More On: Faculty Work

SOM Foundation awards 2024 Research Prize to Auburn team
Emily McGlohn of Rural Studio, along with Aurélie Frolet and Jillian Maxcy-Brown, has been awarded the 2024 Research Prize by the SOM Foundation.

Associate Architecture Chair Featured in Documentary on Historical Swedish Architect
Matt Hall, Associate Professor and Associate Program Chair of Architecture, has been featured as an interviewee in a documentary about Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz.

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.

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).

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.

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.

SIGD Faculty Recognized with 2024 GDUSA Award
Several faculty members in Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD) have been recognized by Graphic Design USA for their work on the visual identity for “Kaleidoscope,” a school-wide student design show.

ASLA Recognizes Auburn APLA Student, Professor and Alumnus in 2024
A fourth-year student, an Assistant Professor and a distinguished alumnus from Auburn’s School of Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA) have all received recognition and high honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 2024, demonstrating the excellence of the program.

Landscape Architecture Faculty Research Recognized with ASLA Honor Award
Links between landscape architecture and social justice? Sounds like an odd match.

LeBleu Celebrates Legacy of Service to ASLA, CELA
After four years as a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) Fellows Jury, the last of which she has spent as chair, Auburn University Landscape Architecture Professor Charlene LeBleu will soon close out her jury service.