In celebration of Earth Science Week (Oct. 8–14), the ISU GIS Support and Research Facility will host a Geospatial Career Day from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in 206 Durham. A number of GIS professionals representing a variety of fields including transportation, geography, physical science, community development, agriculture and private industry, among others, will […]
Simone Capra, a founding partner of STARTT (Studio di Architettura e Trasformazioni Territoriali) and an architecture instructor for the College of Design Rome Program, will present "Void Is Not Exactly Empty" as part of the Department of Architecture's 2023-2024 Public Programs series, "Of the Land." "A void lot is not just a portion of land; […]
Join students and faculty for the Spring 2023 Rome Show opening reception! The show will feature work by 56 architecture and landscape architecture students who participated in the College of Design’s flagship Rome Program in spring 2023. The exhibition will include display boards, models, text and drawings. Work will be on display Oct. 27–Nov. 15 […]
Student work created in the ARCH 437: Architectural Photography course taught by Cameron Campbell, interim chair of architecture and associate professor of architecture, will be on display in the Pickard Chilton Gallery (first-floor King Pavillion corridor) from Tuesday, Nov. 7 through Tuesday, Nov. 14. The collection will include images of architecture taken by each student in the class.
Check out student work created in the ARCH 403: Architectural Design course taught by Peter Goché, professor of practice of architecture, from noon–2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Black Contemporary, located at 26107 530th Ave. in Ames. The "Black Contemporary Imaginary" exhibition will explore the act of making and curating large-scale installations within the various […]
This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled in the spring semester. Computational Methods for Soundscape Design Merate Barakat, associate professor, architecture Merate Barakat, a new faculty member of the Department of Architecture, will discuss her soundscape research, which is mediated by her investigations and teaching within the fields of architectural and computational design. […]
All are welcome to join the "From Land Grab to Landback" online symposium on Saturday, Dec. 2! "From Land Grab to Landback" is a transdisciplinary symposium and multimedia platform that investigates and offers critical perspectives that tie architecture across different scales to urgent questions about land, territory, property, sovereignty, ecology, and life. Through a series of talks, film screenings, roundtable discussions, […]
In conjunction with the "Beauty Investigated: Dilemmas, Projects and Promises" symposium, this exhibition will explore the cultural and social constructs of beauty through a series of artworks. The exhibition is organized by art and visual culture faculty Ingrid Lilligren, professor, and Johhny DiBlasi, assistant professor. The art will be on view in Gallery 181 from […]
Joshua G. Stein, a professor of architecture at Woodbury University and founder of Radical Craft, will speak about the sustainability of architecture practices in a lecture hosted by the Iowa State University Department of Architecture. The Los Angeles-based architect and designer will present “Slow Motion Materiality” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in Kocimski Auditorium, room […]
Virginia Tech architecture professor and author Aaron Betsky will present the Charles E. "Chick" Herbert Lecture in Architecture at 4 p.m. Friday, March 22, in Kocimski Auditorium. His free talk, “The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture,” is part of the Department of Architecture’s 2023-2024 Public Programs series, "Of the Land." A reception with refreshments will follow. About […]
BNIM Regenerative Design Challenge: Co-Creating Communities of Climate Resilience Jiwnath Ghimire, assistant professor, community and regional planning Alenka Poplin, associate professor, community and regional planning Andrea Wheeler, associate professor, architecture College of Design faculty members who received a BNIM Regenerative Design Challenge grant in 2023 will discuss regenerative principles from the lens of community collaboration […]
Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture in Architecture Traumnovelle Traumnovelle was founded by Belgian architects Léone Drapeaud, Manuel León Fanjul and Johnny Leya, who use architecture as analytical and critical tools to emphasize contemporary issues and dissect their resolutions. They champion a multidisciplinary approach with architecture at the crossroads. Leya will present the Curt F. Dale […]
Wade Scaramucci, director at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) in Oklahoma City, will present the 2024 Substance Design Forum Lecture at Iowa State University. Read more in our news release Part of the Department of Architecture’s 2023-2024 Public Programs series, his free presentation, “Ordinary... Extraordinary,” will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, in Kocimski […]
Architects Mariana Ordóñez Grajales and Jesica Amescua Carrera, partners in Mexico City-based Comunal, a community-driven multidisciplinary design practice, will present the 2024 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture at Iowa State University. Part of the Department of Architecture’s 2023-2024 Public Programs series, “Of the Land,” their free lecture will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. […]
Hosted by Black Contemporary, "BCx490" will feature independent works by architecture students Emily Preston, Arden Stapella and Gabe Yingst produced during their ARCH 490 independent studies with faculty Andrew Gleeson and Pete Goché this spring semester. Preston's series of cyanotype surveys explores the atmospheric conditions of the post-industrial landscape. With inspiration from the short stories […]
