News Archives
2009-10 News
School programs ranked highly in annual Design Intelligence rankings: Landscape Architecture ranked #1
IAWA Announces Milka Bliznakov Prize Winners
House + House featured in VirginiaTech magazine
Architecture student wins honorable mention in printmaking
Jeremy Barbour featured in Architectural Record
Ed Dorsa named Assistant Director of the School
Dunays judge BraunPrize in Germany
Architecture faculty team design transforms Potts Creek, VA. farmhouse
Laurel McSherry and 21 MLA students featured in VT Research Magazine
Faculty Members Honored with Emeritus Status
2 CAUS Alumni Design Winning Public Bike Rack for Downtown Norfolk
Alumnus Erik Klemm designs “Bike of the Year”
Alumnus Evan Gant Receives International Design Award
MLA student Emily L Rothrock receives ASLA Council of Fellows Award
Secretary of Commerce Visits Virginia Tech Solar House
Eclipsis/LumenHaus featured at the Taubman Museum
Faculty Invited to Exhibit at ICFF 2009 in New York
Baskervill Sponsored Studio
Architecture student Meredith Baber wins Kohn Pedersen Fox Traveling Fellowship
Bryon Published in International Architectural Journal
2008-09 News
Ken Wilson, Commencement Speaker, Awarded FIIDA and FAIA
Interior Design Student Wins Source One Competition
Faculty and Graduate Students Receive XCaliber Award
Breitschmid’s book earns “Critic’s Choice” in Britain
Patrick Miller receives Virginia ASLA award
Architecture + Design Students and Faculty Provide Community Service in Dominican Republic
Ellen Braaten receives Career Achievement Award
Faculty receive Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment (ISCE) award
Donna Dunay Awarded FAIA
Design Intelligence Honors CAUS Faculty
Ferrari Symposium III: Territories of Opportunity
KEM STUDIO
Ferrari Symposium III - Student Info
2009 Spring Lecture Series Announced
2009 rankings: Virginia Tech architecture program ranked world-class with Harvard, Yale, and Columbia
Limited Edition Toy Designed by Olivio Ferrari To Fund Study Abroad Scholarship
Dr. Markus Breitschmid, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Publishes New Book
Mehdi Setareh Receives Honorary AIA Award
Integrated Design Think Tank
Architecture Undergraduate Student Places 2nd in Lighting Competition
NSF Project
Students Design Pavilion for London Festival of Architecture
2007-08 News
Limited Edition Toy Designed by Olivio Ferrari To Fund Study Abroad Scholarship
Swiss Toymaker Selects Winners of First Biannual Competition
Students Design Pavilion for London Festival of Architecture
Margarita McGrath will participate in the Feminist Practices exhibition in Providence Rhode Island
Ed Dorsa, IDSA, Associate Professor will serve as a juror in the DreamLine International Design Olympiad
Professor Mehdi Setareh has key role in dynamic structure in Michigan
Who’s Who Among Students
Students Design Habitat for Humanity House to be Built
Naef Toy design Competition
Robert Dunay, and Joe Wheeler Receive AIA Award
Donna Dunay Presentation in Bucharest, Romania
Faculty Presentations at Architecture Exchange East
Chicago Studio 2007
Faculty and Student Work on Way to Milan Furniture Fair
Virginia Tech #1 in 2008 Rankings
Solar Decathlon 2009 A Virginia Tech Internal Design Competition
IAWA Symposium 2007
School of Architecture + Design establishes Virginia Tech Architecture Publications
Virginia Tech’s International Archive for Women in Architecture announces call for Milka Bliznakov Prize proposals
‘Digital Craft in Today’s Architectural Practice’ Symposium to be held at Virginia Tech, September 7th and 8th
Students Win International and National Competitions
2006-07 News
What would you do with the Breuer building?
School of Architecture + Design team wins honor in ‘ENVISIONING GATEWAY’ competition
Architecture Faculty members receive honors at AIA Blue Ridge Chapter awards event
Architecture thesis students build Skate Park Pavilion for the Town of Blacksburg
Allan W. Kehrt announced as AIA New Jersey’s Architect of the Year
P.L.U.G Project set to depart to Africa
Prof. Jack Davis named Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies
Carol Coletta to speak on A Time for Design, November 8 from 6 to 8 pm
Donna and Robert Dunay exhibit work at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.
Faculty and staff from the School of Architecture + Design Prominent at National Conference
Prof. Jack Davis named Interim Dean
2005-06 News
Markus Breitschmid to give presentation at Cornell University
School of Architecture + Design First Annual Career Day
Solar House on “This Old House”
Virginia Tech and Building Specialists host “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Air Party Feb. 12
Solar Decathlon House on HGTV
Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon house featured in Popular Mechanics magazine
Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon House Wins Awards and Accolades
Virginia Tech’s Architecture and Design programs have once again been ranked in the top 10
Extreme Makeover
Markus Breitschmid’s Book Honored
Students from the Industrial Design Program in the School of Architecture + Design complete the Interdesign 2005 workshop in South Africa
2004-05 News
High school students participate in week-long summer program
NCARB Prize awarded to “Chicago Studio”
Frank Weiner Wins First Place in the Competition for the EAAE Prize 2003-2005
Timothy Castine, international photography award winner
Sean Wheeler wins C2C Competition
Virginia Tech students Win Honorable Mention in the ACSA / Steel Tube Institute Charrette
ID Student Finalists - Hospitality Design Awards for Creative Achievement
National Building Museum Exhibition
Michael Ermann hosts Acoustical Society conference—CAUS students recognized
History Channel shows Mehdi Setareh’s Virtual Reality earthquake research
Interior Design students win two of four IDEC Student Design Competition awards
Marilyn Casto presents paper in London at “Literature and the Domestic Interior” symposium
Hunter Pittman and four students interviewed for WDBJ-TV Roanoke