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Studio 804 project honored for sustainable construction
The Center for Design Research at the University of Kansas earned an Acknowledgement Prize by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. Designed by the Studio 804 class of 2011, the Center for Design Research is a response to the emerging culture and support of sustainability at KU.
More than 6,000 submissions for projects located in 146 countries entered the Holcim Awards, and the North America region awards were presented to 10 diverse and innovative projects from Canada and the USA. The jury acknowledged the project for “its particular educative concept and the engagement with issues of sustainable construction illustrated in the program.”
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Architecture students win contest for ICU waiting room design
A team of four students won the 2011 Nurture Collegiate Healthcare Design Competition with its proposal on how to improve the environment in waiting rooms at neonatal intensive care units. The team beat 46 entries from around the world.
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Alumni win prestigious Young Architect Awards
Two graduates of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning received Young Architect Awards from the American Institute of Architects. Amy J. Slattery, an associate at BNIM in Kansas City, Mo., earned a bachelor’s in architecture from KU in 2001. Tom Trenolone is a design principal and vice president at HDR Architecture Inc. in Omaha, Neb. He earned a master’s in architecture from KU in 2000.
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Architecture professors earn national award for diversity in education
Two associate professors of architecture received the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Diversity Achievement Award 2011. The award “honors the work of faculty, administrators and students in creating effective methods and models to achieve greater diversity in curricula, school personnel and student bodies,” according to the association.
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DesignIntelligence magazine praises KU architecture school
The School of Architecture, Design and Planning placed in the top five in the “Construction Methods and Materials” category in DesignIntelligence’s “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2011.”
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Design professor named one of 'Best Illustrators Worldwide'
Barry Fitzgerald, associate professor of design at the University of Kansas, has been selected for “Best Illustrators Worldwide 2010/2011.” His work will be included in a volume published by Lüerzer’s Archive Inc. this spring.
Fitzgerald submitted work for the competition late last year. His work was selected from more than 6,000 submissions from more than 1,100 artists around the globe. Lüerzer’s, a publishing company that produces books and magazines dedicated to visual communications, selected Fitzgerald’s piece “Spring.”
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Studio 804 project earns Passive House Certification
Studio 804, the internationally acclaimed design-build studio at the University of Kansas, has achieved Passive House Certification for its Prescott Passive House in Kansas City, Kan.
The Prescott Passive House is the first new building in Kansas and one of only a few nationwide to secure Passive House Certification.
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Student's artwork chosen for national Arbor Day Foundation campaign
The Arbor Day Foundation has selected a University of Kansas senior’s artwork for a national contest called “Root for Your Home Team.” The college with the most students pledging to be tree planters wins a prize of $2,500 in trees to plant next spring.
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Lauren Schroer, a graphic design major from Overland Park, originally envisioned the promotional poster for a visual communication class taught in fall 2009 by Patrick Dooley, professor of graphic design. The class, “Designer as Author,” is a research-based examination of nontraditional and expressive uses of typography.
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