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

APLA Alumna Set to Become AIA Alabama President in 2025
After growing up an Army brat, Andrea Simpson ’05 learned to thrive in many different situations and environments.

Auburn to host cross-laminated timber conference Oct. 7–9
The three-day event will feature renowned experts in forestry, building science, engineering and architecture and design who will share the latest research, trends and developments impacting the advancement of CLT in the South.

Urban Studio Transforming Historic Smithfield
Nearly a decade after the City of Birmingham was founded, a residential neighborhood was settled towards the western side of the city limits.

APLA Alumni Recognized with 2024 AIA Young Architects Awards
The American Institute of Architects recently recognized APLA alumni Bethany Lundell Garver ’03, AIA, NCARB, and Danny Wicke ’08, AIA, as winners of its Young Architects Awards for 2024.

APLA Alumnus Tilman “Trey” Wheeler III Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
APLA is pleased to congratulate alumnus Tilman “Trey” Wheeler III ’93 in his elevation to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

Auburn researcher proving value in better built homes
As a practicing architect in Massachusetts, Betsy Farrell Garcia never thought her next job would be calculating energy usage in affordable housing.

Treating wastewater and improving health in West Alabama
The Alabama Black Belt region has long struggled with a lack of wastewater treatment infrastructure, which is necessary for both the safety of wildlife and the health of residents.

Leading the Living Classroom
At Auburn, fifth-year architecture students have the option to spend a year in Birmingham to study and experience what it means to be an architect in an urban setting.

APLA Faculty Recognized with Auburn Author Award
David Hinson, CADC Associate Dean, and Justin Miller, APLA Head, were recently among 22 faculty and staff recognized with a 2024 Auburn Author Award.