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 […]
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 […]
Pictured: "Freemartins" installation by Yeni Mao with Make Room at Frieze LA in 2024 Yeni Mao is a Chinese-American sculptor based in Mexico City. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and subsequently trained in foundry work in California and the architectural industries of New York. Recent solo exhibitions […]
What is Convocation? The College of Design convocation is a separate event from the official Iowa State University commencement ceremonies. Convocation includes only students from the College of Design and allows for a shorter, more individualized celebration of their achievements. Convocation will include greetings from Design administration and individual recognition of each graduating student in […]
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 […]
Jason Griffiths is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the director of PLAIN Design Build.
In part with the "Machines... and Ideas to Postpone the End of the World" exhibition, a presentation on "Media + Narratives on the Occasion" will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in Kocimski Auditorium. The presentation will feature discussions with artists who have work in the exhibition. The talk will also be available […]
College of Design juniors, seniors and graduate students in all majors are encouraged to attend this presentation about the spring 2025 course offerings for the college's advanced interdisciplinary studios (DSNS 5460). Each instructor will make a 3-minute presentation about their proposed studio, and students will be able to meet with instructors and ask questions about […]
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. […]
2024 Iowa State University Homelessness Symposium Keynote Address Gregg Colburn is an associate professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate in the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. He publishes on topics related to housing and homelessness and is the co-author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns […]
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 […]
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 […]
TEN x TEN landscape architects Erica Christenson, PLA, ASLA, and Satoko Muratake, PLA, ASLA, will present the 2024 P. H. Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University. Their free talk, “Optimism + Exploration + Truth: How We Practice Matters,” will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Kocimski Auditorium. A reception will […]
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 […]
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 […]
