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Showcase 2025: Spotlighting creative scholarship on campus
A video game about conservation efforts on the Gulf Coast. A dress that’s a mashup of Harley-Davidson and Dior. An Art Deco-style lamp crafted with sustainable materials. A classical music album inspired by Alabama’s cultural history. Design plans for a house that can withstand a 8.0 magnitude earthquake.

Urban Studio Students Hit the Beach
Each fall, Urban Studio students embark on field trip, leaving Birmingham behind for a few days of exploration.

Young architect shares secrets to lightning-fast licensure
Q&A with Auburn alumna Drew Haley Smith

Weekend Workshop Explores Design and Technology
When planning for Urban Studio’s permanent home in the former Hood-McPherson building, Director Alex Krumdieck ’86 knew one of the important aspects of the new space would be to inspire interdisciplinary collaboration within the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC).

HEADLINES: Fall 2024
Explore this semester's most impactful external media coverage of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC).

Auburn BSCI Professor Explores Cutting Edge of Interactive History
Junshan Liu, a Professor in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI), has celebrated two major milestones this year—earning his Ph.D. and achieving promotion to full professor—all while continuing to expand his groundbreaking research.

APLA Welcomes Three Visiting Faculty Members
The Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture welcomes three visiting faculty members in 2024–25: Maria Elena Vanegas Perez, Kuhn Lee and Dr. Mark Olweny. Perez and Lee will serve as visiting professors in Landscape Architecture, while Olweny will join the Architecture faculty.

Landscape students examine mass timber impacts
With nearly 70% of Alabama’s landscape covered with forest, the growth of the mass timber construction industry is sparking important new questions for the state and region.

Better than AI: Artificial intelligence + humans
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage these days, but some Auburn University faculty believe the term “collective intelligence” may actually better describe the interactions between humans and computers.

Auburn in Birmingham Welcomes Mountain Brook High School Students
A strong recruiting experience is critical in helping high school students make informed decisions about their future academic careers.