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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 (...)
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 (...)