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archone is the newsletter
serving the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. It
is published online, and printed and distributed quarterly to former
students and friends of the college.
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COLLEGE NEWS |
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Design,
construction and planning professionals help
college faculty develop vision for the 21st Century
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24th Annual Rowlett
Lecture offers insider's view
into workings of world-renown design firm RTKL
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Faculty ponder future of College of Architecture’s
new
16-acre “Architecture Ranch” at November charrette
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CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE | |
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Construction
industry leaders, academics examine diversity challenges at Dec.
5, 2003 conference
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Firm donates
$1 million worth of high-tech plant
design and management software to college
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America's best:
A&M's student chapter of Associated General Contractors voted
top in the United States
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Students
inaugurate college's Architecture
Ranch with "Pet Palace" Build Day project
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Texas
A&M construction team earns first place in annual ASC construction
management competition
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Hands-on
experience pays off for new AGC
Outstanding Student in Construction Science
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ARCHITECTURE | |
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Studio
designs Columbia space shuttle memorial to be built in East Texas
community impacted by the crash
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Students
unveil designs for Cambodian Land Mine
Museum, aid organization's founder visits campus
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Students transform
plain paper lunch bag into extraordinary headwear for design studio
event
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Students
design, construct 43-foot conceptual
structure to honor beloved professor Alan Stacell
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Italian town
erects 9-11 memorial designed
by trio of visiting Aggie architecture students
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Los
Americas Digital Research Network connects
design studios throughout
Western Hemisphere
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$59.5 K telecommunications
grant enhances
A&M's M. Arch distance learning curriculum
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Students'
designs help church rise from the ashes, Singleton congregation
turns out for model unveilings
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Research examining
microclimate generation in residential courtyards student an AIA/AAH
honor
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Sustainable
development: Student helps design, build unique family home on Auburn
Rural Studio team
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HOK executive, Parshall,
named 2002 Peña Professor; offers graduate seminar on architectural
programming
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2003 Master
of Architecture grad crowned
Miss Galaxy 2004 at international pageant
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23rd Annual Rowlett
Lecture offers unique glimpse
into evolution of top design firm 3D/International
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING |
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Collaborative
urban design studio develops plan to revitalize unique coastal town
of Palacios, Texas
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A&M
landscape team's design for 1,250-acre multi-use Chinese research
park wins international competition
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Sustainable
Urbanism: New nexus for sustainability, cities and the environmental
design professions
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Texas A&M University to host urban planning,
management workshop for Chinese mayors.
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A&M
architecture students design therapeutic
rooftop garden for Mother Frances Hospital
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Landscape
architecture student creates
memorial with flag for each 9-11 victim
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Another
form of healing: A&M students
design garden in memory of classmate
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Dean of UT School of Architecture
lectures on
urban human ecology at Texas A&M University
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RESEARCH NEWS |
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New associate
dean for research, Lou Tassinary, will direct College of Architecture's
scientific initiatives
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2003 global
research symposium showcases A&M College of Architecture faculty
research initiatives
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National Science
Foundation program director suggests techniques to increase funding
chances for research
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2004 faculty
research symposium keynote address: "Basic Research: Challenges
and Opportunities"
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Texas Transportation
Institute and College of
Architecture sign memorandum of agreement
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A&M
vying for homeland security center; faculty research showcased at
2002 global symposium
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HAZARD REDUCTION AND RECOVERY |
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Rogers
appointed director of Hazard Reduction
and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University
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Fed
seeks counsel on disaster response from
emergency management scientists at HRRC
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Hazard Research
and Recovery Center scientists developing on-line emergency management
text
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Taiwanese
civil defense officials visit A&M,
study emergency management techniques
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HRRC scientists
tour disaster prone cities in
Brazil, council Brazilian civil defense officials
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION |
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HRIL's fifth
Historic Preservation Symposium to look
at historic conservation technology and practices
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A&M
preservation team documents Montezuma
Castle, a pre-historic cliff dwelling in Arizona
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The College
of Architecture earns membership
in National Council of Preservation Education
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HRIL's
2003 preservation symposium examines
historical perspectives on culture and form
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VISUALIZATION SCIENCE |
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Thirteen Aggies, most of them
former “Vizzers,” worked
on Pixar’s blockbuster animated feature, “Finding Nemo”
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"Vizzers" collaborate
with A&M scientist, fellow Ags to develop "Enlightening Lightning!"
planetarium project
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PHOTOS: Painting
to music: Mary Saslow’s painting
studio
fills canvases while listening to Anderson string quartet
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Animated
short film, "March of the Chicken Man," earns
international accolades for A&M student filmmaker
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A&M art instructor
satires colorfully packaged
sugar-saturated kid food in art installation
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Visualization professor
developing next-generation high
performance, immersive visualization environments
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ARCHITECTURE FOR HEALTH |
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A&M
professor lectures British Royal Society on
healing benefits of modern health facility design
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Gardens
have the potential to improve health, reduce
stress and lessen pain, professor's research shows
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Architecture
students are 18th and 19th
Aggies named AIA/AHA Graduate Fellows
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M.Arch student
earns Souder Award for research on facility designs for Alzheimer's
disease patients
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A&M
design studio works with architects on new
facility for "short stay" hospital in Garland, Texas
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Professor
Shepley selected for Architecture for Social Justice Awards Program:
Partnerships in Teaching
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"Smart
Aging" residential designs earn recognition for Aggie architecture
students in national competition
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A&M professor
co-founds GUPHA: Global organization supports university architecture-for-health
programs
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Today's
maternity care providers blending
home comforts with modern medical services
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Unique health center
designs accentuate beneficial relationships between humans, animals
and nature
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Visiting
professor strives to educate Western
architects on Middle Eastern hospital design
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Students design 'super
ambulances' equipped to
respond to chemical, biological weapon
attacks
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Student designs for
Brenham retirement
community showcased at public exhibit
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A&M architecture
students help Boston firm
design 157-acre master-planned community
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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT |
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A&M
researcher eyes women-run micro-enterprises
in low-income areas along U.S/Mexico border
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Hidalgo County officials,
residents celebrate
opening of new San Juan Community Center
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McAllen
Medical Center donation will provide
outreach worker for state's Colonias Program
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A&M
teams up with high school to research
information technology in Rio Grande Valley
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ONE SPIRIT ONE VISION CAMPAIGN |
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One Spirit, One
Vision: College eyes $30 million
goal in $1 billion Texas A&M Capital Campaign
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Endowed
chair, professorship promise to reinforce
college's health facilities design, research programs
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Friends, former
students launch capital campaign
with endowed scholarships, professorship, chair
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College receives
antique collection of china designed
by faculty, students and depicting A&M buildings
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A LOVE STORY:
Renee Zelman has run Norman Furniture for decades — three without
Norman
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FORMER STUDENTS |
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CLASS ACTS:
Former College of Architecture
students share news with classmates, faculty
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Five
College of Architecture alumni receive 2003
Outstanding Alumnus Award at October banquet
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Former
A&M student helping Alaskan-based group
rebuild schools for girls in war-torn Afghanistan
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Master
of Architecture graduate earns American Institute of Architects'
Young Architect Award
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Architect to the Stars: Former student
David Applebaum makes it big with a small practice
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Picture-perfect
buildings: Alum Charles Smith
becomes a force in architectural photography
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Award-winning
architecture student relays tale of
harrowing escape from sinking Alaskan crab boat
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Former
student, architect Mark Wamble's portfolio featured in July 1, 2002
Architecture magazine
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FACULTY NEWS |
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Architecture
professor Malcolm Quantrill earns
James Haecker Distinguished Leadership Award
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Professor
Jon Rodiek is elevated to Fellow in
the American Society of Landscape Architects
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Woodcock
receives McKee Award from
Association for Preservation Technology
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Texas A&M
Architecture professor Geva named
Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar
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Architecture professor receives
the 2003 Bush
Excellence Award for Faculty in
Public Service
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HRIL director
appointed to post on General Service Administration's National Register
of Peer Professionals
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BOOKS |
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New book explores impact of influential
architecture firm Caudill Rowlett Scott
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Professor
translates book examining design education and its effect on design
process and products
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Professor's
book suggests ways to translate personal experience and transfer
it to architecture and design
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STUDYING ABROAD |
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Australian
study abroad program focuses
on market-based sustainable development
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World-wise: College of Architecture students spend
semester away in study programs around the globe
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