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Competitions
- NEW - One Prize 2011 ($10,000 Award)
Deadline - Registration Due by, April 30, 2011
ONE PRIZE INVITES THE WORLD MOST TALENTED AND ENTERPRISING: architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, engineers, scientists, cleantech entrepreneurs, economists, artists, students and individuals of all backgrounds: To propose the NYC BLUE NETWORK by expanding waterborne transportation and linking the five boroughs with a series of green transit hubs incorporating ferries, water taxis, bike shares, electric car-share and electric shuttle buses as well as providing in-water recreation, water-oriented educational and cultural activities and climate resilience. To further propose for New York City a design for the WORLD LARGEST CLEAN TECH EXPO in 2014, and by doing so to create the world largest urban clean tech corridor along the water, and establish NYC as the ultimate green capital of the world. For more information and application please go to the Once Prize web site. - Mel Ferris Scholarship Competition
Deadline: Applications due February 14, 2010
Each year, the California Architectural Foundation administers the Mel Ferris Scholarship Program, awarded to architectural students at California universities who have demonstrated financial need and exemplary academic and design achievements. The Foundation has awarded more than 93 grants and scholarships (ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each) since its inception in 1991, to university-level architectural students in California.
The Mel Ferris Scholarship program provides scholarships to qualified architecture students studying at one of the ten accredited Architecture universities in California. The scholarships are awarded based upon demonstrated financial need, as well as academic and design achievements, and are awarded without regard to race, gender, age, physical abilities or religious beliefs. The California Architectural Foundation awards the scholarships annually. It is the goal of the Foundation Board of Regents to award scholarships to offset tuition expenses. For more information and an application please go to the Mel Ferris Scholarship information page.
- NCARB Prize 10 (1st prize $25,000)
Deadline: February 11, 2011
The NCARB Prize supports combined practice and education projects at the university level. Submissions must represent unique efforts to integrate education and practice initiatives while allowing students to earn academic credit. The NCARB Prize was initiated in 2001 in response to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s report, Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education and Practice (The Boyer Report). As envisioned by Peter Steffian, FAIA, who served as Council president 2001, the NCARB Prize program was designed to encourage, reward, and showcase diverse programs and activities that wholly integrate practice and education in an academic setting. For more information and application please go to the NCARB Prize 10 web site.
- The Young Structural Engineers' International Design Competition 2011
(First Prize £5,000 )
Deadline: April 8, 2011
The Young Structural Engineers International Design Competition is run every 3 years and aims to encourage ingenuity, imagination and inventiveness in young structural engineers. The competition is open to structural engineers and individuals under the age of 30 who are taking, or have successfully taken, a recognized civil and/or structural engineering course of study. The winner(s) of the competition will be awarded the John Barrett Prize and receive £5,000 and a certificate of commendation. For more information and application please go to the Institution of Structural Engineers web site.
- Bruce Thompson 2011 Student Light Fixture Design Competition
Deadline: April 8, 2011
Bruce Thompson was a twenty-five year veteran of the lighting industry. He had a broad background in the profession having worked in theatre, retail, as a factory representative, and concluding his career in manufacturing as vice president of sales and marketing. Throughout his
career Bruce emphasized design and innovation. He was also an accomplished light fixture designer. He established this independent competition to encourage creativity and education in light fixture design and manufacturing. The competition is administered by The Robert Bruce Thompson Trust, which was formed solely for the purpose of conducting the competition.
For more information and application please go to the Robert Bruce Thompson Competition web page. - Leicester B. Holland Prize
Deadline: May 31, 2011
Eligibility - No particular professional credentials are required; anyone is eligible to compete in the Holland Prize competition. Only present employees of the Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) are ineligible. The prize entry may be undertaken by students in conjunction with required courses, electives, independent study and summer institutes. There is no entry fee.
Drawing Regulations - The documentation is to consist of a single, well-composed sheet of drawings that best conveys the significance of the building, site, structure, or landscape. The measured drawing must conform to the HABS, HAER (including the Guidelines for Recording Historic Ships), or HALS Guidelines and Standards, and to the Holland Prize Rules and Recommendations. Guidelines can be downloaded via the HDP web site. Participants are encouraged to consult the Built in America web site at the Library of Congress, or the HDP web site, for examples of measured drawings that meet the standards.
Entry Instructions - The individual or faculty sponsor must submit the Holland Prize Entry Form (PDF) by the required deadline. The entry form must be received at least two weeks prior to the receipt of the completed drawings. Upon receipt of the entry form, individuals or project teams will be provided with the requested number of blank sheets of mylar for hand-drawn projects, or the AutoCAD title block for CAD projects. There is no charge for these materials.
For more information and a application please go to the Holland Prize web site. - 8th Annual Next Generation Call for Entries
Deadline: January 31, 2011
"Get Zero" challenges you to draw upon your considerable talents, think big, and help solve an enormous problem. Metropolis is partnering with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in our 2011 Next Generation Design Competition to bring one of their buildings to Zero Environmental Impact. Whether you are an architect, interior designer, product designer, landscape designer, graphic designer, communication designer, or engineer--or a collaborative group that brings together all these talents--you can make a world-changing difference for one of the planet's biggest landlords! One building can become an example for the GSA's 9,600 other properties. We're asking you to show them how. While the $10,000 prize goes only to the winning entry, the jury will select a group of top entries with ground-breaking design ideas they'd like to recommend to the GSA. For more information and application please go to the Next Generation web site.
- Peterson Prize 2011 (First Prize $3,000)
Deadline: June 30, 2011
2011 Peterson Prize Poster The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) of the National Park Service, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announce the 2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, which annually recognizes the best set of measured drawings prepared to HABS standards and donated to HABS by students. The prize honors Charles E. Peterson, FAIA, founder of the HABS program, and is intended to increase awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of historic buildings throughout the United States while adding to the permanent HABS collection of measured drawings at the Library of Congress. To date, more than 2,000 students from 68 colleges and universities have participated by completing more than 500 entries and almost 5,000 sheets of measured drawings. The students have worked alone and in groups, in required courses, electives, independent study and summer institutes. They have been, for the most part, architecture students in addition to architectural history, interior design, and American studies majors. For more information please go to the Peterson Prize web site.
- Leicester B. Holland Prize
Deadline: May 31, 2011
The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of an historic building, site, or structure prepared by an individual(s) to the standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The prize is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust, Architectural Record, a magazine of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); and the Center for Architecture, Design & Engineering in the Library of Congress, and administered by the Heritage Documentation Programs of the National Park Service (HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS). The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of the AIA’s Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress and first curator of the HABS collection, a co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board. Fro more information please go to the Leicester Holland Prize web site.
- Holcim Awards (Win 1 0f 3 prizes totaling $50K)
Deadline: March 23, 2011
Recognition of forward-looking projects
The Holcim Awards is an international competition that recognizes innovative projects and future-oriented concepts on regional and global levels. A total of USD 2 million dollars in prize money is awarded in each three-year cycle. The competition seeks projects that demonstrate an ability to stretch conventional notions about sustainable building and also balance environmental, social and economic performance – while also exemplifying architectural excellence and a high degree of transferability. Projects and concepts related to: buildings and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure; and materials, products and construction technologies are eligible for entry in the competition. For more information please go to the Holcim Awards web site.
- Retail Design Institute Design Competition
Deadline: Submissions due April 30th, 2011
On behalf of the Student Design Competition Committee , we are pleased to announce the 2011 International Student Store Design Competition.
With the help of our Platinum Supporter, Stylemark and Mega Wall, we will be awarding a total of $10,000.00 USD to the winners. We hope the chosen category, �Department Store Outlet� Retailer, will be of interest to you. The struggles of department store retailers during the recession is a hot topic in the retail design industry, as many operators currently looking for areas of expansion are using value based channels to open new locations. Several Department stores have been redesigning, rebranding and rolling out new outlet prototypes. Our goal is to award creative thinking, to help your professors teach you a real-world holistic design process, and to introduce students to the exciting and dynamic career of retail design. If you are interested in learning more about retail design, you are welcome to visit a local chapter event/meeting. If there�s no chapter near you, consider setting up your own student chapter on campus. We look forward to receiving your entries next spring. For more information please go to the Retail Design Institute Design Competition web page.
- 25th Annual CSU Student Research Competition
Deadlines: Submissions due: February 10, 2011
The California State University Student Research Competition, initiated in 1985, features research achievements of undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent alumni from all academic disciplines. Approximately 200 students from the 22 CSU campuses submit written papers and make oral presentations before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, and universities in California. Cash prizes are awarded. For more information please go to the Cal Poly Research and Graduate Programs web site
- 3rd International Holcim Awards Competition
Deadline: March 23, 2011
The 3rd International Holcim Awards competition offering a total of USD 2 million in prize money is open to: sustainable building and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure projects; and materials, products and construction technologies. The Awards are an initiative of the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. For more information and to submit entries please go to the Holcim Awards web site.
- Moebius 2011 Call for Submissions
Deadline: February 7, 2011
Moebius: An Annual Publication of the Cal Poly College of Liberal Arts serves and
represents the Cal Poly community. All Cal Poly students, staff, faculty, and alumni
are encouraged to submit art (visual, original painting, photography, image work, etc.)
and/or manuscripts (essays, fiction, poetry, reviews).
For more information please see the Moebius Flier
Job Fairs/Career Services/Job Postings
Cal Poly will offer two job fairs during the 2010 Spring quarter:
- This Week - Winter Quarter Job Fair
Wednesday & Thursday, January 19 & 20, 2011
University Union¹s Chumash Auditorium
The Winter Career Fair is for employers seeking to recruit students from all-majors and all-industries for career, co-op, and internship opportunities. An informal networking session is followed by optional afternoon interviews. For further event information and to register, please visit the Career Services Web Site. - Architectural Designer
Firm: GGLO
Job Posting: As our reputation grows, so does our need for skilled, passionate people who
thrive on collaboration and believe deeply in design's ability to improve lives. If
you love to mix it up with others of like mind, have a look at our latest opportunities—then connect with us. For more information please see the Architectural Designer Flier.
Architectural Designer
* Intermediate Architect (4 to 8 years of experience)
* Already licensed or on the path to being licensed
* Experience in project management or a strong interest in managing projects
* Understanding of time requirements for project tasks
* Experience in retail design or smaller projects a plus
* REVIT, AutoCAD and Photoshop proficiency
* Knowledge of Illustrator
* Knowledge of interior and exterior detailing
* Strong communication skills and ability to interact with clients
* Efficient, thorough, detail oriented, and dedicated to quality work
* Willing to work on multiple fast paced projects
* Involved with their community
* Bachelor’s or professional degree in Architecture - Architectural Intern
Firm: GGLO
Job Posting: As our reputation grows, so does our need for skilled, passionate people who
thrive on collaboration and believe deeply in design's ability to improve lives. If
you love to mix it up with others of like mind, have a look at our latest
opportunities—then connect with us. For more information please see the Architectural Inern Flier.
Architectural Intern
* Ideal candidates have up to 4 years of experience
* Experience in retail design or smaller projects a plus
* REVIT, AutoCAD and Photoshop proficiency
* Strong communication skills
* Efficient, thorough, detail oriented, and dedicated to quality work
* Willing to work on multiple fast paced projects
* Bachelor’s or professional degree in Architecture
- Updated - Career Services Opportunities & Events
Cal Poly Career Services has many new opportunities for students including: working lunches, Interview Skills, Resume Clinics and much more. For more information please see the attached pdf from Career Services 2011 Events & Workshops. - Updated - Career Services Calendar
Interested in Resume Clinic, Interview Skills Workshops, Sign-ups for On-Campus Interviews? It's never to late to start preparing for your future. For upcoming events provided by Career Services please visit their web site.
- Updated - Scheduling Recruiting & Posting Jobs
If you would like to schedule a recruiting visit through the Construction Management Department, please contact our Program Coordinator, Tana Anastasia, at the 756-6381 or email ganastas@calpoly.edu. Due to the high level of recruitment of CM majors, it is advisable that you contact the department as soon as possible to ensure a slot(s). Typical recruitment begins with an evening Information Session, followed by interviews the following day. For more information please visit the CM Department web site.
Scholarships & Opportunities
- TCAA 2011 Scholarship (Tile Contractors' Association of America)
Deadline: April 1, 2011
The Tile Contractors’ Association of America (TCAA) is a national trade association representing tile and stone installation companies throughout the United States who are members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. In 2001, TCAA established a merit scholarship program to award funds to students of architecture. In 2005, TCAA set up a trust fund with the Truman Heartland Community Foundation and the association currently funds two $2,000 scholarships each year for qualifying students. For more information please go to the Tile Contractors' Association for America Web Site
- The Lighting Quotient
Deadline: Submissions due March 15, 2011
In honor of its founder Sylvan R. Shemitz, one of the innovative forces behind asymmetric lighting, The Lighting Quotient has established a student scholarship in partnership with the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). Designed for the future generation of lighting designers, engineers and architects, all second, third, fourth and fifth year undergraduate or graduate students in accredited design degree programs are eligible to apply. A scholarship in the amount of $2,500 will be awarded annually to one student who demonstrates creativity, vision and knowledge in the field of architectural lighting. To apply for the Sylvan R. Shemitz Scholarship, students must read the project description in the attached link and follow the project requirements, including a lighting plan, lighting fixture schedule and specifications and a 250-word written statement of the objectives and goals of the lighting design concept. For more information please go to the Sylvan R. Shemitz Scholarship web page.
- Last Chance - Hart Howerton Fellowship Program
Deadline: Application & Portfolio Submission due January 28, 2011
The Hart howerton Fellowship provides a select group of students a defined summer internship within our design practice, combined with three weeks of self-directed travel. Our ability to help students with employment, travel, and financial assistance underscores a continuing commitment to educational opportunity that we share with our clients, staff and the wider professional community. For more information please go to the Hart Howerton Fellowship 2011 web page.
- Last Chance - Tradewell Fellowship
Deadline: Applications due: January 24, 2011
Named in honor of the late Gary Tradewell, a former Vice President and Medical Planner of WHR, the Tradewell Fellowship was created to build careers of aspiring healthcare architects. Each year, the Tradewell Fellow is involved with clients in early master planning and design with a particular focus on healing environments and collaborative design methods. The Fellowship begins and ends in July and includes employment at WHR Architects in Houston. In addition to working directly with senior medical planners and clients, Fellows receive career guidance from leaders at WHR and a network of past Tradewell Fellows. At the completion of the year-long Fellowship, participants have begun to develop the skills and experiences to become leaders and mentors. For more information please go to the WHR Architects web site.
- Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation Education
Deadline: Friday, February 4, 2011
The Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation Education Committee announces that three student scholarships are available to attend and to present research at the 2011 Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, April 6–9, 2011. The total value of the scholarship is $470, including a waiver of the conference registration fee ($170) and, an award of $300 to offset travel expenses. Upper level undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines related to cultural landscape preservation may apply for a scholarship. In order to apply, send the following materials to Education Committee members listed below in both hard copy (via snail mail) and digital formats (via email).
• A letter addressed to the Committee clearly stating your interests in attending the 2011 Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas;
• Your current curriculum vitae;
• A one-page abstract of your studies in cultural landscape preservation; and,
• Three (3) letters of recommendation from your professors or employers.
The deadline for receipt of applications for the 2011 Program is Friday, February 4, 2011.
Selected students will be notified on or before March 1, 2011.
For US students:
Anne Hoover
CLP LLC
3901 W Riverside Avenue
Muncie IN 47304-3156
anne_hoover@att.net
765.284.1584
- Erasmus Mundus - MaMaSELF Scholarships
MaMaSELF is a two year European Master program in Materials Science, which aims to teach the application of “Large Scale Facilities” for the characterization and development of materials. Modern life and globalization imply new and additional exigencies for scientists and scientific engineers in the field of scientific and industrial competitiveness. This holds specifically for the development of new technologies and new materials which are important key-products and which contribute to the technological and scientific competitiveness of highly industrialized countries. The characterization of these materials and also the optimizing of technologies strongly demand sophisticated methods, some of them uniquely available at “Large Scale Facilities” using neutrons or synchrotron radiation. For more information please visit the MaMaSELF Scholarships web site.
Off-Campus
- NEW - Bauhaus Dessau-Germany & India Meeting
Informational meeting
Tuesday, January 18th - 11am
Bldg. 5 - Room 313
Events
- Canceled - Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:00am
Berg Gallery
All students are invited to attend a quarterly student meeting to discuss important issues related to the University, College and Department. Agenda items include: State Budget, Off-Campus Program.. - NEW - Winter Quarter Sketch Workshops
See attached flier for more detail
Jim Bagnall, Jake Feldman, Art Chapman are Chuck Crotser are doing another series of 3 sketch workshops this quarter in the Berg Gallery.
Sunday, January 23 from 8am - noon
Sunday, February 6 from 8am - noon
Sunday, February 27 from 8am - noon
Save the Date! More details to follow
- Environmental Psychology, Universal Design and the ADA
February 15th-February 17th - 6-8:30pm
"We have only two choices in dealing with our surroundings; we can accommodate our behaviors to respond to the environment or we can accommodate the environment to respond to our behaviors. The choice is ours!" Prof. Emeritus Paul Wolff of the Architecture Department will lead a three night workshop on UNIVERSAL DESIGN and HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
Where: Room 05-313
When: Three consecutive evenings between Tuesday, February 15th - Thursday, February 17th,
Time: 6-8:30pm
Content: The Workshop will explore the following issues and more:
* What is the relationship between human behavior and physical settings ?
* Why do many environments violate our civil rights by discriminating ?
* Who has the least control of his/her environment ?
* Why do some places facilitate and others impede intended activities?
* What relationship exists between Universal Design and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
* Why is P.O.T. so essential to making you a more responsive/responsible designer ?
How to register: Please contact Arlene Gomez and mention your interest in this workshop.
Credit: Students having attended all three nights will receive 1 unit of professional electives.
For more information please go to ADA Workshop web page
- Updated - Winter Design Studios reviews are posted at Studio Reviews
Miscellaneous Information
- NEW - CBF Meeting
11am - Building 5 Room 101
All students are welcome to attend CBF meetings held every week on Thursdays. - Last Chance - Become a Poly Rep
Information Meetings: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 UU207 11:10am OR Thursday, January 13, 2011 PAC Phillips Hall 11:10 am
Poly Reps are reaching the end of their recruitment process and we don't want you to miss out! As the university ambassadors, we have the unique opportunity to define Cal Poly for all of the 30,000 students and parents that visit our campus each year through tours, state-wide presentations, and local school visits. To become a Poly Rep, attend one of our information sessions listed below to see what we're all about, fill out the application attached to this e-mail, and turn it in to Administration 206 by 4:00PM on January 18, 2011. Questions can be directed to PolyReps email or you can view information on their PolyRep web site.
- Mustang Mentoring Program
Date: Saturday, February 5th - 9am-2:30pm
The CAED and the Cal Poly Alumni Association (CPAA) would like to invite you to participate in a special mentoring event in February. Kick-start your career now! This event is your opportunity to gain experience and knowledge through a mentoring relationship. The goal of this event is not to get a job or revise your resume. Rather, this as your chance to connect with Cal Poly Alumni who can help you with the following:
* Gain insight into what the world after college is like
* Give feedback based on real world experience
* Develop a relationship which you can depend on for future advice
* Help you to build confidence and refine your personal goals.
Participate in the event by signing up soon as a mentee: http://alumni.calpoly.edu/mentoring.html and fill out a CAED Student Interest Form. For questions, check out the FAQ section of the web site or e-mail calpoly.caedmentoring@gmail.com
- Real Property Development Minor
Students interested in this minor are asked to contact Scott Kelting, skelting@calpoly.edu. He is a CAED faculty member for Construction Management.
- Design Intelligence for 2011
I wanted to share the great news with you that Cal Poly's Architecture Department is again ranked at the top of all public undergraduate institutions nationally (following Cornell, Syracuse, and Rice Universities, all private institutions) by DesignIntelligence for 2011.
This is an achievement that pays tribute to the strength of your 'off campus' colleagues - our alumni - and how they continue to represent Cal Poly in their professional endeavors. At the same time, each of you as a current student plays a role in the momentum and recognition of our department. I congratulate you, along with our alumni, faculty and staff for your commitment to architecture, and the great work you do as individuals and as a collective.
- Updated - Department Head's Digital Image Collection
Henri has set up a gallery of pictures organized thematically and topically for the students' perusal. Collection will be updated weekly. Current themes: Awnings, Balustrades, Brackets, Brise Soleil, Bus Shelters, Capitols, Circulation, Columns, Corners, Entrances, Facades, Food, Details, Information Panels, Structures, Telephone Booths, Tree Treatment, and Windows.
To view the web page go to: http://gallery.me.com/henridehahn
- SLO Arch
Cal Poly Alumni, Hayle Gipe has set up this site that is a great resource for students to ask questions to “recent” alumni: about portfolio, resume building, news about the profession, how to find work, lectures, exhibitions, and many other interesting and informative topics. For more information please visit the SLO Arch web site.