This award is given to teachers who are exceptional in the (...)
Jan 30th, 2018
Steve Jernigan ‘81 Appointed to Florida’s Board of Architecture and Interior Design
Stephanie Bond
CADC alum Steve Jernigan, FAIA (B.S. Env. Design ‘80, B. Arch. ‘81) was appointed to the Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design by Gov. Rick Scott for a four-year term beginning January 2018. A former president of AIA Florida and (...)
Jan 25th, 2018
Hinson+ Dagg Architects Honored
Stephanie Bond
CADC’s own David Hinson and Christian Dagg (aka Hinson + Dagg Architects) have been recognized again for the Browning residence. They received a Gold Award in the “One-of A-Kind Custom of Spec Home 1,501-2,500 sq. ft.” category at the (...)
Jan 22nd, 2018
Renovation Brings Cutting-Edge Technology
Morgan Smothers
Spaces in the Miller Gorrie Center, home of the McWhorter School of Building Science, are getting upgrades that will completely change the way students learn about the construction industry. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, students will h (...)
Jan 16th, 2018
Architecture Program Ranked among Top in U.S.
CEOWORLD Magazine has ranked the Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture among the top undergraduate programs in the United States. APLA was ranked #15 in the list of 25 “Best Universit (...)
Jan 16th, 2018
Graphic Design for Healthcare in Haiti
Morgan Smothers
In Fall 2017, a group of Auburn University graphic design students were faced with the challenge of providing basic information about healthcare to the clients of the Hope Center clinic in Thoman, an isolated mountain village in Haiti. Because the majo (...)
Dec 14th, 2017
Dean Nathan named Design Futures Council Senior Fellow
Karen Rogers
Vini Nathan, dean and McWhorter Endowed Chair of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction at Auburn University, has been named 2017 Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. Only four people are awarded this distinction annually. This ye (...)