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03/21/18 AMES, Iowa — Kylee Cangas, an Iowa State University third-year architecture student, won the 2018 Richard F. Hansen Prize in Architecture awarded by the ISU Department of Architecture. 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. Jurors for this year’s competition included…

March 21, 2018

March 8, 2018

02/16/18 AMES, Iowa — Bernard Canniffe, chair of the Iowa State University Department of Graphic Design, has been named the first recipient of the Dorothy Maitland Miller Professorship in Graphic Design in the ISU College of Design. Iowa State alumna Dorothy (Maitland) Miller, who received a Bachelor of Science in applied art in 1952 and died in 2014, established the endowed professorship through an estate gift to recognize the importance…

February 16, 2018

02/04/18 AMES, Iowa — Three artists affiliated with the Iowa State University College of Design took home top awards in the Octagon Center for the Arts’ "50th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood National All-Media Exhibit." Juror Peter Pinnell, a professor of art at the University of Nebraska, announced the awards at a reception Friday, Jan. 26. The show is on display through April 7 in the Octagon's Main and Sweeney…

February 4, 2018

AMES, Iowa — Ulrike Passe, an associate professor of architecture and director of the Center for Building Energy Research (CBER) at Iowa State University, received the 2017 Educator Award from the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Iowa) Sept. 28 at the AIA Iowa Annual Convention in Des Moines. The award recognizes significant contributions to architectural education in Iowa. Passe joined the Iowa State architecture faculty as a…

December 10, 2017

11/2/17 AMES, Iowa — Seven Iowa State University College of Design students won awards for their entries in “Studies in Creativity,” an annual juried exhibition on display through Monday, Dec. 11, in the Iowa State Memorial Union Gallery. Des Moines artist and juror Amenda Tate Corso selected 38 artworks by 25 Iowa State students for the show, which features drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, ceramics, woods, metals, and digital and mixed…

November 6, 2017

10/26/17 AMES, Iowa — Vaughn Rinner, FASLA, past president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, is a recipient of the 2017 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, integrated visual arts, interdisciplinary…

October 26, 2017

10/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Des Moines artist Larassa Kabel is a recipient of the 2017 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, integrated visual arts, interdisciplinary design, interior design, landscape architecture, sustainable…

October 26, 2017

10/26/17 AMES, Iowa — Patrick Dillon, an owner and one of the creative directors of Los Angeles-based creative services firm B O N D, is a recipient of the 2017 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…

October 26, 2017

10/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Des Moines philanthropists and Iowa State University alumni Stan and Dotty Thurston are the recipients of the 2017 Christian Petersen Design Award presented by the ISU College of Design. Created in 1980, the Christian Petersen Design Award is given annually to alumni, staff and friends of the university for contributions to the advancement of design through personal aesthetic achievement, exceptional support or extraordinary encouragement and service.…

October 24, 2017