HEADLINES
Architecture Faculty Positions Open
(November 24, 2009) — School of Architecture invites nominations for applicants with expertise in high performance buildings, digital design and fabrication. (full story…)
Georgia Tech College of Architecture Establishes Schools
(November 17, 2009) — Georgia Tech announced the academic programs in the College of Architecture will be re-established as five schools: Architecture; Building Construction; City and Regional Planning; Industrial Design; and Music, continuing the College of Architecture’s momentum to strengthen its disciplines, improve its graduate and undergraduate student experiences, and fortify its research agenda. (full story…)
Introducing Gray Matter(s)
(October 19, 2009) — Gray Matter(s) is a new student-run online publication intended for finding and sharing news, events, resources and thoughts. (full story…)
Instructor Re-Invents Plaza and Streetfront of Historic Library
(October 19, 2009) — Architecture instructor Tim Frank was awarded first place in the 2009 AIA Atlanta 48-hour competition to reinvent the Public Plaza and Streetfront identity of the Marcel Breuer designed Atlanta Central Library. (full story…)
Engineering Architecture: Acoustics and Design at Georgia Tech
(October 19, 2009) — Architecture PhD candidate Selen Okcu is turning heads in the design and construction communities with her pioneering research in acoustics for healthcare environments. (full story…)
Culture-Rich Student Group Sweeps National Competitions
(October 19, 2009) — Georgia Tech’s chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) prevailed at the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) nation-wide conference in St. Louis, MO. (full story…)
Students Build Tech Tower Replica for Fundraiser
(September 21, 2009) — The Tech Tower playhouse is one of three playhouses that will be raffled off in a fundraiser for HomeAid Atlanta. Raffle tickets will be sold at Tech football games and online at homeaidatlanta.org. (full story…)
New Book Explores Politics of Construction in New York City
(September 21, 2009) — In his new book Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, architecture professor Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. (full story…)
Georgia Tech Solar House Opens at New Tellus Museum
(September 21, 2009) — The Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon House will re-open its doors at the new Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum in Cartersville, Ga., at the “Solarbration” Grand Opening Event on Saturday, Oct. 10. (full story…)
High Line Designer to Give Inaugural Douglas C. Allen Lecture
(September 17, 2009) — For the inaugural lecture endowed in his name last year, senior associate dean Douglas C. Allen selected luminary James Corner who many say is re-inventing landscape architecture. (full story…)