Texas A&M's Solar Decathlon
groHome is reborn at the
Bush Library and Museum

It was once on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and is now being reborn in the parking lot of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station — it’s the groHome, the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s award-winning entry in the 2007 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon.

Students in Jill Mulholland’s ARCH 205 and 406 studios have been spending afternoons rebuilding the groHome with oversight from project manager Chuck Tedrick, a veteran of the Washington, D.C. competition.

“We’ve been getting all the parts and pieces, getting the decking, the steel, hanging stuff off the steel,” said Mulholland, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, who’s been in the parking lot along with the students rebuilding the home one bolt at a time.

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Top photo: Ryan Walsh is one of one of the students in Jill Mulholland’s studios reconstructing the groHome, the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s entry in the 2007 Solar Decathlon. Reflected in the home’s walls is the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The home is being rebuilt in the museum’s parking lot.

New lists rank Texas A&M landscape architecture
and architecture programs among nation's best

Two recently published reports rank the architecture and landscape architecture programs at Texas A&M University among the nation’s best.

The reports, one a study conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the other, a survey published in the November/December issue of the DesignIntelligence journal, place four of the degree programs offered by the Texas A&M College of Architecture near the top of national and regional rankings in a variety of categories.

“It is extremely rewarding to have two prestigious organizations independently verify the high quality of our architecture and landscape architecture programs,” said J. Thomas Regan, dean of the Texas A&M University College of Architecture. “Recognition of this magnitude is achieved only through the sustained efforts of our outstanding, dedicated faculty and through the demonstrated talent, character and leadership of our graduates. These two verifications of the quality of our faculty and programs are but the latest milestones in our ongoing objective to be recognized as one of the best colleges of architecture in the world.”

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Distinguished construction firm, Linbeck, plans
'disturbance' at the Feb. 8 Rowlett Lecture

Leaders and clients of Linbeck, an internationally renowned construction company, promise to challenge the status quo while highlighting company innovations from past and present at "Get Ready for the Disturbance," the 29th Annual John Miles Rowlett Lecture, a half-day event beginning at noon, Feb. 8 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas.

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Feb. 15 program to focus
on Latino planning issues

A daylong program focusing on Latino issues in urban planning and broadly tailored for professional planners, educators, government officials and others interested in Latino community development is set for Feb. 15 at Texas A&M University.
 
Hosted by the Department of Landscape architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M, the public event in Texas A&M’s Memorial Student Center, titled “Latino Dialogo in Texas,” is part of an ongoing effort led by the Latinos and Planning Division of the American Planning Association (APA) to shape the national planning agenda for Latino communities and Latino planners.

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, completed in 1929, has
been the object of many a conservation effort over the years

Conserving Modernism: Ninth Annual CHC Historic
Preservation Symposium set for Feb. 29 – March 1

Buildings in the Modern Movement are of historical and cultural significance, but they are in danger. On Feb. 29 and March 1, the Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M University and a host of experts will focus on the significance and preservation of modern architecture at its ninth annual Historic Preservation Symposium, “Conserving Modernism.” The event will be held in Bryan and in College Station.

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Dr. He, from Texas A&M, and Dr. Zhang, from Southeast University.

Texas A&M College of Architecture establishing
ties with top five Chinese architecture schools

Last summer, the Texas A&M University College of Architecture expanded its global reach to the Far East, negotiating memoranda of agreement with each of the top five architecture schools in China.

The MOAs, with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tongji University in Shanghai, Tianjin University in Tianjin, Southeast University in Nanjing, and the University of Hong Kong, promote research and educational collaboration between participating institutions, provide for the exchange of faculty between institutions, and set up future study abroad venues for Texas A&M students.

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CHUD Academy offers certified
colonias health worker training

Health workers in the Texas border communities known as "colonias" will soon be able to benefit from a certified training program offered through the Colonias Program of the Center for Housing and Urban Development (CHUD) at Texas A&M University's College of Architecture.

This, and two other unique training programs recently certified by the Texas Department of State Health Services, will be the inaugural offerings of the newly established CHUD Training Academy, said Oscar J. Munoz, deputy director of CHUD.

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Prof's body movement research
highlighted in iTunes U podcast

Research by College of Architecture professor Lou Tassinary suggests that people’s perceptions of others’ attractiveness and sexual orientation may come from watching how they move.

The podcast, “Body Motion and Perceptions of Attractiveness,” is available as a free download from the Texas A&M iTunes U page as a “Texas A&M Research Quick Brief.”

The podcast may also be downloaded here: BodyMotionPerceptionsPodcast.mp3

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Grant funds prof's research of techniques
for recording colors of historic buildings

Every day the materials of historical buildings are decaying and their colors are fading. However, the precise hues of these building could be seen by future generations if Texas A&M architecture assistant professor Wei Yan is successful in developing techniques to accurately capture and preserve a building’s color information.

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Rock of Ages: Architecture professor
studying abandoned Texas churches

Many historic churches in Texas are slowly crumbling apart and their chances of survival don't have a prayer. A Texas A&M University architecture professor hopes to change that scenario.

Anat Geva, associate professor of architecture, is participating in a project aimed at locating, documenting and preserving historic church buildings and houses of worship in Texas.

Officially titled the Texas Sacred Places Project, the program was launched in 2007 as a collaboration initiative of several groups - among them historians, preservationists, professors, architects and the Texas Historical Commission - who are determined to ensure that some of the state's oldest churches literally aren't blown to dust.

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Terry Allen, left, and Paolo Piscitelli

Acclaimed artists to lead spring
Artists in Residence workshops

The amazingly versatile Terry Allen and maverick Italian artist Paolo Piscitelli are the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s artists in residence for spring 2008.

Students can work with Allen and Piscitelli on an independent study basis as one-hour credit courses. Allen comes to campus from March 24-April 29 and Piscitelli will teach Feb. 18 - March 21.

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Spring architecture lectures examine da Vinci,
Piranesi, gap between architects and engineers

The Texas A&M University Department of Architecture Lecture Series continues this spring with distinguished speakers discussing subjects ranging from the gap between architects and engineers to the world's most famous Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci.

All lectures are scheduled 5 - 7 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium in Building B of the Langford Architecture Center on the Texas A&M campus.

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Texas A&M student-designed Cambodian
land mine museum opens in Siem Reap

A unique student design project launched several years ago in two Texas A&M undergraduate architecture studios came to fruition last April with the grand opening of the new Cambodian Land Mine Museum and Relief Facility in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The project, creating conceptual designs for the new land mine museum facility, was initially undertaken by students in professors Julie Rogers' and George Mann's design studios. For many of the students, the assignment quickly evolved into a cause they would work passionately for years to help realize.

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McKittrick earns AIA's 2008
Edward C. Kemper Award

Thomas McKittrick ’91, former head of the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University and an outstanding alumnus of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, was recently named the 2008 recipient of the American Institute of Architects’ prestigious 2008 Edward C. Kemper Award.

The Kemper Award, named in honor of the AIA’s first executive director, recognizes individuals who contribute significantly to the profession of architecture through service to the AIA.

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Photo credit (c) Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios

Vizzers ride a rat to Annie Award Nominations

Jon Reisch and Gary Bruins, both of whom have logged many hours in the College of Architecture’s Visualization Lab at Texas A&M University, were recently nominated for Annie Awards for their work on Pixar’s blockbuster animated feature “Ratatouille.”

The Annie Awards, considered among the animation industry's highest honors, are presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood.

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Virtual cuisine animation nets award
nomination for visualization student

Visualization lab graduate student Jon Reisch is part of a team of animators nominated for a Visual Effects Society award for their work in the movie “Ratatouille.”

Reisch and three other collaborators garnered a nomination for “Outstanding Effects in an Animated Motion Picture” for designing and animating the food, which played a central role in the blockbuster Pixar film. They are competing against animators nominated for their work in “Beowulf,” Shrek the Third ” and “Surf’s Up.”

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large portions of the video were animated using stop-motion
photography of physical models built by Simpson and her crew

Visualization student wins mtvU's
contest, gets to make music video

Texas A&M University graduate student Lauren Simpson says she is "thrilled and surprised" she won mtvU's "Best Film on Campus" national competition to direct a music video. She was flown to Minnesota, where she directed a music video for a band called "Motion City Soundtrack." The "Best Film on Campus" contest required each entry to include a video pitch for the band. Simpson's video will combine animation and a live musical performance.

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A&M student-faculty team places 2nd,
earns $30,000 in national sustainable
utility infrastructure competition

Last summer, a team of faculty and students from the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University placed second, earning $30,000 in a nationwide competition aimed at providing the city of Austin, Texas with innovative ideas for encouraging the friendly coexistence of the city’s beloved trees with its much-needed utility infrastructure.

The National Research Ideas Competition was sponsored by the city’s municipally owned electric company, Austin Energy. The company was looking for pioneering, cost-effective ways for integrating utility lines in urban areas, for promoting street tree planting, and for protecting existing mature urban trees while maintaining electrical system reliability.

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TSA honors Skaggs
for lifetime achievement

In recognition of a lifetime of distinguished leadership and dedication in architecture, Ronald L. Skaggs ’65, a Texas A&M University College of Architecture Outstanding Alumnus, received the 2007 Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Honor of Llewellyn Pitts, FAIA from the Texas Society of Architects.

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From left, Commercial Construction and Heavy/Highway Construction teams show off the plaques they earned for their top finishes in Dallas. From left are Atanacio Carrisal, James Vardeman, Collin Wood, John Forrest, Hillary Boyd, Jonathan Rogers, Pam Muirhead, Erika Butler, Danny Mignano, Demetrio Yanez, Mike Leschber)

Construction Science students
win top spots in Dallas contest

Two teams of students from Texas A&M’s Department of Construction Science scored first- and second-place finishes at the Associated Schools of Construction/Associated General Contractors Region V Student Competitions held Feb. 2-4 in Dallas.

Construction Science seniors Pam Muirhead, Erika Butler, Mike Leschber, Demetrio Yanez, Clayton Patton and team captain Danny Mignano won first place in the commercial construction category.

Their challenge was to prepare a bid and presentation for the construction of a $27 million church in Plano. They received their project’s information at 8 a.m. Feb. 2 while still in College Station, and went right to work in the Langford Architecture Center’s Student Leadership Lab.

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CHUD director, Vanegas, shares insight in
New York Times story on Texas Colonias

Jorge Vanegas, director of the Center for Housing and Urban Development at Texas A&M University, was quoted in an Aug. 27, 2007 New York Times article about the plights and progress of those living in Colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. CHUD is a research and outreach center housed in the Texas A&M College of Architecture.

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The New York Times story, “Inside a Jumble of Poverty, Texans Build a Future,” by Erik Eckholm, is available online.

Piranesi exposed

“Peeling Away Piranesi,” a lecture by Gregor Kalas of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville will examine the Italian 18th century artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who’s know for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric subterranean vaults with mighty machines. The lecture will be held 5 - 7 p.m in the Preston Geren Auditorium. Pictured above is Piranesi's etching, "The Drawbridge."

Calendar of Events

Feb. 7
Green Builders Meet: The Emerging Green Builders meet 6 – 7 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Brittany Pool at b.pool3@gmail.com.

Lighting on Ratatouille: Sharon Calahan, director of photography for Pixar Animation Studios, will present Pixar’s first speaker series lecture 7 – 9 p.m. in the Langford Architecture Center’s Preston Geren Auditorium. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. For more information, contact Margaret Lomas at 845.3465 or marge@viz.tamu.edu.

Feb. 8
2008 Rowlett Lecture: Leaders and clients of Linbeck, an internationally renowned construction company, promise to challenge the status quo while highlighting company innovations from past and present at “Get Ready for the Disturbance,” the 29th Annual John Miles Rowlett Lecture, a half-day event beginning at noon, Feb. 8 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas. For more information, contact Susie Billings at 847.9357 or sbillings@archone.tamu.edu or visit the Rowlett Lecture website at http://archone.tamu.edu/rowlett/2008/default.asp. See related story in the archone. newsletter.

Feb. 11
COSC Career Fair Session II: The Department of Construction Science hosts its second spring career 8 a.m. – 5 p.m at the Brazos County Exposition Center. For more information, contact Shelley Smith at 862.7354 or shelleysmith@tamu.edu.

“Peeling Away Piranesi,” a lecture by Gregor Kalas of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville will examine the Italian 18th century artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who’s know for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric subterranean vaults with mighty machines. The lecture will be held 5 - 7 p.m in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at casa@archone.tamu.edu. See related story in the archone. newsletter.

Feb. 12
Staff Luncheon: A staff appreciation and birthday celebration begins at noon in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, contact Kathy Waskom at 845.1222 or k-waskom@tamu.edu.

Feb. 13
Study Abroad Social: An informative social for students interested in the ever-increasing list of study abroad opportunities available through the Texas A&M College of Architecture will be held 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, contact Dolores Gonzales at 458.0102 or dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu.

“Implementation of a Hospital Master Plan,” another offering from the spring 2008 Architecture-for-Health Lecture series, begins at noon in Langford A205. The lectured, sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association, will feature Jim Wilmot, principal of Wilmot/Sanz, Inc

Feb. 15
Latino Dialogo in Texas, a forum focusing on Latino issues in urban planning and broadly tailored for professional planners, educators, government officials and others interested in Latino community development, is scheduled 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M Memorial Student Center. Former San Antonio Mayor Edward Garza is the keynote speaker. For more information, contact Dolores Gonzales at 845.4491 or dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu  or visit the event website at
http://archone.tamu.edu/conted/Dialogo/Dialogo_Home.html. See related story in the archone. newsletter.

Feb. 16
Aggieland Saturday, the annual campus-wide recruitment event is set for 8 – 5 p.m. Students interested in the College of Architecture can meet with advising staff, learn about student organizations, tour the Langford Architecture Center and hear presentations about the college’s different degree programs. A hot dog lunch will be provided noon – 1 p.m. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood, 845.0289 or aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu. A full schedule can be found at http://www.tamu.edu/aggiesaturday/schedule.html under College of Architecture.

Feb. 20
AIAS Meets: The American Institute of Architecture Students will hold a general meeting 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott at ag00d@tamu.edu.

Feb. 20
Real World Health Care Design: “Through the Eyes of a Recent A&M Graduate: Healthcare Design in the Real World”, is the title this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association. Elizabeth Viets, associate with WHR in Houston, will speak at noon the Langford A 205 conference room.

Feb. 20
AIAS Meets: The American Institute of Architecture Students will hold a general meeting 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott at ag00d@tamu.edu.

Feb. 20-21
LAUP Career Fair: The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning will hold a career fair for students looking for jobs and internship opportunities 7 – 5:30 p.m. in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, contact June Withers at 845.1019.

Feb. 21
Planning a planning or design career: Representatives from Glatting Jackson, a community planning and design firm, will make a presentation to students interested in job opportunities or internships 3:55 - 5:15 p.m. in Langford C111. For more information, contact Thena Morris at 979.458.4306 or t-morris@tamu.edu.

Feb. 21-23
Aggie Workshop: The three-day workshop organized by American Society of Landscape Architects Texas A&M Student will be held at the Langford Architecture Center and venues around Bryan/College Station. For more information, contact Paul Cozzolino at 972.768.9781 or paulcozzolino@tamu.edu.

Feb. 25-29
Dick Davison Exhibit: The sculpture-type projects of Dick Davison, professor of architecture at Texas A&M University, will be on exhibit in the Langford B Exhibit. For more information, contact Dick Davison at 845.6581 or rdavison@archmail.tamu.edu.

Feb. 27
Health Care Architecture Lecture: “Designing the New TAMHSC: A Model of Collaboration” is the title this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features speakers Ed Huckaby, principal of FKP, Russell Butler, vice president and principal of EDAW, Inc., and EDAW, Inc. landscape architects, Michael Pisano and Vaike Haas.

Feb. 29 - March 1
CHC Symposium — “Conserving Modernism”: The Center for Heritage Conservation’s Ninth Annual Preservation Symposium, “Conserving Modernism,” begins with a public lecture noon, Friday, Feb. 29 at the A&M United Methodist Church Annex in College Station. The symposium continues Saturday, March 1 in the Preston Geren Auditorium of the Langford Architecture Center. Registration deadline is Feb. 15. For details, visit the CHC website.

March 5
AIAS Meets: The American Institute of Architecture Students will hold a general meeting 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott at ag00d@tamu.edu.

Medical Planning & Design lecture: “Innovations in Medical Planning and Design: The Academic Medical Center and Replacement Hospital” is the title this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association. The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Thomas Quigley, principal of New York firm HOK.

March 7
Hotels and Health Care Projects: “Recent HKS Hospitality (Hotels) and Healthcare Projects” is the title this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Nunzio De Santis, executive principal and director of hospitality, and Marc Budaus, vice president, both of HKS, Inc.

March 19
AIAS Meets: The American Institute of Architecture Students will hold a general meeting 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott at ag00d@tamu.edu.

“Research Informed Design, Safety, and Improved Outcomes” is the title this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Kirk Hamilton, associate professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University.

March 20-28
“Silent Witness” Exhibit: Part of the Silent Witness Program begun in 1990 as a national initiative to end domestic violence, the “Silent Witness” exhibit consists of life-sized wooden displays of individuals who have been murdered by acts of relationship violence. The exhibit, March 2 - 28 in the Langford B Exhibit Hall, is sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center  For more information, contact Neeta Ramkumar at nramkumar@vpsa.tamu.edu.

March 26
Designing For the Future: “Page Southerland Page: Designing for the Future since 1898” is the title this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Mattia Flabiano, principal of Dallas firm Page Southerland Page.

March 27-30
ACSA 96th Annual Meeting: “Seeking the City: Visionaries on the Margins,” is the title of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 96th annual meeting to be held in Houston, Texas. For more information, visit the ACSA meeting website.

April 1
The National Association of Home Builders Texas A&M Student Chapter meets 7 – 9 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Trey Mailhes, 361-443-0734 or treymailhes@tamu.edu.

April 2
American Institute of Architecture Students meets 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott, ag00d@tamu.edu.

Room Sterilization Lecture: “New Directions in Advance Room Sterilization in Hospitals and Health Facilities” is the title of this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Matthew Mitchell of the STERIS Corporation.

April 9
Health Care Architecture Lecture: “The Importance of Cookie Baking” is the title of this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Jonathan Bailey, president, managing director, and chairman of Jonathan Bailey Associates in Langford A205 at noon.

April 11
LAUP Scholarship Banquet: The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning’s celebrates student achievements and awards scholarships at the Briarcrest Country Club 6 – 10 p.m. For more information, contact June Withers, 845-1046 or jwithers@archmail.tamu.edu.

April 16
American Institute of Architecture Students meet 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott, ag00d@tamu.edu.

A Management Student meeting will be held 5 – 7 p.m. in Langford C305. For more information, contact Susie Billings, 979-847-9357 or sbillings@archone.tamu.edu.

Friesen Concepts in Hospital Design: “The Friesen Concepts – The Impact on Today’s Hospital Design is the title of this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Larry Lammers, president of Lammers and Gershon Associates of Reston, Va. in Langford A205 at noon.

April 17
Student Photography Exhibit: Images taken by students in Howard Eilers’ ENDS 311 classes will be on display in Preston Geren Auditorium 7 – 9 p.m. For more information, contact Howard Eilers, 979-845-4685 or h-eilers@tamu.edu.

April 21
Architecture/Engineering — Bridging the Gap: Roger Ridsdill-Smith, an architect with Arup and Partners in London, will present “Bridging the Gap Between Architecture and Engineering” 5 – 7 p.m. in the Preston Geren Auditorium of the Langford Architecture Center. Ridsdill-Smith was the project director for London's Millennium Bridge, the first pedestrian river crossing over the Thames River in central London in more than a century. The lecture is part of the Spring 2008 Department of Architecture Lecture Series. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at casa@archone.tamu.edu. See related story in the archone. newsletter.

April 23
“Project Management and Planning” is the title of this Architecture-for-Health lecture sponsored by the Center for Health Systems and Design and the Student Health Environments Association.  The lecture, slated for noon in the Langford A205 conference room, features Paul Sanders of Broaddus & Associates.

April 24
COSC Awards Banquet: The Department of Construction Science will award scholarships and celebrate student achievement 4:30 – 11:30 p.m. at the College Station Hilton. For more information, contact Ann McGowan, aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

April 25
Architecture Scholarship Banquet: The Department of will award scholarships and celebrate student achievement 6 – 10 p.m. at Pebble Creek Country Club. For more information, contact Melinda Randle, 979-847-8918 or mrandle@archone.tamu.edu.

April 28
Quantrill on “Materiality and Otherness”: The final presentation in the spring 2008 Department of Architecture Lecture Series will feature Malcolm Quantrill, distinguished professor of architecture at Texas A&M and director of the Center for the Advancement of Studies in Architecture (CASA). Quantrill will speak on “Materiality and Otherness: Architecture as a Vision Beyond Seeing.” The lecture will be held 5 – 7 p.m. in the Preston Geren. For more information, contact Ginger White, gwhite@tamu.edu. See related story in the archone. newsletter.

April 29 – May 1
Student Artwork Showcased: An exhibit in the Langford A Atrium will feature the work of students enrolled in ENDS 489, ENDS 205, ARTS 203, ARTS 304, ARTS 305, ENDS 311, and ENDS 312. For more information, contact Terry Larsen, 979-845-7068 or trl@archone.tamu.edu.

April 30
American Institute of Architecture Students meets 6:30 – 8 p.m. in Langford C105. For more information, contact Amanda Scott, ag00d@tamu.edu.

May 16
Aggie Reception at AIA National Convention: The Texas A&M Department of Architecture will host a reception for former students and friends during the 2008 American Institute of Architects National Convention and Design Exposition in Boston. The reception is scheduled 7 – 9 p.m. May 16 in the Old State House Museum located on Boston’s “Freedom Trail” at the corner of State and Washington streets in downtown. For more information on the Aggie reception, contact Melinda Randle, 979-845-1015 or mrandle@archone.tamu.edu. The 2008 AIA Convention, themed “We the People,” will be held May 15 – 17 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Details are available on the AIA website at
http://www.aiaconvention.com/live/61/

Oct. 23-25
TSA 2008 Convention: The Texas Society of Architects’ 2008 convention will be held in Fort Worth.

Tassinary on TV

Lou Tassinary, Department of Architecture associate dean for research, was interviewed in his office by the “Today” show Feb. 7 about his research detailing how shoulder swagger in men and hip sway in women affect people’s notions of attractiveness. The interview is scheduled for broadcast before Valentine’s Day.