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  • Interdisciplinary student team takes top-three finish in international urban design competition

    09/14/16 AMES, Iowa — A team of students from the Iowa State University College of Design and the Technical University of Kenya is among the top three finishers in an international competition that sought creative planning and design ideas for sustainable urban development in Kenya. The International Design Collaboration for Kenya (IDCK) competition was hosted by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Transport,…

    September 14, 2016

  • Co-authors of book on digital technologies and landscape architecture to speak at ISU Oct. 6

    09/13/16 AMES, Iowa — Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann, co-authors of "Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-Conceptualising Design and Making" (Routledge, 2016), will speak about the book and their work in a lecture at Iowa State University. Their presentation, "Towards a Digital Design Practice of Landscape Architecture," will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Landscape…

    September 13, 2016

  • Architect and urban planner Claudia Yamu to speak about energy and smart cities Sept. 22

    09/07/16 AMES, Iowa — Architect and urban planner Claudia Yamu will speak about "Energy and Smart Cities: Participatory Models" in a lecture Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Iowa State University College of Design. Yamu's presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 Design. Part of the 2016-2017 Contemporary Issues in Planning and Design Lecture Series, her talk is cosponsored by the College of Design, Department of Community and…

    September 7, 2016

  • Italian architect Simone Capra to speak about environmental transformation and innovation in Sept. 7 lecture

    09/02/16 AMES, Iowa — Simone Capra, a registered architect in Italy and a new architecture instructor for the Iowa State University College of Design Rome Program, will speak about the production of innovation in a lecture Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the ISU College of Design. Capra will present "Looking at the World to Produce Innovation: Every Time Is (Almost) the First Time" at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College…

    September 2, 2016

  • C-SPAN back-to-school week features Hohmann's modern road design lecture Friday

    A College of Design prof's lecture will debut Friday on C-SPAN 3 as part of the network's American History TV back-to-school week. "From Parkways to Freeways: Modern Road Design," a lecture by Landscape Architecture Associate Professor Heidi Hohmann, will debut at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. It will re-air at 10:45 p.m. More Information

    September 2, 2016

  • Brunnier exhibition showcases art and visual culture faculty work inspired by permanent collection

    08/31/16 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition at Iowa State University's Brunnier Art Museum showcases inspiration and collaboration in the creative process. "Inspired By… Faculty Responses to the Permanent Collection" is on display Aug. 23, 2016, through Jan. 6, 2017. ISU Art and Visual Culture Professor Chris Martin initially proposed the project and worked with University Museums Assistant Curator Adrienne Gennett to bring it to life. Twelve studio faculty members from the…

    August 31, 2016

  • Student work created in Rome on display Aug. 30-Sept. 10 in Gallery 181

    08/30/16 AMES, Iowa — Projects by 40 Iowa State University students who studied in Italy last spring will be exhibited Aug. 30 through Sept. 10 in the ISU College of Design's Gallery 181. "Mura Aureliane/WallWalk" will feature projects created by 31 architecture and nine landscape architecture students who participated in the spring 2016 College of Design Rome Program. The show will include collages, digital renderings, sketches and sketchbooks, maps, photographs, videos…

    August 30, 2016

  • Multicultural education expert Geneva Gay to speak at ISU College of Design Sept. 16

    08/26/16 AMES, Iowa — Geneva Gay, an international expert on multicultural education, will speak about "Culturally Responsive Teaching" in a lecture Friday, Sept. 16, at Iowa State University. Part of  a two-day event, Gay's presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design. The talk is free and open to the public. She will also facilitate "Expanding Diversity Perspectives: A Curriculum Development Workshop" for College of Design…

    August 26, 2016

  • Iowa State and Michigan researchers help engineering and design educators teach new ways to generate ideas

    08/24/16 AMES, Iowa — When engineering and design students are faced with a problem, how do they explore more ideas and arrive at better solutions? Armed with a new tool for developing concept-generation skills—called Design Heuristics—a team of researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has spent the past three years creating and disseminating instructional methods to incorporate the tool into engineering and design education. Seda…

    August 24, 2016

  • Iowa State architecture students, faculty design and build new shelter for Urbandale's Dunlap Park and Arboretum

    08/16/16 AMES, Iowa — A new shelter designed and constructed by Iowa State University architecture graduate students and faculty for the Jackaline Baldwin Dunlap Park and Arboretum in Urbandale will be dedicated in a public event Tuesday, Aug. 30. The Bishop Family Shelter dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 5:45 p.m. at the shelter, located at 3040 Sherry Ln., Urbandale. The event will include brief remarks by Urbandale Mayor Bob…

    August 16, 2016