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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 (...)
Dec 6th, 2017
Xavier Vendrell Receives Prestigious FAD Award
Natalie Butts-Ball
Professor and Acting Director of Auburn University Rural Studio Xavier Vendrell has been awarded the FAD Award (el Fomento de las Artes Decorativas) in the category of City and Landscape for the project, “Rehabilitació del Parc de Joan Oli (...)
Dec 4th, 2017
Celebrating the Women of the Auburn CADC
Stephanie Bond
Please join us and be part of “The Women of Auburn CADC.”
The College of Architecture, Design and Construction joined Auburn’s celebration of 125 Years of Women at Auburn University with this special video creat (...)
Dec 4th, 2017
Grad Marshal Cameron Westbrook Represents CADC
Morgan Smothers
On December 16, 2017, our next group of graduates will take their places at Auburn’s Fall commencement ceremony. Representing the CADC as Graduation Marshal for Fall 2017 will be Environmental Design student Cameron Westbrook. Cameron has been an (...)
Dec 1st, 2017
CADC Interdisciplinary Team Awarded Largest HUD Grant in Auburn University History
Karen Rogers
Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction has been awarded a $635,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, to develop housing solutions for people with disabilities and with aging in pl (...)
Nov 14th, 2017
Honoring a Veteran: Buck Marsh
Latha Bhavnani
Movies, documentaries, and history books recount the saga of World War II, giving us a glimpse of a soldier’s life in the trenches. One of the decisive battles fought in the European theater during World War II was the Battle of the Bulge, which (...)
Nov 12th, 2017
Farrow Selected for SEC Academic Leadership Development Program
Stephanie Bond
Ben Farrow, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and International Programs, has been named a 2017–2018 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow. As an Auburn Fellow, he is one of four faculty members who will represent Auburn University (...)
Nov 9th, 2017
Auburn University's NOMA Student Team Wins Second Place
Stephanie Bond
Auburn’s National Organization of Minority Architects student team won second place in the 2017 Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition. The design competition was part of the NOMA’s Annual Conference in Houston, Texas on October 11-14 (...)
Nov 7th, 2017
CADC Celebrates with 2017 Awards Banquet
Stephanie Bond
The College of Architecture, Design and Construction held its 2017 Awards Banquet on Thursday, October 19 at the Marriott Grand National in Opelika, AL. Dr. Vini Nathan, Dean and McWhorter Endowed Chair in the College of Architecture, welcomed CADC fac (...)
Oct 29th, 2017
Bryant’s Work Featured in UPPERCASE
Kelly Bryant, Auburn University graphic design professor, is one of the featured designers in the most recent issue of UPPERCASE (Issue 35), a quarterly publication that is inspired by craft, design, and illustration. UPPERCASE is an award-winning, int (...)
Oct 26th, 2017
Academic Research Culminates with International Magazine Publication
Nicole Truitt
Prof. Matt Hall first encountered the work of Swedish Architect, Bernt Nyberg, on a study abroad trip in 2010 when he took a group of University of Tennessee architecture students on a grand tour of Sweden to study the work of Sigurd Lewerentz and his (...)
Oct 5th, 2017
College of Architecture, Design and Construction Programs Ranked among Nation’s Best
Stephanie Bond
Auburn University College of Architecture, Design and Construction programs continue to be ranked among the nation’s best by DesignIntelligence Quarterly in its annual “American Best Architecture and Design Schools 2017-2018.” The ran (...)
Oct 5th, 2017
The Future in Innovation: The Story of Jerry Gillman
Latha Bhavnani
Devastation caused to the built environment by hurricanes (such as Harvey and Irma recently), tornados and severe storms have long inspired manufacturers in the construction industry to improve and develop technology and building materials that can wit (...)
Sep 17th, 2017
Poetry Broadsides Series wins UCDA Award of Excellence
Robert Finkel and his team of graphic designers have once again been recognized for their Third Thursday Poetry Broadside Series created for the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The series received an Award of Excellence in the In-House Print cat (...)
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Sep 17th, 2017
Alabama Workshop[s] Toolkit Selected for Communication Arts Magazine Design Annual
Alabama Workshop[s] Toolkit created by Robert Finkel, Associate Professor of Graphic Design in the School of Industrial + Graphic Design, and Sheri Schumacher, Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architectu (...)
Sep 3rd, 2017
APLA’s Urban Studio Provides Exciting Experience for Third-Year Architecture Students
During the Fall 2016 semester, four third-year architecture students joined Auburn University’s Urban Studio in Birmingham, Alabama, where they teamed with fifth-year students to learn about urban design, working on group and individual design pr (...)