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George W. Jones was among the first 12 faculty members of the Iowa
Agricultural College when the first official class of students entered
in 1869. He was a professor of mathematics, architecture and civil
engineering. By 1871 he taught a two-course sequence in architecture:
History and Principles of Architecture: Detailed Study of Orders, and
Architectural Designs and Drawing.
Architecture has existed as a department at Iowa State under four
different names. It began as the Department of Structural Design in the
Division of Engineering in 1914, then became the Department of
Architectural Engineering and Rural Structures in 1918. The name
changed again in the 1940s, to the Department of Architecture and
Architectural Engineering. While still a part of the College of
Engineering, in 1967, the program adopted its present title, the Department of Architecture.
The department today offers a five-year, bachelor of architecture
(BArch) degree accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting
Board. The department also offers an accredited master of architecture
(MArch I) degree, a master of science in architectural studies (MSAS)
degree and a post-professional graduate (MArch II) degree. The
undergraduate architecture program has been ranked in the top 15
nationally for the past six years by DesignIntelligence, a monthly
publication for leaders in the design professions.
Fast Facts
- Architecture's first home was Marston Hall (then called Engineering Hall), built 1900-1903.
- Allen
Holmes Kimball was the first and longest-serving head of the
architecture department (1914-1942). His 28 years of leadership also
make him the longest-serving administrator to date of any department
within the College of Design.
- During its 64-year history
within the Division (College) of Engineering, the Department of
Architecture was served by more than 90 faculty members. Of these, only
one was a woman, Mabel Huey Cowgill, who began teaching in 1915.
- In
the mid-1920s, students in the areas of architecture, applied art and
landscape architecture collaborated on a "model cottage" project, which
resulted in the design and completed construction of a small cottage
each year. This is thought to be the first time these three disciplines
worked together on a single project.
- The bachelor of architecture degree was authorized in 1946.
- In 1978, the architecture department became a part of the new College of Design.
- 1n 1986, Clare Cardinal-Pett was the first College of Design
faculty member to incorporate the use of computers into an existing
core curriculum by having her second-year architecture students use
AutoCAD to complete assignments.
- The College of Design's Rome Program begain with a group of 20 architecture students and one faculty member in 1991.
- Architecture
professor Bruce Bassler initiated the interdisciplinary Design/Build
Studio in 1996. The studio constructs yearly projects in the College of
Design building and at off-campus locations.
- The
Richard F. Hansen Lectures in Architecture, the first endowed lecture
fund in the Department of Architecture, was established in 2001 through
the generosity of Richard F. (BA 1955 Architecture) and Barbara E.
Mound (1955 Child Development) Hansen. Each year, the department hosts
a publicly juried student design competition, followed by an awards presentation, guest lecture and opening
reception for an exhibition of work by students who participated in the
Rome Program the previous spring semester.
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