Penn State team places second in NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge An interdisciplinary Penn State team led by Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture faculty members Shadi Nazarian and José Duarte earned second place and a $150,000 prize in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenge competition established to develop the technology necessary to create … Continue reading Contemporary Projects at Penn State →

Celebrating IDEC Institutional Merit Award with Students and Faculty A second, home-turf celebration for the Institutional Merit Award was with students and faculty. It took place in the renovated Cynthia Adams Collaboration Lab where synchronous resident and online teaching and learning occurs. Chair Ruth Tofle thanked faculty, students, alumni, and Mizzou Online for their contributions … Continue reading Awards at the University of Missouri →

Steven Hurtt Prof. Steven Hurtt, University of Maryland; Professor James Tice, University of Oregon; Antonio Latini, Architect, Rome, Doctoral student, University of Oregon are co-editing a book of essays tentatively titled “The Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe” intended for publication in 2019 by ORO editions.   Jana Kristina Vandergoot Book publication : Architecture and … Continue reading Research at the University of Maryland →

EDRA’s Certificate of Research Excellence (CORE) program offers professional certification for exceptional, rigorous, and impactful practice-based environmental design research studies. If you have conducted rigorous environmental design research that has value to the design industry and/or project stakeholders, submit your study for CORE certification! Applications will be accepted December 1, 2017 through January 15, 2018. … Continue reading 2018 EDRA CORE program →

May 22-25, 2018 | Coral Gables, Florida On May 22-25, 2018, the Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum (ACSF) will host a symposium, “Displacement and Architecture,” in partnership with the School of Architecture, University of Miami; the Coral Gables Museum; AIA Miami; and The Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The symposium aims for a broad discussion among practitioners and … Continue reading Displacement and Architecture Symposium 2018 →

Join ERDA June 6-9, 2018, for the 2018 EDRA49 Annual Conference in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma! Walk along the streets of Oklahoma City, home to an attractive variety of historic buildings: eye-catching religious buildings, and magnificent structures of great architectural and historic significance. What is Social Equity? What is social equity? And how do EDRA members promote social equity … Continue reading EDRA49 Oklahoma City: June 6-9, 2018 →

“GLOBAL DWELLING: Intertwining Community, Sustainability and Technology” School of Technology and Architecture – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), February 15-16, 2018 Following the success of the first OIKONET Postgraduate Seminar in Valencia in June 2017, the second edition hosted by ISCTE-IUL, will take place in Lisbon in February 2018. The seminar is structured in three … Continue reading Second OIKONET Postgraduate Seminar – Call for abstracts →

September 14 & 15, 2018 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Landscape Architecture The FRESH WATER design symposium invites designers and researchers, across academia and practice, to convene, debate, and discuss the inland water territories of North America. Inland cities, communities, and territories contain hydrographic stories related to industrialization, urbanization, agriculture, and commerce, where … Continue reading FRESH WATER: Design Thinking for Inland Water Territories →

An exhibition of 60 collaborative designs from throughout the United States and across borders, By the People challenges the country’s persistent social and economic inequality. Curator of Socially Responsible Design Cynthia E. Smith conducted over two years of field research—traveling to shrinking post-industrial cities, sprawling metro regions, struggling rural towns, areas impacted by natural and man-made disasters, … Continue reading By the People: Designing a Better America exhibition →

Dutch Complex Housing explores a special form of multi-family dwelling developed as socially accountable policy in response to the Netherlands’ dense population and situation below sea-level. The exhibition profiles eight visually rich structures, responsive to their sites , designed to incorporate non-housing functions, a variety of housing types and income levels that support diverse communities. … Continue reading Complexity: Dutch & American Housing →

ArchiDOCT is a peer-reviewed e-journal aiming at fostering, enhancing and promoting doctoral research in architecture. It is supported by the European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture (ENHSA) an EU funded Network in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Program, and fueled by the ENHSA Observatory. ArchiDOCT only accepts manuscripts from PhD students in … Continue reading ArchiDOCT – “RISK” – Call for Submissions →

ARCC is a proud partner of the BRIK Research Portal: What is BRIK? The Building Research Information Knowledgebase (BRIK) is an interactive portal offering online access to professionally reviewed research projects and case studies in all facets of the built environment, from predesign, design, and construction through occupancy and reuse. Who is developing BRIK? BRIK … Continue reading BRIK Research Portal →

The Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) in the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon conducts research on how buildings, related transportation and land use systems determine energy and resource use; develops new materials, components, assemblies, whole buildings, and communities with improved performance; consults and develops design tools; educates professionals and students; and collaborates with academia, government … Continue reading ESBL University of Oregon →

Architectural research has a long and varied history at the AIA. Most recently, the AIA has embarked on a number of activities to understand the needs of the profession around research and the AIA’s role to help meet such needs, in order to help advance the profession toward a more research-supported discipline.  For more info, … Continue reading AIA Practice Relevant Research →

Call for Submissions: 2016 AIA College of Fellows Latrobe Prize The Latrobe Prize is a biennial $100,000 award from the AIA College of Fellows to support a two-year program of research selected by jury review. The grant, named for architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is awarded for research leading to significant advances in the architecture profession. … Continue reading AIA College of Fellows Latrobe Prize →

Call for Submissions: 2016 AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grants The Upjohn program funds up to six research grants of $15,000–$30,000 per recipient annually for projects completed in a 6 to 18 month period. Proposals should address the value of design, practice issues, or novel materials and methods of construction. The research should relate to architectural … Continue reading AIA Upjohn Research Initiative →