This current Student Digest as well as past ones are posted on the Architecture web site under Resources on the Current Students home page: http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/index.html

Competitions

  1. NEW - 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.
  2. NEW - Design a Better Workplace Award
    Deadline: December 19, 2010
    Competition Launches to Design a Better Workplace Award
    SayThanks.com uses crowdsourcing to generate designs, offers $3,500
    total to winner. SALT LAKE CITY – Say Thanks, a competition to design a better
    workplace award using the principles of crowdsourcing, launched today
    at SayThanks.com. Each year, millions of workers around the world are
    given awards in recognition of their good work, from trophies and
    plaques to wrist watches and lapel pins. Say Thanks wants to break
    from the norm and let people design the awards they themselves would
    love to receive. For more information go to the Say Thanks home page.
  3. 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
  4. The Rudy Bruner Award
    Deadline: Applications due no later than Monday, December 13, 2010
    The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence was created in 1986 by Simeon Bruner, and was named in honor of his late father. The Award was created by Mr. Bruner to foster a better understanding of the role of architecture in the urban environment and has become one of America's leading forums for the discussion of issues related to urban architecture, planning, and revitalization. The Rudy Bruner Award has been recognized by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Environmental Design Research Associates. Fore more information and application please go to the Rudy Bruner Award web site.
  5. 9th Annual Urban LandInstitute/Gerald D. Hines Urban Design Competition
    Deadline: Applications due by December 3, 2010
    Do you envision a more innovative built environment? Put your skills and ideas to the test and compete to win $50,000.
    Successful real estate development and design in the 21st century requires intensive collaboration across disciplines and sectors. In the Hines Competition, you will have the chance to form a multidisciplinary team with four other graduate students in the United States or Canada and tackle a real land use challenge in a U.S. city. For more information and application please go to the Urban Design Competition web page.
  6. Last Chance - Vellum_7
    Deadlines: Application Due - October 18, 2010 Furniture and images due October 28, 2010
    Vellum Design Build and the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) are pleased to announce the 7th Annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Exhibition. The exhibition of furniture designed and constructed by CAED students will be on display the 28th to 30th of October, 2010 (place to be determined in downtown San Luis Obispo. For more information please visit the Vellum_7 information page on the Architecture Department web site.
  7. American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize 2011
    Deadlines: November 15, 2010
    The Rome Prize is awarded annually to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers. Prize winners are selected through an open competition that is juried by leading artists and scholars in the fellowship fields. They represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Rome Prize winners are invited to Rome for six months or eleven months to immerse themselves in the Academy community where they will enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand their own professional, artistic, or scholarly pursuits, drawing on their colleagues' erudition and experience and on the inestimable resources that Italy, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Academy have to offer. Fellows are encouraged to work collegially within and across disciplines in pursuit of their individual artistic and scholarly goals. Rome Prize recipients are the core of the Academy's residential community, which also includes Residents and Visiting Artists and Scholars. For more information please go to the American Academy in Rome web site.
  8. Last Chance - The US General Services Administration
    Deadline: Registration September 30, 2010. Entries due, October 27, 2010
    The US General Services Administration is sponsoring a month-long (fall
    quarter) student competition to design a shade structure for a 900-foot-long
    pedestrian bridge at the San Ysidro port of entry (our border with Mexico). The competition is open to any student enrolled in a college-level architecture, engineering, design, or landscape program. It seems like a good opportunity for a collaborative or group effort! For more information and application please go to the Seeking Shade web site.
  9. 2011 Skyscraper Competition
    Deadline: November 16, 2010 Early Registration & January 18, 2011 Project submissions due
    The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city. The exponential increase of the world’s population and its unprecedented shift from rural to urban areas has prompted hundreds of new developments without adequate urban planning and poor architectural design. The aim of this competition is to redefine what we understand as a skyscraper and initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify our cities and improve our way of life. There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures? For more information please go to the 2011 Skyscraper Competition web site.

Job Fairs/Career Services

Cal Poly will offer two job fairs during the 2010 Spring quarter:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. Last Chance - Native American Architect Scholarship
    Deadline: Application Due - October 20, 2010
    In conjunction with their desire to transform a Mascot into a Landmark, in placing Connecticut on top of the ODELL Building at the Lucky Strike Power Plant, the Associates of ODELL chose to award a Native American Architectural Scholarship.
    This $7,000 scholarship will be awarded on November 6, 2010 to an outstanding Native American Architecture Student currently enrolled in an Accredited Architectural Program at a United States University.
    The web site for this special Unveiling Ceremony is www.ConnecticutOnTheJames.com – the award will be given on November 6th , 2010 on the Ceremonial Day. The chosen student will be contacted prior to the award given.
  2. Last Chance - AIA Scholarship Opportunity-2010 a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship
    Deadline: Friday, October 29, 2010
    This scholarship was initiated in 1990 by a/e ProNet, a group of insurance professionals providing risk management services to architects and engineers. In 1999 the scholarship was renamed for David W. Lakamp, who a founder of a/e ProNet and a trusted advisor to the profession. He left behind a legacy of professionalism and integrity that set new standards in the field of insurance services. The $2,500 annual award is given to a student who best demonstrates strong interest in practice management. For more information and application please go to the AIA web site
  3. Internship with WITH PROMINENT ECO DESIGN PROJECT
    We are an innovative design firm looking to bring on enthusiastic, talented design or architecture interns as soon as possible for the final months of an exciting, high profile, residential case study project with the intent of achieving a LEED for Home Platinum rating as well as striving to be a Net Zero Home.
    As we approach the finish line, we would love to bring on students and new professionals with a team work ethic as well as their own unique ideas and problem solving tactics.
    Architecture or design students and professionals with a background or strong interest in sustainable and green building and/or expanding midcentury modern aesthetics, are strongly encouraged to apply. PLEASE SEND A COVER LETTER AND RESUME OR LIST OF TRAINING AND INTERESTS AND SKILLS TO: DESIGNINTERNSHIPLA@YAHOO.COM. For more project information please go to PUNCHouse web site.
  4. 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
  5. MOA Architecture Scholarship & Summer Internship Program
    MOA Architecture would like to make you aware of a learning and experience opportunity available to students. An annual merit based private scholarship award + paid summer internship is available to students in accredited architectural programs. For program information and application please visit the MOA Architecture web site.
  6. Tulane School of Architecture: New Master of Sustainable Real Estate
    Tulane School of Architecture is proud to announce the launch of a new Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development with classes beginning June 2011. The program is expecting an initial class of 30 students coming directly out of undergraduate programs. Applications are due February 1, 2011. For more information please visit the Architecture at Tulane web site.
  7. 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.
  8. Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant
    Deadline: November 1, 2010
    The Center for Architecture is pleased to announce the upcoming November 1st deadline of the Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant. This is a great opportunity for young and mid career architects to further their own professional development through travel.
    Award: Single or multiple awards totaling $15,000.
    Purpose    : To further the personal and professional development of an architect in early or mid-career through travel. Travel plans should be centered on a selected topic of interest and meaning to the individual, rather than as part of a larger humanitarian or institutional endeavor. If appropriate, the winner may be asked to present at the Center for Architecture upon return.
    Eligibility: Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen with a degree in architecture as well as a full-time practitioner, either licensed or unlicensed. For more information please go to the CFA Foundation web site.

Off-Campus

  1. Currently No new updates

Events

  1. NEW - Hearst Lecture - Tim Kobe, Eight Inc.,
    Friday, October 29th, 2010, at 4:00pm
    Business Rotunda, Room 03-213
    In conjunction with Vellum Competition: Tim Kobe is founder and principal of Eight Inc. Eight Inc. designs for some of the most successful and best loved brands in the world. Eight Inc makes extraordinary things that change the way people think, feel and do. Eight Inc. designs for some of the most successful and best loved brands in the world. The company works with global brand giants defining strategies, innovating and designing branded experiences that engage the consumer in relevant, dynamic and meaningful ways. Eight Inc. work crosses traditional disciplines and includes environments, products and communications. This work consistently results in award-winning projects and long-term client relationships such as Apple, Nokia, Citibank and Virgin Atlantic Airways. 8 has offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Honolulu, Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore.
  2. NEW - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & BBQ
    Simpson Strong-Tie Materials Demonstration Laboratory Ribbon Cutting
    Date: Friday, October 22, 2010 - CIC Founders Plaza, near CM Dept. offices, Bldg.186
    SCHEDULE:
    3:00 - 4:30pm
    Tours of SST Lab and Construction Innovations Center (CIC)
    4:30 - 5:15pm
    Ribbon Cutting Ceremony featuring Guest Speaker Barclay Simpson
    5:15 - 6:30pm
    Reception and BBQ for CAED Students. No RSVP is needed.
    INFO: CM Dept. at (805) 756-1323
    LIVE WEBCAM: View the interdisciplinary lab at http://129.65.37.4/view/index.shtml
  3. NEW - University of Canberra Australia Study Abroad Presentation
    Informational Meeting about International Student Exchange
    Wednesday, October 20, 2010
    2pm - Dexter Hall Room 252
    Any questions please contact Professor Ragsdale: jragsdal@calpoly.edu
  4. Fall Design Studios reviews are posted at Studio Reviews
  5. Updated - Sketching Workshops
    October 24th - Berg Gallery - 8am
    Several sketching workshops will be held during fall quarter, these are available to students in the School of Architecture. The FREE workshops will be led by faculty and invited guests who are passionate about drawing and sketching as a way to really see, conceptualize and design. These workshops will be relatively information and fun, while covering a variety of quick sketch techniques. Save the Date: Saturday morning, October 9th. Sunday morning, October 24th & November 14th. More details to follow.
     
     

Miscellaneous Information

  1. NEW - FREE Hands-On Self Defense Class for Women
    Sponsored by: Cal Poly University Police
    Tuesday October 26, 2010 - 5pm-9pm
    Poly Canyon Village: Bldg. 171 Room A007
    To register contact Officer Chad Reiley or Cheryl Andrus at 805-756-2323 or crimeprevention@calpoly.edu
  2. NEW - Talk by Dr. Bob Field "The Violent Birth of Mother Earth"
    Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 7pm
    Kennedy Library Room 510B
    Bob Field is a Research Scholar in Residence at California Polytechnic State University where
    he has been supervising student projects as an adjunct physics professor for nine years. He
    developed and taught a course on solar and global evolution and studies the structure and
    evolution of the Sun and the Earth. As a docent for over ten years, he prepared state park walks
    and animated slide shows in the Moro State Park Museum of Natural History. He was an
    aerospace laser systems scientist for 20 years.
  3. CAED Shop Card
    IMPORTANT Shop card Requirements for CAED Shop Users. Beginning this quarter, Fall 2010, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design will require that students who use the CAED Support Shop contribute money for consumables being used in the Shop. For more information please go to the CAED Shop Card Information.
  4. A + D
    Become a member of A+D Architecture+Design Museum > Los Angeles
    Student membership reduced to $20
    Membership includes: Free admission to A+D Museum for one full year, Special Discounts and much more. For more information please see the A + D Flier.
  5. AeDPress Publication
    The Architecture Department is pleased to announce two new publications by AeDPress from Prof. Thomas Fowler. Please visit the other links under the navigation bar PUBLICATIONS that features over 20 AeDPress publications. Fore more information please go to AeDPress information page on the Architecture Department web site.
  6. Updated - CAED Ambassador Applicants now being accepted
    New Deadline: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 5pm - Bldg. 5, Room 212 (front desk)
    CAED Ambassador Applicants now being accepted. Second and third year Architecture students are encouraged to apply. Currently the Architecture Department is underrepresented in the CAED Ambassadors Program. This is your opportunity to represent the Architecture Department. The CAED Ambassadors are a group of students who represent the CAED by promoting college supported functions and interdisciplinary interactions between fellow students, alumni, faculty and industry representatives. At the same time they acquire valuable leadership and communications skills that they will be able to take with them into their academic and professional careers. We are looking for students from all five departments who will be valued additions to our team, and we look forward to receiving your application! More Information: CAED Student Club web site.
  7. Cal Poly Statement on Commitment to Community
    The Cal Poly community values a broad and inclusive campus learning experience where its members embrace core values of mutual respect, academic excellence, open inquiry, free expression and respect for diversity. For more information about how we can be community citizens, go to Commitment to Community.
  8. Congratulations Edward Becker!
    Submission Winner of the 2010 Creating_Making Forum. Edwards submission of "Digital Fabrication in Denmark: As tool and craftsman," has been selected for presentation at this years conference, which will be held on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, OK from November 3rd to 5th, 2010.
  9. Studio Use Policy
    Remember all students are required to submit a studio use policy for Fall Quarter.
    The Studio Use Policy Acknowledgement Form must be received prior to receiving keys for fall quarter design studios. Each quarter every student is required to submit this form prior to receiving their key or having access to Architecture Department Rooms.
  10. 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
  11. Preparing for Graduation in Spring 2011
    Students Preparing for Spring 2011 Graduation:
    Students who will be graduating Spring 2011 are required to have completed a Graduation Evaluation. You must submit your request FOUR quarters in advance of your completion term. The information regarding this process can be found on the Office of Academic Records web site. Please be sure to read complete instructions.
    Office of Academic Records link to form and instructions: http://www.ess.calpoly.edu/_records/forms/Grad_Eval.pdf
  12. 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.
  13. Architecture Department Facebook
    Join the Architecture Departments Facebook to keep up to date with upcoming events. We post important information and news several times a week! Facebook name is: Architecture at Cal Poly.