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Document – Story – Expression with Cameron Campbell

Brunnier Art Museum 295 Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive, Ames, United States

Architect and architectural photographer Cameron Campbell, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Architecture, will speak about architectural photography and finding the balance between capturing the feel and spirit of space and illustrating the concept of the design — and doing so with the accuracy and rigor of technical photography. Campbell will connect […]

ISUAA Honors & Awards Ceremony

The College of Design will honor six distinguished alumni during the ISU Alumni Association's 93rd Honors and Awards Ceremony at 1:30 p.m. CT Friday, Nov. 1, at Stephens Auditorium, and streamed live online. A dessert reception will follow the in-person ceremony. Both the reception and ceremony are free and open to the public. 2024 Christian […]

Black Contemporary Imaginary Exhibition

Black Contemporary 26107 530th Street, Ames, Iowa, United States

Students in the ARCH 403 studio taught by Peter P. Goché, architecture professor of practice, will share their work in a public exhibition at Black Contemporary, located at a defunct seed-drying farm just outside Ames. Visitors are asked to park along the west side of 530th Avenue. "The students seek to navigate various material and […]

IDRO Monday Research Seminar: Knitted Architectures: Crafting Interactive Environments

130 Design

In her presentation on "Knitted Architectures: Crafting Interactive Environments," architecture assistant professor Virginia Melnyk will describe how integrating knitting with architecture challenges traditional boundaries, turning textile techniques into innovative structural applications. Melnyk is a computational architectural designer and researcher with a passion for textiles and craft, specializing in material design, textiles, and deployable structures. Her work […]

Postcolonial Architecture, Anticolonial Memory and the Yugoslav Foreign Expertise in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Kocimski Auditorium (101 Design) 715 Bissell Road, Ames, IA, United States

Art historian Sanja Horvatinčić, a research associate at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb, Croatia, and former curatorial advisor at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, will speak about the significance of design and art in decolonization and postcolonial nation-building. The lecture will highlight the social purpose of architecture and art […]

Tatreezing Palestine: Mapping of Land, People and Memory Opening Reception

Gallery 181, College of Design 715 Bissell Road, Ames, IA, United States

An opening reception for the"Tatreezing Palestine: Mapping of Land, People and Memory" exhibition will be held A reception will be held from 5–8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Gallery 181. Artwork will be displayed Nov. 19–Dec. 6 in Gallery 181. The show is a culmination of research completed by master of science in architecture student […]

Mainframe Studios First Friday: Within the Layers Exhibition Reception

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, United States

The College of Design has partnered with Mainframe Studios in Des Moines through a series of exhibitions that are open for all students to apply. The theme for February 2025 is "Within the Layers." Work accepted for the show, curated by College of Design Gallery Manager Rachel Connell, spans different media including ceramics, collage, digital […]

Richard F. Hansen Prize Forum and Lecture

Iowa State alumni Richard F. and Barbara E. Hansen established the Hansen Prize in 2004 to recognize the winner(s) of a design studio competition held in conjunction with the Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture. Francesco Garofolo from Openfabric in Milan is this year's guest juror and lecturer. He will present his lecture "Usually Unnoiticed" […]

Charles E. “Chick” Herbert Lecture: Tomorrow is Not For Sale – Florencia Rodriguez

Kocimski Auditorium (101 Design) 715 Bissell Road, Ames, IA, United States

Florencia Rodriguez, associate professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Architecture and artistic director of the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial, will present the Charles E. “Chick” Herbert Lecture in Architecture at 4 p.m. Friday, March 28, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Titled "Tomorrow is Not for Sale," her free public […]

Parks Library at 100: Art, Architecture, and Innovation

198 Parks Library

Have you heard? 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the original Parks Library building on Iowa State's campus. The celebration continues with a University Lectures/University Library panel discussion on "Parks Library at 100: Art, Architecture, and Innovation," at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 in Room 198 Parks Library. Join panelists Hilary Seo, dean of the […]

Substance Design Forum Lecture: El Dorado’s Daniel Renner

Kocimski Auditorium (101 Design) 715 Bissell Road, Ames, IA, United States

Daniel Renner, AIA, director of design excellence at El Dorado’s Kansas City office, will serve as the guest speaker and a juror for the 2025 Substance Design Forum Lecture & Prize Jury at the Iowa State University College of Design. Hosted by the ISU Department of Architecture, the event will include a student competition from […]

College of Design Awards & Year-End Social

Campanile Room, Memorial Union

This event celebrates the College of Design's 2025 award recipients and the end of a successful academic year. The dean's remarks and presentation of awards will begin at 5 p.m. Award recipients include: Polster Family Teaching Award Ayodele Iyanalu, associate teaching professor, architecture Li Zhang, assistant teaching professor, art and visual culture College of Design […]

The Resilient Classroom: Reimagining Schools for a Climate-Ready Future

116 Design 715 Bissell Rd, Ames, United States

Iowa State University and the University of Concepcion, Chile, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin exchange and collaboration. In this presentation, Andrea Martinez Arias and Maria Isabel Rivera, University of Concepcion faculty members in architecture, urban design and geography, will share the results of current research projects they lead through the Vital Signs […]

Datum No. 15 Release Party

Hansen Exchange, King Pavilion, College of Design 715 Bissell Rd, Ames, United States

Students, faculty and staff are invited to the Datum No. 15 release party from 6–7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, to grab a copy of the newest issue of Datum, Student Journal of Architecture, on the theme of "Rot."