SUMMARY Disrupt/Displace Iowa State University College of Design Biennale Sessions 2016 Disrupt/Displace is a response to Venice Biennale curator, Alejandro Aravena’s request to ‘Report from the Front’: it is simultaneously a critique, performance, and proposal in four parts: PART 1 Searching for the Front (Ames, Iowa) PART 2 Constructing the […]
Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern to speak at ISU College of Design Feb. 10 01/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern will speak at Iowa State University in February. Halpern will present “The Smart Mandate: Ubiquitous Computing, Environment and ‘Resilient Hope’” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, […]
Spring 2017 Department of Architecture Public Program Beyond: Architecture and Its Outsides Lectures* Feb 10 Orit Halpern, Concordia University, Montreal co-hosted with CRP and MUD (FRIDAY LECTURE!) Feb 15 5468796 Architects, Winnipeg, CA. (NEW ADDITION!) Mar 3 Felicity Scott, Columbia University GSAPP, NYC Richard F. Hansen Lecture (FRIDAY LECTURE!) Mar […]
Carlos Bedoya, of PRODUCTORA, Mexico City, gave a lecture on 16 November 2016 at Iowa State University, College of Design, Kocimski Auditorium at 5:30pm. PRODUCTORA is a Mexico City based architectural studio, integrated by four architects of different nationalities: Abel Perles (1972, Argentina), Carlos Bedoya (1973, Mexico), Victor Jaime (1978, […]
From http://www.design.iastate.edu/news/2016/11/pilloton-lecture/ Project H founder Emily Pilloton to speak about design and social action Dec. 2 at ISU AMES, Iowa — Project H founder and executive director Emily Pilloton will speak about social action, empowerment and the power of making in a lecture Friday, Dec. 2, at Iowa State University. Pilloton’s […]
The College of Design held a reception for eight architecture students who went to Berlin for a five-week workshop. It was held on Nov. 14 in the Lyle E. Lightfoot Forum From http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/academics/article_4a4995b8-aad6-11e6-ba65-278c65ba7ec4.html The Lyle E. Lightfoot Forum in the College of Design was packed full on Monday night, and for […]
Carlos Bedoya, of PRODUCTORA, Mexico City, will give a lecture on 16 November 2016 at Iowa State University, College of Design, Kocimski Auditorium at 5:30pm. PRODUCTORA is a Mexico City based architectural studio, integrated by four architects of different nationalities: Abel Perles (1972, Argentina), Carlos Bedoya (1973, Mexico), Victor Jaime […]
“Ortlieb’s”, the lecture given by James Timberlake on Wednesday, 26 October 2016 in Kocimski Auditorium, College of Design, Department of Architecture at Iowa State University is now live on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZijqcivE74M
Video from the 2016 Venice Biennale Iowa State University College of Design Department of Architecture session Disrupt/Displace. More info will be added soon…
Pluralities, Publics, and Citizen Science Through the interdisciplinary lens of various citizen science projects, panel participants will explore questions related to their experiences with multi-situational knowledge, multi-positional identity, and multi-dimensional power in community-engaged scholarship. Moderated by Dr. Janet Hecsh, Associate Dean of Faculty, California State University at Sacramento Dr. Hecsh earned her Ph.D. in Sociocultural Studies of Education […]
From the Public Programs Committee: Dear Students, We are extremely honored to let you all know that we will be welcoming Elia Zenghelis back at ISU for a surprise appearance this coming Friday, the 28th of October – 5:30 in Kocimsky. In between his visits to Harvard and UIC, we’re fortunate enough to have managed to sneak […]
Mitchell Squire, professor of architecture, will deliver two public lectures this week. On Tuesday evening he will present “Talk to the Wood” at Woodbury School of Architecture in Los Angeles, California. On Thursday evening for the Durades Dialogue at Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Squire will give a visual presentation of his […]
ARCHITECT JAMES TIMBERLAKE TO SPEAK AT ISU OCT. 26 AMES, Iowa — James Timberlake, FAIA, founding partner in KieranTimberlake, Philadelphia, will present the Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture in Architecture Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Iowa State University. Timberlake’s presentation, “Ortlieb’s!”, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of […]
The Iowa State University Department of Architecture’s Public Program Committee has just released the final list of speakers and events for the 2016/2017 season. Download your own poster by clicking on the image below.
This is a video of a lecture by Peggy Deamer, principal of Deamer Architects and a professor of architecture at Yale University, presented at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. Projects by Deamer and her firms (Deamer Architects and formerly Deamer + Phillips) have been featured in various publications including Architecture, Architectural […]
Beyond: Architecture & Its Outsides Public Program 2016-17 For much of the twentieth century, architecture has built itself around a certain confidence that comes when perceiving the discipline as a self-contained realm of expert knowledge and its material application. Perhaps a product of modernist forms of knowledge, the professionalization and institutionalization of the […]
Videos of lectures presented at the What is the Urban? Registers of a World Interior CEAH Symposium that took place at Iowa State University 4-5 April, 2016, are now available online. Below is the description taken from whatistheurban.org: The urban, long a popular topic of inquiry, has become an unavoidable […]
Registration remains open for the CEAH Symposium: “What is the Urban? Registers of a World Interior,” which will take place Monday and Tuesday, April 4-5, in Benton Auditorium at the Scheman Center. This symposium opens with a simple yet perplexing question: “What is the urban?” It brings together a range […]
BIG Design Firm Partner To Present 2016 Hansen Lecture in Architecture March 23 at ISU 03/09/16 Kai-Uwe Bergmann. Photo by Andrejs Strokins. AMES, Iowa — Kai-Uwe Bergmann, a partner with the international design firm BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), will present the 2016 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture Wednesday, March 23, at Iowa […]
ISU ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS’ DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT TRANSFORMS COLLEGE OF DESIGN ATRIUM AMES, Iowa — A full-scale student design-build project will transform the Lyle E. Lightfoot Forum of the Iowa State University College of Design Feb. 17 through March 11. Seventy-seven second-year architecture students in five sections of the ARCH 202: Architectural […]
Greek architect and teacher Elia Zenghelis returned to the College of Design for a masterclass in architecture this January and the creative results of the students is now on display below. There was an exhibit of the work in 534 Design on 28 January 2016 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm but […]
Cheongseok (Bluestone) Church, an award-winning project completed in 2015 by architecture Lecturer Jungwoo Ji and colleagues at his architecture firm, euk architects in South Korea, will be part of the South Korean Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale.
What is the Urban? Registers of a World Interior Iowa State University, Center for Excellence in Arts and Humanities (CEAH) Symposium April 4-5, 2016 Full details and free registration at www.whatistheurban.org The urban, long a popular topic of inquiry, has become an unavoidable condition for contemporary life. For many disciplines, it […]
Dan Slroky and Brandon Wlosinski (Manager of Virtual Design and Construction), graduates from ISU’s Bachelor of Architecture program and now at BNIM in Kansas City, came back to their alma mater to give a presentation about new digital tools currently in use and their unique specialty within their firm. Dan […]
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Jim Campbell, designer of a new sculpture for Des Moines’ Cowles Commons, spoke about his work in a lecture Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Iowa State University. Campbell’s custom electronic sculptures have made him a leading figure in the use of computer technology and video as an art […]
Elia Zenghelis, a cofounder of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and current principal of Gigantes Zinghelis Architects (GZA), Athens, conducted an architecture master class Jan. 20-28 and presented the Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture in Architecture Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Iowa State University. Zenghelis shared insights into his […]
The Venice Architecture Biennale is widely considered the world’s most prestigious international exposition of architecture. Educational programs, referred to as the Biennale Sessions are offered by representatives from an array of international Universities over the course of the Biennale. This year, for the first time, Iowa State University’s College of Design Department of Architecture […]
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Acclaimed architect, author, and theorist Juhani Pallasmaa discusses his work and his approach to design. He explores major themes in his work, practicing across the globe and at multiple scales.
AMES, Iowa — A project by Iowa State University design students has won the student category of the 2015 Healthcare Environment Awards. Co-sponsored by Contract magazine and the Center for Health Design, the annual awards honor healthcare interior architecture and design across a range of project types. The Iowa […]
AMES, Iowa — Jill Lerner, FAIA, a principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), will talk about KPF’s work, structure and development into a global design firm in a lecture Friday, Sept. 11, at the ISU College of Design. Lerner’s presentation, “Architecture for the Public – A Global Practice,” is part of […]
AAC Lecture Series | Catie Newell, “Surface Tension”, 19 November 2014. As cities are strained, once familiar settings become anomalies or strangers to their original intentions; the city’s raw material acquires unfamiliar attributes, occupations and associations that set the stage for questionable legal, cultural and environmental interpretations. This situation brings […]
Coursework: March 6 -7, 2015 This two-day course is presented on March 6-7, 2015 by Design Corps, SEED Network, Iowa State University College of Design, Iowa State University Community Design Lab, Iowa Women in Architecture, and AIA Iowa. The Institute will provide design and planning professionals with in-depth study on methods of how design can address the […]
The spring 2015 Toys! option studio, taught by architecture associate professor Mitchell Squire, will host a “Make it Rain!” event at noon Wednesday, March 4, in the Lightfoot Forum. To raise awareness of the increasing student debt load, students in the studio will release 2,500 balloons filled with prizes—including more […]
Here’s the poster for our 2015 Spring Lecture Series. For more information, or to download the poster as a large, printable file, go to the following link.
A lecture by Peter Stec, sponsored by the AAC, Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund, and the Office of the Senior Vice-President and Provost, will be held Monday, March 23 in Curtiss 127 at 4:00pm. “Proto-Urban Formations” proposes to look at urban patterns as opposed to static forms, in the tradition of […]
The author of a new book about traveling, architectural sightseeing, perception and learning will speak Friday, March 27, at Iowa State University. Ben Jacks, a designer, architect, writer and educator, will present “The Architect’s Tour: Notes for the Design Traveler” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, in room 130 College […]
Larry Booth, FAIA Partner, Booth Hansen 01 April 2015 Hoover 2055 Laurence Booth, FAIA, founded Booth Hansen in 1980. The work of the firm has never adhered to particular style or canon. Rather the firm is known for a discernible signature which has strong marks of innovation woven with sometimes subtle, […]
Link: http://Snøhetta 15 April 2015 Kocimski Auditorium 5:30PM Both Craig Dykers, MNAL, AIA and Elaine Molinar, MNAL, AIA are partners at Snøhetta, an international award-winning architecture and landscape architecture firm based in Oslo, Norway. Dykers, founding partner, has led the design of many prominent cultural projects including the Alexandria Library […]
Iowa State University was invited to participate in the 2014 American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health (AIA/AAH) STERIS Student Design Charrette held in San Diego, California on November 13-18. ISU received a generous grant from STERIS to send 5 students and one faculty member to participate in the healthcare design charrette. Cameron Campbell, […]
“Eyecon” Thomas Kelley, FAAR Partner, Norman Kelley 22 October 2014 Kocimski Auditorium Kelley reexamines and rehearses visual deception through architectural drawing. From the 18th-century developed surface drawings of Thomas Lightoler to Daniel Liebskind’s collaged misprojections in “Micromegas,” the capacity to baffle reality through drawing has led to innovative strategies in […]
