HEADLINES
Students Build Tech Tower Replica for Fundraiser
(September 21, 2009) — The Tech Tower playhouse is one of three playhouses that will be raffled off in a fundraiser for HomeAid Atlanta. Raffle tickets will be sold at Tech football games and online at homeaidatlanta.org. (full story…)
New Book Explores Politics of Construction in New York City
(September 21, 2009) — In his new book Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, architecture professor Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. (full story…)
Georgia Tech Solar House Opens at New Tellus Museum
(September 21, 2009) — The Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon House will re-open its doors at the new Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum in Cartersville, Ga., at the “Solarbration” Grand Opening Event on Saturday, Oct. 10. (full story…)
High Line Designer to Give Inaugural Douglas C. Allen Lecture
(September 17, 2009) — For the inaugural lecture endowed in his name last year, senior associate dean Douglas C. Allen selected luminary James Corner who many say is re-inventing landscape architecture. (full story…)
The Art of Public Space
(August 31, 2009) — Despite the recent trend of carving out pedestrian space from once vehicular thruways, public space must be created and planned for. In order for it to succeed according to Barber, “public space will demand greater public investment and better understanding of the role artists and the arts play in putting such investment to imaginative uses.” This calls for greater investment, especially from artists, in shaping public spaces and putting them to imaginative uses. (full story…)
Lecture, Reception will Celebrate 50 Years of Building Construction
(August 3, 2009) — Martin Fischer of Stanford’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering kicks off the College of Architecture T. Gordon Little Lecture Series on August 31, 6PM, in the newly renovated Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium. A reception will follow to mark 50 years of Building Construction at Georgia Tech. (full story…)
Tech Urban Design Professor Co-Planned Tawain’s World Games Park
(August 3, 2009) — Perry Yang was chief planner for the 2009 World Games Park which opened July 16 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (full story…)
French Named Assoc. Dean for Research in Tech College of Architecture
(August 3, 2009) — Steven French will support and lead research activities as the College’s first-ever Associate Dean for Research. (full story…)
Tech College of Architecture to Re-Envision Higher Ed in Design
(July 28, 2009) — Bold structural changes and curricular advancements will catapult its pursuit in areas like green buildings, alternative energy, healthcare, digital design and information technology. (full story…)
Assoc. Director of Architecture Jarrett Joins Univ. North Carolina
(June 22, 2009) — The College of Architecture at Georgia Tech announced Chris Jarrett, Associate Director of the Architecture Program, will join the University of North Carolina-Charlotte (UNCC) as director of the School of Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture. (full story…)