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Cal Poly hosts 7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference
July 31 - August 3, 2008
Registration is now open and exhibitor/sponsorships are still available for the conference that boasts more participation from colleges and universities in the California system of higher education than any other campus sustainability event!
Visit the conference web site at http://sustainability.calpoly.edu and join us in "Putting Sustainability to Work" as we build a green workforce and work place for the state of California, the nation, and the world!
AIACCCC 2008 Design Awards Gala Banquet & Media Event!
Was presented by the California Central Coast Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIACCCC) on Saturday, June 7, 2008. The event was sponsored by the San Luis Obispo County Builders Exchange and the San Luis Obispo Property Owners Association in conjunction with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Department of Architecture. Steve Barash and Craig Smith were the 2008 Awards program Co-Chairs. Winners of this year's Award were:
Faculty Emeritus Allan Cooper, AIA, was presented with a Merit Award for the Cooper Residence, in Port Townsend, WA.
Principals of M:OME Tom Di Santo (B.Arch 89), AIA, and Laura Joines-Novotny AIA, were presented with an Honor Award for the Teixera Addition located in San Luis Obispo.
Georges Garcia, (B.Arch 89), AIA, principal of garcia Architecture + design, San Luis Obispo, was presented with two awards: a Merit Award for the Blohm Residence, and an Honor Award for Salon Lux, both located in San Luis Obispo.
RRM principals Victor Montgomery (B.Arch 75) AIA, and Stacey White (B.Arch 99), AIA and LEED® AP, received for their firm an Honor of Excellence Award for the project San Jose Fire Station No. 34.
Craig Smith (B.Arch 76), AIA, principal of CRSA Architecture, San Luis Obispo, was presented with an Honor of Excellence Award for the project Tartaglia Building.
MW Architects Inc. principal Michael Peachy (B.Arch 84) received an Merit Award for the Hotel Cheval located in Paso Robles, CA.
Studio 2G Architects received a Merit Award for the Native Lounge located in San Luis Obispo.
For additional information, read Article July 22, 2008
AIACCCC 2008 Awards Program
Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 6:30-10:00pm PAC Pavilion
Awards ceremony for entries designed by AIACCC members and firms. Ceremony includes appetizers, sit-down dinner and no-host bar. Those attending include San Luis Obispo County building/design & planning community; central coast architects and staff; professional, affiliate and student members of the AIACCCC chapter; Cal Poly Architecture Department students and faculty; and the general public. Entry Categories:
- Institutional buildings or complexes (to include schools, churches, and public buildings).
- Large scale non-residential buildings or complexes over 10,000 sq.ft. Small scale non-residential buildings or complexes under 10,000 sq.ft.
- Multi-family and mixed-use residential projects.
- Single family homes and structures.
- Additions, remodels, and adaptive reuse projects
- Interior design projects in either new or existing buildings.
- Urban design/urban planning related projects which have been fully or partially implemented, including the creation of design guidelines and/or design ordinances and /or standards, etc.
The Architecture Department is sponsoring 10 Architecture students and 5 Architecture faculty members. Sponsorship will be on a first come first serve basis. For all other guests, cost will be for students $30, faculty & Politicians $45, and general $60.
Architecture Graduates “Unleash” Designs
Cal Poly’s fifth-year architecture students presented an exhibition of their thesis projects in a program entitled “Unleashed.” The exhibition's opening reception was held on Friday, May 23, from 3-6PM., in Chumash Auditorium, and continued during Memorial Weekend, May 24-25 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. The exhibit was free and open to the public.
The exhibition, the largest of its kind between Los Angeles and San Francisco, featured the final projects of more than 150 graduating students in a variety of formats, including large-scale models, digital renderings, theory books, and hand drawings. Proposals for residential, mixed use, urban, historic, and cultural structures were presented in settings that range from the Central Coast to the moon.
The student architecture club “Alpha Rho Chi” and a committee of graduating students are organizing the show with guidance from Architecture Department faculty.
Events Sponsors:
- BSA Architects
- CAS Architects
- Henri & Tracee de Hahn
- MBH Architects
- The College of Architecture & Design Foundation
- The Architecture Department, CAED
- Westberg + White Architects
- Barry & Stacy Williams
Major Contributors:
- CCCCAIA
- Cal Poly Career Services
- Maple + Architects
- Laura's Vineyard
- Chumeia Vineyards
- Edna Valley Vineyards
- David Coffaro Winery
- Firestone Brewery
Supporters:
- Townsend Architects
- Fernando J. Sanchez
Advocates:
- Jonathan Reich
- Sandy Stannard
Special Thanks:
- Sandra Swart
- Jane Worthy
- Media Distribution Services
Read more in the News Release or go to the Unleashed web page.
Architecture+Design+Discourse Publication
The first book of student work titled Architecture+Design+Discourse (ADD) can be purchased at the front desk 05-212 of the Architecture Department. As of June 2008, ADD will be available at Lulu for a modest price of $35.00.
AIA Boston Alumni Reception
The Architecture Department celebrated with Cal Poly alumni and guests at Generations in Commons this past May 15th, 2008 at Anthony's Pier 4 restaurant overlooking the Historic Boston Harbor. In addition, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design and launched the 2009 celebrations of 45th anniversary of the Architecture Department. This event was co-sponsored by the AIAS Chapter and the Architecture Department. We were delighted to have The Boston Jazz Trio perform live jazz music during the social.
AIA Boston Alumni Coffee Reception
In addition to the above event, Larry Kilmer (83) Senior Technical Director of Gensler-Boston, invited all alumni for a coffee reception and tour of their recently completed Leed Gold (pending) Office Space on Friday, May 16th 8:30-10AM. Gensler-Boston is located in downtown not far from the Boston Common and the gold dome of Charles Bullfinch's State House. Their address is One Beacon Street, Third Floor (corner of Beacon and Tremont Streets) . An informal walking tour leading back to the Convention Hall followed the reception.
Visiting Guest Professors
Spring Quarter 2008
The Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) will host three(3) Brazilian academic visitors this Spring Quarter. Faculty and guests are encouraged to promote interaction with them during their visits.
For additional information please contact Department Head Bill Siembieda or Prof. Vicente del Rio
To dowload CV of guest professors, please visit CRP's web page
Julius Schulman Lecture
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 2pm: Discussion and presentation (Faculty and students only) Berg Gallery, Room 05-105
The Architecture Department is proud to announce that through the diplomacy and friendship of Josef Kasperovich, CAED Media Specialist, the famed photographer Julius Schulman will present his work during two sessions. Julius Shulman is known world-wide for his photography of architecture. His unique artistic and modernisitic approach to architectural photography ennobled buildings such as the Case Study Houses and the Kaufmann Desert House, while being instrumental in lending increased notoriety to architects such as Charles Eames, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Architecture Program Ranks 4th in 2008
The architecture program at Cal Poly is ranked the fourth best undergraduate program in the nation by the magazine Architect in their First Annual Educational Survey.
This report gives much resonance to the integrity of our pedagogical responsibilities. Our learn by doing philosophy combines common sense and intellectual curiosity, and our graduates are well positioned to become the next team players in a world of increased complexity. In particular this year’s 2008 Design Intelligence rankings sends a clear message that practitioners recognize the importance of a polytechnic education. The Architecture Department remains ambitious in educating creative leaders who can work in an integrative and interdisciplinary manner; a professional path that continues to be demonstrated successfully by our alumni.
See additional information at ArchitectMagazine.com.
Vern Swansen Exhibition
The Daedalus Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi held the "Second Annual Vern Swansen Watercolor Exhibit and Silent Auction on Thursday, February 7th in the Berg Gallery of the Architecture building. Alpha Rho Chi has just updated their release schedule of the paintings of Vern Swansen and has decided that they are going to sell Vern's paintings to Cal Poly alumni and the public at designated Vern Swansen events. This was the first time these paintings were available to the public outside of the fraternity and Cal Poly faculty.
We are pleased to announce that the Silent Auction raised $3,050 towards the first Vern Swansen Scholarship to be given in 2008. Our gratitude goes to all those friends who are now the proud owners' of Vern's art work.
Vern Swansen was a gifted architect, published artist, and a beloved Cal Poly professor. His works are now preserved and curated by the Daedalus Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Alpha Row Chi is a national, professional, co-ed fraternity for students in architecture and the allied arts.
For additional information about Prof. Vern Swansen
For additional information about Alpha Rho Chi.
Cal Poly Architecture Department Receives
Largest Pledge In CSU History
The Architecture Department is pleased to have been named the recipient of a pledged bequest of $60,000,000. This announcement was made at a press conference held on Cal Poly’s campus September 26, 2007. It is difficult to measure the implication of such a generous unrestricted gift on the future of the department. How does one start dreaming and planning for a time when we will be implementing some of the wishes we believe could change the lives of generations of students to come?
I hope that as you read the attached Press Release as well as my comments from that event you will feel a sense of pride at your connection with the University, the College, and the Department.
It is important to understand that this is a pledge that will not be realized in the donor’s lifetime. It is my firm belief that this pledge — this extraordinary act of faith on the part of this donor — will inspire other friends and alumni to continue to contribute so that they may participate in the creation of a bright future for the study of architecture, and in particular the study of architecture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Thank you,
Henri T. de Hahn
Architecture Department Head
Link to: Department Head Remarks
Link to: Press Release
View a video of the announcement on the Cal Poly News site. Download Quicktime player for free.
Photo from left to right: Cal Poly Vice President for University Advancement Sandra Ogren, CAED Associate Dean Richard Zweifel, CAED Dean R. Thomas Jones, Cal Poly President Warren Baker, Architecture Department Head Henri T. de Hahn, CAED Assistant Dean for Advancement Linda Kristenson, and CAED Dean Emeritus Paul Neel
Exhibition of Swiss Architects
"Ticinese Architecture in the World: Milestones and Protagonists 1970-2003."
Sept. 24 — Oct. 12, Gallery at the Commons, 2nd floor, Robert E. Kennedy Library
The exhibition is presented by Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies, the Virginia Tech Washington-Alexandria Architecture Consortium, and the Pro-Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland. It is sponsored by Cal Poly’s Robert E. Kennedy Library and Architecture Department and the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
For further information visit the Swiss Exhibition Page.
4th Annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Exhibition
October 26th & 27th, 2007
Old Pier One Space, 848 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, California
Vellum Design Build and the College of Architecture and Environmental Design are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Exhibition of furniture designed and constructed by CAED students. The top entries will also travel to Santa Barbara to be showcased in the Design Within Reach showroom there on State Street, the 6th of December.
Visit the Vellum/CAED Furniture Exhibition page for more information.
Vellum/CAED Furniture Exhibition Press Release (.doc)
For competition information visit the Workshops & Events page.