Architecture

September 30, 2021

09/30/21 AMES, Iowa — Shelby Doyle, co-founder of the Computation and Construction Lab and director of the Architectural Robotics Lab at Iowa State University, has been named the next Stan G. Thurston Professor in Design Build in the ISU College of Design. Iowa State alumni Stan and Dotty Thurston created the professorship in 2014 to support the recruitment and retention of Iowa State faculty who are leaders in the…

September 30, 2021

09/29/21 AMES, Iowa — Members of the Iowa State University community likely are familiar with the large, blue metal "Sequence" sculpture in front of the College…

September 29, 2021

08/02/21 AMES, Iowa — A leaping largemouth bass has landed in the new Johnston Town Center. Weighing 2 tons and measuring 20 feet long, 13 ½ feet high and 10 feet wide, the stainless steel sculpture shimmers with nearly 2,000 kinetic “scales” that capture the light and breeze to heighten the sense of movement created by the curving frame. The “Ripples” (aka “Big Fish”) installation was designed by Reinaldo Correa…

August 9, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Ann (Wright) Au and King Au, co-founders of 2AU Limited jewelry design studio and art gallery in West Des Moines’ Historic Valley Junction, are the recipients of the 2020 Christian Petersen Design Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. Established in 1980, the award is given annually to alumni, staff and friends of the university for distinguished work that advances the design…

May 10, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Rod Kruse, FAIA, principal and head of the Des Moines office of BNIM Architects, is a recipient of the 2020 Design Achievement Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. The award recognizes outstanding creative and professional achievements of alumni in all of the college’s disciplines, which include architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts,…

May 10, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Adrienne Nelson, AIA, an associate with global architecture studio Pickard Chilton, is a recipient of the inaugural Outstanding Young Professional Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. Established in 2020, the award recognizes College of Design alumni who received their most recent degree from Iowa State within the past 10 years and have excelled in their professions early in their careers. Nelson, originally…

May 10, 2021

2021 DSN S 546: Preservation and Cultural Heritage Tokyo: International Perspectives and Design Issues

The spring 2021 DSN S 546: Preservation and Cultural Heritage Tokyo: International Perspectives and Design Issues option studio, taught by Iowa State University associate professors Diane Al Shihabi, interior design, and Mikesch Muecke, architecture, held a four-hour final review virtually via Zoom on Thursday, April 29.

The interdisciplinary studio developed an extensive Historic Structure Report (HSR)…

May 10, 2021

05/06/21 AMES, Iowa — A team of Iowa State University undergraduate architecture students is among the winners of the seventh annual AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The competition challenges students to use an integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology to design projects that protect and…

May 6, 2021

Eight College of Design students are among 60 from Iowa State University who will share their research and scholarship with peers from across the nation April 12–14 at the 34th annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research, which will take place online. Design students selected include Nick Cheung, Oluwatobiloba Fagbule, Jacob Gasper and Cyle King, architecture; Isabelle Fraetis, Dahlia Hensley and Delaney Kennedy, art and design; and Alexandra Bohlin, community and…

April 5, 2021