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04.08.08
NCARB Grand Prize
The College of Environmental Design is proud to announce the Architecture Department has won the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Grand Prize for “Low cost sustainable housing, Tijuana Mexico”. The NCARB Prize grand carries with it a cash award of $25,000 that will be presented to the Department of Architecture. Read more
The 2008 NCARB Prize jury, comprising members of the Council's Practice Education Committee and six academic representatives (deans, heads, or chairs) from schools with architecture programs accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, (NAAB) nominated by NCARB's regional leadership, met March 26-27, 2008 in Houston, TX. After considering 31 entries representing 22 different colleges and universities, the NCARB Prize grand prize—a cash award of $25,000—will be presented to the Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for its project LOW COST SUSTAINABLE HOUSING FOR TIJUANA, MEXICO. The jury’s decision was announced during the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony, March 28, 2008 in Houston, TX. This project directed by Architecture faculty Pablo La Roche, Irma Ramirez and Lyle Center director Kyle Brown, explores the development and integration of sustainable technologies for low-cost housing in Tijuana through design, construction and research courses developed over the course of two academic years.
Prof, Chair Judith Sheine at the Schindler House Friday, April 11, 2008
Reception at 7:00 pm, Discussion at 7:30 pm
Reception and discussion at the Schindler House featuring Berlin filmmaker Heinz Emigholz in conversation with noted American experimental filmmaker Thom Andersen and architect, author and Schindler expert Judith Sheine.
MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
at the Schindler House
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Contact:
t: 323-651-1510
office@makcenter.org
www.makcenter.org
Lecture Series Spring 08
4.11.08 | 12pm | atrium BLDG7 | L.T. Shanks Scholarship Recipient Presentation –Dicle Bath
5.02.08 | 12pm | atrium BLDG7 | C.E.B. Reas, U.C.L.A. Design | Media Arts
5.09.08 | 12pm | atrium BLDG7| Dawn Hollingsworth, LC, IALD,
5.16.08 | 12pm | atrium BLDG7| Leo Marmol FAIA, Marmol Radziner and Associates, Los Angeles
5.23.08 | 12pm | atrium BLDG7 | Florencia Pita, fpmod, Sci-Arc
5.30.08 | 12pm | atrium BLDG7 | Panel: Historic Preservation 101 – hosted by L. Hoyos (Assistant Prof. CSU Pomona) and Dr. Lauren Bricker (Associate Prof CSU Pomona), guests T.B.A.
1st prize in the LA Chapter USGBC Design Competition
3rd year students Marlen Alvarez and Beryl Lopez, won 1st prize in the LA Chapter USGBC Design Competition of the Eagle Mountain Wilderness Heritage Site and presented their work in Chicago at the National convention where they won an Honorable Mention for Environmental System Analysis.
Top 15 US Architecture Schools
We are one of the top 15 Architecture Schools in the US for 2007!
Read about the Rankings in Architect Magazine
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