Feature Stories

Four acclaimed artists to lecture,
lead 10-day workshops for spring Artists in Residence program

This spring, as part of the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s annual Artists in Residence program, a select group of Texas A&M students will work with four preeminent artists — an embroiderer, a graphic novelist and two architects — in a series of three, 10-day workshops that each culminate with a public exhibit. While visiting College Station, the artists will also present public lectures examining their art and personal aesthetic.

Read full story:
http://archcomm.arch.tamu.edu/archive/news/
summer2007/artistsInResidence.html

Gensler to focus on design's ability to empower and transform at Feb. 9 John Miles Rowlett Lecture

A half-day lecture event focusing on the unique role design and culture have played in the 40-year evolution of Gensler, the award-winning San Francisco-based architecture, planning and design firm, begins at noon, Feb. 9 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas.

The presentation, “Gensler: The Power of Design,” is the 28th annual John Miles Rowlett Lecture, which each year features a distinguished firm from the design, planning and construction industries. The Rowlett Lecture Series is sponsored by the CRS Center for Leadership and Management in the Design and Construction Industry and the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University.

For the full story:
http://archone.tamu.edu/college/news/
newsletters/summer2007/rowlettGensler.html

College of architecture focuses
on interdisciplinary initiatives

Texas A&M University boasts the largest College of Architecture in the U.S., but it’s not just in size that its distinction lies: The college’s three departments also are leading the way in interdisciplinary initiatives, a teaching and research thrust that many academics regard as the wave of the future. And because the college is one of the few accredited design schools that houses all of the “built environment” professions, it is uniquely suited for interdisciplinary study.

“Our college hosts three unique departments — architecture, construction science, and landscape architecture and urban planning — that work well together, at the same time they function superbly as separate entities,” says J. Thomas Regan, dean of the college. “But, from another perspective, our college’s faculty is truly interdisciplinary — they represent not only those disciplines traditionally associated with the virtual and built environments, but also come from a variety of other academic areas, such as computer science, medicine, law, economics, sociology, psychology, engineering, art and even physics.

“While all of us recognize our college’s important mission to produce competent professionals, we also realize that the world around us is integrating. It becomes increasingly important that our students understand the interdependence and interrelationships of various disciplines, so it is crucial that we integrate our teaching mission and our research across the academy.”

For the full story:
http://archone.tamu.edu/college/news/
newsletters/summer2007/interdisciplinary.html

Dept. of Architecture announces
spring lecture series speakers

The Department of Architecture's spring lecture series features Dr. Gül Russell, a professor of History of Medicine and Humanities in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M; and Martha Skinner, an assistant professor of Architecture at Clemson University.

For more information, contact Marcel Erminy at 845.6436 or merminy@tamu.edu.

See the lecture listing:
http://archone.tamu.edu/college/news/
newsletters/summer2007/springLectures.html

Architecture professor emeritus
Ted Maffit succumbs to illness

Theodore “Ted” S. Maffitt ’44 ARCH, professor emeritus and Outstanding Alumnus of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University, passed away Friday, January 19, in Tyler, Texas. He was 83 years old.

He was a practicing architect with Ted Maffitt Associates, Architects, Planners and Consultants from 1948-80. He served on the Texas A&M faculty from 1981 until 1990 when he was named professor emeritus. He is also an Emeritus Architect with the Texas Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects. He received the TSA’s prestigious Medal for Lifetime Achievement honor, the Llewelyn W. Pitts Award, in 1988. He was president of the Northeast Texas Chapter of AIA in 1972 and was elevated to AIA Fellow in 1978. Maffitt was a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army and Texas National Guard. He was appointed to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners by governors Preston Smith and Ann Richards and served as chairman of the organization in 1971, 1993, 1994 and 1995. He established the Patricia Jean Maffitt Endowed Scholarship at the Texas A&M College of Architecture.

He is survived by his wife, four daughters, ten grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, Jan. 23 at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Palestine, TX.

Obituaries and related articles:
http://www.tbae.state.tx.us/tbae/maffitt.shtml

http://www.palestineherald.com/local/
local_story_021004819.html

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/
00067/aaa-00067.html

http://www.inetwork-plus.com/palestine/
bicentennial_bandstand.htm

Mann speaks in London on A&M's
Architecture for Health program

Professor George J. Mann, AIA, the Skaggs- Sprague Endowed Chair in Health Facilities Design, spoke at "The Architects for Health Event" on Thursday (Nov. 30) at London Metropolitan University. The event focused on the current absence of healthcare architecture as a topic of study in UK schools of architecture.

For the full story:
http://archone.tamu.edu/college/news/
newsletters/summer2007/mannLondon.html

Hamilton, Mann to review,
make recommendations on U.S.
healthcare construction guidelines

George Mann and Kirk Hamilton have been awarded a $24,552 grant from the American Institute of Architects’ Health Care Guidelines Revision Committee to review construction guidelines for U.S. healthcare facilities. According to Mann, they are charged with determining current practices in the use of guidelines for new construction versus renovation criteria, and with examining how the guidelines might be improved in the renovation of existing hospitals and healthcare facilities.”

Their final report is due at the end of the year.

Architecture students unveil
designs for new Health
Science Center campus

Seven teams of Texas A&M University architectural design students exhibited their research, design concepts and models for a new sustainable, green campus for the Texas A&M Health Science Center to the centers’ faculty and staff Dec. 4 at the Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building on the Texas A&M University campus.

Teams consisting of 16 architectural design students and 6 construction science students developed the seven alternative center designs exhibited at the Dec. 4 event

For the full story:
http://archone.tamu.edu/college/news/
newsletters/summer2007/HSCdesign.html

A&M spotlights profs Brody, Mann

The “Faculty Spotlight” feature on Texas A&M University’s News and Information Web site recently featured College of Architecture professors George Mann and Samuel Brody (pictured above).

The article, “Samuel Brody – Solving Problems and Changing Lives,” highlighted Brody’s work in the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center’s Environmental Planning and Sustainability Research Unit. The full article is available at:
http://dmc-news.tamu.edu/
templates/?a=3936&z=17

The other story, “George Mann: Pioneer In Health Care Facilities Design,” survey’s the career of the recently appointed Ron Skaggs and Joseph Sprague Endowed Chair in Health Facilities Design. The Mann feature is can be accessed at
http://dmc-news.tamu.edu/
templates/?a=3445&z=17

Culp, Ugursal earn BSA grant to
study thermal comfort variables

Charles H. Culp, associate professor of architecture, and Ahmet Ugursal, and doctoral student in architecture, recently received a $9,228 grant from the Boston Society of Architects to study “time-dependent thermal comfort variables.

Theirs was one of eight grants awarded from 86 applications reviewed by BSA jurors.

“The research we’re doing focuses on transient thermal comfort, ergo the time dependency of the variables,” said Culp. “Temperature, humidity, air flow, mean radiant temperature, clothing and metabolic rate are the main variables. We want to explore the impact of transient conditions on improving comfort.”

The grant, Culp added, will support equipment costs and some testing. 

Hill says creativity is key to learning

"Professor Rodney Hill noticed his students were coming from high schools where they were never taught critical thinking skills. In his Design Process class, Hill started experimenting with methods to teach his students how to think creatively and enter into a state of 'flow'."

Battalion feature by Cherie Lim

Visualization science student shows
photos in Colorado gallery exhibit

Architecture graduate student Igor Kraguljac has been invited to exhibit his photographic images at the juried Fantasy and Fantasies exhibition at the Center of Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins from Jan. 12 through Feb. 17.
 
Kraguljac is an international graduate student majoring in visualization studies in the department of architecture at Texas A&M.  His photographs have previously been shown in galleries in the United States and Europe.
 
The Center for Fine Art Photography is a non-profit organization whose mission is to showcase the work of leading and emerging photographers and to educate the public about the collectible value of photographic art.  The juror for the Fantasy and Fantasies show is Grace Norman, the center’s exhibitions director.  Forty-nine photographers from Italy, Israel, Romania, Great Britain, Canada, Ireland and the United States were chosen to display their work at the show.

Perseverance pays off for Fall
2006 Gene Murphree scholar

The Department of Construction Science’s Fall 2006 graduating class elected fellow graduate Trevor Franklin of Houston as the 2006 American General Contractors Gene Murphree Outstanding Scholar.

Though Franklin says he studied hard and graduated in the top 15% of his Cypress Falls High School class because he knew he wanted to study engineering at Texas A&M, he was initially denied admission.

Despite his initial disappointment, Franklin kept Texas A&M in his sights.

“Although I had been accepted to other universities, this was the only place where I felt I belonged,” Franklin said.

He attended community college for two years and applied again to A&M. This time, his hard work paid off. He was accepted into the construction science program, which he had learned about from a friend.

“I had always been interested in the engineering aspects of construction,” he said, “and I figured the actual building process would be interesting and very rewarding.”

After 3.5 years in the construction science program, Franklin graduated in December 2006 with a 3.48 grade point ratio. He has since accepted a position with Linbeck Construction Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.

SOM Foundation offers
$50,000 design fellowship

The Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Foundation is seeking applicants for its annual competitive fellowship. Senior undergraduate and graduate students in architecture, design and urban planning are eligible to compete for several grants including a $50,000 travel and research fellowship. The grants are designed to give students an opportunity to develop and conduct research, collaborate with other designers, and pursue independent study in a non-traditional format.

For, more details, view the PDF
http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/
InsideTrack/PDFs/SOM_fellowship.pdf

or visit the SOM Foundation Web site http://www.somfoundation.som.com/.

National Park Service offers paid
historic preservation internships

The National Park Service and the National Council for Preservation Education are offering paid internships in federal cultural resource program offices and national parks for summer 2007. The internships provide graduate students and senior undergraduate students in historic preservation and related fields with opportunities to learn about cultural resource management while working alongside historic preservation professionals.

These summer positions are available in Washington, D.C. and across the country through the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Naval Academy. Applications are due by Feb. 16, 2007.

See PDF for details:
http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/
InsideTrack/PDFs/Park_Service_Internships.pdf

Administrative Notes

Faculty ready for biennial
art show at Stark Galleries

The College of Architecture’s Biennial Faculty Art Show, coordinated by Mary Saslow, is scheduled March 8 - May 6 in the Stark Galleries at the Memorial Student Center.

For a detailed list of artists and exhibits tentatively planned for the show:
http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/
InsideTrack/ PDFs/FacultyArtShow.pdf

Participating artists must submit color images and artists’ statements for catalog by Feb. 2. Submissions should include the title of the work, the medium, the size, and the date of th work. Digitized images are preferred and should be now less than 300 dpi. Slide and photos are also acceptable. Artists who do not submit images for the catalog may still participate in the show, but will not appear in the catalog.

By Feb. 23, all participants should provide a complete list of works to be exhibited, along with the titles, medium, dimensions, date of execution and insurance value.

All work and installation instructions (if required) are due at the Stark Gallery between Feb. 26 and March 2. Artwork should be submitted “ready to hang.” Works on paper should be framed and under glass or Plexiglas unless contrary to artist’s concept for the work. The gallery can provide pedestals, and has one TV/VCR unit, and one TV/DVD unit available for use. Loan agreements will be signed at time of delivery.

The art will be installed March 5 – 7 and the exhibit opens March 8.

It is the policy of the Stark Galleries that interested buyers will be put in direct contact with the artist.  The galleries does not charge a commission.

Funds available for
staff development

College of Architecture staff members interested in upgrading their professional skills, networking with other professionals, or improving their job performance may request funds for training from the college’s Staff Development Committee.

Funding request forms are available on the college Web site, from the Dean’s Office, or they can be downloaded directly here:

http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/archoneUpdate/
PDFs/Staff-Dev.Forms.PDF

Completed forms should be submitted to the Dean’s Office. The Staff Development Committee reviews all requests and makes recommendations for the dean’s approval.

The committee also provides a list of current training opportunities on the college server at: O:\Deans Office\Staff Development Committee\Training Opportunities.

For more information on staff development funding requests, contact the Staff Development Committee at ARCH-StaffDevelopmentCommittee@archmail.tamu.edu

Calendar Highlights:

Through Feb. 12
Bachelor of Environmental Design Art Exhibit in the Langford Gallery. For more information, contact Dick Davison at 845-6581 or e-mail dickd@archone.tamu.edu.

Friday, Jan. 26
Construction Science Career Fair – Session I: The career fair will provide opportunities for students to meet potential employers and learn about employment prospects in the construction industry. The fair runs 9 a.m. – 5 p.m at the College Station Hilton Hotel. For more information, contact Steve Byrne at 979.458.0156 or steve-byrne@tamu.edu.

Architecture faculty meets 1 – 2 p.m. in Langford C 105. For more information, contact Sue Wade at 845.1223 or swade@archone.tamu.edu.

Department of Construction Science Teaching Academy: This department-sponsored workshop on teaching will be held 2:30 – 5 p.m. in Langford C 207. For more information, contact Anne Eastwood at aeastwood@tamu.edu.

Tuesday, Jan. 30
Administrative Staff Committee meets 2 – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or kwaskom@tamu.edu.

Wednesday, Jan. 31
Study Abroad: Turkey & Greece Summer 2007 Program: This graduate study abroad program offers students an opportunity to explore the unique combinations of Eastern and Western styles that have shaped Turkish architecture. An informational meeting will be held noon – 1 p.m. in the Langford B Exhibit Hall. For more information, contact Senem Deviren at asenemd@yahoo.com

Friday, Feb. 2
War on Terrorism Memorial Meeting: Individuals involved in the War on Terror Memorial project gather 3:30 – 5 p.m. in Langford B 209. For more information, contact Taeg Nishimoto at 845-8283 or tnishimoto@archmail.tamu.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 6
Associated General Contractors (AGC) Student Chapter meets 6 – 10 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood at 845.0289 or aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb.7
“The Illusion of Certainty”: The Department of Architecture’s Spring 2007 Lecture Series begins with a presentation by Dr. Gul Russell, professor of medical history and humanities at the Texas A&M University System College of Medicine. She will lecture on “The Illusion of Certainty: The Art and Science of Seeing” 5:30 – 8 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact the Department of Architecture at 845-1015.

Friday, Feb. 9
Construction Science Career Fair – Session II: On the second day of the Department of Construction Science Career Fair, students will have an opportunity to interview with potential employers. The event will be held 9 a.m. – 5 p.m at the College Station Hilton Hotel. For more information, contact Steve Byrne at 979.458.0156 or steve-byrne@tamu.edu.

Rowlett Lecture 2007: The annual Rowlett Distinguished Firm Lecture features Art Gensler, FAIA, who will describe Gensler’s journey from a small interior design firm to one of the world’s leading architectural firms. This event will be held in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center from noon – 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Susie Billings at 847.9357 or sbillings@archone.tamu.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 13
Administrative Staff Committee meets from 2 – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or k-waskom@tamu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 14
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Career Fair: from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. in Langford A, and 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, contact Robin See at 458.4307 or rsee@archmail.tamu.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 15 - Saturday, Feb. 17
LAUP hosts Aggie Workshop from 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb. 17 throughout the Langford Architecture Center. The event provides an opportunity for students to interact with scholars, firms and vendors from across the country. Event registration is is $60. For details, contact J. Russell Thomman at 806.239.7656.

Thursday, Feb. 15
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Career Fair: The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning will hold their student career fair from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Langford A Atrium, Langford Gallery and Langford B Exhibit Hall 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, contact Robin See at 458.4307 or rsee@archmail.tamu.edu.

Department of Architecture faculty meets 1 – 2 p.m. in Langford C 207. For more information, contact Ginger White at 845.0129 or gwhite@tamu.edu.

Friday, Feb. 16
Dean’s Advisory Council meets 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Trish Pannell at 458.0400 or t-pannell@tamu.edu.

Monday, Feb. 19
Visiting Artist Elaine Reichek lectures 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. Reichek is a conceptual artist who utilizes knitting and embroidery to challenge social norms. Her work has been exhibited in museums worldwide. A virtual exhibition of Reichek’s embroidery is can be viewed online at http://www.gardnermuseum.org/
2003_exhibitions/madamimadam_ex.asp. A reception follows the lecture in the Langford B Exhibit Hall. For more information, contact Carol LaFayette at 845.3465 or lurleen@viz.tamu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 21
“Space/Time Mapping”: Martha Skinner, assistant professor of Architecture at Clemson University, will present “Space/Time Mapping – The City as Moving Images” in the Preston Geren Auditorium 5:30 – 8 p.m. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Architecture.  For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845.7878 or casa@archone.tamu.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 22
American Institute of Architecture Students Career Fair: The AIAS Career Fair provides an opportunity for architecture firms to meet and interview students about job and internship possibilities. The fair will be held in Langford A Atrium and Langford A Gallery, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, contact Amy Kircher at 361.537.5572 or amy_k@ tamu.edu.

Film screening – “The Rural Studio”: Filmmaker Charles Schultz will present his documentary, “The Rural Studio,” a film about architect Samuel Mockbee’s vision of teaching architecture students how to uplift and inspire economically depressed regions through their work. The film will be shown in the Preston Geren Auditorium 6 – 9 p.m. More details about the film are online at http://activistarchitect.blogspot.com/
2005/10/rural-studio.html. For more information, contact Ginger White at 845.0129 or gwhite@tamu.edu.

Friday, Feb. 23
American Institute of Architecture Students Career Fair: The AIAS career fair provides an opportunity for architecture firms to meet and interview students about job and internship possibilities. The second day of the fair will be held in Langford A Atrium and Langford A Gallery, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, contact Amy Kircher at 361.537.5572 or amy_k@neo.tamu.edu.

Department of Construction Science Teaching Academy: This department-sponsored workshop on teaching in the College of Architecture will be held from 2:30 – 5 p.m. in Langford C 207. For more information, please contact Anne Eastwood at aeastwood@tamu.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 27
Administrative Staff Committee meets from 2 – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or kwaskom@tamu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 28
Facility Management Student Chapter meets 5:30 – 7 p.m in Langford C 207. For more information, contact Carlos Nome at 847.9356 or carlosnome@tamu.edu

American Institute of Architecture Students meet in the Preston Geren Auditorium 6:30 – 8 p.m. For more information, please contact Alexis Mixon at 817.229.5191 or amixon@tamu.edu.

Friday, March 2
8th Historic Preservation Symposium: The Center for Heritage Conservation's 8th annual Historic Preservation Symposium will focus on “Conserving Texas’ WWII Heritage.” The Friday sessions will be at the College of Architecture's Built Environment Teaching and Research Facility, or "Architecture Ranch," at Texas A&M's Riverside Campus. The Friday sessions include tours and reports of WWII and other military buildings, with presentations on the assessment of historic buildings and specific presentations on wood structures. Saturday's session will be held at the Preston Geren Auditorium in the Langford Architecture Center on Texas A&M's main College Station Campus. The day's events include presentations on the Pointe du Hoc D-Day landing site, the rehabilitation plan for the Battleship Texas, and other WWII topics. Continuing Education Units will be available. For more information, contact Richard Burt, e-mail rburt@archmail.tamu.edu.

Department of Architecture faculty meets 1 – 2 p.m. in Langford C 105. For more information, contact Ginger White at 845.0129 or gwhite@tamu.edu.

Saturday, March 3
8th Historic Preservation Symposium: On the second day of the Center for Heritage Conservation's 8th annual Historic Preservation Symposium, the event will be held in the Langford B Exhibit Hall from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The day's events include presentations on the Pointe du Hoc D-Day landing site, the rehabilitation plan for the Battleship Texas, and other WWII topics. Continuing Education Units will be available. For more information, contact Trisha Gottschalk at 845.0384, or e-mail trishag@tamu.edu or Richard Burt, e-mail rburt@archmail.tamu.edu.

Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16
Spring break!

Thursday, March 15 - Friday, March 16
Faculty-Staff spring break holiday

Tuesday, March 20
Department of Architecture faculty meets 11 a.m. – noon in Langford A 107B. For more information, contact Ginger White at 845.0129 or gwhite@tamu.edu.

Wednesday, March 21
American Institute of Architecture Students meet 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, please contact Alexis Mixon at 817.229.5191 or amixon@tamu.edu.

Friday, March 23
Department of Construction Science Teaching Academy: This department-sponsored workshop on teaching will be held 2:30 – 5 p.m. in Langford C 207. For more information, contact Anne Eastwood at aeastwood@tamu.edu.

Tuesday, March 27
Administrative Staff Committee meets from 2 – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, please contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or k-waskom@tamu.edu.

Wednesday, March 28
Visiting Artist Lecture: Internationally acclaimed painter, illustrator and author George Pratt will lecture from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in Preston Geren Auditorium, followed by a reception in the Langford B Exhibit Hall. Pratt’s first graphic novel “Enemy Ace: War Idyll” was nominated for an Eisner Award and a Harvey Award for Best Graphic Novel, and his documentary about Mississippi Delta Blues entitled “See You In Hell, Blind Boy: A Tale of the Blues” won Best Feature Documentary at the New York International Independent Film Festival. Samples of Pratt’s art can be viewed online at http://www.georgepratt.com.

Facility Management Student Chapter meeting: This general meeting will be held in Langford C 207 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. For more information, contact Carlos Nome at 847.9356 or carlosnome@tamu.edu

Thursday, March 29
The Department of Construction Science Scholarship and Awards Banquet will be held 5 – 11 p.m. at the College Station Hilton. For more information, contact Anne Eastwood at 845.0289 or aeastwood@tamu.edu.

Friday, March 30 - Tuesday, April 3
The International Sustainable Urbanism Workshop will be held from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the MSC. The topic will be “Redefining Sustainability in Urban Regions.” Speakers currently confirmed include Phillip Cooke, from the Centre for Advanced Studies at Cardiff University, Wales; Dushko Bogunovich, from the University of Technology (Unitec), Auckland, New Zealand; Phillip Berke, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Mark Holtzapple, from Texas A&M University, College Station; Uta Birkmayer, of XSense Experiential Design, San Louis Obispo, California; and Pliny Fisk, Texas A&M University, College Station. This event is sponsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning’s Center for Housing and Urban Development. Details on the conference are available online at http://sustainableurbanism.tamu.edu.  For more information, contact Dolores Gonzales at 458.0102 or dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu.

Wednesday, April 4
The American Institute of Architecture Students will hold a general meeting from 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, please contact Alexis Mixon at 817.229.5191 or amixon@neo.tamu.edu.

Tuesday, April 10
Administrative Staff Committee meets from 2 – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or k-waskom@tamu.edu.

Friday, April 13
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning faculty meets 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. in Langford C 206. For more information, contact June Withers at 845.1019 or jwithers@archmail.tamu.edu.

Department of Architecture faculty meets from 1 – 2 p.m. in Langford C 105. For more information, contact Ginger White at 845.0129 or gwhite@tamu.edu.

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning awards banquet will be held 6 – 9 p.m. at the Briarcrest Country Club. For more information, contact Robin See at 458 – 4307 or robin-see@tamu.edu.

Monday, April 16
“Architecture in the Landscape”: Architect Manuel Delgado will lecture on “Architecture in the Landscape – A Bird’s Eye View of Venezuela’s Guayana Region.” The event will be held from 5:30 – 8 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. Delgado has worked in several urban architectural developments in Venezuela over the past twenty-five years, and he is currently an associate professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845.7878 or casa@archone.tamu.edu.

Tuesday, April 17
The American Institute of Architecture Students will hold a general meeting from 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, please contact Alexis Mixon at 817.229.5191 or amixon@neo.tamu.edu.

Wednesday, April 18
Visiting artists lecture: Architects and designers Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues will discuss their work 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium, followed by a reception in the Langford B Exhibit Hall. Ball and Nogues collaborate to design and realize unique structures through physical modeling and digital forms of production. Their project portfolio can be viewed online at http://www.ball-nogues.com/projects.html. For more information, contact Carol LaFayette at 845.3465 or lurleen@viz.tamu.edu.

Thursday, April 19
Tau Sigma Delta, an honor society in architecture and allied arts, will hold its Induction Ceremony for new members at 6:30 p.m. at the Pebble Creek Country Club.  David Woodcock will be the guest speaker. For more information, please contact Katie Ward at 979.574.0839 or ward.kathryn@gmail.com.

Friday, April 20
Department of Construction Science Teaching Academy: This department-sponsored workshop on teaching will be held 2:30 – 5 p.m. in Langford C 207. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood at aeastwood@tamu.edu.

The 2007-2008 Architecture Department Annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet will be held 6 – 10 p.m. at the Pebble Creek Country Club. For more information, contact Melinda Randle at 847.8918 or mrandle@archone.tamu.edu.

Monday, April 23
“Light Celebrating Place,” Jill Mullholland’s dissertation video, will be shown 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. The premise of Mulholland’s research is that light and place work together in such a closely-knit relationship, neither could exist without the other. In 2005, Mullholland received a $20,000 grant from the Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education in order to build and document her dissertation. For more information, contact Jill Mullholland at 779.7373 or jill.mullholland@gmail.com.

Tuesday, April 24
Department of Architecture faculty meets from 11 a.m. – noon in Langford A 107B. For more information, contact Ginger White at 845.0129 or gwhite@tamu.edu.

Administrative Staff Committee meets from 2 – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or k-waskom@tamu.edu.

Wednesday, April 25
Facility Management Student Chapter meeting: This general meeting will be held in Langford C 207 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. For more information, contact Carlos Nome at 847.9356 or carlosnome@tamu.edu

Thursday, April 26 - Friday, April 27
“Justicia in Juarez! Gender Violence, Maquiladoras, and Border Research”: This conference will be held from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. in the Langford B Exhibit Hall. Presented by the Interdisciplinary Texas A&M Scholars Consortium, this event will focus on gender violence on the U.S. – Mexico border.  The list of featured speakers includes Julia Monarrez Fragoso, Maria Socorro Tabuence Cordoba, Diana Washington and others. For more information, contact Dr. Jorge Vanegas at 845.7070 or chud-director@tamu.edu.

Tuesday, May 8
Administrative Staff Committee Meeting from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. in Langford A 217. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or k-waskom@tamu.edu.