Upcoming Events

Sonic Generator Concert
February 12; 8:00 PM; Georgia Tech Alumni House

Glenn Ballard: Lean Thinking and the Management of Projects
College of Architecture Lecture; February 13; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM; Architecture Auditorium, East Architecture Building

GIS in Teaching and Research
Symposium hosted by Center for Geographic Information Systems; February 14; 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM; Student Center Ballroom

Symphonic Band Southern Division CBDNA/NBA Pre-Conference Performance
February 26; 8:00 PM; Robert Ferst Center for the Arts

Jan Lorenc and Chung Yoo: “Crossing Boundaries in Design"
Industrial Design Program Lecture; February 27; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM; Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Room 1116

COA Research Forum - A Look at the U.S. Mortgage Crisis: Implications for Housing Markets and Communities
February 28; 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM; Georgia Tech Architecture Library

Richard John: “The Pantheon: A Flawed Masterpiece”
Architecture Program Lecture; March 5; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM; Architecture Auditorium, East Architecture Building

Gwendolyn Wright: Excavating American Modernism
Architecture Program Lecture; March 12; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM; Architecture Auditorium, East Architecture Building

Adopting Building Information Modeling and Integrated Practice
Symposium sponsored by College of Architecture, its PhD Program and Reed Construction Data; March 13; 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM; Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Room 1116

We Have Never Been Pre-Disciplinary
The 24th Annual National Conference on the Beginning Design Student; March 13-16; College of Architecture

Be sure to check our on-line calendar for updated event listings.

February 2008

Green Habitats Appointed Steward of GT Solar House

Atlanta benefactor will study and promote sustainable technology.
 

Crowd Decides Music's Direction
The Boston Globe

With the help of computers, dancers from the New World School of the Arts and members of the Miami Saxophone Quartet, acclaimed composer and assistant professor of music Jason Freeman debuted his newest work – Flock – in Miami.
  

Solar Decathlon House Opens to Public

After taking sixth place in the international Solar Decathlon competition hosted by the Department of Energy, Georgia Tech’s solar house is now open for tours in its new location on campus. The public is invited to reserve a tour online at www.solar.gatech.edu .  
 

Will Foreclosed Homes Near You Affect Your Sale?
Seattle Post Intelligencer

The U.S. looks to research by City and Regional Planning Associate Professor Dan Immergluck for impacts of the mortgage crisis on communities and housing markets.  
 

A Glimpse of the Future
Savannah Morning News

Industrial Design Visiting Assistant Professor Carla Diana's music-themed new media installation called “Nest” is on exhibit in Savannah.
 
 

Planners Eye Megaregional Cooperation
Press Register (Mobile, Ala.)

Catherine Ross, Director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, describes Megaregions as economic centers of the future.  

Georgia Tech Exhibits Wearable Electronics at MODA

High-tech fashion showcases futuristic discipline. Co-curator and Industrial Design program lecturer Clint Zeagler explains the new products.
 
 
 

Solar City to Rise in Persian Gulf; Why Not Arizona?
New York Times DOT EARTH Blog

Architecture Program Director Ellen Dunham-Jones comments on large-scale projects with low environmental impacts.
 

Deserving Sorority Sisters
HGTV

Vern Yip (M ARCH 1995) redesigns two rooms of a Georgia Tech sorority house. Episode airs again March 1 at 8:30 pm; March 2 at 12:30 am; and March 22 at 4:30 pm
  

Online Art Exhibition Explores Atlanta’s Beltline

Georgia Tech College of Architecture’s artist in residence Ruth Dusseault launches Photos of the Beltline.org, an ongoing Web-based public exhibition designed to describe the fragmented, 22-mile corridor that will become
Atlanta’s Beltline.  

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