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College of Design news since November 07, 2008 |
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Design student wins campus photography contest November 05, 2009
- Following a month of community voting, Katherine Kelly Moore, a first-year student in the College of Design, won the second annual "I Love Campus Art" photography contest sponsored by the University Museums. Moore will receive a poster of her winning photograph, which featured Bruce White's "Carom" sculpture located near the Black Engineering Building. The limited-edition poster also will be for sale in the museum store on the second floor of the Scheman Building beginning Dec. 1.
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Honey Creek State Park is new home for solar house October 27, 2009
- Iowa State University's student-designed and built solar house is being installed at its permanent location at Honey Creek Resort State Park at Rathbun Lake in southern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has purchased the 800-square-foot, energy-efficient, solar-powered Interlock House for use as an interpretive center at the park. Iowa State also will have access to the building for energy performance monitoring. The house recently took 12th place in the US Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, DC.
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Lewis receives AIA Iowa Medal of Honor October 26, 2009
- Calvin F. Lewis, professor and chair of the Iowa State University department of architecture, received the Medal of Honor from the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Iowa) at the Central States Region/AIA Iowa Annual Convention in Des Moines on Oct. 16. The award recognizes an AIA Iowa member for distinguished service to the architecture profession. [More...]
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Schwennsen receives AIA Iowa Educator Award October 21, 2009
- Kate Schwennsen, professor of architecture and associate dean for academic programs in the ISU College of Design, received the 2009 Educator Award from the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Iowa) at the Central States Region/AIA Iowa Annual Convention in Des Moines. [More...]
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Iowa State places 12th in US DOE's Solar Decathlon October 19, 2009- The Iowa State University Solar Decathlon Team's Interlock House finished in 12th place in the U.S. DOE's Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, D.C. The team tied for third in Market Viability, fourth in Communications, fifth in Engineering and sixth in Net Metering contests. The houses remained open for public tours through the weekend. Students now begin the work of dismantling the house for transport back to Iowa. [More...]
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Two ISU architecture courses earn national recognition October 19, 2009- The US Green Building Council (USGBC) recently honored two Iowa State University architecture courses for advancing green building education. The Bridge Studio, developed and taught by Nadia Anderson, was one of five national winners of the 2009 Excellence in Green Building Education Recognition Award in the higher education category. SCI-TECH, taught by Jason Alread, Tom Leslie and Rob Whitehead, received an honorable mention in the same category. [More...]
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Columbia University's Kate Orff to speak at ISU Oct. 21 October 09, 2009- Columbia University's Kate Orff will present the P.H. Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Iowa State University. Her presentation, "Design for the Anthropocene Era," will be at 6 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, College of Design. [More...]
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Sandoval honored for outstanding doctoral dissertation September 18, 2009
- Gerardo Sandoval, assistant professor of community and regional planning at Iowa State University, will receive the 2009 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in October. The award recognizes superior scholarship in a doctoral dissertation. [More...]
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Architecture alum builds Key Card Hotel for Holiday Inn September 18, 2009
- Bryan Berg, a 1997 Iowa State architecture graduate, recently constructed a 400-square-foot Key Card Hotel of 200,000 Holiday Inn key cards to help Intercontinental Hotel Group celebrate a new logo design and relaunch 1,200 Holiday Inn hotels. Berg holds a master's degree from Harvard and is the Guinness World Record Holder for the World's Largest House of Cards. Read more about the Key Card Hotel in Fast Company magazine online.
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Faber to receive award for early teaching achievement September 17, 2009
- Carol Faber, assistant professor of art and design (integrated studio arts), will receive the Iowa State University Award for Early Achievement in Teaching at the university's annual fall convocation Monday, Sept. 21, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. The $1,500 award recognizes a tenured or tenure-track faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding teaching performance unusually early in his or her career. [More...]
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Community Visioning Program applications available September 17, 2009
- The Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning Program is accepting applications for the 2010 program. Since 1996, 159 communities throughout the state have benefited from the program, which integrates technical landscape planning and design techniques with sustainable community action. The program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in partnership with Iowa State University Extension Landscape Architecture and Trees Forever.
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ISU Solar Decathlon Team preps solar house for road trip September 09, 2009
- It will take a little more than three weeks for Iowa State's Solar Decathlon Team to disassemble, transport and reconstruct their Interlock House for competition on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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ISU students pour energy into solar home design August 31, 2009
- Des Moines Register features ISU Solar Decathlon team's "Interlock House" in Saturday, Aug. 29 article.
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Prominent architect to receive Christian Petersen award August 19, 2009
- Bryce Pearsall, managing principal of DLR Group, will receive the ISU College of Design's 2009 Christian Petersen Design Award at a ceremony Monday, Aug. 24. The Petersen award is given annually to alumni, staff and friends of the university for distinguished work that advances the design and art professions. Pearsall graduated from Iowa State with a bachelor of architecture degree in 1971.
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Curator David McFadden to speak at ISU Aug. 24 August 18, 2009
- David Revere McFadden, chief curator and vice president for programs and collections at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, will speak at the ISU College of Design on Monday, Aug. 24. His lecture, "The Blur Zone: Art, Craft and Design Today," will be at 7:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 Design. It is free and open to the public. McFadden guest curated the college's "30 and Beyond" alumni exhibition, open through Sept. 26 in Gallery 181.
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Design students begin classes in King Pavilion Aug. 24 August 17, 2009
- The King Pavilion, Iowa State's first new green structure, will be dedicated at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the Lyle E. Lightfoot Forum of the College of Design. A reception and tours of the facility will follow at 6 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. Students will begin classes in the new addition on Aug. 24. The building and grounds will serve as a living laboratory for the study of sustainable design practices.
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Tour ISU Solar Decathlon house on Aug. 29 August 14, 2009
- After 18 months of hard work, Iowa State University's Solar Decathletes are ready to show off their achievement: the solar-powered Interlock House, which they designed and built for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., in October. The team will host a free open house for the public from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at 1220 Southern Hills Drive, Ames.
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Two minutes with ... an artist in the Peace Corps August 12, 2009
- Chris Martin, associate professor of art and design, and his wife, Tammi, a former ISU staff member, are one year into a two-year assignment as Peace Corps volunteers in Ghana.
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College of Design hosts alumni exhibition Aug. 3-Sept. 26 July 27, 2009
- "30 and Beyond: College of Design Alumni Exhibition," curated by David Revere McFadden, chief curator and vice president for programs and collections at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, will be open Aug. 3 through Sept. 26 in Gallery 181, College of Design. An accompanying online show will also start Aug. 3. A reception and lecture by McFadden will be on Monday, Aug. 24. All events are free and open to the public.
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Sioux City students to take part in Design West workshop June 09, 2009
- Sioux City's Fourth Street Historic District will teem with budding artists, architects and designers June 11-13 during the Iowa State University College of Design Summer Workshop for area high school students. In its second year, the two-and-a-half day creative exploration session will be held at the ISU Design West Studio, 1014 ½ Design Place. Eighteen students from eight area high schools are registered to attend.
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Public invited to weigh in on statewide housing policy May 29, 2009
- Iowans are invited to help inform the state's housing policy at a series of meetings hosted by Iowa State University Extension and the Center for Town/Craft in June and July. Meetings will be held at different locations around the state, and input received on housing needs and priorities will be used in an ongoing process to develop a state housing policy. [More...]
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ISU's first green roof installed on King Pavilion May 21, 2009
- Work should wrap up by early June on the King Pavilion addition to the College of Design, and one of the last tasks was to install a green roof, consisting of about 20 varieties of plants atop four layers and about four inches of special materials. Conservation Design Forum, a Chicago-based landscape architecture firm, designed the roof for the Iowa climate.
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Design students create furniture, lamps, ceramics for Solar Decathlon House May 07, 2009
- When Iowa State University's Solar Decathlon house is displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in October, it will be decked out with furniture, lamps, bird feeders and ceramics created by students in three College of Design classes.
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Students create culturally responsive designs for Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College May 07, 2009
- As the College of Design marked its 30th anniversary at Iowa State University this year, a multidisciplinary group of design students had the unique opportunity to help a newly formed college plan for the next 30 years. A studio class led by Lynn Paxson, associate professor of architecture, worked with leaders of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College (CATC) in Oklahoma to imagine what its campus could be in the future. [More...]
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Interior design students triumph in national competition May 05, 2009- Designs by three senior interior design students triumphed in the fifth annual Hospitality Design Awards competition sponsored by Hospitality Design magazine. Michael Goodsmith won first place in the student category with his conceptual designs for a sustainable nightclub. A concept for an upscale hotel and spa by Anna Anderson and Jennifer Irey was a finalist. They developed their projects in the interior design senior studio taught by assistant professor Jihyun Song.
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NFL's Hobbs to receive art and design degree from ISU May 9 May 01, 2009
- Former Cyclone cornerback Ellis Hobbs, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, returns to campus May 9 to receive his bachelor of arts degree in art and design. [More...]
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Leslie receives sabbatical fellowship for design research April 30, 2009
- Tom Leslie, associate professor of architecture at Iowa State University, has received an American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowship for his research on Chicago architecture. [More...]
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Leaders meet to discuss Iowa housing policy April 28, 2009
- Key leaders representing builders, developers, lenders and realtors in Iowa met to discuss differing perspectives on the complex issue of housing at the Iowa Housing Policy Roundtable, held April 22 and 23 at the Center for Town/Craft in Perry. [More...]
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Graphic design students take top honors in ADAI exhibition April 23, 2009- Iowa State University graphic design students took top honors, including Best of Show, in the Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) 2009 Student Design Exhibition. Of a total 81 entries by 57 students accepted into the show, more than half -- 49 entries by 31 students -- were from the ISU College of Design. [More...]
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Class creates memory care garden in Ackley April 21, 2009- For the past three months, students in Bridget Belkacemi's landscape architecture studio worked with staff at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley to design and create a therapeutic garden for the facility's newest wing -- a dementia care unit.
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King Pavilion leads the way in ISU sustainability efforts April 20, 2009- The College of Design's King Pavilion is the university's first newly constructed "green" structure. It will meet high green building and performance measurements, including lower operating costs, increased asset value, reduced waste sent to landfills, decreased water and energy use and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. It is scheduled to open for classes in August.
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Iowa State architecture studio wins national prize April 17, 2009
- The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has recognized an innovative ISU architecture course with a $25,000 cash award. The Bridge Studio, taught by architecture lecturer Nadia Anderson, won the 2009 NCARB Grand Prize for Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy.
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ISU senior helps middle-schoolers learn about creek restoration April 13, 2009- For her senior thesis project, ISU landscape architecture student Stephanie Nelson has been working with seventh-graders at Ames Middle School to mitigate erosion damage and enhance wildlife habitat along a College Creek tributary behind the school. The story made the front page of the Sunday, April 12 edition of the Tribune.
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Six landscape architecture students receive ASLA awards April 09, 2009
- Six Iowa State University landscape architecture students received awards from the Iowa Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) -- and one of them received the President's Award for Academic Excellence. The awards were presented at the organization's spring conference in Des Moines on April 3. [More...]
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Architecture students in Rome feel earthquake, aftershocks April 08, 2009
- Thirty-five Iowa State architecture students and two faculty members are wrapping up their semester at the ISU College of Design's facility in Rome, Italy. Monday morning, April 6, they felt the earthquake that hit central Italy, and have been experiencing the aftershocks since then. Eric Hanson of KCCI NewsChannel 8 in Des Moines spoke with three students by phone. View the video at the following link.
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Rico-Gutierrez to lead College of Design April 07, 2009- Following a national search, Luis Rico-Gutierrez, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and David Lewis Director of the Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, will become dean of the College of Design at Iowa State University effective July 1. He succeeds Mark Engelbrecht, who will step down June 30 after serving as dean since 1994.
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Lilligren's 'Small Pleasures' on exhibit through April 8 March 19, 2009- Work by Ingrid Lilligren, professor of art and design, is in an exhibition through April 8 at Bunny Gunner Gallery in Pomona, Calif. The show features 120 7"x7" squares from Lilligren's "Small Pleasures" project, which she created from dry pastels and eggshells over the course of one year. All proceeds from sales benefit local organizations who help people in the midst of changing their lives. [More...]
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Recycling sights and sounds: Students empty 'bottle sock' March 16, 2009- Watch (and hear) students unleash a four-story can/bottle recycling "sock" in the atrium of the College of Design building.
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Five design students part of Research in the Capitol March 02, 2009- Five College of Design students are among 23 Iowa State University undergraduates who will present their research to legislators and others during the fourth annual "Research in the Capitol" event on Monday, March 9, in the rotunda of the State Capitol building in Des Moines.
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ISU Solar Decathlon project on WOI TV 5 February 26, 2009
- WOI's Jay Villwock features Iowa State University students who are building a home powered by solar energy for the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon competition.
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ISU Solar Decathlon team on KCCI-TV February 17, 2009
- KCCI's Angie Hunt features Iowa State University students who are building a home powered by solar energy for the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon competition.
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Four finalists named in ISU design dean search February 12, 2009
- Four finalists in the search for the next dean of the College of Design will visit campus during the next three weeks. Each will speak and answer questions at an open forum from 3:45 to 5 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 Design. Forum dates are Feb. 16, Feb. 23, Feb. 25 and March 2. Candidates' interview schedules and full vitae are available online.
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Nordmeyer to direct Iowa Energy Center February 02, 2009
- Kevin Nordmeyer, an architect who is currently a partner at RDG Planning and Design in Des Moines, will be the new director of the Iowa Energy Center. Nordmeyer begins his new job March 1. He designed two Iowa State University projects -- the Morrill Hall restoration and the new King Pavilion at the College of Design -- to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from Iowa State and has taught sustainable design for the ISU department of architecture.
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Students begin building house for Solar Decathlon January 30, 2009
- Iowa State students have set up shop in an off-campus warehouse to build and test the Interlock House, their entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon. For the 75 students with 11 varied majors, the past year has been a learning experience like no other.
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Design alum builds community through artistic intervention January 05, 2009
- An exhibition of Theaster Gates' work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and an accompanying series of events and performances throughout that city, highlights his belief in the transformative power of community. [More...]
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Squire honored for creative achievement December 23, 2008
- Mitchell Squire, associate professor of architecture, will receive a 2008-09 Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) at its annual meeting in Portland, Ore., in March. He will be honored for his "positive and stimulating influence" on students at Iowa State through the semester-long course he created, Craft and Crafty Action: On the Relationship between Creativity and Mischief.
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ISU's soy research offers greener materials for hot wax art December 17, 2008
- Barbara Walton, associate professor of art and design, and Tong Wang, associate professor of food science and human nutrition, are working together to modify soy wax for use in encaustic art.
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Three design college programs rank in top 15 nationally December 11, 2008
- Iowa State's programs in landscape architecture, interior design and architecture are among the top 15 in the nation, according to a survey of practitioners by DesignIntelligence, a bimonthly publication for leaders in design professions. The magazine's annual report, "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools," is the only national college ranking survey that focuses exclusively on design.
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Design by ISU architecture students on HD magazine cover December 04, 2008
- The work of two architecture graduate students is featured on the cover of the December issue of Hospitality Design (HD) magazine. Michael Grundleger and Jennifer Lehmkuhl won the top award in the student category of the fourth annual HD Awards for their design of a hotel with an art gallery.
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Students help Perry integrate immigrants into revitalization December 01, 2008
- Iowa State University community planning students in Gerardo Sandoval's class spent the semester working with the people of Perry to enhance the city's downtown revitalization plan. City leaders asked the students to find ways to integrate the immigrant community into the planning process and the final plan. Students will present "Iowa's Re-emerging Hometown: Planning for a Multicultural Perry," at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Center for Town/Craft, 1122 Willis Ave. in Perry.
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Richards hits his stride as children's book author, muralist November 13, 2008
- Chuck Richards will sign copies of his latest book, "Critter Sitter," at the University Book Store in the Iowa State Memorial Union from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3. Richards also recently completed four commissioned paintings based on his earlier book, "Jungle Gym Jitters," for the University of Iowa Children's Hospital.
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Block receives AIA Iowa Educator Award November 11, 2008
- David Block, professor of architecture at Iowa State University, received the Educator Award from the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Iowa) at its annual convention in September. The award recognizes individuals for their contributions to architectural education in Iowa. [More...]
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