More On: Student Experience
Urban Studio’s Impact: Applying Real-World Lessons Back on Campus
For Auburn’s third-year Architecture students, a semester at Urban Studio in Birmingham is more than an academic exercise—it’s an immersion into the complexities of designing within an existing urban fabric.
BSCI Construction Camps Provide Long-Lasting Benefits
While most people may think of summer camps solely as a leisure activity, many current students in Auburn‘s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI) spent some of their past summers attending camps to help prepare them for their future careers.
Tiger Giving Day Powers Transformative Alabama Field Trips for Landscape Architecture Students
Landscape Architecture students in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) embarked on three transformative field studies trips across Alabama last fall, thanks to generous donor support during Auburn’s 2024 Tiger Giving Day.
Urban Studio Students Develop Plan to Reconnect Birmingham
What happens when the City of Birmingham receives a grant to reimagine Fourth Avenue North?
Kinetic Typography Studio Moves with the Times
Courtney Windham, Associate Professor of Graphic Design (GDES), leads a studio in Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD) that has quite a way with words.
ARIA Students Reimagine Historic Selma Hospital
An iconic civil rights site in Selma, Alabama, closed in 1983 and fallen into disrepair in recent years, was the subject of a fall semester Interior Architecture (ARIA) studio led by Program Chair and Associate Professor Kevin Moore.
Meet Important Student Leaders in BSCI
Students in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI) embrace leadership at every turn.
MID Students’ Artificial Intelligence Work Named Red Dot Award Winner
Xilin Tang and Haoren Men, Master of Industrial Design (MID) students in Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD), were recognized with a 2024 Red Dot Design Award for their innovative approach to addressing environmental challenges in design.
Urban Studio Third Years Focus on Affordable Housing
From their exposure to New Urbanism on the Florida Panhandle to engaging stakeholders at the Wallace House and exploring the urban landscape of Birmingham, this past fall, third-year architecture students at Auburn’s Urban Studio explored a variety of projects.
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.